When they first met

It was one of the sweetest moments in my life when we met Owen for the first time. They held him up, he cut the cord, they laid him across my chest. We were a family. I love my memories of when they first met. Paul's big hands and Owens tiny body. Paul would brush his finger across Owen's hand and Owen would grab on tight with all his might. I loved seeing their eyes meet and knowing it was the start of a sweet bond between father and son. Its hard to describe the moments that are etched in my mind from those first hours. I will always cherish these memories. 

My baby book

My mom got my baby book out the other day. It was so fun to see the pictures, keepsakes and hand written notes from when I was a baby. We laughed when we saw my height and weight page. When I was 1 years old I weighted 17 pounds and at 6 months Owen weighted almost 18 pounds. I have never really been able to tell who Owen looks like. He just looks like Owen to me. There are times he will make a face or I'll see a picture and think it looks like Paul, my brother or dad. I guess I hadn't seen my baby pictures recently because I was surprised by how much Owen and I looked alike when we were newborns. I especially think the photo of me in the blue dress looks like Owen's little face. The bottom picture is a photo of Owen right after he was born to compare to the "first photograph"of me. Now I'll have to go get Paul's baby book out!