Big Sister Now...

What has Kieley been up too since becoming a BIG sister?!...
My mom flew into California once she heard I was in labor with Blake and stayed with us for 2 weeks after Blake was born, yay, Kieley loved every minute with Grandma. They became baking buddies it was so cute, this is their Ladybug cake. :) Great job, girls!

Trying to sneak a taste princess??

One happy little baker...

These were their cupcakes they baked a few days later.. the red ones are little apples, cute huh. Not so cute is me eating them after I have baby weight to start losing...hehe!

She was often found chillin' at her table watching cartoons while mommy was resting and grandma was taking care of the baby.

getting ready to go swimming with grandma :)

Sometimes sneaking a taste of her daddys drink....

I LOVE this picture because she was imitating me taking pictures. Sweet little girl, you're too cute!

or her new favorite thing to do is sing and dance around the house, mine too! :) I love my princess, she is going to be the best big sister to Blake.

Baby Blake the first two weeks...

My best friend, Laurie, designed another amazing birth announcement for me I just told her what I wanted it to look like, and I think it turned out perfect! Thank you Laurie :)

Baby Blake's Room.. I still need to get his sail boats.

This picture is right when we got home.. he did well on his 2 1/2 hr drive home. :) Aaron and I have been blessed with two kids that love the car so far, yay! ;)

Blake and my mom formed a bond very quickly... I loved every minute of having my mom in town to help me and love my kids! Thank you mom, love you lots!

I often found Kieley next to the bassinet starring at her little brother, it is so precious. I love these two little faces, they are perfect!

I could stare at him all day.. he is so precious sleeping. He reminds me of Kieley and how fast the time has gone with her...

His first smile..I'm so glad I had the camera out. He is only a week old.

I love my little man!

We couldn't be more in love with our two kids right now! We have one of each and they are beautiful and healthy.. Aaron and I couldn't ask for more. :)

Baby Blake Pictures

I love this picture of Blake. It shows his little personality already.  He is such a sweet, cuddly, happy, calm little guy.  He was 10 days old in this picture and in the next two pics.

At the request of my family and friends here are some more pictures of baby Blake.  I have some many pictures I want to blog but I just can't find the time right now. Hopefully, I will soon! :)

Mr. Blake Aaron Salmon watching sports with his Daddy already. :)

A very proud Daddy with his kiddies :)

I absolutely adore this little man!  He is so stinkin cute even asleep!

Picture taken on 8/21/2010.. two weeks old!

My princess and little man!  I love these two more than words can express!  Kieley loves her little brother so much, its so cute to watch her talk to him and give him kisses everyday.  It melts my heart.  I couldn't ask for more in my life right now.. except maybe some more sleep. ;)

Introducing...

Name:  Blake Aaron Salmon

Date of Birth:  8/8/2010

Weight:  7lbs 10 ozs

Height:  21.5 inches

Time of Birth:  6:44 p.m.

Place of Birth:  San Diego, California

We are all so in love with this little man!  He is so perfect in every way and I feel so blessed to have been given two perfect angels! :)  Here are a few fun pictures of the big day Blake arrived!

Proud BIG Sister holding her baby brother!  I love this picture!

Family picture w/ nurse Kristi around 15 mins after baby Blake was born.  Kristi was so great!  And coincidentally she was from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, crazy huh!?  

The nurses were so smitten by Kieley, they were adorable with her.. Here is a picture of my future nurse in training w/ nurse Erin. :)

The cutest little nurse!

Giving Daddy a check up ;)

Baby Weekend

My two girls.. enjoying the drive to San Diego watching their individual movies! :)

Now for story time.....

We decided Friday night we were going to take a quick trip to San Diego.  We were planning on being there 30 hours (or less). We (Bri, Aaron, and even Kieley) were just really bored at the sauna home in Arizona and I thought hmmm why not?  It only takes 2 hrs to drive there and I really thought it would be a harmless trip.  I had went to the doctor a couple days prior and he said I was barely a 1 and 30% and it would be "another 10 days".  So I packed my hospital bag and the car seat just in case some magic did happen in San Diego we would be prepared.  We arrived in San Diego around noon on Saturday and went straight to the beach.  We had such a great afternoon playing in the sand with Kieley and walking the board walk and riding the carousel.  Then we went out to dinner that night and had a great steak dinner at one of our favorite restaurants.  Joking Aaron told me if that didn't put in labor he did know what would..Bri and I laughed like "yeah, right"!  At around 3:30 a.m. I woke up with a pain in my back and thought since we were sharing the King size bed with Kieley while Bri was on the hide away bed that I had been sleeping in a weird position so I turned over and went back to bed.  I don't know how much longer it was when I woke up again with the same pain and thought,"wow this is going to be a rough night I can't get comfortable", however, in the middle of that thought I had another one that made me realize oh wait I'm having pains in my back.  So I sat up on the bed and waited to see if I got the pain again and sure enough it came and i timed it how long it would take to get another one and it was every 5 minutes.  So I decided it was time to wake Aaron and Bri up to tell them I had been having contractions and they were 5min apart. Well, we thought hmm it could be false labor..... So we stayed up all night and the contractions continued to get closer, till I decided to take a warm shower then the contractions were every 10 mins apart but much stronger.  Aaron and Bri decided to go back to bed while I showered and they were both asleep so I sat up and timed my contractions and looked out our hotel view of the bay in San Diego it was such a beautiful morning.. it was all so surreal.  When Kieley woke up around seven we packed everything up, called my sweet brother, Darin, who researched a hospital to go to, and Aaron and Bri took showers because we knew we had a long day ahead of us.  We drove to the first hospital in downtown San Diego and I didn't like the look of it.. I can't explain it but I told Aaron no we aren't going to have our little boy here, he looked at me like I was half crazy but it said ok we will go check out the other one.  So we drove to La Jolla and pulled up to the other highly rated hospital and I just felt like this was the hospital he was going to be born at.. I know weird, right?  The hospital was beautiful and it was right next to the San Diego Temple what an amazing view!  We got to the hospital around 10, went into the emergency room and Aaron informed the girls behind the counter that he his wife was in labor and it was so funny they immediately got on the phone and within five minutes I had been wheeled up to the maternity floor and put into a bed.  They checked me and said "Oh yeah you're having this baby today." I was dilated to a 4.5 and 70% thinned and having contractions every 4 minutes. Things progressed very smoothly, and after 6 hrs and 5 contractions out came a perfect little boy whom we are all totally in LOVE with!  It will be a fun story for him to have but I have to admit he does look like a California boy. :)

Daddy and his princess

My amazing little family!

My two favorite girls!

Princess Kieley

My "mean" look at Aaron wondering why he was the one taking pictures? ;)

A Baby Shower for Aaron

Aaron came home the other day from work with tons of gift bags. I was a little shocked to be informed that his work threw him a double Dr. Baby shower. The other dentist is also expecting a little boy with his wife in October and their staff surprised them both with a baby shower! :) That was so kind of his staff and it was fun to open all the gifts and see all the cute little boy clothes and blankets!