Sam, Kristol, Daxton, and Danaka

Here is my last picture before Daxton was born. Daxton arrived Monday night, June 22 at 7:07 PM. 7lbs. 3 1/2 oz. 21 inches. Monday morning at 12 AM I woke up crampy. I went back to sleep, only to wake up again at 2:00 having contractions. They weren't bad, but I knew we may be going to the hospital that night, so I got up and put my makeup on. Sam woke up wondering what I was doing. Neither of us could go back to sleep, so we watched a movie until about 4:30 when the contractions became more consistent. We drove 50 minutes to the hospital. It was nice because my contractions were about 5 minutes apart, but not too bad yet. I was checked and was only dilated to a 2.5. So we went and got breakfast. Then we visited Lynly, a friend who had her baby the previous Saturday and was getting ready to go home. But visiting her my contractions slowed down. So Sam and I decided to go walking and take stairs around for another hour or so and my contractions got a lot worse. At 9:30 AM I was adm...

I wanted to thank all those who threw me showers. I was lucky enough to have three. One with family, one with friends and neighbors, and one with my work friends. This first one is the family shower that was a double shower with my cousin Kolbi. She is due with a little boy two weeks before me. Her mom, Mindee, and my mom threw this shower. Check out the food. It was amazing. My aunt Darci made this 'diaper cake'. My goal is to be this creative someday. These are pictures of a shower thrown by my long time friends Nicole Broadbent and Andrea Bohman. Everyone tied an adorable quilt that Nicole did for me. Thank you Lynly, a friend from work, who threw me this shower. And she is due just 4 days before me with a little boy as well. And thank you Ryan for being man enough to come to a baby shower. :)