iris amelia blanton
Sunday, September 12, 2010
our precious gift from God was born wednesday morning
9.8.10 @ 7:16 am
7 lb 1 oz 19 in long
perfection!!
labor was exactly what i had hoped for.
i was able to labor at home. i was restless all night so didn't sleep a wink, then contractions started regularly about 4 am, but weren't extremely painful. i decided to wake patrick up about 4:45 when they were 3-5 minutes apart. he helped me labor until my mom was practically pacing the house begging me to go to the hospital! we loaded up and arrived at the hospital just after
6 am. i was definitely in heavy labor, the nurse insisted on checking my progress and to my surprise i was 8 centimeters and ready to start pushing. my sweet doc arrived at 6:50 and our angel was born at 7:16 am. she came out with her eyes wide open.
it was so joyful.
daddy's birthday
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
saturday we wished patrick a happy early birthday (wanted to celebrate him before iris was here) by going down to gruene and eating at the grist mill, we absolutely love this place.
the original plan was for all of us to watch him and jordan tumble down a grassy hill in a human sized sphere, but it had rained the day prior and they won't roll in the rain. the boys were able to go on sunday, check out their video on youtube titled patrick sphere ride.
we had a wonderful family day!
E got to sport his new kicks
just looking for some cool bugs
11 amazing years
Patrick and I celebrated 11 amazing years of marriage august 21st. we had a romantic night that started at Hudson's on the Bend (one of our favorite spots), then stayed over night at the renaissance hotel. we stayed up late and slept even later. it was wonderful. i love you patrick,
you are my best friend
our sweet friend Lindsey works in sales for the hotel and arranged for champagne (ok, it was actually pregger friendly cider) and chocolate covered strawberries and cheesecake.
iris' shower
Friday, August 27, 2010
ash and mom threw me the most spectacular baby shower.
it was a small affair just family and church friends, the theme was
cupcakes and cocktails
they worked so hard on all of the adorable details, it was so cute!
the party started at 7pm, and at about 7:10 pm the power went out on ashley's block, so we had a candle lit un-airconditioned party. the un-airconditioned part explains my hair, it was down and looked pretty good, but i just couldn't handle the heat. iris keeps me very insulated.
the balloons had little cupcakes and i's hanging from them!
ash made these flags, isn't she amazing!
the candle light was actually quite pretty
there was vanilla, strawberry with fresh strawberry icing, chocolate, and chocolate baily's cupcakes. so yummy!!
iris' room is complete
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
i had so much fun designing this room for our baby girl Iris Amelia! for those of you wandering about that name i do believe this is our final answer, ophelia just might have been a bit too fancy. her room did turn out slightly more pink and girly than originally planned, but i simply could not help myself.
pink is irresistible.
our little family
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
my sis, ashley took some sweet pics of our family of 3 soon to be family of 4. she did a fantastic job despite elijah screaming most of the time, and me practically fainting from the heat.
for real it is hot!
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summer fun
i haven't blogged in a while, and was feeling a bit overwhelmed with all of this, so i decided to steal ashley's idea and simply post a bunch of random summer memories.
our very first real life group, love these peeps!
elijah watching the bisquit brothers, he stood there in the rain without moving for the entire concert.
blanton family reunion
fourth of july at the condotreasure hunting
helping with the homemade ice cream
kidz club
chillin' at the pool
nature science center
helping with the homemade ice cream
kidz club
chillin' at the pool
nature science center
yummmmy
Friday, July 9, 2010
E really loves his yogurt, today he decided to finger paint with it. i had to steam the floors twice, wipe down the fridge, the breakfast bench, hose the entire highchair down, and put the kid in the tub. i guess the memory was worth it.
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