Ochard Fun

Hey everyone! Just a quick update. We had Barrett's blessing this past Sunday. It was wonderful. I love new babies - mine in particular ;)

My parents came up for the weekend and we went to a local orchard to pick apples. It was way fun. 

Here are some pictures from our little adventure.

We are inside the store portion of the orchard here. They sell some kick butt apple cider there, apple donuts, boiled peanuts, and bbq, - oh ya - and some pre-picked apples.

 

We took some family photos really quick. 

There was also rides on a hay wagon pulled by some beautiful Belgians. We got there a little late so we missed it unfortunately, but we got to pet the horses before we left.

The next day was the blessing and we had a little luncheon, which I didn't take any pictures of, but here are a couple outside the church. (My heels were sinking in the ground so excuse the weird stance :)

We wore poor mom out. 

A ton of pics w/ few words

I have a couple minutes so I thought I would do a mini update along the lines of the title of this post.

Let's see well my family came to visit like 3 weeks before my due date so here are a couple photos from that.

















(Left to right: Carly, Boe, Marc, my Mama, Jer, and Addie)


















Did I mention that even though Barrett was 8lbs 12 oz I was still pretty small? The doctor as well as the nurses were really shocked he was as big as he was.



















Yes they are under a waterfall that we are standing in front of up top :D

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Several days before I had Barrett I decided I needed to cut Addie's hair.

The Before Shots:

This was the first time I have taken off more than an inch. It was getting so unruly and I am really happy with how it turned out. I was thinking maybe taking off a couple more inches a little later. But for now, here are the After shots!

Now just some cute pictures of my adorable children!






















Barrett makes the best faces. I happened to capture them every once in a while on camera.


















Addie playing at the park

























































Sporting the Mohawk - - courtesy of Daddy

Introducing...

Barrett Martin! Isn't he cute?!? Okay well he looks a little like he was JUST born but scroll down there are a couple more pictures.

As you some of you know, I don't like using super common names or repeat names in our families. This was hard considering the majority of the 40 some odd cousins on Jeremy's side are boys. As well as the majority are boys on my side too.

So first let me say it took us over 24 hrs to choose this name and it probably would have taken longer but I was tired and wanted it over with. Barret was a name I found but it was actually on my "reserve" list but it went straight to the top of Jeremy's list. When it came down to it he just looked like a Barret to us.

Martin is after my Father, who is amazing :) When I called and talked to my mom she actually told me her grandfather was also named Martin.


















So let's see...facts. He was born September 1st they said he was obviously overdue (like I hadn't figured that out lol.) I actually started contractions that morning at about 3am but I just waited since we were going in at 6. By the time they hooked me up to all the monitors and stuff I was 3 mins apart in my contractions and at a 4. They broke my water then let things run there course.

Barret was born at 12:51 pm (Jer just told me...I was little preoccupied to notice the time.) He weighed 8lbs 12oz and measured 20 and 1/4 inches.



















Though not as quick as Addie, it still only took 2o min of pushing before I got to see him. When he first came out I thought he had really light curly hair but after he was clean up it was a med-dark brown and just a little wavy.








I did have some complications but it all worked out in the end and both I and the baby are healthy and happy. We actually got to come home the next day/today (I will miss the chef but super happy about being home)




















Addie seems to like him (so far.) But when he starts crying she like to keep her distance. I thought I had gotten some cute shots of them both but they didn't turn out so you will have to wait for those. I am pretty tired but I thought I would give you all an update on everything. Love you all!

















-Jeremy, Maria, Addie, and Bear (as daddy calls him)