Warm Front!

Apart from the treacherous winds, Northwest Arkansas had beautiful weather in the 50's all weekend! This being said, John and I were just itching to get out of the house and be outside. We were able to take Owen to the Promenade (our outdoor shopping mall) on Saturday and the best part about it was listening to John apologize to everyone for his poor stroller pushing skills! Since we were determined to enjoy the weather before it gets cold again, we decided to take a hike on Sunday...that's right, not just a stroll around the neighborhood or park...oh no, not my husband, we had to HIKE. So being the great wife that I am, I strapped Owen into my fancy baby wrap and off we went for TWO MILES! I had to include a picture as documentation of my wonderful efforts :)
Owen had another milestone this weekend. His umbilical cord fell off on Saturday night which finally allowed us to give him his first "real" bath. He survived the bath with no tears...hopefully that is how all bath times will go from now on! I also added a couple other pictures of Owen this weekend...we can't help but laugh at his mad face!

Eyes wide open!

Owen has finally started to stay awake during the day with his eyes open...can you tell that we get excited over the little things? :)

Seems like forever ago....

Owen has only been here two weeks and yet it feels like we have always had him! It is hard to believe that only two weeks ago my belly looked like this and ALL 8 lb 12 oz of him was curled up inside me! I never shared these photos with you so I figured now was as good of a time as ever....enjoy!

Merry Christmas!

Thanks to our wonderfully talented friends, Kate and Dave Burris, we have a beautiful Christmas card/birth announcement to share with all of you! Hope you all have a very MERRY CHRISTMAS and keep checking back for more picture updates (Kate took some really great ones and I can't wait to share them with you!)

John and Em pluse one!!

I have decided to utilize this wonderful blog (that I created months ago and never actually updated) to keep everyone informed about our newest family member! As most of you heard, either by text, email or phone, our baby boy arrived on Wednesday, November 26 at 8:59 P.M.. He weighed in at 8 lb. 12 oz. and 20 1/2 in. long! I checked into the hospital on Wednesday morning, labored for about 12 hours, pushed for 12 minutes and then he came in all his glory! John and I can't even begin to explain how powerful and life-changing of an experience this has all been. We never knew that we could feel so much love for someone until we met our son. What a blessing he is to us!

Thank you so much to all of you who have supported and celebrated with us through this journey. We can't wait for you all to share in all of the fun times that are surely to come. Your thoughts and prayers were definitely felt, and we couldn't have done it without you.

I am attaching some of the pictures that we have taken thus far. I already know that their will be MANY more to come, so keep checking back for updates!