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Bryan has 4 weeks off for paternity leave so we have been having lots of fun family time lately!

My niece recently sent us a “flat Shelby” puppet in the mail as part of a class project. She had to send it to someone that didn’t live in the same town as her, and they had to commit to taking pictures of the “puppet” in their community. Then we are supposed to send the pictures back with the puppet, and the class is going to have a geography lesson and see where all the puppets went. So, we took the puppet on the hike with us the other day and I tried to get some pictures of flat Shelby along the trail. We actually had a lot of fun propping the paper doll in trees. The following pictures are just the beginning of the adventures of flat Shelby.

My uncle Mike came to visit, and on the only sunny day we took a short hike near our home. At the end of the hike daddy and Mike found a tunnel. Unfortunately, there were a lot of rocks on the path to the tunnel so I stayed behind with mommy while the big guys explored the tunnel. We had lots of fun and saw some beautiful scenery. Unfortunately, when we woke up on Sunday Mike found a tick on his arm. Sorry uncle Mike, but thanks for visiting.

Ezekiel is starting to laugh now so we pulled out the video camera and shot some footage of him. Enjoy the laughter.

We recently spent some time with my parents and niece. Ezekiel loves meeting new people and warms up to them very quickly. I couldn’t believe how much he adored his cousin Mariah. He loved playing with her and was always smiling at her. He also loved spending time with his grandpa and grandma.

For those of you who wanted more pictures . . . here they are.

On June 12th at 5:54 PM Bryan and I welcomed our little blessing from Heaven into the world. He weighed 6 lbs 10 oz and was 19 inches long. Everyone says he looks a lot like Bryan but has my nose, and has a lot of dark hair.

Ezekiel means “God will strengthen” and Dai (which is a variation of David and is pronounced “day”) means “beloved”.

For those of you who want to know . . . I had a 14 hour labor. Bryan was an amazing coach. Of course I have a biased opinion, but I have the most amazing husband.  Because of Bryan’s support I was able to deliver without drugs, and Ezekiel came into the world very happy and alert.

We are all doing very well and are learning to adjust to our new family life. We see Ezekiel changing daily and are amazed at how much Bryan and I learn every day. Birth truly is a miracle and we feel so blessed by God.

While I was in Visalia the family got together to celebrate birthdays! It was so nice to be able to see everyone! When the Anaya baby is born my grandparents will have 9 great grandchildren! Needless to say we had a huge party!

My family put together a beautiful baby shower for me last weekend while I was visiting them in Visalia. My youngest niece had never been to a baby shower before and she asked, “What do you do at a baby shower? Take a shower with the baby?” Bryan and I are looking forward to all the funny little things that our children will say. My friend, Tawni, took some awesome photos for me during the shower so I added them below. A very special thank you to all the women who worked SO hard putting together a wonderful shower!