Newborn Pictures of Mitchell

I know! I'm about eight weeks too late...these pictures were taken when Mitchell was two weeks old.

Enjoy.

Mitchell's Blessing

I love baby blessings but I usually get more emotional when it's not my baby being blessed. I think when it's one of mine, I'm too worried for my husband and stressed about the luncheon afterwards to feel the spirit of what's happening. However, the moment George, followed by all the wonderful men in my life surrounded Mitchell, the tears began to flow. George gave him a beautiful blessing and Mitchell didn't make a peep. Sweet baby. We had a luncheon at my mom and dad's house after complete with blue candy, blue pumpkins, and a blue chocolate fountain!
We looked and looked for a simple white polo shirt for him to wear which proved to be much more difficult than you would think. However, George's brother and his wife found one for us at Dillard's a few days before the blessing. Thank you David and Aly!
The Gordon-Smith/Gines family staring into the sun, trying to look happy and at ease after the boys had been threatened with their lives to behave and be good listeners :) They were SO wound up with all the family and friends we had there...I was literally sweating by the time I got them to cooperate long enough for a picture. Mitchell was equally as thrilled...poor guy.
Mitchell had three sets of grandparents at his blessing. These are Joel's parents, grandma and grandpa Gines, and Mitchell is their 20th grandchild. Cambrie, who is nine, is the oldest so it's lots of fun when all the grand kids are together!
George's parents, grandma and grandpa Gordon-Smith, were here from Prague which is why we blessed him when we did. We got to spend a lot of time with them and are grateful they were able to be here for Mitchell's special day.
So...my dad is MIA. Not sure where he was when I took this picture, you would think I would have a picture of the very person Mitchell is named after but no such luck. This is grandma Mitchell representing both she and her missing husband. They are always such good sports about hosting our events as our two bedroom town home really isn't good for entertaining. Thanks mom and dad for all of your help! My mom is the one who came up with the blue pumpkins which were a perfect touch...very clever.

And I end this post with a picture of the MAIN MAN. Mitchell is such a joy and it was so much fun to have our family and friends around to celebrate his birth and this special day with us.

Happy 5th Birthday Max!

Max is turning FIVE tomorrow so we celebrated with friends and family on Saturday.
He wanted a Star Wars party with a light saber cake. The cake turned out cute but on the way to the church our stroller fell on top of it. It has a big hole in the back but we managed to cover it up with some stars. It looks a big rough but Max was thrilled anyway :) Check out his face in this picture...this Darth Vader doesn't need a mask to be scary!

All the cousins and friends. We had a lot of family in town for this party so it was fun to visit with everyone. The kids got to fight Darth Vader multiple times and some of them were in tears but each of them defeated him in the end.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAX! WE LOVE YOU!

Mitchell Update

Mitchell at 2 weeks.
Okay. Having problems posting pictures which is why it has taken 6 weeks for me to do it. This picture didn't upload so well but you get the general idea. Dad and baby naps...precious!
As you can see, Mitchell LOVES his baths :) The child doesn't like to be tampered with.
So, I'll be honest. I was worried that George and I wouldn't have a very cute baby and here's why. We know that he and Summer make cute babies, and we also know that Joel and I make cute babies.

However, there was no way of knowing that George and I would be able to create something equally as cute. Needless to say, I am so thrilled he turned out to be so very handsome :)
Mitchell at six weeks old and me looking very tired. I was very used to my 8+ hours of sleep every night...this has thrown me for a bit of a loop! It's been over 5 years since I've had a baby and I forgot how very tired you get. So very rewarding though. Love this baby!

Mitchell is clearly so very happy to be six weeks old :) He always has this concerned look on his face...deep in thought I suppose. He'll have wrinkles on his forehead very early in life but at least he'll be brilliant like his daddy. Oh, the quizzical brow.

We love you Mitchell!