He's finally here!!!

I look exactly how I feel, EXHAUSTED!
6 lbs, 8 oz, 18 inches long...pretty bald, brown eyed?....and BEAUTIFUL!

Lots of kisses for Brooks
Our first kiss!

He never thought he'd be so happy to hear a baby cry

A very proud grandma! I'm so thankful that she came earlier than originally planned, it was so great to have her there.

The labor went pretty well, relatively speaking. I started feeling contractions around 12:30am...already about 12 minutes apart. I woke Stephen up at about 3:30am when the contractions were REALLY hurting and about 8 minutes apart. We finally left for the hospital just before 5:ooam, contractions every 3 minutes....I was dilated to a 3 upon arrival....I got the epidural around 6:00...it wore off around 8:30 when I started pushing and he arrived at 9:11am!!

Good food, good company, dissapointing Cardinals

We had our first get together to break in our apartment for the Super Bowl. Too bad the Cardinals couldn't pull it off, I was a little embarrased to be wearing my AZ shirt after they let their win go, oh well. Stephen, Mom, Laura, Owen and Dan.


Andy, Oliver, Tamara, Julee and Matt.

What a great ward!

I have an amazing ward here in Jersey City and I owe a huge Thank You especially to Tamara and Gretchen who organized and hosted a really fun baby shower for me. There was a great turn out of supportive women from the ward who brought great gifts for someone they hadn't even really met. I feel so blessed to have such a great support system already, I really don't know how anyone would survive here without the sisterhood that the church provides!

This is Liz looking at a "poopy" diaper, trying to decide if he ate a Snicker's or Reese's, lol!

A few of the other ladies sniffing "poopy" diapers, what a fun game!

Tamara, the party host (what a CUTE apartment right?) and me (looking really bloated and rosy as always, cute right, ha)

Tamara is really crafty, she made this for Brooks- Ollie the Owl.

All the great gifts from the very gracious women in the ward, we are so blessed.

THANK YOU!