GROUP PICTURES....AHAH

It's very hard to get a group picture of all three of them happy and smiling... here's a few of them, because i couldn't decide which one i liked the best! You can tell Hope is the one always ready for me to take the picture, holding her smile, so we can get Halle's big eyes to look at the camera. Most of the time Halle will throw me a fake cheesy smile and then her eyes will look the other way. She is such a goof!








Haven's two months today and is now getting chunky and is very smiley! It's so fun to start talking to her and receive smiles back like crazy, she's recognizing our voices a lot more now to our faces! Oh and you can always see those dimples a lot more now when she smiles!








She also is very content as long as she has a blankie by her face or next to her cheek!




Also as of lately she loves to just rub her face into everything her blankie, burp cloth or your shirt. She's very itchy, because you have to stop her or she will break out in a rash from rubbing her face... silly girl! :)

TONS AND TONS OF PICTURES FROM MY FAMILY VISITING AND THE 4TH OF JULY

My family came to visit us, this being their second time to our home in Cedar and first time since Haven was born! So, it was a fun and exciting time... especially to see what everyone thought of Haven!


Halle was so EXCITED to see Grandpa, she just loved sitting in his lap!


You can tell my Mom is trying to take it all in and trying to figure out who Haven looks like!


Everybody had to have a turn holding her... i just didn't get a picture of everybody holding her, but i know my mom did!


My family just got back from Oregon for a family reunion and Kaylin had brought them back some colorful sea shells!


My Dad likes to say that when babies are first born they all look the same "wrinkled little men"... haha, that's my dad for ya! So, he was happy to come a little later when she was older, so that she would look like somebody!


My Mom liked holding Haven, she's easy to cuddle because she likes to lay on her belly. You just lay her on your chest and recline back and she's content!


Here's pictures from the 4th of July parade that we went to on main street! We met up with Justin's family... thanks Jocey for saving us a spot and bringing treats and water! You are very thoughtful! You can tell how hot it is just look at our cheeks!












Halle's all excited to show me all the candy she caught at the parade!




We were trying to keep Haven cool and out of the sun, so we poured some water on a baby wipe and were dabbing it on her hopefully cooling her down a little bit! It's so different to have a baby in the summer! I'm not use to having a newborn not fully dressed and all bundled up in a blanket at all times, but it's just too hot to do that now!


After the parade we had a nice lunch up at the Barnes' house it was so good... sub sandwiches and fresh fruit... the cherries were amazing! Anyways Jeff asked everybody if they would like to go see Hancock (with Will Smith) with him... of course all the boys wanted to do this! So, my Mom offered to stay at my house and watch my kids with Kaylin, while i went with everybody else to the movie. I about died, because i haven't done this for years and i haven't left Haven with anybody yet and i didn't know how she would do! After a lot of convincing and persuading by my Mother i thought i would give it a try! This would probably be the easiest time ever to go, considering the conditions that we would put a movie on for the kids and i would nurse right before! It all worked out sooooooo well, the movie Hancock was short that the kids movie The Little Mermaid wasn't even over yet when we got back home and Haven was still asleep from when i had nursed her! IT WORKED BEAUTIFULLY AND I WAS SO RELIEVED TO SEE THAT IT WORKED SO SMOOTHLY! THANKS MAMA I REALLY APPRECIATED IT!




My Dad brought some motor bikes down for us to keep at our house, so we all could ride them while they were here and then after we can use them whenever we want to! They are fun, though i found myself more nervous and cautious while riding them then ever before! A down side of these motorcycles are, that you smell like gasoline when you are done riding them. My dad and brothers liked to bring in that smell and my Dad almost wiped his sweaty head on me, because of my complaining! He thought he was really funny, i about died though!




We later did some fireworks while we waited for the fireworks to go off at the airport! We weren't sure what our view would be like, since last year we were in Jamaica for the 4th of July. But, we ended up having a really really good view...


My Mom bought these fun glow stick balls for all the kids that entertained them while we waited, Hope and Halle loved playing with them!






