1st Bath

We are finally bathing our new baby...

Jace was a little fussy but he didn't cry at all, even when he got water in his face

Chad let me man the camera while he did all the hard stuff
All nice and clean (and shivering)

Sorry, We're Not Answering the Phone Right Now...

You may notice that I'm not all that fast at answering the phone right now... I usually don't even try because I know I won't get there in time. For once I was right at the phone when my friend, Violet called. I had Collin holding the baby while I talked...

This is what happens when I turn my back to talk on the phone...

He's Here!!

Jason Charles

Born at 12:32

9 lbs 7 oz

22 inches long

Cliff Diving

We had a fun time cliff diving at the in-law's in-law's house...

Kayley

Collin

Breann

Ellie

Matt

Linnae had to take this picture of me because she said I just "looked too cute." :)

Collin's First Baseball Game

Chad and Collin went to the Dodger game tonight with our friends. They were excited to call me on the way home to tell me that though the Dodgers had been losing they were able to "strike a couple of goals" right at the end! (Maybe Collin should watch a little more baseball before he embarrasses himself in P.E. :)

Ethier slugs walk-off shot to top Braves



Ethier (right) is mobbed by teammates after his three-run shot in the bottom of the ninth. "

Andre Ethier hit a walk-off three-run homer to lead the Dodgers to a 5-4 win over the Atlanta Braves on Thursday night at Dodger Stadium.

I'm still here

I was really anxious there for a bit to have the baby early (especially after a week of Braxton Hix) but I think I'm finally mellowed and remember that I'm always late so I have at least a week more to go (though those that voted for an earlier date are still trying to encourage me to have him this weekend - like I have much say in the whole process...)

I finally posted all the blog entries that I had drafts of. Normally I would set them all up to post every few days but some were ridiculously late that I just posted them back when they happened. So if you are curious (or you think you might be in some) then scroll back - the earliest was posted on Jun 15th (so you can stop there)

I do have more pictures that I haven't even bothered to download yet (I want to make sure my camera stays in the car so I have it when I go to the hospital...) So there will be more (out-of-date) pictures to look forward to this summer but until then go a head and look back and comment all you want on the past post - they're not all old - some are all new.

Sirena's Blessing

We went to our newest niece's blessing a couple of weeks ago - let's just say it was a little warmer than we're used to...It was fun to the kids to be able to play with their cousins as we got together after for dinner

Kayley, Kelsey & Karissa
Kelsey, Karissa & Alaina
Kayley, Kelsey, Collin, Milloy, Alaina, Karissa & Ellie
I finally got a picture of them... They kept hugging whenever I tried to get a picture - it would have been cute but it was so enthusiastic that they usually ended up on the floor...
Collin loves his little cousin
Kayla always has the most beautiful babies!
We even got Uncle Dave to take our picture - so here I am 8 months pregnant...

Cousin Swim

When Grandy visited we got together for swimming...

Here's a 3 little girls all swimming like fish!
Chad, Grandy and the girls... Collin & Ellie were there too but the spent the whole time snorkeling around the deep end. (you can barely see him in the back on the left)
Kelsey is a little fish - and has no fear...