Welcome home Izzie!

Yesterday Baby Izzie came home for the first time! She was so cute in her little homecoming outfit, and slept soundfully the entire car ride. Suzanne brought over some paints and poster paper and we got busy making this beautiful banner (we as in I)...Emma added her mark on the sidelines, as you can see, and everyone eagerly signed their name. Cute huh? Here's her little homecoming getup. It's so cute how small she looks in this carseat! Sorry you have to turn your head for this one. Blogger doesn't have image editing? Cum-on!!

When she's awake, she's always trying to pry her head up and look around. When she can't, she's wide eyed and chubby! Who do you think she looks like?!?!

Isabel Ann Lamb

Here are some of the ins-and-outs between Izzie's labor story. She was a very good baby - still good, avid sleeper, short and chubby :) just the way we like them! --yes, her official name is Isabel Ann.

--she's got bird legs, and a chubby face, and she's already smiling :)

--she was born exactly May 11, 2009 5:54pm

--she's beautiful, but is always really sleepy :(

--she enjoys being held, cradled, and wrapped up.

--she's not even a full day old! :-O

My mom got induced at 9:30, and between 3pm-4pm dropped to a 6. At 5:54 she had a beautiful baby girl! What more can you say about that?

Hello, Baby!

May 11, 2009 at 5:54 pm a little angel came down from heaven to join our family. Although this precious baby has no name yet, we are ecstatic to welcome such a beautiful baby girl.

She has a wicked loud scream, and a beautiful little face...Kristen and I are almost 90% sure we saw her even smile a little bit :)

She weighed in at 7 lbs, 12 oz and is 19 inches long (aka, short and chubby!)

My mommy went in at about 9:30 this morning, and waited all day. We'll release more deets about this beauty when we confirm a name. Please suggest names, too! You know what we want--now we're trying to fight for which name is right. Isabelle, or Rebecca? (my vote is Isabelle..she has pretty dark hair, and fair skin. She'll be an Izzie for sure!)

thanks SOOO much!!!

love,

the lamb family

Mothers

Happy Mothers Day to all! I just want to emphasize some of the great things about my mom, this being her last day of pregnancy!

--she's strong. Through all the tough times, and the times when all we had to hold onto was each other, she's been the rock through all of it. I will say that she isn't the laidback mother, and consists on getting things done ASAP, but I admire her will and strength and her desire to raise a righteous family in the Gospel. There have been extremely tough times, especially recently through her pregnancy, but thru it all she refuses to a) let her children see her cry, and b) show weakness. I have a great amount of respect for the way she treats us and how strong she is.

---she's beautiful. Her power and grace in how she accomplishes tasks is ultimately beautiful. She shows effort and takes care of herself to allow beauty to be enticed, or invited in.

----she has worthy values, both spiritually and thru her motherhood. She shows a leading and valuable example, and encourages us every day to live up to worthy standards, as well. She expects: a clean home, a family thriving on the Gospel, every room filled with spiritual existence, and laughter and smiles. Without her constant urge to become better and a more spirit-led household, we would not have values to live up to.

-----she shows love to her husband and children. Not that she doesn't show anyone else love - she does - but being her close, inside family, she tries to make our purpose on Earth visible to us. I've heard that "it's a mothers future that makes her children bright"... I have come to realize that my mother does that to us. Her love shown is bright, and invites us to participate in a lively, freeing future. We look forward to the climb with every step counted. The love that she shows her husband is clearly undeniable - without him in this world, we would not be here. To make up for his presence, she shows a limitless amount of love and compassion to everyone - friends, family, and strangers alike.

------she is willing to make sacrifices for her children and family members. I owe a great deal of respect to her for possesing this value. It's not everyday that you see compassionate family members making everyday sacrifices for their loved ones. But what you see in my mother is different - she makes sacrifice look easy and painless. She enjoys feeling the spirit so much, that she is insistant on making sacrifices. I respect that highly.

-------she brought us to the earth. Each one of us in this family was born to loving parents that appreciate our company and make us feel welcome.

She has said before, "you'll never love me as much as I love you." I can't wait until I'm a mother to see what's it like!

I love you Lisa McGhie Lamb! You're the greatest!

LOVE,

your family

Easter Weekend

Our Easter weekend was hectic - these pictures don't even do it justice! Aside from the business calls, late dinners, television shows, and relaxation, we were eating up every chance we could get to spend some quality time together. Henceforth the Easter egg hunt, egg-decorating session at Kristens, Hannah Montana movie, and Easter Day dinner. For squeezing all that in a three-day timeslot, we're considered LUCKY.

First off was the Lamb family easter egg hunt at the Rose's. Aunt Suzanne and Uncle Scott can throw quite a party! At first nobody seemed too interested in ditching the backyard and heading to the front to give us some time to hide the eggs, but after much persistance, they were off. Talmage did exact calculations to see who-got-how-many, and without a flurry, the competition began. here's us on Easter day. How cute!! Two minutes before church, straggling around, yelling and screaming. I don't know about you, but I DETEST being late to things. It's embarassing and you feel like an idiot walking in even twenty seconds into it. Ugh!

But otherwise, we're cute and sweet and this picture is adorable :)
Here's the little girls at the Easter Egg hunt. We had to comment on how a) everyone is wearing pink or a very close shade of pink..and b) how it resembles the Cingular bars!
L-R: Susan Lamb, Arden Lamb, Rachel Rose, Emma Lamb.. cute cousins!!


This picture is irresistable: Ethan and Emma are so darned cute!!

Aside from that, our Friday was spent at Kristens decorating eggs! We love dying easter eggs - it's such a thrill and too much fun for the kids. Kristen is a great aunt! And we all got to see baby Roman! Melissa is one heck of a mother!

During their fun hour, I was at the Hannah Montana movie with my friends, Kaitlyn, Hannah, Cebrina, Taylor-Ann, and Jessica. Thanks girls!!