Finley's Birth Day

Finley Christopher was born at 3:54pm on March 31st. He weighed 9lb 7oz and was 20 inches long. We have all been so in love with him from day one! Everything went well with the c-section and we were able to enjoy him right away! Here are some pictures from his birth day.



His sweet little (well, big) footprints


Meeting mommy for the first time

Hello world!

Preparing for baby Finley

We finally got Finley's room all put together and here are the final results! I love how it turned out.

And the big brothers that can't wait for their baby brother!

And Finley still on the inside!

We had taken a picture like this before the boys were born so we felt inspired to take one this way for Finley too.

Snowy winter

Snow - not a common occurance here in Texas. However, this winter we have seen snowfall on more than one occassion! This is one day where it actually snowed 6 inches! The boys had a ball playing in the snow. I hope they don't think every winter will be this way!

The ringbearers

Mike's cousin, Jennifer asked the boys to be ring bearers in her wedding. I was excited and couldn't wait to see them in their little tuxedos. They were so handsome and did a great job! It was a beautiful wedding and everyone had a great time. Congrats Jennifer and Dat!

Boys with their Grandma Atok

Brendan

Collin

Boys being silly


Brendan was getting a little nervous at this point...but he did a great job

Collin the ham...not a bit nervous

Boys with the other ring bearer, Jason

Love this picture...reminds me of how small they still are though they seem so grown up

Mike was in charge of the camera, and somehow we didn't get a picture of the bride and groom until the reception! Congrats guys!

Holiday fun

I always wanted to make a gingerbread house, but never had. So, I thought it would be a fun holiday activity for us to do with the boys. It was fun watching them use their imagination and create their masterpiece (with assistance, of course). They had so much fun and of course enjoyed a few pieces of candy here and there!

Brendan:

Collin:





The finished product:

Putting up the tree

This year the boys were actually pretty helpful in putting up the Christmas tree. Although I did have to do a little rearranging of ornaments! It was a fun time.






Collin being silly


This was me saying, "stand together and smile"...


The almost final product

Hmm, it seems I forgot to snap another picture once we got the ribbon on and the star on the top! Oops! Well, it was pretty!

Updating with a new look

Happy Holidays! I am attempting to update my blog and catchup on all the posts I've missed in the last couple of months, so I thought I'd give it a more festive look too!

Those of you that know me well, know that I am a procrastinator by nature. Add in pregnancy exhaustion and that's why this poor blog has been neglected for over two months. Ah well, no time like the present.

I'm going to post-date the entries so that they are in the correct month of occurrence, so check back at months Sept-Nov!