Blake's Birthday

Blake Charles Ward meets the world! Within an hour of getting home from the beach on Memorial Day, my water broke and we headed to Hoag Hospital. We were lucky enough to walk right in and get a beautiful ocean view room.
The entire staff at the hospital was wonderful, and they worked hard to make the labor and delivery as painless as possible. After 11 hours of labor, Blake was born at 3:11am on May 29, 2012. We instantly fell in love with our little man, and our lives are changed forever.

Getting ready to go to the hospital

Still feeling good!

Our great view

All smiles...after the epidural

Daddy cutting the cord

Mommy falling in love

First bath

First picture of our family of three

Nanny & Blake

Grandpa Chuck

Grandpa Mark

Grandma

Getting ready to go home

We are out of here!

First car ride

Memorial Day

For Memorial Day this year, we decided to keep it low key since our due date was rapidly approaching.We decided to go to Dog Beach in Huntington Beach to give Bailey some much needed attention. Below are some pictures of the fun in the sun... Little did we know hours later, I would be in labor!

Mother's Day

I got to enjoy my first Mother's Day, as an "almost mother" on Saturday, May 12th, with Eric and Linda. It was a beautiful southern california day, so we went down to Laguna Beach. We enjoyed lunch and amazing scenery at the rooftop bar at Casa Del Camino. Then strolled around the shops of downtown Laguna. It was a great day, with great company! Thanks Linda for driving down to our neighborhood!