Yesterday Brittany and Garrett had their baby. Tatum Rilee Sinclair. Since we were driving into Houston and getting updates by text message, it was fun to share with the boys. Hyrum & Kaden especially love babies. Hyrum asked if he could get to go on a special date to see his new cousin. He decided that he needed to take a bath and put on clean clothes first. He was worried that she was so new and he didn't want to get her sick. He was even concerned that his shoes were dirty and needed to be cleaned first, but I told him they would be ok.
On the way to the hospital Hyrum reminded me that we had no gifts. I let him be the one to pick out presents for everyone. Rilee got pink pacifiers, Aunt Brittany got red licorice - a huge bag, and Uncle Garrett got Dr. Pepper and Reece's Pieces. Hyrum was excited to get to give Aunt Brittany everything. When we got there, we found out that Tatum was jaundiced so she wasn't in the room so Hyrum watched a little Ratatouille while I was visiting. During that time, the nurse came to check on Brittany. I took Hyrum out to the hallway. We were talking and I asked him if he had asked Uncle Garrett what it was like being a Dad for the first time. He said, "But Mom they already have a baby in Heaven, remember she had a miscarriage last year." I said yes but this is their first healthy baby to live to get to see born. Hyrum remembers the little details that other sometimes forget. It makes me love him all the more. We also talked about all our babies that are in Heaven waiting for us, he thinks it is so cool that when we get to Heaven our family will have way more kids.
Since Tatum was in the nursery under the lights after visiting with Garrett & Brittany we walked to the glass window to watch and I snuck a picture in before the nurses reminded me that there are no pictures through the glass. Hyrum and I stayed there at least 30 minutes just watching Tatum and enjoying the spirit that is in a newborn nursery. She had special glasses on to protect her eyes, yet Hyrum said that she could still feel him there and when he would blow kisses to her that she would wiggle her little finger and wave back. He really loved being around her even though it was through the glass. She seems to have a mellow personality and was calm laying under the lights. This morning Hyrum was asking to take a bath to go back to visit her at the window again so she wouldn't be all alone in there.
Here's the picture that we snuck through the nursery window.
Here's a picture from Niki's blog that shows Tatum's cute little face.
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