Austin Michael

Austin Michael arrived Saturday June 2, 2007 at 9:31 AM. He weighed 7 pounds 10 ounces and was 21 inches long. He had a ton of black hair when was born...most of which is still there, although it is beginning to thin out on the top of his head. Everything went really well, and we are adjusting nicely to having the little guy at home with us. This is our first family picture, taken at the hospital the day he was born.

My mom was able to come and stay with us for almost a month. She was an amazing help to me, and made the adjustment to motherhood a little bit easier...until she had to go home. Austin absolutely loved Grandma (or is it "Gram Cracka"?). He smiled and talked to her more than he has for either me or Justin. We all miss her already...especially her little"darlin'."

We blessed Austin in church last Sunday. It was quite an event, with all of Justin's family, my parents, and a long time family friend and his children. We took up 4 whole pews in the chapel. There were 5 baby blessings that day...so Austin will have lots of little friends his age. After the blessing, we came back to our house for a luncheon. It was a little chaotic, with close to 50 people in my home, half of them little kids. Needless to say, I get slightly (ha ha) stressed with kids running all over my house. Overall things went very well, and everything turned out very nicely.