the day i became an aunt!!

here is the how yesterday went down...

the bluster crew arrives to await the arrival of a new addition to the family

everyone watching oprah's last show while waiting

great-grandpa and grandpa instilling wisdom to the youngest man of the family

here daddy josh comes to make the big announcement!!
"its a girl!!! elizabeth 'ella' mae youssef."
grandpa giving josh a big congrats on the little girl.
"let the heartburn begin"

showing off the pic of little ella

my first glimpse of the sweet little girl

she is so adorable. emily did a great job and she and baby are doing well.

For You formed my inward parts;
You wove me in my mother’s womb.
I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
Wonderful are Your works,
And my soul knows it very well.
My frame was not hidden from You,
When I was made in secret,
And skillfully wrought in the depths of the earth;
Your eyes have seen my unformed substance;
And in Your book were all written
The days that were ordained for me,
When as yet there was not one of them.
psalm 139:13-16

batting practice

here's what we've been up to since baseball season ended...

practicing our batting stance

hitting off a tee

and cheesing for the camera

i guess baseball season never truly ends in this house!

days 112-133 (minus a few)

sorry i am missing a few days here but wedding central kept me busy and my mind can't focus on too many things at once...parasitic pregnancy brain!

april.21&22.11 are missing

april.25.11 is missing

may.2.11 is missing

may.5.11 was spent at the dr's office, getting a pedicure, grocery shopping with emily for a small dinner party, picking up dad at sutton tire, and preparing and eating dinner with the wedding party that had arrived.

may.7.11 wedding day pics are to come

a few random thoughts...

*please excuse this random post. i really just wanted to remember a few thoughts and save them so one day my kiddos could look back at what their mommy was like while they were growing up.

-the best thing star 94 ever did was create the "big 90s weekend". chris and i has thoroughly enjoyed listening the past several weekends. and eli is learning all the great songs of mommy and daddy's decade.

-i am no good in big crowds. my sis got married this past saturday (that will have an entire blog entry later on) and i truly don't think i had a good conversation with any one person. i am so a.d.d. that i can't concentrate on a single convo. i am constantly scanning the crowd and can't focus on a single thing. so, if you think i might have looked at you and kept walking or i just left you in the middle of a convo...i am totally sorry. blame it on the disorder! it wasn't on purpose.

-i'm really getting nervous about child #2 coming into our lives. mainly because i don't want eli to feel less loved or paid attention to. it is so hard right now because i want to spend all my time with him but i'm so tired that i just want to sleep to! one cute little memory i want to keep from today was when he picked up 8 books and got up on the couch with me. he was reading them and before i knew it, we were both asleep...my head on a pillow, his head under the neck with a book still in his hand. i think we are both worn out from this weekend.

cozy coupe crash!

here is what happened during our weekend...

fun cozy coupe ride, take 1...



cozy coupe ride, take 2...





let's just say chris felt horrible and his reaction in take 2 makes me laugh so hard. oh yeah, eli was ok...he actually hit is head in the grass which was a good thing! please don't report us to the department of family and children services...it won't happen again, i can promise you that!

make sure to look at the post under this one and cast your vote for what baby ak #2 will be.