Baby Ellen is here!

Ellen Esther Holmes was born 6-23-11 at 5:56am. She was 7 pounds, 7 ounces at birth, and 19 3/4" long. Ellen and Katie are doing very well and they are doing an excellent job of feeding. We will be out of the hospital Saturday morning and will provide some more updates soon. Thanks for everyone's prayers for us!

Baby Girl's Room

Well I had some inspiration shortly after we found out we were having a girl for the theme of her room. I really liked the pattern on my Kleenex tissue box so I decided to copy that pattern onto one of her room walls. Wow! What a lot of work that was! With help from family and friends, I finally finished the project after several weeks. I love it and it looks great all put together. Just a few more touches and her room will be finished and waiting for her.

Happy Easter 2011

Daniel waited patiently for several days so that he could open the package from Aunt Jess and Uncle Chris that was in his Easter basket. He was delighted with all the contents this year. He even knew what a fishing pole was! I gave him a toy magnetic one.

Because he loves marshmallows so much and the color blue, I decided to put some blue Peeps in his basket. He thought they were really cool. I think there might be too much sugar in a Peep because he has been wild after eating just one. Those might be rationed.

Rylen Marie Falk

Welcome baby Rylen!



Aaron made a welcome home sign for Rylen and Daniel helped with the installation. Check out Aaron's blog for story:
http://aaron-at-aakt.blogspot.com/2011/04/happy-0th-birthday-rylen.html

We went over for a visit once they got home and Aaron finally got to hold her. He didn't want to compete with all the other women at the hospital when we visited, so he waited patiently. What a gentleman!

Yikes..Spiky!

Look at my spiky hair after a bath!

Hunting For Easter Eggs

My parents came down a week before Easter and brought down Easter gifts for Daniel. My Dad also went outside with some treat-filled eggs for Daniel to hunt. They both enjoyed themselves and Rocky even got to help a little.

First Picnic Outside

Finally, our first backyard picnic of the year! The kids loved eating outside and they actually ate well too.