Welcome Baby Lyla Jae Blakeney!!I'm sure most of you know that Josh and Julia had their baby girl yesterday Tuesday July 22nd, 2008...Finally!!!! I was so excited for Julia to hear that the wait was over because she was more then ready for miss lyla to arrive!!! Vanessa being the super aunt that she now is sent me a picture on my phone with the details, sooooo excited!!!
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Lyla weighed 7lbs. 13 oz and was I believe 20.5 in length. I waited all day to get to go visit her since the hospital is pretty close to the store...so after roasting all day at work since the air conditioner was still broken I booked it over to the hospital. Proud Grandparents Jewel and Barry were there when I arrived, and I got to hold miss Lyla right away. Everyone she is so cute and so tiny!!! I think she is a good mix of both mommy and daddy...I see Julia in her eyes and Josh in the nose. She has a little bit of dark hair that stands up a little bit which is really cute!! I guess she's been sleeping well and not fussing too much at all. I took a few pictures as I was holding the little cutie.... I love this one even though it's a little dark I love how her hand is up by her cheek...I always feel bad taking pictures with a flash around babies but I did take a few...check out facebook to see the rest. Both mom and dad seem to be doing well....Julia told me that I should look into adoption because labour was not fun. Julia was really cute and funny as she was telling me about it. It was especially crazy for me too see Josh as a dad... we've been friends since we were fourteen so we go way back and it's crazy to see how far we've both come since our youth days together!!! I think they'll both be such great parents and I'm super excited for both of them as they start out on this adventure as a family of three!!!!! Welcome to the World Baby Lyla!!!!
Shiny faced me with cutie pie Lyla!!!!
Lyla Jae Blakeney total cutie!!!***
I wanted to thank everyone for their sweet message during this sad time for me, it was a great comfort for me to hear what everyone had to say and cheered me up!! It was strange being at my parents house without Ashes being there but I know she is in a better place so it makes it just that much easier!!! So thanks friends, our little blogging family is the BEST!!!
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Nothing too much has been going on in our home...Brandon and I had a rainy day off together so we took advantage of our time together to get some exercise and walked in the rain up to the library which was a lot of fun, we both got some books and magazines and just enjoying sitting together check out some of the latest magazines at the library...can't wait for our next trip!!
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This week is going to be a great one because some of my girls are in town for a visit...I haven't seen Denise since my wedding and I have seen nicole since I think January so I'm excited to see the girls and have our whole group back together again for a short time. I have a great group of friends from high school and am blessed to have them in my life!!!
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Work has been a SAUNA!!! It's making me count down to my vacation even more...still no replacement for me yet... it's going to be interesting to see them function without me around so much, not to toot my own horn but I've been there the longest and get a lot of things done around the store so it's going to be a big adjustment...for them and for me, I don't know what I will do without working so much...I'm sure I'll manage!!!
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Nursery is still going well...we had a fan this week which made a HUGE difference...we didn't melt this week which I really appreciated!! It was a strange week for me because normally we have only one boy and the rest are girls but this week we have 4 boys and 2 girls...so strange. But they were all GREAT!!! This month brought Morgan and Kai into nursery and both had great first weeks in nursery and hopefully they'll both have many more!!!
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I think that's all that's been happening around here, it's been exciting with new babies...welcome Charlotte and Ben to the family and Lyla!!! Hope this finds everyone well and enjoying the summer weather...I'm looking forward to my vacation and my first wedding anniversary!!
Oh and a big welcome to Jen who just joined the blogging family!!!! Check out her blog it's super cute!!
8 comments:
So cute! When I see that picture I think you're right about the nose (in my email I thought Julia). I had that rainy day off to take Schuie to the vet. Not fun with a two year old and a cat box!! We'll have to get together soon!!
that was an awesome post...congrats on the nursery calling. It was always one of my favorites.
And Lyla is so adorable.
I'm pretty sure that the whole company of Roots is going to go under Karen. No joke.
Lyla is so cute...jealous you got to hold her!!
She's a really pretty baby! I'll bet you loved holding her!
I'm glad Nursery is going well. I think our leaders are getting released soon, and I'm sad because they do such an awesome job with the kids. Cam will care less though, he runs into Nursery each week faster than any other kid, he's even there sometimes before the teachers get there!
The library sounds fun. Before I had Cam, I used to go to the bookstore and just sit there for hours. I think those days are over for awhile....enjoy yours while you still can!! :)
I love your updates. I was looking at Lyla and thinking how much she seems to look like Julia. Although in person I might change my tune. You do look good with a baby Karen and I can't wait to see you with yours one day, lol. I'm sure the staff at Roots is going to be at a loss without you and I mean that sincerely but I'm glad you'll get to see more of Brandon too. My brother-in-law and his family are moving into your ward so I imagine you'll have more being added to your crew.
you know what i love. spending time with josh just liek you and brandon. doing something as simple as going to get a book or just sitting and playing jeopardy (mine and josh's current fav.) it's so awesome.
oh man, it's crazy that you'll be done work soon. they really are going to miss you, because i know you are super organized and stuff.
p.s you are so good with babies. i love that you are always one of the first to post about new additions. it made me feel special. thanks for being such a great friend.
I tell you Karen, you are getting a lot of practice with all these people having babies...you are going to be so sick of holding them by the time you have your own! Hehehe...yeah right, I know you could NEVER get tired of holding babies. I can't say that I'm surprised to hear that the air conditioner is broken at the store...we always had such temperature problems while I was there. I am jealous of you going to the library. I always feel the urge to read books for fun whenever I am back in school. Unfortunately that means I have zero time to spend reading books for fun, since I have stacks of books to read for studying. Ah well...such is life!
Such cute pictures! You look just as pretty as ever! That little Lyla is sure a cutie! I wish I could come and hold her. I would love to see those two as mommy and daddy! So cute!
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