He's Home!

This past semester my brother, Jason, has been studying at St. Andrew's in Scotland. We've really missed him, and it has been hard on me having him gone and missing the entire first month of Samantha's life. We didn't think we'd see him until August of next year, but tonight mom called. She played it off well until a few seconds into the conversation she quickly handed the phone off to Dad, saying she... Well, she never said why she was handing off the phone.

I thought it was pretty funny she was handing off the phone because SHE was the one who called ME. If she knew she couldn't talk, why not wait a few more minutes before calling. But it's not like I didn't want to talk to my dad, so it wasn't a big deal. Except...the one she handed the phone off to wasn't my dad. It was my brother. Home. Completely surprised the socks off us all. Mom said when she saw him her heart stopped. Jason and I both agreed it was a good thing it restarted.

What a great Christmas present!
(Picture of Jason and Kaylee)

Sam's Newborn Photo Shoot

This past week, we did a little photo shoot of Samantha. A friend, and local awesome photographer, Misty, loves to take pictures of babies, so when she offered to come take some pictures, I was happy to do so! She has done family pictures of us before, and she is so wonderful to work with. I'd say she was here at least 2.5 hours, gently working with Sam who didn't so much like having her clothes off!

Looking at these pictures has inspired me to take some more myself, although I know they'll be nowhere near Misty's. Anyway, take a glance at her blog to see some of the great shots she got of our sweet Sam.

http://meditationsongod.blogspot.com/

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