Home Sweet Home

On Tuesday we got to come home... we were a bit worried that the snow might hold us up, but luckily it was just snow and not ice. It was a beautiful to look at on our way home. Plus, we have a cool story to tell Owen... he actually wore an outfit on the way home that said "let it snow". We had planned that he was wearing this months in advance and consequently it was really snowing!!! How cool! Owen was knocked out the whole way home! He looked so precious in his car seat!!! I could just eat this little fellow up! We love you so much Owen!!

Owen tries out his new car seat before we leave the hospital!

Owen was very quiet during the ride home.

Ironically enough, we picked out this outfit to wear home weeks in advance. "Let it snow" was very appropriate for the morning he left. What a coincidence!

As you can see, the snow was very pretty when we left.

Owen's little ribbon on our mailbox. Welcome home!

Owen Carroll, One day old!

Wow! Words cannot express how it feels to have a child. Owen is such a blessing... we love him so much!!! Every time we look at him our hearts just melt! He is the cutest, most adorable person in this world to us. We love our family of three, he is just a doll and a half.. (yes, I know he is a boy) we are totally nuts over him!!

Owen got circumcised today... ouch, poor fellow. However, he remained a fabulous trooper and was very alert and active towards the end of the day. He is such a trooper - we are so proud of you Owen!

One of Owen's many faces... so far!

Daddy loves Owen

Uncle Kev is nuts over Owen... he can't wait to babysit and change lots of diapers.... hahaha!

Uncle Kev and Aunt Kel came to visit Owen, they bought him the most adorable outfit! Thanks! We love it!

Daddy masters changing diapers! He is already a champ!

Papa and Mimi melt over Owen!

Okay...who can resist this face!

Introducing Our Newest Addition - Meet Baby Owen!

Owen had been perfectly happy in mommy's tummy, that is until yesterday (Saturday) night. We were enjoying a last night out just the two of us at our favorite restaurant, Macaroni Grill. To our surprise, Mary began having contractions during dinner and we knew this was the beginning of our awesome story of the arrival of Owen Thomas Carroll. We went home and gathered everything we thought we would need and headed to the hospital. She was admitted at midnight and she had him at 4:46 am (yes, everything happened very quickly). He weighed 7 pounds, 5 ounces and was 21 inches tall. Our little hero! Mommy and Owen are both doing extremely well and can't wait to share more pictures and stories of the three of us. Stay tuned...

Ready, Set.....Almost there!

Well.... Owen is still baking... he just doesn't want to come out... I guess he knows how cold it is outside and he is too cozy and warm in mommy's tummy! I went to the doctor on Tuesday and everything was fine, they did an ultrasound and he didn't appear to be in any stress and all fluids were great! If he is not born by Sunday, January 18th, I will be induced. I am really hoping to have him before then.. we'll see. This is the hardest part - waiting... I guess it is another one of life's wonderful lessons teaching me to be patient. Nevertheless, we are ready for our sweet angel...and cannot wait to hold, kiss, and tell him how much we love him. I will keep you posted... as this little one may decide to come before Sunday! Keep us in your prayers!

Owen's friend Henry is waiting.... relaxing on his rocker!!

Where are you Owen?

Brent's 30th Birthday

We could not plan his birthday too far in advance... since we are expecting our little one ANYTIME!!! We were hoping for today, how special would that have been for Owen and his daddy to have the same birthday... I guess Owen wanted his own day:-) We had a mini birthday party full of fun...hats, candles, balloons, food, and cake. Brent's parents and brother (we all missed Kelley, she had to work) came over for a lasagna dinner and butter pecan cake! Yum, we were all stuffed!!! Happy 30th Birthday Brent!!

Owen's precious new outfit! Owen gave it to him for his birthday! He is going to LOVE his daddy!!!

Brent and Kev

Brent blows out his candles... wonder what his wish was.... OWEN :-)

I bought this hat for Brent....it's an extra special day!!!

Come on Owen!!! 39 weeks....

Christmas is over... now it's OWEN TIME!

WOW! We had so much fun this Christmas visting with family, opening presents, and eating lots and lots of yummy food! It all started on Christmas Eve, I fixed my sweet potato and green bean casseroles while Brent ventured out and made a new recipe this year... a delicious broccoli casserole. Lots of casseroles.... I think we are both casseroled out for a while!!! We were heading over the Carrolls and I had a slight.. oh my gosh is this a real contraction.... any of those who have had braxton hicks know what I mean... is this real or another braxton hicks.,. anyway, I had several that were perfectly timed.... Brent and I were starting to wonder if we were going to have a Christmas baby after all.... I finally got them to stop and we enjoyed our evening with the Carrolls! We had lots of yummy food...my favorite, honey baked ham yum yum yum.,.. I could not see my ankes the next morning... !!!! We then opened presents for Owen, he got a silver cup which will have his name and birthdate engraved in it and his first piggy bank! From there we went home.
Christmas morning we woke up bright and early and Brent and I exchanged Christmas presents and then headed over to my parents for a delicious brunch! We had a great time seeing Mark, Elizabeth, Sally, and Johnny... family that we do not get to see that often. From there we came home, I took a quick nap, had to rejuvinate my self for the last event of the evening. The Carrolls came over for a pasta dinner! We had such a great time, we all wore sweats, opened presents, and again pigged out and polished off the remainder of the Christmas goodies! Having these goodies around is not a good thing for a pregnant woman!
This morning Brent and I took our tree down and cleaned the house up! Now it's OWEN TIME!!!! I will keep you posted....

Mimi and Papa show off their new bibs from Owen! Owen cannot wait to visit them where I am sure he will get great use out of the bibs!!!

Papa... anxiously awaking for Owen's arrival!

Brent showing off his new briefcase for work that he got for Christmas

SUPERMAN!! That he will be!!! I love this and Brent saw me looking at it over and over at Baby Gap, he could not resisit either, he went back and got it for me!

Grandma Anderson.. taking it all in!

Edmund's daughter, Makalya helps Dad open his presents

Christmas...what a wonderful time of the year!

I LOVE Christmas, it is my favorite holiday! I love spending time with family, cooking up goodies, going to Christmas plays,opening and sending cards, the music, driving around looking at lights, and most importantly celebrating the birthday of Christ. I hope that each and everyone of you have a VERY Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Enjoy the holidays and relax! It's a great time of year to reflect back and see how much you have to be thankful and blessed for. I know this year, God has blessed us in so many ways...I thank him everyday for the people in my life, my health, opportunities that he has given me, and especially the little one that will be arriving soon! It's so easy in this busy world to overlook the things in our lives that we take advantage of everyday. We are all so blessed!

Our stockings... Owen's is in the middle

The Carroll Christmas Tree