Brand New Year

With the new year already here, I thought I'd be fashionably late and offer up a few photos of the kiddos in front of our tree the day before our whirlwind tour of Russell and Manhattan. 

We hope your Christmas was filled with sweetness, family, blessings and wonder.

May this year be more grace-filled and more hopeful than we ever could imagine.

Happy New Year from the Branicks!

Ollie & Ben

These two are going to be GREAT together. Albeit a little more ornery than I might be able to handle, but nonetheless, absolutely Fantastic.  

Nursery Slumber

sweet baby B

un, deux, trois

belly laughs

kisses

beautiful boy

Baby Benjamin Has Arrived!

Alright, so Mr. Benjamin is over two weeks old, but I'm feeling very protective of his early pictures in the hospital so this is the earliest you will see of him. He is just the cutest little bundle and we are so very in love with this little guy. 

His birth went very well and active labor was a little less than 5 hours. I had him naturally with no pain medicine and I am very thankful I had Dustin's help along with a couple of awesome midwives and nurses to get me through!

Benjamin Graham weighed in at 8 lbs. 1 oz. and was 19 1/5 inches long. 

He is my biggest baby!

Here are a couple of photos from the first week at home...

Oliver and his little bro

A very excited pair snuggling Baby B

Happy October!

Well, well, look what finally rolled around.....October! With one week left until the baby is due we thought we'd try to capture a few shots after church today before my giant belly turns to mush. Haha. Seriously, my belly is like a huge egg. I just can't believe how big it can get. My bet is, that this baby will be around 8 pounds when he's born and we are SO excited to finally meet this little guy! 

39 weeks!

Tickle time!

My Little Workers

Well, things have been BUSY around here. Oliver started preschool. He loves it. Myla and I have been sick with colds. We are feeling better. Dustin tore out the carpet and refinished the wood floor in the tiny third bedroom. We set it up as the baby's room. And the baby is due in five weeks! 

We are loving the cooler weather and here are my little helpers loading up their belts with Daddy's tools to go and "work" on the playset. Which means I had to confiscate some seriously sharp screwdrivers, wrenches, and a huge hammer in the process.

Sweet boy

Cute munchkins (notice Myla's belt is the dog's collar)

Big belly

It's a Healthy Baby...

BOY!

And we couldn't be more thrilled to meet this little guy! We are feeling very blessed indeed. 

Dustin and the kids are super excited and I am ecstatic that I won't be pregnant in 19 1/2 weeks!!! I LOVE the baby part, not so much the pregnancy part. ;)