Tonight was the first time i got out my camera to take some photo's of my little boy. I so enjoyed just getting to take pictures of him. He is such a sweet boy with an easy going disposition. I just can't wait to see how his little personality develops and watching him grow. Being a mother is one of the greatest blessing God can give a women. I am so thankful to be entrusted with such beautiful gifts. Hope you enjoy these photo's!
Thank you Daniel for making sure Sienna didn't miss out on any of the Christmas fun this year! I love you and praise God for such an amazing husband!
Last Sunday my best friend Veronique came over to photograph Eli. She is amazing and takes stunning pictures, i was super excited to have new born photo's of Eli. We were also able to get a few family photo's in as well. I wanted to get these up as soon as i got them, because i am getting asked all the time, to put up more photo's of Eli. So here you go, enjoy!
Thank you Veronique for taking time out of your busy day to do this for me. I love the photo's you have given me and can't wait to see them all!
Sienna has been doing so well with adjusting to having a new baby brother and we have been working hard to make sure her life hasn't been turned completely upside down. So this afternoon she got to work on a craft project, she just loves making things. This morning Grandma Rissa came over and helped Sienna make salt dough ornaments, she loved it! She could have worked at the counter for hours rolling out dough and cutting it with cookie cutters. Later in the afternoon after they had baked Sienna and I got to paint them. I so enjoyed getting some one on one time with my little girl. She has been such a trooper through everything and i know she has missed her mommy. We had fun painting and putting ribbon on the ornaments. Sienna also wrapped them and chose which ones she wanted to give away as gifts and which ones she wanted to keep. She is so excited to give these away, i love that she is learning about giving this Christmas, instead of getting. She is such a big girl!
Praise God for all the wonderful family and friends that we have. Over the past few days we have had tons of people come into our home to celebrate the birth of our son Eli! Daniel and I have been over whelmed by the out pouring of love from so many people. We have been enjoying wonderful meals from our church and countless coffees and treats from family and friends. It has been wonderful to share this time with so many people. Thank you so much to everyone who has come over to share in our joy. You are truly gifts from God! Love each and every one of you!
This evening with the help of Daniel's mom we were able to give Eli his first bath. Poor thing was not happy at all. Sienna hated taking baths as well. I think we have at least a month of hysterical bath times. I'm so glad that i blog, because i can always go back and know when we did things. So this will be helpful when i get to filling out his baby book.
At 6:25pm on December 16, 2009 a miracle was brought into this world. My beautiful son is finally here, he weighed 7 pounds 11 ounces and was 20 in a half inches long. My water broke at 4:30 in the morning and i had easy and far apart contractions for most of the day. Daniel and I enjoyed two long walks and I had a good long nap and yet Eli wasn't here yet. He was taking his time and that was ok, i have a feeling he may be a very easy going boy. At about 5:30pm my contractions became much harder to handle and right on top of each other and just about an hour later Eli was here. So i had about an hour of hard labor, praise God for His mercy! He was stunning the moment i got to hold him. Daniel and I looked at each other and praised God for such an amazing gift, he was perfect and healthy in every way. And looked just like Sienna did when she was born, just darker skin and hair. I was blessed to have my mother and Daniel's mother here with me all day, also I am beyond grateful for my amazing midwife, who was patent and so kind to me, even if i wasn't the easiest person to deal with. The whole labor and delivery was amazing, i love home births and couldn't imagine doing it any other way. After Eli was born family and friends came over to meet the new member of our family.
Thank you to the many people across the country who were praying for me during the day, you are a blessing! Modern technology is great, between twitter and face book we hand hundreds of people around the country and world praying for us! God is good, I I felt very loved and lifted up in prayer. Stay tuned for more photo's of our little boy!
Tonight i met my sister Dawn and her family at the mall for a mini photo shoot for their Christmas cards. I love being able to bless my family with photographs! The mall was all decorated for Christmas and made for a fun back drop for their photo's. After running a round the mall for a while, we all ended up at Starbucks for hot chocolates and coffee. It was a fun was to spend an evening with my sister. Merry Christmas!
Today was the last day of preschool before winter break. Sienna has an amazing teacher who loves to make things extra fun and special. Today we made Christmas books, decorated and ate ginger bread men and the big surprise of the day was decorating your very own ginger bread house that each child got to take home. Sienna had a ball, she loves cooking and being at school and getting to do them together was a big thrill to here. She loved every minute and couldn't wait to tell Daddy all about it when he got home. Sienna has enjoyed showing everyone who comes to our house her ginger bread house. Christmas time is so magical when you have children!
