Blessed....(Seriously so)

We blessed Madelyn on Sunday. She wore the same dress that my mom and I were blessed in. It was great to have our family and friends there with us.  

My uncle Scott made this super cool watermelon well art. Thank you thank you!

Scotts and Frisbee

Dad and Pete came down last weekend to play Frisbee golf....oh, and Pete had a Scottish festival too.

We tried out the course up Rock Canyon and were pleased. See how happy Dad is?

Madelyn and I didn't actually play but we walked around and pretended to be paparazzi.

First Week

Madelyn has been meeting her family this week. She loves all of them... as far as we can tell.

Passing her around was a little scary at first.

Four generations of ladies!

Great grandpa Murdock

Grandma Jo

Super Sam celebrated his sweet sixteenth birthday with us while he was here. I tried really hard to have Madelyn on Sam's birthday but we missed it by two hours.

Some cuddle time with dad.

Baby's first bath! She wasn't a fan.

More Madelyn

I can't resist. She's about the cutest thing I've ever seen!

First time in a car seat. She hated it! But eventually she calmed down and fell asleep. Nice.

Leaving the hospital. Hopefully I stop looking so tubbalardy.

She has her grandma's love of yoga already. This one is goddess pose. The blanket she's on was made by her great grandma Murdock who made me one very similar to this when I was a baby. Thank you grandma!!!

Tummy time with daddy.

And since we're talking about babies I thought I'd post these. This apartment complex is right behind our house and it's actually where I lived when I was a teeny tiny baby. Provo's a good place for babies.

Our little Madelyn Wren or Big Girls You are Beautiful!

Here is the low down. Emily was a week overdue with what may be a bigger baby. Tuesday night we went to the Orem Community Hospital so Em could be induced. After 29 long hours of labor and hunger as Emily states. Little Madelyn Wren came into our family at 8lbs 12oz and 21inches long. She's a chubby baby. Wow, we're like adults now with a real family!!!

 Here is Em the day before going into the hospital. Doesn't she look great.

Here is our little Madelyn, me holding her for the first time. It was the coolest thing I've ever seen. She is so adorable.

My lovely and amazing amazon warrior wife with her cute daughter. So this picture is after Em ate a wonderful lunch and getting several hours of sleep.

Uncle Ian"Baby Big Guy" with Madelyn for the first time. Ian was great and wanted to hold her forever. What a great Uncle, will he be pesty???

Uncle Adam enjoying his turn with Madelyn. Can you believe it two uncles under 13, crazy.

And Granny Jann with her beautiful daughter. Emily did great through the whole thing. If anyone is down in the Orem area and is going to have a baby go to the Orem Community Hospital, they are awesome and take very good care of the new moms, and dads. Did I mention they make great cookies... More pictures to come I'm sure.

I'll Take the High Road...

We went to the Scottish Festival at Thanksgiving Point this weekend to watch Pete compete. He looked so manly in his kilt.

Look! Laura actually has her eyes open. I tricked her by taking one picture and then immediately taking another one. The first one her eyes are closed.

All the bands came together and played a song for the opening cerimony. It was incredibly loud.

Here's the Henry's Fork Pipe Band in their individual competition. I love watching this girl. She twirls her drumsticks so well.

In between competitions we watched the athletic competitions. This guy was throwing 56 lbs 18 ft into the air!

The wind really picked up in the afternoon. We actually saw a few people get taken out by a flying tent! Hopefully they'll be ok. I was just glad that most people weren't wearing their kilts in the traditional manner on such a breezy day. Even so we still saw a few things we'd rather not have.