Our picnic by Deer Creek Reservoir 5/6/09

Cliffton ABSOLUTELY loves water. Even though his legs were turning blue from cold, he did not want to leave the shore of the lake to eat. We ate near a tree that had fallen & created a semi-buffer along the shoreline from the waves. Cliffie tried to step onto it a few times. Too slippery. Violet slept for most of the picnic. We had some yummy oven-fried chicken from yours truly and other tasty items.

Thanks Bryana! Thanks Michelle! Thanks Elizabeth!

My friend Bryana gave Violet a pink onesie that says, "If you think I'm cute you should see my mom." Cliffton received a shirt from her that said the same thing when he was little.
Richard's sister Michelle gave Violet some of the cutest lil' baby girl shoes. One of the pairs, pink ballet slippers, is modeled by Violet here.
My friend Elizabeth made the awesome pink blanket (along with a few other blankets and matching burp pads). Thank you so much lovely ladies!

so precious

Our daughter is here!

I love hospital gowns!  That picture of me and the gown was taken around 6pm the day beƒore she was born.  The rest are of Violet's birthday.

Violet is here!

 Violet was born at 4:20am on Friday, April 17 (the day my twin sister guessed she would come!) and she weighed 7 lb 13 oz.  I don't have any pictures that I can post yet - but my awesome father-in-law has posted pictures of our newest arrival on his blog.  There also some fun Easter pics of Cliffton.  Please check them out @  darrellandloretta.blogspot.com.  :)

Here's some more!

I love his little face, don't  you?!  I believe these were all taken in Feb. 2009.

Time to post some pics!

We really needed to get some new pictures up here!  These are some fun Cliffton pics ranging from Nov.08-Feb.09.