We had a lot of people show up for the fireworks... my family, Justin's family and my aunt Kathleen and her family!! We all piled on the front lawn, and watched!


It was hard to get a good picture of the fireworks going off... but they were far enough that you didn't have the loud boom that usually scare the younger kids (Hallebug) and close enough to get a good show! FUN TIMES!!

JORDAN JOHN

HAPPY 17TH BIRTHDAY JORDY!! I CAN'T BELIEVE MY LITTLE JORDY IS 17... WHERE HAS THE TIME GONE? WE LOVE YOU AND HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT BIRTHDAY, WISH WE COULD BE THERE! JORD YOU ARE THE MASTER WHEN IT COMES TO MAKING UP NAMES FOR PEOPLE... HOPE PERMANENTLY KNOWS HER NICKNAME IS ASIAN... AND YOU ARE A GREAT UNCLE, THE GIRLS ALWAYS WANT TO SEE THEIR JORDY! LOVE YA BRO.!

A QUICK COMPARISON TO CELEBRATE HAVEN'S ONE MONTH TODAY

I THOUGHT TODAY I WOULD TRY TO FIND SOME CLOSE UP PICTURES OF ALL THREE OF THE GIRLS TO COMPARE HOW CLOSE THEY LOOK! THESE PICTURES ARE TAKEN WHILE WE WERE STILL IN THE HOSPITAL AFTER THEY WERE FIRST BORN. BUT, IT WAS HARDER THAN I THOUGHT! ESPECIALLY WITH HOPE WE DIDN'T HAVE A DIGITAL CAMERA, AND HAVEN'S PICTURES THEY SEEM TO ALL BE SIDEWAYS AND I CAN'T ROTATE THEM UNTIL THEY ARE DOWNLOADED ON MY COMPUTER. SO, THIS WILL HAVE TO DO FOR NOW! IT'S FUNNY HOW DIFFERENT HOPE AND HALLE LOOK FROM EACH OTHER AND THEN HAVEN LOOKS LIKE A MIXTURE OF BOTH OF THEM MINUS THE HAIR.

HOPE MCKINLEY

HALLE NOELLE

HAVEN JOY

PHOTO SHOOT WITH AUNT JAELYN

Haven is now two weeks old and growing so fast... on Thursday she weighed 8 pounds 6 ounces... WOW, time is flying by so fast with her. It feels just like yesterday that i had her!! I'm so glad Jaelyn wanted to take pictures of Haven while she's so little, because that time just goes by too fast! I'm also thankful to have all these great pictures to capture all her little features and expressions!!

GRANDMA BARNES' HOUSE

Here are two pictures Jaelyn took... this one of Haven looks like a porcelain doll to me!


And this one is of all the cousin's cute feet... can you tell which ones are Hope, Halle, and Haven's? Here's a clue Hope's are the largest, and Halle's third toe/middle toe is longer than all of her other toes and Haven's are the smallest! OH SOOO CUTE!!

HAVEN JOY BARNES

SHE'S FINALLY HERE HAVEN JOY BARNES WAS BORN ON FATHER'S DAY, SUNDAY JUNE 15, 2008 AT 7:57 A.M., SHE WEIGHED 7 LBS. 15 OZS. AND 20 INS. LONG. IT WAS THE HARDEST YET BEST EXPERIENCE OF MY LIFE AND I'M SO BLESSED TO HAVE HER IN MY LIFE! YOU CAN'T IMAGINE HOW MUCH LOVE YOU COULD HAVE FOR SOMEONE UNTIL YOU HAVE CHILDREN. IT'S AMAZING THAT EVEN THOUGH SHE'S MY THIRD YOU HAVE JUST AS MUCH LOVE, AND IT FEELS THE SAME AS IT FELT TO HAVE YOUR FIRST... LOVE IS ENDLESS!!













THANKS JAELYN FOR COMING TO THE HOSPITAL AND TAKING THESE PICTURES. THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL!