Mr. Handsome!

My friend, Debbie, came to take pictures of Drew here in our house.  

She did a great job!  He looks SO handsome!

Notice the part! :)  

Our Little Family

Drew Maxwell Long joined our family at 10:22 p.m. Friday, August 13th.  He weighed 7lbs. 10oz. and was 20.5 in. long.  Traits that the doctors and nurses first noticed were his lips, big hands and feet.  Also, he has such a mellow personality.  Life really has been "easy" with him so far.  We had to stay in the hospital for a week so he could receive some antibiotics.  The first week of life was rough since we spent it in the hospital, however, I was able to glean A LOT from sitting and talking with the nurses. We are grateful to have him home with us...we just love him so much!

Retirement

To finish up our adventures in WA...we went on a steam engine train ride

 up to a beautiful lake near Mt. Rainier. 

 We went to the zoo, and saw Cirque Du Soliel in Seattle.  One weekend we went to my house in MT for our Homecoming.  In our small town this happens every 5 years, during the summer, and it's mainly for the alumi of Big Sandy High School.  

 This was my dad's class float!  

Prego sisters.  Holly had her baby the following week.  

We've been back in UT for about 3 weeks and have been busy organizing our home to get ready to welcome our little guy.  It has been fun to be in this mode of retirement again.  We aren't too sure when or if it will happen again for many years.  We spend our time reading, cooking, shooting guns, going to garage sales, going to plays, cleaning, and waiting, waiting, waiting for Baby Long to come.  I'm trying to keep perspective that there really isn't much time left, and that he has to come out SOME time. My due date is this weekend, but I was told last Wed, by the doc., that i could go anytime.  I think that that is one reason whey I've been so impatient the last little bit.  We'll make sure to update the blog when there is more exciting news...I'm crossing my fingers for tomorrow. :)