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. 

Visit from the Smith's....

We had some great visitors Sunday--my good friend Jenny Smith is here visiting her husband Eric who has been living here also getting an LLM while she and her kids have been living in Utah (long story). So fun to see you Jen! Sure miss you!

Baby update...

Baby Isaac has been ready to come for a few weeks now, but in typical Blood child fashion--they don't like to come out on their own---so the plan is for me to be induced on Wednesday, March 11th. We are ready and excited! Here I am "ready to pop" but excited to have another special baby in our family!

Ready for Baby Isaac!

Here is a picture of the bedding that I made for our baby boy Isaac. I've loved the brown and blue together for a long time (along with everyone else) so I was really excited to make this bedding! I think it turned out great--except for some reason I haven't figured out yet---the bumper pad I made turned out a foot short! I was so mad when I realized it was short. Kelsey tried to console me by saying, "It's ok mommy--I think it looks great! It's okay if that little part doesn't have the soft part on it." So--I'm leaving it for my Mom to fix when she comes--I used all my energy to make it! I wish I could show you some other cute stuff I've made for him for his nursery but Isaac is the poor fourth child who is lucky to get a corner in Cameron's room for a crib and that's about it. We are excited for him to come!

I love the way the quilt turned out and the bumper has cute polka dots on the outside which are hard to see from the picture.

This is a picture of my mistake--just a little short! Mom--help me fix it!

Darth Ellie

Ellie came upstairs with the light sabre and said very seriously, "I'm Darth Ellie". Cameron has been teaching her the ways of the force as you can see. Most days she says to Blaine, "I'm the queen, you be the prince." She is sooo funny. She can be a real grouch and starts calling people made up names when she gets mad like "Dunko" and "Stupo" or "You Punk!". We try hard to not let her call names but its one of those things that is really hard not to laugh about. She can be so sweet and cute the next minute saying, "I love you my best mommy".


These are just cute pictures of my girls in their dresses and pigtails--my favorite. Ellie refuses to wear anything but a dress or a skirt so Grandma sent a few play dresses to expand her wardrobe a bit--thanks! She loves them!