The 3rd of July

Well, since the 4th of July landed on a Sunday this year, all the festivities and fun were celebrated on the 2nd and 3rd. We spent the weekend watching fireworks, having BBQ's and just having fun in the sun. On Friday the 2nd McKaylee saw her first fireworks show at Grandma and Grandpa Hatch's house. We were able to see the Centerville fireworks from their house and had fun just sitting in the driveway watching them.





On Saturday we went with the Bradley family and had an awesome BBQ at the park and played on the sweet slip n' slide we used last year for the Ramsey Family Reunion.

Nice moves Brian!

Ann planned a fun activity for all the kids and had them build their own flags while she told them about what the colors on the flag mean. They all enjoyed waving their flags the rest of the afternoon.



And of course, Ann made a wonderfully patriotic flag cake! It was beautiful and tasted amazing!

Then we went to fireworks that night at Davis High School. I love these fireworks because they are put to music and are so much fun.

McKaylee and Soccer

I have lots of new cute pictures of McKaylee that I need to post because she is such a cute baby...so here's some fun new pictures of her:

She likes to do Superman poses...

Playing with Daddy!


Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed!



And I need to post some pictures of Trevor playing soccer. He's had a game almost every weekend for the past couple months and now they are on break for the hottest summer months. They will start back up again in August. He's had lots of fun playing and McKaylee and I have loved going to his games.

This picture is kinda hard to see, but Trevor is the green shirt right by the net. In this picture he's just barely missing a goal.

Corner Kick!
Taking his turn out of the game.

The whole team. Check out the sky in this picture, I think it looks really cool.

Fun with Dick and Jane

Well, this is the first of many new posts. We have had a busy last couple of weeks and I have been slow in posting things, so you get an overload of new posts now. The first fun thing I need to post about is our First Annual Fun with Dick and Jane Weekend. We got together with the Hatch family on June 25th and 26th and had an awesome family reunion. The fun started on Friday night. We had dinner, celebrated some birthdays and acted out the story of our ancestor Ira Sterns Hatch. Here's the whole cast....



And here's a picture of McKaylee being an Indian child.



Saturday was a day full of fun in the sun. We started the day with a wonderfully delicious breakfast, did a service project and cleared the curb along Grandma Fishburn's orchard, made snowcones, played on the slip n' slide and of course, created a wonderful craft (thanks Jane!). It was an awesome weekend and we can't wait for next year!

World Cup! Go USA

Well, in spirit of the World Cup, McKaylee insisted that I make her a USA soccer jersey. Following in her father's footsteps, she is already a huge soccer fan. She's a great kicker and I'm sure one day will grow up to start the WMLS (Women's Major League Soccer). Anyway, here's some pictures of her in her sweet jersey (professionally made by myself, Jenny).

Woot Woot! Go USA!

Haha, this picture is a little blurry, but I thought her expression was priceless. Maybe she was feeling bad for England's keeper....

Well, the game wore her and daddy out...so they took a nap together. So cute! Notice how she is holding his finger :)

Splish splash!

Splish Splash McKaylee was taking a bath! and she loved it! She didn't like me getting her all undressed but the instant she hit the warm water, she quieted right down and didn't make a single complaint the whole time she was in the bath. She screamed through her last baths so I thought we might have a water hater, but she liked it this time! She was so happy and content in the water, I just had to get a picture:



All wrapped up in a warm towel after wards....and still not a cry!

All clean and worn out!

McKaylee Jade Hatch

Well, our little girl finally made her debut! McKaylee Jade Hatch was born on May 17th 2010 at 12:04 pm. She weighed 6 lbs 1 ounce and was 19 inches long. She has been such a bundle of joy and so much fun to get to know. I am excited to see her learn and grow and develop as she becomes more and more a part of our family. Every time I look at her I realize what a blessing and miracle she is. She is truly a gift from God and I feel so incredibly honored to have her join our family.

It was a long laborious process getting her here, but after about 29 hours of labor she finally came to meet her parents. I thought maybe she was saying goodbye to her great-grandma Ramsey and both her Great-Grandpa's and that's why it took so long for her to finally come :). I would want to say one last long good-bye too!

Well, here are some fun pictures of her, hopefully you don't mind looking at a million of them, because there are so many good ones, I just have to add them all!



Newborn McKaylee

First Hatch family photo :)

McKaylee holding daddy's hand. This is one of their favorite things to do now.
Getting cleaned off and measured.
Happy Grandparents!
Happy Daddy.
Getting her first bath.
The day after getting home, we wore ourselves out by getting together with my awesome sister-in-law Maria and took some pictures of McKaylee. We wanted to get some fun ones of her while she was still so tiny. It was exhausting but tons of fun and I'm so glad we did it. Here are some of the fruits of our labors. Thanks again Maria for all your help!!!!!!!











Hopefully there are not too many pictures posted here, but I just couldn't pass them up. They are all so cute! Of course, how could anything not be cute with the most perfect baby ever?!?

Now McKaylee is our little glowbug as she tries to get over her jandis. Thankfully she can still cuddle with her daddy though!

The long awaited updated....

Well, maybe once I'm home more often this blog won't be so neglected....haha, well, here's the updated!
First off, our new addition! No, we don't have our little girl yet, but Trevor has added to the car family. He oh so sadly sold his nice '05 F150 to get rid of the car payment and ended up with this. It's a '95 Toyota 4Runner. Personally, I love it, Trevor seems to be at least ok with the downgrade, though he will miss his truck! At least it's got four wheel drive and it'll be a great family camping vehicle!


The next bit of update......although I will never be as talented or ever be able to keep up with my sister-in-law Maria's long list of baby projects, I have done a few things that I'm quite excited and proud of. My first project was a car seat cover. It turned out pretty cute, but I haven't quite finished it yet. I need to get a car seat before I make the handles and such so I can make sure it fits right. Anyway, here's a picture of it:




My next big project was this baby cross-stitch. Trevor bought it for me for my birthday last November and it has taken me these 5 long months to finish it. It was a lot of work, but it turned out really good, I'm excited to put it in the baby's room! I couldn't figure out how to take the picture without the flash, but you can see the jist of it.


This last week, my Mom and sisters put on the greatest baby shower ever! They had so many cute ideas like baby clothes hanging on a clothes line, a diaper cake, lots of advice, and (of course) wonderful desserts (including meatloaf cupcakes!). It was an awesome time to spend with family and I am so grateful for all of their generosity and kindness. Here's a picture of our little girl's crib (thanks Mom and Dad for buying it for us!) with some of the fun blankets and other things we got. Our little baby will be one lucky girl.



And here's a fun picture of the nursery that's coming along....



And just for an update on how much baby is growing...here's a picture of my ever-growing tummy! Lots of people say I don't look big enough to be 8 months along...but I sure feel like I am!!