If you build(bless) it(a baby), they will come

So I guess all I had to do in order to get all of my family and all of Will's family to come and visit us was have a baby! And let me tell you, it was worth it! (The baby was a nice bonus, too.) We had just about everybody from both our families within a 1000-mile radius of our house here for Antonia's blessing and it was lots of fun. In the week leading up to the event, Charlie was absolutely giddy at the prospect of all those people coming to play cars with him, and he was not disappointed. I don't think anybody has ever played cars so much with so many different people in such a short period of time ever in the history of cars playing. These are all the people who came to town to play cars with Charlie and/or be here for Antonia's baby blessing:
Will's parents, sisters Clara and Jaclyn and Jaclyn's husband
Will's aunt Maddie and uncle Mark
My parents, Jo and husband Richard and boys Cameron and Eli, sister Lori and husband Sean
My good friend/former roommate Jenni

Thanks for coming everyone, and for everyone else who joined us for the blessing and the rockin' after-party! And a shout-out to all my brothers who couldn't make it because of various geographical restrictions, here are some pictures for yous kids:




These pictures are of Antonia in her blessing outfit (thanks, Grandma!) which was quite adorable.

I think she was trying to do a rock-star pose in this one...

The grandparents...

The little cuddle-bug likes to sleep like this whenever possible

You can see the dynamic of the cousins in this video. Note how the little guy tries to keep up with the bigger kids, but doesn't get much respect...he has many years of that ahead of him, poor kid.

I do have some other pictures and news to post, but right now it's bedtime because I am contractually obligated to my husband to sleep when the baby sleeps or else I get too grumpy. So check back soon!I do have some other pictures and news to post, but right now it's bedtime because I am contractually obligated to my husband to sleep when the baby sleeps or else I get too grumpy. So check back soon!