Family and Friends

Since this is the only type of scrapbooking I will probably ever do, I wanted to have a separate post of our family and friends who were there with us at the hospital. We are truly blessed with such a wonderful support system. Love you guys. Quick note...Aunt Jackie came to visit shortly after we got settled into our room, and I guess the drugs were still so good that I wasn't thinking of getting a picture. Also, Landon (my sister's oldest) was diagnosed with the swine flu the same day Brooklyn was born. Then a week or so after that, Peyton (sister's middle son) was diagnosed with the swine flu as well. So needless to say, Shara wasn't around during our hospital stay and Brooklyn didn't meet her cousins until around 3-4 weeks after she was born.

Brent and Papa Bob


Aunt Shara

Papa Bob


Aunt Shara

Grand and Pops


Pops


Uncle Steve


Uncle Brock


Grand


Papa Bob and Karla



Carol and Kim


Aunt Erin


Mallory


Jana


Sydney


Jill


The college roomies (I need to find a better picture). The flash didn't go off.


Kristy, Brynna, and Addy


Brynna


Addy


Bekah and Kate


Bekah and AJ

Brooklyn Joyce Baldwin

Brooklyn Joyce Baldwin was born on September 15 at 7:43 A.M. She was 6 lbs 14 oz and 19 1/4 in long. She's absolutely beautiful. Everything with her birth went well. After they cleaned her up and brought her to me she was very awake and looking all around even with the very bright OR lights. Her brothers and the rest of the family met us in the recovery room. Blake was instantly into checking her out and Ben was unsure at first. I think he was more worried about why mom was in a hospital bed with all these wires connected to her. He definitely warmed up when the boys came to visit later on in the day. Brooklyn and I made the most out of our hospital stay. Our nurses were great and took good care of us. Her jaundice levels were a little high and her weight had dropped a lot, but both issues resolved themselves pretty quickly. We enjoyed many visitors (which I will blog about next) and my dad made sure I was supplied with many outside meals to avoid the hospital food. Blake and Ben loved to come visit us and hold their little sister. Ben was definitely glad to be able to claim the title of Big Brother. The hospital stay was great, but it was nice to get home and begin a new chapter in our lives as a family of 5.

Here are some pics from her birth and our time at the hospital.





















Blake taking a picture of Mom and Dad with Brooklyn


Mom and her 3 precious kiddos







About to head home


First car ride

First Day of Kindergarten

Blake started Kindergarten on Aug 24th. He was very excited to start school. He is lucky to have 4 neighborhood kids and 1 boy from soccer in his class. This is really crazy since there are 7 Kindergarten classes. His teacher is Ms. Wolfe. I have only heard great things about her, so I'm excited and happy to have her as Blake's teacher. I handled the big day ok. I know he is ready and will do great. His school day is very long, 7:45 - 2:45 so we do miss him much of the day. Ben really misses having his brother around after having such a fun summer. We also have had to adjust to the earlier mornings and look forward to the weekends much more now. I can't wait to see what this year holds. I know Blake will learn and grow so much this year!

The brothers. Ben wasn't too happy about the photo op.

Blake and Ms Wolfe