Pregnancy Photos

While I was pregnant with Hadrian a friend of a friend asked if I would be willing to "model" for some photos. She is an aspiring photographer and is trying to build up her portfolio. Of course I said yes! She came to my house and did a photo shoot and got some really great photos. I am so happy to not be pregnant any more, but it is kind of fun to look back at the big belly. I especially loved the photos she took of me and Alma.

Hadrian Patrick Graves-Funke

Born March 19th at 12:53 PM, weighing in at a whopping 8 pounds 1 ounce, and a lengthy 20 inches. He has a full head of beautiful black hair, giant hands and giant feet. We were excited to welcome him here after a mere 18 hours of labor! We are super excited to have him and couldn't be happier to bring him home healthy and happy.

Who wouldn't want to stare?

If I were this cute, I would spend time staring at myself too! One of Alma's new games it to make faces at herself in the mirror. She is starting to grow up, she no longer waits for us to bring entertainment to her, she knows where it's at and rolls to it herself! Every morning before we leave the house, she spends at least five minutes in front of this mirror making faces.

Teeth!

Almost a whole set! According to the dentist, she is only missing her two year old molars.

Alma loves the bump . . .

She likes to sit on it, rub it, whisper secrets to it, and when it kicks her . . . she smacks it right back.

Snow Days

Our winter was pretty mild, until the beginning of March! In a matter of three or four days, we had at least three feet of snow. The roads were horrible, all of the schools were closed, and I had to drive through a blizzard unlike anything I have ever experienced. Dan took this opportunity to build Alma her very own Igloo in the back yard. It was a lot smaller than the one we built several years ago, but then again, Dan did have to build this one on his own. It lasted for more than a week before it collapsed on a very sunny Saturday afternoon.

Merry Christmas 2010!

Christmas day we spent the morning at home discovering all the wonders of wrapping paper with Alma. She really wasn't very interested in the actual gifts - she mostly wanted to eat the paper. Eventually we were able to entice her into playing with her new kitchen and dishes, a ball popper, and various other fun new toys. Uncle Nate came over to open presents with us, and we enjoyed an awesome breakfast of Belgian Waffle's in the new waffle maker that Santa brought.

In the afternoon we joined the Funke family for Christmas at Dan's grandparents house. It was a lot of fun - almost the entire family was there, we were only missing three people! Alma got to play with her cousin Audrey, spent lots of time playing ball with great-grandpa Fred, and snuggling with her godfather, Uncle Matt.