Visit with Auntie Heather and Tiffany

Auntie Heather came bearing gifts for all!
Caedmon has to hand every piece of wrapping paper
to whoever is sitting close by

Fish have been an obsession for awhile and
Heather did her best to keep the theme

Auntie Heather with Carys

Tiffany reading him his new book

Gift #2 - plastic sea creatures -
he's been playing with them quite a bit lately -
I love to see his imagination at work!:)

Opening birthday gifts and baby Carys' gifts

He adored Tiffany, unfortunately for her
as he decided to drag her anywhere and everywhere with him

Enjoying Auntie Heather's "big truck"
(he loves trucks right now...although those not familiar with him
may think he's swearing as he says truck with an "f" instead of a "t"...:/)

Miss Tiffany with Carys

Thanks for coming and hanging out with us!!!

Auntie Keesha's Time Here

Keesha was here for about a week and helped me out a great deal as I took it easy. She's never been overly fond of children, but she adores her nephew and niece and did such a great job helping out with them! Caedmon loved her!

Thanks for loving on the kids and helping me out around the house!

First Couple Days...

...as a family of 4 :)

Too Big, But.....

so far he hasn't broken anything!:)

Breakfast in Bed

No pics to go with this post, but I had to share.

As I was waking up yesterday morning, Corey walks in with a tray of breakfast! It even included a vase of beautiful flowers from our front yard! What a sweetheart! Breakfast in bed is always a lovely and much appreciated surprise!

Thanks Babe! I love you!

Kisses for His Sister

My Babies

Caedmon, the day we brought him home

Carys, the day we brought her home

They wore the same outfit home.:)

First Day Home

Caedmon's signing "finished" -
guess he's done with the baby sis for the moment!:)

Caedmon enjoys climbing in the cradle when it's not occupied:)

My Wonderful Midwife

It's hard to build a relationship over the course of 7 months or so and then have it end so abruptly! She became a friend, listening to me talk about life for a half hour every visit. She cared about me outside of just my pregnancy. I feel so blessed to have found her and so thankful for all she did for me!!!

Caedmon's Visit to the Hospital

Corey, Caedmon and Keesha arrived at the hospital around 1ish on Wednesday. Here's the process of Caedmon warming up to mama and the sis in pics:

Handed Carys off to my sister right away
so Caedmon wouldn't be jealous

He didn't want to look at me or Carys
and clung to his dad

I remembered that I'd brought along a photo album
with pics of Caedmon from hospital till more recent -
I'd brought it for me:),
but got it out for Caedmon and this was his turning point

He was jumping on the bed -
not sure he was so much into his sister as the jumping

Think we've warmed up now:)

Hanging out with mama and baby sis

Fun in a hospital (that's a latex glove) :)

Family with Carys

Anthony (Corey's brother) was home on leave from the Navy for only a week, leaving at 11am on June 3rd - they drove to the hospital 2 1/2 hours away in the middle of the night and then drove back to catch their flight - he was so very glad to meet his new niece before going back and very proud to be the first family to hold her:)

Anthony's girlfriend, Monica

Grandma LeCureux
(who also got a middle of the night start,
went shopping for gifts on the way and showed up at 7:30am)

Vivian (Corey's niece) who came with Grandma

Keesha (my sister)

Name Significance

I forgot to explain about our baby girl's name.

First, a pronunciation guide (this is how Corey explained it on Facebook):

Carys rhymes with Paris; Desse sounds like Jesse and Anaya (Un - eye - ahh)

Carys means "love" in Welsh. The middle name is a combination of our mother's maiden names. My mother's maiden name is Dessecker, so we shortened it to "Desse" and Corey's mother's maiden name is Anaya.

40 Weeks/Due Date/"Labor Day"

Entertaining Himself

Auntie Keesha's in Town