Lucy's first photo shoot

Chelsea (my favorite cousin and best friend who is extremely talented at everything) did a little photo shoot with Lucy when she was 9 days old. She did such a great job! I think they are so adorable! I feel like Lucy is growing and changing every day--I'm so glad I will always have these pictures to remember her when she was so little and new!

We Love Lucy!!

Here are some pictures of Lucy's first week! She has big dark blue eyes, but they are hard to catch on camera
The only thing big about her are her feet! In this picture her feet look as big as her head!

Just sleeping with her arms folded--She is so sweet!
All dressed up for her first outing- to grandma and grandpa's house!
Dan was playing dress up with her--The sunglasses and sweet pink Chuck Taylor's are still a little too big!

Proud mom and dad
She has already inherited her dad's hatred of picture taking!
Lucy's life consists of eating, sleeping, hiccuping, pooping, and just looking cute. We pretty much just adore her all day long. We feel like we have known her forever and can't imagine life without her! We love Lucy!!

Lucy Jane Kirkpatrick

Announcing the arrival of Lucy Jane Kirkpatrick! Born August 2nd, 2011 at 2:36 pm. She is 18 1/2 inches long and weighs 6 lbs 4 oz right now. She is absolutely adorable and we love her soooooo much!

Baby prep!

So I thought I would be a better blogger once I was done with school, but it seems like I am just as busy (or more) now! Working full time, being in Young Womens, and getting ready for a baby to come have kept me pretty busy! Dan has been traveling back and forth to Pennsylvania for work too. I thought I should post an update before our little baby comes, which is 5 weeks away!! Mt sister Ashely is due at the end of September, so we got a belly shot of us together when she was here for my brother' graduation and my baby shower. The pictures below are from my baby shower. My wonderful friends threw me a baby shower and it was a lot of fun! I got lots of adorable presents for our little girl, and I think we are pretty much set for her to come!




My dad even got me a present--a grizzly onesie!
Chelsea, my bestest friend and cousin came all the way from Omaha for my baby shower!!
My dear old friends Ashley and Emily hosted the shower. It was so fun to spend time with them! Emily is due it September too! I swear it is baby season. Pretty much everyone I know is pregnant. I guess our little girl will have lots of friends and cousins to play with!

With Dan out of town I decided to do a little sewing project with my mom. We made my baby's bumper, crib skirt, and valence. Here are the finished products--I think they turned out so cute!


And last, but not least, these are the cute pictures my amazing cousin Chelsea took of me and the little baby after my shower!

Baby Girl!!

Yesterday I had my ultrasound and we found out that we are having a little girl!! We were so excited! I was thinking it was a boy, but when the ultrasound tech said it was a girl I was so excited and started to cry. The cutest thing was seeing how excited Dan was. All of our nieces absolutely adore him and now he is going to have his own little girl be be obsessed with him! Here are pictures from the ultrasound. The first one is of the baby's foot . . . how cute. I thought I would post that one because in the second picture it looks like the baby doesn't have any legs, but it does (and feet too). My sister asked me who our girl looks like, and I have to say it is pretty tough to say at this point. I felt like she looked really skinny, especially her bum and legs, but the tech said that the measurements looked good and she weighs a whopping 14 ounces. I guess I will just have to keep eating lots to get some fat on her bones. And of course I have to include a picture of my belly. This was the day of the ultrasound at 21 1/2 weeks. So far I have felt really good. I never was sick at all. My only complaints have been a sore lower back, and maybe being a little tired. I have been feeling our little girl move since about 16 weeks and it is so fun to feel her. Hurray for little girls!

Good News!

Dan and I have an exciting announcement that we have shared with some of you, but I guess it is time for the whole blogging world to know . . . We are having a baby!! We are so excited and we already love our little avacodo sized baby alot. I am due July 31st, so it is going to be a hot summer!

Omaha!

I went to visit my favorite cousin/best friend Chelsea in Omaha last week. We had so much fun! We were super busy eating good food, visiting museums/visitors centers, seeing the sights, making crafts, and just relaxing! We went to a diner, drive-in, and dive and had the most delicious french toast and cactus scramble!
We went to a really neat museum about Abraham Lincoln
We also went to the coolest zoo I have every been to! It was mostly inside and you just walk through the natural habitats of all the animals.

It was so fun to spend time with Chelsea! Thanks for pampering me and showing me such a good time!