it's raining babies

Labor day was taken very seriously this year as both my sisters announced they were pregnant and both were due within a week of labor day.  Our first little family addition came on Sept. 2 around 10:00 p.m.  We were graced with the presence of a beautiful baby girl named June Charlotte.  My mom, Blake and I got to drive up and see her less than an hour after she was born.  It was so magical and made me simultaneously scared to death to birth a child and ecstatic that in 4 months I would have a sweet, perfect little baby just like her that I could hold in my arms and then take home with me.  (I tried but Jamie wouldn't let me take June home.)  This was an especially exciting birth as it is the first girl born on my side of the family.  When I married Blake I became aunt to these two little beauties:

I LOVE these little girls and I am a lucky, lucky lady to be their aunt but I'm proud of my brother Dan for stepping up and blessing the Hill family with a little girl and a little less testosterone to boot.  June is STUNNING and whenever I hold her I am sad that I'm not having a little girl.  Jamie already looks like her beautiful non-pregnant self again. I somehow don't think i'll be so lucky.

Meet June.  She's so darn cute.


The second addition to our family joined us yesterday, September 6 around 4:00 p.m.  I was studying in the library and my sister texted me around 1:15 and asked if I could come down and watch her kids cause she thought she was in labor.  I hurried down and she was already gone by the time I got to her house.  She made it to the hospital just in time because little Graham Lewis was ready to be here and he arrived just 2 hours later. Blake and I got to see him last night and we LOVE him.  Graham is definitely made from the Brostrom mold.  He looks just like the rest of her boys just of the blonde variety.  Graham made us so excited to have a boy.  We can't wait for Graham, June, and our own little Knox to be best buds through their whole lives.

We bonded with the little man last night

With all these babies, I am getting a little jealous and I wish that I didn't have quite so long to go before I get to hold and kiss our little boy.  But, not wanting to wish our precious time away before sleep becomes minimal, poop becomes an hourly occurance, and I become a cow of sorts, Blake and I decided to embrace our three day weekend and we headed out for a weekend at the cabin.  We invited our friends Marshall and Lisa up and we had the best time watching the BYU game (go cougs), hiking, playing hours of nertz, watching movies, and eating way too much food.  They had to leave us before the weekend was up unfortunately, but Blake and I enjoyed our alone time and slept, watched movies, and went on a nice 30 mile bike ride on Monday with my dad.  It was a stunning ride around Pineview reservoir and some nice back roads (courtesy of my father).  It was so wonderful and I made a point of telling Blake what an awesome wife I am for going on a long bike ride with him while almost 5 months pregnant.  He agreed that yes I was the only 5 month pregnant woman he knew that would do this...but we also don't know any others. bummer. I'm sure I look absolutely ridiculous on a bike and my legs are starting to hit my belly while I bend over to reach my handlebars. I'm sure that the onlookers get quite a kick out of it.  

In OUR baby news I am finally starting to develop quite the bump on the front of me.  Little man is getting so big and I feel him kicking all the time.  He is definitely a mover but refuses to move whenever Blake puts his hand on my belly.  Blake is certain Knox is already defying him. I think he probably just doesn't like us poking him all the time.  We are terrible at pictures but have really tried to get a picture of the belly every week so we can see the progress he is making.

18 Weeks!

19 weeks!!!

HALF WAY!!!!

21--this week.

This is not an attractive picture but it's what we've got. 

We are officially past the half way point and I couldn't be happier about it.  I simply can't wait to give as many kisses and snuggles as I possibly can to our little guy.  He is going to be one loved baby. I should technically be going in this week for my long ultrasound but I got a little off because we were out of town so I am going in next week.  I can't wait to make sure that everything is OK and see his sweet little face again.  We are so excited to be parents!!!