Baby Smiles

Our little (well...not so little) Isaac has starting to really smile at us! There is nothing better than little baby smiles! This is a picture of some of his first smiles. He's got dimples!!

Happy 5th Birthday Kelsey!

Our Kelsey June turned the "big 5" on the 22nd. We had a little party to celebrate. She is such a sweet, fun part of our family. Watch out Kindergarten...Kelsey is ready to come!

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Baby Isaac

Here's Baby Isaac at 5 1/2 weeks weighing in at an impressive 13 pounds!

Easter time pictures...

We had a fun Easter! To the kids delight we did all the fun Easter things--an egg hunt, decorating eggs, and getting all dressed up for church on Sunday. Thanks to Aunt Ali for everyone's cute outfits!!!! The kids had a great day. Thank goodness for warm Spring weather!

Our four kids all dressed up!
(As usual--I bribed them with candy to let me take their pictures. )

The "group hug" picture was not part of the bribe--they actually did this themselves! Sweet!

The girls loved these dresses because they were very "twirly".

The hunt is done! The kids were successful.

Cherry Blossom festival in DC

I've always wanted to see the famous Cherry Blossoms in Spring here in DC and yesterday I got the chance. I wasn't disappointed! We went downtown to enjoy a beautiful Spring day and it was beautiful to see hundreds of cherry trees all in full bloom. Kelsey loved them because they are pink! It was fun to see them with Grandma and Grandpa Despain. They went home to Utah today so Blaine and I are on our own with these 4 kids---wish us luck!




Notice Ellie's classic look.

Cam, Isaac, Kelsey by the blossoms.

Isaac is home!

Welcome Home Isaac!

We brought our sweet baby boy home last Friday! Everyone was glad to have Mom and Isaac home! Isaac is doing great--we think he's pretty cute and has been a pretty mellow baby the first week of his life. What a blessing to have him in our family.

Happy Birthday Baby Isaac!

Our sweet baby Isaac Philip Blood was born today!  He was a perfect 8lbs 7 oz., and 20 3/4 inches long.  Labor and delivery went very smoothly.  No problems.  Jaimee was a total champ.  I [Blaine] pretty much just watched the miracle.  Jaimee's mom is here helping us with the kids, and it was nice for Jaimee and I to be able to go to the hospital together this morning and not have to worry about them.  I took grandma and the kids to see Jaimee and the baby tonight.  The kids thought the baby was pretty cool.  Cameron got all choked up and teary-eyed (I think he is really glad to have a brother), what a sweet kid.