| a name & a blessing |

We blessed Mitchell on July 4th. It was such a wonderful day! It was a crazy week/weekend for us with it being the 4th of July weekend, but everything went great.

I love blessing day's, I enjoy getting to hear Bryan bless our children. He gave a wonderful blessing on Mitchell. I am glad he holds the priesthood and is able to bless our family in the many ways he does.

We all wrapped up the day with a nice LONG nap, I think each one of us enjoyed the snuggle time.

(had to throw this one in, she loves the swing...and her sunglasses!)

| life |

Well, rather than create some kind of order, and story I figured I would just upload some recent pics. I have SO many to upload. These are just some pictures people have sent me over the past few days (luckily they are good and download them MUCH sooner than I ever do). Someday I will have time to upload some of my photos. There is so much too catch on...so little time! So enjoy these for now! Thanks Becky and Amy!

And yes, Mitchell is quite the chub. We love those little bull dog cheeks :)

| 1 month old |

I love this little boy!


And ps. people always ask me if he looks like Kayla did so I pulled a photo of her:

(I sure think they look a lot alike!)

| Lucky me|

Mother's day was WONDERFUL for me this year. I couldn't have imagined a better day. Bryan had already spent an entire week at home catering to our every need. And Sunday was no exception. He fixed breakfast, cleaned up breakfast (that is always the best part!), put Kayla down for her nap, and then took her to church. I got a nice long afternoon nap with just me and the baby. Plus, how could it not be wonderful when these are the kids I have to share it with...

Can I just say, I AM IN LOVE!

| Mitchell Bryan Ahlberg |

Our new little guy is here!

Mitchell Bryan Ahlberg

May 1, 2010 at 10:35 am.

7 lbs. 6 oz. and 20.5" long

We absolutely love him! There will be plenty of picture to come soon! But here are a few to hold you over!

| chapstick |

Kayla has this "thing" with chapstick. This love obsession. Seriously. I pack her chapstick everywhere with me just in case she may need it. The other day she must have found one of her older messier ones (which I thought I had gotten rid of). She entered the kitchen with the most proud look on her face...covered in chapstick! I died laughing. Then I asked if I could take a pic, which she gladly obliged to. And as if the moment could have been better, this is the face she pulled...

| 39 weeks |

Well this is quite the milestone for me. I definitely did not make it this far with Kayla. I am 38, almost 39 weeks at this point. Everything has gone really, really well with this pregnancy. And this little guy has definitely made me stretch my belly farther than it has ever been! 

ps. I loved that Kayla wanted to be in this picture SO bad. And yes, she is trying to pull her shirt up so she can show her belly too. I just love her.