Colt's Blessing

The day after Christmas my family came into town for a few days. It was great having everyone here together. Except we missed Danny. He stayed home in NY because it's too hard for him to travel and not be in his own place. We missed him though. While everyone was here we blessed Colt at church on 12/27/09.

Photos with Grandma and Grandpa Psillos.

Eric gave him a wonderful blessing. I'm so grateful for him and the Priesthood which he holds and that he was able to do to this for our son.

Colt wore Eric's blessing outfit that Grandma Brenda had held onto. What a neat thing to be able to do!

Charlie and Michelle with Colt.

Rachel was happy that day! Livy had just come from the doctors with a terrible ear infection so she wasn't feeling well at all. So we didn't end up getting a family shot of us five. She barely made it through the group shot.

Psillos Family

Williams and Psillos Families Together. Thanks everyone for being there!

Christmas Time

The whole month of December was so fun this year. The girls were very into all the Christmas stuff and loved everything about it. We did lots of Christmas crafts, a gingerbread house, read the Nativity story a hundred times, went to see lights a few times, an advent calender, made stockings, and of course helped wrap presents. They really just loved doing it all. We started early with all this stuff because I didn't know how much I would be up for doing after Colt was born. So it was a long Christmas celebration but we really enjoyed it and loved seeing their excitement about the whole holiday season.

 

This is Shorty. That is what the girls named their elf. My cousin Cassie brought them the Elf on the Shelf when she came to visit and they loved it. I don't think they fully got it this year but they loved searching for Shorty everyday to see where she had hidden herself.

Some pictures I tried to get of them in their Christmas dresses.


Mr. Colt in his Christmas clothes.

Rachel dancing in her "Cinderella dress."

My three loves.

He is just such a cutie. I am so happy that he is he is here in our family. I can't express my gratitude for him and what a blessing he is.

Christmas Eve. Our first family photo. We some how missed getting one at the hospital when he was born and this is our first one!

Very excited for Santa to come! Made cookies with dad on Christmas Eve for Santa and put them out.

Left their Christmas lists on the floor for him to read. This year they both wanted Strawberry Shortcake dolls and the house. That is what they "wrote" on their list.

These were the Christmas lists they wrote to Santa. They kept the under the tree for a few weeks. They had scribbles all over it but they would hold it and "read" it to me and tell me what they wanted. This year they wanted strawberry shortcake stuff, orange blossom, and blueberry. And surprisingly, everytime they read it to me was the same stuff!

The little man on Christmas morning. I didn't get too many pictures of them on Christmas morning. We got a lot of video but not many photos. I came down with a breast infection on Christmas Eve and didn't get an antibiotic until Christmas day so I was pretty much shot on Christmas. The girls still had a great day though.

When they first came down and saw the tree. They were both very excited to see Santa had been there!

We opened all of our gifts and then Grandma and Grandpa Williams came over for and hour and we did gifts with them too. It was really nice to be able to spend time with them as individual families this year and have it not be so crazy. Everyone went over to their house later that night to exchange gifts and eat dinner together. I stayed home with Colt to try and rest.

We had a wonderful Christmas and the girls loved the whole month. They got a little spoiled with presents and wanted to keep opening but that is normal I guess. It's fun to rip paper! I am so grateful for our Saviors birth and that we get to celebrate it every year. I am so blessed to have this wonderful family and for our special gift this year, Colt. Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas!

The First Week

Here are a bunch of pictures from our first week with baby Colt! I can't explain how happy I am to have him. I thought it would be hard to love another kid this much but it wasn't even a question. Right from the first second I heard him cry I was in love. It makes me tear up just thinking about it. To put it plainly, I can't believe how overwhelmed I fell with love these days. Not just for him but for the girls too and especially Eric. He has been a dream husband doing absolutely everything and being so patient, happy, and understanding. And watching him adore Colt is a wonderful thing. So here are some pictures since we became a family of five. Not in order of course!

Rachel's new baby Crelli (?) that she now totes around and takes care of. She is interested in Colt's baby care where Livy is interested in his well being and always asking if he is ok.

Father and son. I think he definitely looks like daddy and Rachel.

Fun time at the mall with Aunt Hannah. My mom and Hannah stayed for a week to help us and the girls loved every second of it. And so did I! My dad only got to stay from Thursday to Tuesday. Sad, I wish it was longer but so happy he was here too.

Some Christmas crafts with Grandma.

Cookie time.

The little man. He is a great baby and so sweet.

Colt and Aunt Hannie.

Visiting me in the hospital.

Getting to know the new little guy.

Spoiled with lots of presents from Grandma and Grandpa to keep them busy all week.

Gifts from baby brother.

Sisterly love!

Grandpa Psillos and Colt just after he was born.

Daddy and his boy. Eric made a plan that if he weighed less than 8 lbs. I would name him and if he was more than 8 lbs. he would name him. Eric won!

Love this one! He's a great dad.

Rachel was so into him from the first time she saw him.

Aunt Cassie came to visit us a few days before he was born which was so much fun to get to hang out. We don't get to see each other that much but are still really close so it was so great and special that she got to be here. Thanks so much for all you help Cass!

Grandma Psillos and Colt in the recovery room.

Just after weighing in! 9 lbs. 2 oz. 21" long 7:21 a.m. 12/11/09

Colt Eric Williams

Thumb after only a few minutes of life!

Just before the c-section. 46 lbs. gained.

Colt with his Great Grandma Barbara. Grandma Barbara got lots of holding time in! Thanks for coming to see us "Grandma Gilgo" and for all of your help with the kids.

Four Generations. Four crying, red eyed generations. So sad to see them go.

Crazy group shot! We didn't really get a picture of the girls with him this week because they have been sick and on antibiotics so we have been trying to keep them away from him for a bit. Made for and interesting week of doctors appointments but luckily they were acting normal again after a day of meds.

Grandma's sidekick all week.

Grandma and Colt. Grandma didn't get too much time with him because the girls wanted her all the time.

Mom, I can't say thank you enough for being here this week and for all that you did for us. I don't know how we would have made it. Thank you so much for being such a great mom and Grandma and for all the love you give to all of us. We love you so much.

Just meeting our guy! So excited and over joyed!

Filled with love immediately.

On our way home. Got to leave a day early! Yea!

Grandpa Williams and his third grandson.

Grandpa and Grandma Williams with Colt.

Mommy and Colt

Nice face right? Me and Cass. She spent the second night in the hospital with me. We had some good laughs with a big pee and poop incident. Much easier than last time right Cass! (She was with me for the first 2 1/2 months with the girls)

Over all things are going great. He is an awesome baby and eats and sleeps wonderfully. He has a little jaundice but it should clear up soon. We are all so happy he is here and the girls are doing great with him. Thanks so much for every ones help and prayers. We are doing better than I thought we would since all of our help left. Hope all is well with everyone!