Blakey

We had Blake's pictures taken last Saturday. It was so much fun! I wish that Parker would have been more cooperative for the pics, but he woke up with a fever and was totally miserable all day. Oh well, I am just glad we were able to catch Blake in all his newborn cuteness. The photographer put this one picture up on her blog today from the photo shoot and it is adorable! I can't wait to see the rest of them!

Blake's first week

Blake is such a little angel! He is the most content little guy and just quietly looks around or sleeps until he needs to be fed again, so I still get lots of one on one Parker time. Blake is a great sleeper at night, so you would think we'd be getting lots of sleep too.... but, Parker has started to get up every night with night/sleep terrors, and NOTHING will calm him down. Has anyone else ever had to deal with these with their kids??? Let me know what to do. I am getting really sleep deprived:) Besides the sleeping issues, we are doing great and Chad and I are absolutely loving life with our two little boys. I can't believe that little Blake is already over a week old! He is growing up way too fast.


First Bath

Happy 4th of July!

Blake and I came home from the hospital on the 3rd, my mom's birthday, and got to spend the whole holiday weekend at home, with a lot of my family who came in town to help us out. We had a fun 4th of July playing with the baby. That night we lit fireworks in on the street in front of our house. Parker couldn't get enough of them, and kept asking for more. Hope everyone had a fun holiday weekend!


Blake


Park and Blake


Parker thinks he is hot stuff with his new set of wheels


Watching the fireworks

Brotherly love

Parker has had such a fun time playing with family that has been in town. During the birth, he got to stay home with my little brother Matt and he had the time of his life with him. That night, Park came to the hospital to meet his new baby brother. He was interested for about 5 seconds, and then spent the rest of his time drinking from my water jug, which apparently is much more exciting. We love our little boys and can't wait for them to become best little friends.

Blake Matthew Burnham

Little Blake was born on July 2nd at 2:02pm. He surprised us by being a whopping 8 lbs, 8 oz. The birth was so pleasant, and easy. My epidural was perfect, I had great support with Chad, my mom and Tia in the room, everything went really quick and smoothly and Blake made his entrance with only one push. I think I got pretty lucky. The whole experience was so special and spiritual. I love that I get to be a mom and bring these tiny spirits into the world. To top it all off, Blake is the cutest little guy with black, wavy hair and perfect little features. He resembles Parker, but definitely has his own look. Here are some pictures from the birth:

Waiting for baby


First moments with mommy


Blake




With Mom and Dad


First hair wash


Our cute little guy

Anytime now...

Hopefully this is my last belly picture. I am 39 weeks and SOOO ready to see this kid. The doctor didn't think I would make it through the weekend still prego, but here I am, Sunday afternoon, and still as big as ever. I think you have been in there long enough, little guy, come on out already!!!

Licenses

I'ts been an eventful licensing week at our house. We are official Utahns now! We finally got our Utah drivers licenses and license plates for our car and Chad's new purchase that he has wanted for a long time now, the Stella scooter. He loves it, and Parker loves it just as much. Park gives "scoot" a kiss on the headlight every time he sees it in the garage! And, "Beep Beep" has become one of his favorite phrases, thanks to scoot.



In addition to those licenses, Chad found out this week that he passed all of his Pharmacy board exams! Yeah! He is now a licensed Utah pharmacist! We were so happy to get this news. And I am so proud of Chad and all of his hard work!

Early addict

Diet coke flows like water in our house. We just can't get enough, and now we seem to be rubbing off on the little one. The few drops he gets out of this empty can are going to have to satisfy his need for a now. Maybe in a couple more years bud.

Nesting and more...

Well, I am full term, and SO ready for this baby to be born! I will be 38 weeks soon and we are all getting very anxious to meet this little guy. Parker and I have turned into clean freaks. It's all we do these days. I guess the nesting is setting in for all of us. I don't think Park understands what all of his hard work is preparing for. Poor kid!




We are still absolutely loving our life in St. George. We have been able to catch some awesome sunsets from our front yard. Summer nights here are just perfect. Chad has been studying like crazy for his pharmacy boards so that we can get all of that out of the way before the baby is born. We are keeping our fingers crossed that all of the timing works out. Other than that, we continue to have lots of visitors stopping through. We love it. Keep coming! The other night our great friends from Maryland, the Skinners spent the night. It was so much fun to stay up late and catch up with them and let the kids play together. We miss you guys already!!!

DR. CHAD ANTHONY BURNHAM

Even though Chad finished all of his school requirements early, and we have been out of Maryland for a little while now, last Friday was his actual "graduation", which we didn't even fly back to Maryland for... party poopers, I know. But as of last Friday Chad now officially has his Doctor of Pharmacy and Master of Business degrees, and can be called "Doctor Burnham". I am so proud of Chad. He is one of the smartest people I know, and has worked so hard the past few years. Through all of the long hours of school work, he still found time to be the best husband and dad for me and Park. On Friday Parker and I took a cake to the Pharmacy, where Chad was working, and then decorated the house with balloons, a banner and music for Chad to come home to. We topped the night off with Chili's take out... yum! I love you Chad! Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!