Smiles and Sitting Up

These pictures speak for themselves...my baby is the cutest in the world.

The little angel is blessed

Well, our little angel was blessed on the same weekend that Heidi was baptized, wow...a little stressful for mom, but wonderful all the same! Her blessing was beautiful and she looked beautiful, the food was good, the day was lovely. For all of my blessings I am overwhelmed! Oh, and I couldn't resist posting this angelic sleeping picture Amy!

Heidi is baptized!

Heidi Anne Newman was baptized on September 19th. We are so proud of her. Her granny even came from California, and that was a surprise. Heidi you are such a sweet girl! Thank you for being such a good example to your new little sister Amy. Love you!

The Most Adorable Post known to blogger...

Here it is folks, the most adorable post known to Blogger, in the whole history of blogging, no big deal. We caught some of Amy's first smiles, and the video speaks for itself. We are so in love with this child!

Family Fun...Claire is here to play!

Debra and Tyler came for a visit from Florida...but more importantly, Claire was here. Claire, you are ever so much more important than your parents! She is so adorable, such a thoughtful darling little child. We had so much fun getting to know our little niece...and what's more, she's Amy's cousin and soon to be, best friend. Whether Claire or Amy like it, they WILL be best friends! That's mine and Deb's plan anyway. I was lucky enough to have Heidi when my sister Kristine had Gracie. Now I'm so lucky again. I have Amy and Deb has Claire. What did I do to get so lucky?

The kids begged all of the men in our family to do cannon balls into the pool. We generally love doing this with all of the people swimming, because we like to see how big of waves we can make! Never, have I seen such big waves as I did when these 5 beefcakes jumped in! hah hah. Check out my dad jumping off of the diving board. What a sport. Thanks men for the fun, the kids loved it!!!!

AMY ANNE WATKINS... welcome to the world.

It's official...on June 30th at 8:09 p.m. we welcomed a darling little girl into our family. She was 7 lbs 8 ounces and 20 1/2 inches long. Labor was 4 hours long and easier than I expected (since I finally decided on an epidural...which was my first, I didn't get one with my other three kiddies). Amy is adorable. She has red hair and blue eyes (that we can tell so far). She is 3 weeks already and has been such a joy to our family. If I posted all of the pictures of her that we have taken, it would take 50 posts! The kids love her like I've never seen. She is everyone's new love and new toy. We are having the time of our life! Here are some pictures of July 4th also. Our new family picture with 7 kids instead of 6. Amy in her red white and blue...an outfit that we picked up quick while grocery shopping 2 days after she was born! We wanted to share our joy, our whole family is just enthralled and in love!

Blow out!

If you will look down 2 posts, you will see that I blogged on our trip to Lake Powell...please look down and read!

Here is a picture of part of our trip to Lake Powell, read on down a couple posts and you'll understand this picture!