<![CDATA[welcome to hackettville.com, y'all! - Georgia Hacketts]]>Mon, 14 May 2012 08:29:44 -0800Weebly<![CDATA[Ashton and her new best friends]]>Sat, 12 May 2012 19:51:07 -0800http://www.hackettville.com/1/post/2012/05/ashton-and-her-new-best-friends1.html

At least once a day, Ashton insists she hold her brother and sister. Austin and Emma are good sports!

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]]><![CDATA[Happy anniversary to us! ]]>Fri, 11 May 2012 14:52:18 -0800http://www.hackettville.com/1/post/2012/05/happy-anniversary-to-us.html6 years!

We celebrated by allowing ourselves to get away from the kids for a few hours and going out to a delicious dinner.

Thank you Lovey for the incredible gift of taking on all 3 kids so we could have a special night!
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]]><![CDATA[Our first dinner out! ]]>Tue, 08 May 2012 09:04:25 -0800http://www.hackettville.com/1/post/2012/05/our-first-dinner-out.html
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Nana and Papa Frank came Down from Ohio to meet the babies! They were such an incredible help. We even got to go out to dinner for the first time as a family of five! More pics to come.
]]><![CDATA[Ashton as a big sister]]>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 09:05:02 -0800http://www.hackettville.com/1/post/2012/04/ashton-as-a-big-sister.htmlA lot of people have asked how Ashton is taking her new role as a big sister. We are really proud of how much love and kindness she has shown her new brother and sister. She kisses them a million times a day. When she walks in the door from school, she makes a bee line to Emma and Austin first to say hello (now I have to beg her to hug me and say hello! She's too focused on the babies!).

We've also seen a new, protective side of her. Last weekend, a few neighbor kids came over to say hello and they wanted to touch the babies. Ashton put up her hands and said "NO! Get away from my brother and sister". We were amazed that her natural reaction was to guard the babies.

There are definitley times where she demands attention. Usually it's when I'm right in the middle of something that requires my full attention like feeding both babies at once, or changing a diaper. Then I hear "Hold ME mom!". Or "It's MY turn!".

One of the main reasons we wanted to have more kids was so that Ashton could experience what it's like to have a sibling, so we can't wait to share all of the joys that having a bigger family will bring!
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]]><![CDATA[Austin and Emma's First Easter]]>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:47:39 -0800http://www.hackettville.com/1/post/2012/04/happy-easter2.htmlAustin and Emma were ony 12 days old for their first Easter sunday. We managed to get out of the house -  just to our front yard to take a few family pictures!

Our dear friend Christina visited to take care of us throughout the weekend. We were completely spoiled.

For Easter dinner, Lovey whipped up a delicious meal and helped us entertain Ashton.

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]]><![CDATA[New Hacketts! ]]>Fri, 06 Apr 2012 12:44:15 -0800http://www.hackettville.com/1/post/2012/04/new-hacketts.htmlWe couldn't have been happier to welcome Emma Jean Hackett and Austin Daniel Hackett on March 27th, 2012!

THE BIRTH STORY:
We were scheduled for an induction on April 2nd (that would have been 37 weeks) because the doctors felt the babies were big enough at 5 lbs each and my amniotic fluid was getting low. We had a week to tie things up at work, make a plan for where ashton was going to go, etc.  But the babies decided to suprise us all by coming out at 36 weeks instead! On March 27th, my water broke a little after midnight. We called my mom to come down and stay with Ashton, then made our way to the hospital. Things progressed pretty quickly. Both babies had their head down, so the doctors planned for them to come out the natural way (:-)). Austin was out by 10:30. But Emma shifted at the last minute and became breach. The doctors spent 30 mins trying to move her position so she could come out the same way, but it wasn't happening, so Emma was born at 11:07 via C-section.

THE BABIES:
Emma and Austin both had a hard time breathing when they came out. After several hours in post-recovery, Austin was allowed to join us in the recovery room. But Emma had to spend her first 48 hours in different levels of intensive care until she was breathing better and taking in food on her own. Compared to a lot of NICU experiences, we were very lucky this was short and not too serious.

WHERE THE NAMES CAME FROM:
Emma Jean - We both liked the name Emma, and Jean is Brendan's mom's first name.

Austin Daniel - Brendan loved the name Austin (it took me a while to come around, but I do love it now!) and Daniel is not only Brendan's dad's first name, but it's also Brendan's and his brother Jake's middle name too.

HOW ASHTON IS DOING:
Ashton has been amazing! She welcomed her brother and sister with open arms and a lot of kisses. Every day she gets more attached to them. There have been times when she has been frustrated that mom and dad have to tend to babies instead of her, but we are trying really hard to make the transition easy for her. Just today she went to spend some time with Lovey, and she yelled out the car window "don't forget to feed the babies!!"


We will do our best to update Hackettville more often so everyone can see how the babies are growing! We are so happy, thankful, and exhasuted :-)!
]]><![CDATA[A wonderful baby shower!]]>Sun, 04 Mar 2012 16:19:28 -0800http://www.hackettville.com/1/post/2012/03/a-wonderful-baby-shower.htmlI was so blessed to be showered with gifts and love yesterday! Wendy and Jen turned my mom's house into the perfect place to relax, catch up with friends, and to open the most thoughtful gifts! Thanks to everyone who attended or sent a gift, we just might have what we need to face these Hackett twins head on! xoxo 
]]><![CDATA[Ashton gets a big girl bed]]>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:49:35 -0800http://www.hackettville.com/1/post/2012/01/ashton-gets-a-big-girl-bed.htmlThis week, we transitioned Ashton from her crib into a big girl bed! So far, she's made it through every night without getting out or even a mention of her old crib. She inherited the beautiful bed from her uncle jordan, who grew up sleeping in it. She LOVES it!
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]]><![CDATA[A note about our Christmas Card]]>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:19:54 -0800http://www.hackettville.com/1/post/2012/01/a-note-about-our-christmas-card.htmlSo, we just didn't get around to sending out a Christmas card this year. Mainly because we couldn't seem to get a family picture together before the holidays. We fully plan to get back on the christmas card train next year!

To supplement, here's a snapshot of what daily life is like in Hackettville.

Happy New Year!
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]]><![CDATA[Happy New Year! ]]>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 15:14:52 -0800http://www.hackettville.com/1/post/2012/01/happy-new-year2.htmlNew Years was hilarious. We spent it with our dear friends Jen and Dan Fease, their new baby Ada, and the lovely Ms Christina Cairo. We cooked a delicious dinner and sat down to enjoy. Well, Ada wasn't really interested in sleeping at that exact time so she got fussy, and Ashton didn't want to eat but she didn't want to play by herself either. Drinks were spilled. Glasses were broken. Babies were being soothed. I don't think between the 5 of us, we were all at the table together more than 5 mins! The only pic I took was this one of Dan enjoying his meal in the middle of all the chaos.

It's times like these that a parent looks at their life compared to pre-kids (we would have been in a bar, cocktail in hand, me probably dancing on a table somewhere - ha ha) and just has to laugh and appreciate the insanity!

The best part of the night was that we got to Facetime with Jake and Amber. They rang in the new year with us from the west coast!

Then, we were all asleep by 12:15!
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