We've entered Iain's photo into a baby picture contest

We thought it would be fun to enter a photo of Iain into a baby picture contest here in Colorado, to see if he could win. Well, his photo was selected to be entered into another contest. Which we think is so cool. The name of the contest is America's Most Beautiful Baby. So, who knows what could happen. If you would like to vote for him go here... http://gapc-vote.com/?p=1568310 This is the picture that we entered.

The VA cousin and The CO cousin

Last September, I found out that I was pregnant. Leslie than told me that she was also pregnant and her due date was April 10th. When I went to the doctor to confirm my pregnancy. I was told that my due date was April 17th. That's means we both got pregnant in July a week apart. But as pregnancies go, especially first pregnancies, they were both late. Gabe was born on Easter Sunday and 11 days later, my son was born. When we were out in Utah, they got to meet for the first time. Iain also got to meet his Aunt Leslie and Uncle Chris, Aunt Julie, Aunt Shiree, Uncle Eric, and the rest of the extended family. And Brian and I got to meet Gabe. And I must say Gabe is a cute baby. And I'm so glad that both babies came to our family together. They are going to be the best of friends. Once Leslie and Chris move out here to CO. That way Iain and Gabe can play together. We had Melissa take pictures of the two boys together. And than we took pictures of Kendrah and the boys. The pictures are so great. The three babies are so cute together. And I'm so glad that they will have playmates when we have family parties and reunions.

Babies every where.....

Iain also got to meet his cousin, Gabe and second cousin, Kendrah; who were also born in April. Brian and I decided that we wanted to bless Iain in Utah because most of Brian's extended family is there and I have friends there that are as close to me as family. We had a double baby blessing. Brian's cousin, Melissa, had a baby girl the same day that Iain was born, so we blessed the two babies together, in Melissa's ward in Bountiful. Though it was a rainy morning, I couldn't be prouder of Brian and the blessing that he gave our son. At the luncheon, Melissa took pictures of Iain that are just the sweetest. Here's the funny thing about Iain and Kendrah... They were born on the same day just 30 minutes apart. And they could be twins. Except Iain is alot bigger but kendrah's skin tone is darker.

He's Here!!!

On April 23, 2009; we welcomed our first child, a boy, into the world. Brian and I named him Iain Russel. Iain was born at 8:55pm in Thornton, Colorado. He weighed 9 lbs 4.5 oz and was 21 2/3 inches long. At 9 weeks of age weighs 12 lbs. We all think he looks like the Gerber baby. Iain is starting to smile all the time and he is a very sweet baby. Brian and I are so very blessed to have Iain as a part of our growing family.