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There are a ton more pictures to post, but I have to get to bed, I have to work at 7:00am tomorrow! And it is taking FOREVER to download all the pictures. I will post more tomorrow!

Our weekend up North

Here are a few pictures from our trip up north last weekend.

Family Fun

This weekend we went up to my parent's in BG for a family weekend. Saturday night we celebrated Feb. birthdays and relaxed and played with the kids. Joel finally got to meet Allison his youngest cousin. She is so cute!!! Isaac is talking up a storm and kept refering to Joel as "boy", it was so funny! Heather, AJ and Izzy came over for a visit and to meet Aliya too. This afternoon my mom and sisters hosted a baby shower/open house for us! It was so fun! Great food, friends and gifts! We are so blessed!!! Pictures will be following soon!!

Not A Happy Camper!

Today we had Aliya's 8 week appointment. She now weighs 11 lbs 2 oz and is still 21" long. She got four shots in her little legs, two in each. She screamed so hard I burst into tears! She took it like a champ though and was quickly scooped up by daddy and taken home to sleep it off and cuddle all day. The doctor said she's perfect! I still agree!

Happy Birthday Jon!

Today is Jon's birthday! He is 34 today!! He gets to spend his day with his daughter and after school I will pick Joel up and we will do something special as a family!!

I love you baby! Happy Birthday!

Photo Shoot

We had our first family photo shoot this afternoon after church. Here are a few of the pictures (before touch ups).

It just keeps getting better!

Jon is now home from work on his leave and yesterday was my first full day back to work. It was so hard to leave her all day! We went to small group last night and were showered with love and kisses (Aliya was, not me). So many people have been praying for us over the past three years and especually during these past 7 months. So we got home pretty late last night and after Joel went to bed we put a movie in. We were both (Jon and I) asleep within 10 minutes. Aliya woke up wanting a midnight snack before we ventured up to bed. Here is where it gets good...she slept until 5am!!!! Woke up for a 2oz snack then back to bed until 7am!!! That's when Jon took over and she had some cuddle time with daddy! Joel is still loving her, I'm sure the her newness will wear off soon, but I'll take it while we got it! He has a basketball game at 1pm today then Aliya and I have a shower at my work. My residents are throwing us a party! Tomorrow after chruch we have our first set of professional pictures being taken!!! Hopefully we'll get some good ones to post and share!