Happy 4th of July!

Blake and I came home from the hospital on the 3rd, my mom's birthday, and got to spend the whole holiday weekend at home, with a lot of my family who came in town to help us out. We had a fun 4th of July playing with the baby. That night we lit fireworks in on the street in front of our house. Parker couldn't get enough of them, and kept asking for more. Hope everyone had a fun holiday weekend! Blake Park and Blake Parker thinks he is hot stuff with his new set of wheels Watching the fireworks

Brotherly love

Parker has had such a fun time playing with family that has been in town. During the birth, he got to stay home with my little brother Matt and he had the time of his life with him. That night, Park came to the hospital to meet his new baby brother. He was interested for about 5 seconds, and then spent the rest of his time drinking from my water jug, which apparently is much more exciting. We love our little boys and can't wait for them to become best little friends.

Blake Matthew Burnham

Little Blake was born on July 2nd at 2:02pm. He surprised us by being a whopping 8 lbs, 8 oz. The birth was so pleasant, and easy. My epidural was perfect, I had great support with Chad, my mom and Tia in the room, everything went really quick and smoothly and Blake made his entrance with only one push. I think I got pretty lucky. The whole experience was so special and spiritual. I love that I get to be a mom and bring these tiny spirits into the world. To top it all off, Blake is the cutest little guy with black, wavy hair and perfect little features. He resembles Parker, but definitely has his own look. Here are some pictures from the birth: Waiting for baby First moments with mommy Blake With Mom and Dad First hair wash Our cute little guy

Anytime now...

Hopefully this is my last belly picture. I am 39 weeks and SOOO ready to see this kid. The doctor didn't think I would make it through the weekend still prego, but here I am, Sunday afternoon, and still as big as ever. I think you have been in there long enough, little guy, come on out already!!!

Licenses

I'ts been an eventful licensing week at our house. We are official Utahns now! We finally got our Utah drivers licenses and license plates for our car and Chad's new purchase that he has wanted for a long time now, the Stella scooter. He loves it, and Parker loves it just as much. Park gives "scoot" a kiss on the headlight every time he sees it in the garage! And, "Beep Beep" has become one of his favorite phrases, thanks to scoot. In addition to those licenses, Chad found out this week that he passed all of his Pharmacy board exams! Yeah! He is now a licensed Utah pharmacist! We were so happy to get this news. And I am so proud of Chad and all of his hard work!

Early addict

Diet coke flows like water in our house. We just can't get enough, and now we seem to be rubbing off on the little one. The few drops he gets out of this empty can are going to have to satisfy his need for a now. Maybe in a couple more years bud.

Nesting and more...

Well, I am full term, and SO ready for this baby to be born! I will be 38 weeks soon and we are all getting very anxious to meet this little guy. Parker and I have turned into clean freaks. It's all we do these days. I guess the nesting is setting in for all of us. I don't think Park understands what all of his hard work is preparing for. Poor kid! We are still absolutely loving our life in St. George. We have been able to catch some awesome sunsets from our front yard. Summer nights here are just perfect. Chad has been studying like crazy for his pharmacy boards so that we can get all of that out of the way before the baby is born. We are keeping our fingers crossed that all of the timing works out. Other than that, we continue to have lots of visitors stopping through. We love it. Keep coming! The other night our great friends from Maryland, the Skinners spent the night. It was so much fun to stay up late and catch up with them and let the kids play together. We miss you guys already!!!

DR. CHAD ANTHONY BURNHAM

Even though Chad finished all of his school requirements early, and we have been out of Maryland for a little while now, last Friday was his actual "graduation", which we didn't even fly back to Maryland for... party poopers, I know. But as of last Friday Chad now officially has his Doctor of Pharmacy and Master of Business degrees, and can be called "Doctor Burnham". I am so proud of Chad. He is one of the smartest people I know, and has worked so hard the past few years. Through all of the long hours of school work, he still found time to be the best husband and dad for me and Park. On Friday Parker and I took a cake to the Pharmacy, where Chad was working, and then decorated the house with balloons, a banner and music for Chad to come home to. We topped the night off with Chili's take out... yum! I love you Chad! Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Steph + Mike

My little sister, Stephanie got married on May 8th in the Salt Lake temple. It was an amazing ceremony, beautiful day, great luncheon at the Lion House and of course, fabulous reception at the golf club house at Thanksgiving point. We are so happy to officially have Mike be a part of our family now. He and Steph looked so happy. What a fun day... Here are a few pictures from the photographer, but I have a TON more to post from the wedding weekend, so stay posted.

Mr. Clean

Parker is the squeakiest clean kid around. He is in love with taking baths and showers. He usually takes a shower in the morning AND a bath at night. After about 30 minutes of bath time, he'll wave bye bye to the water as he watches every last bit of it go down the drain. I'm in love with this kid. I hope he doesn't turn into a raisin one of these days from being submerged for so long.