Owen's Blessing

Baby Owen was blessed today in sacrament meeting. It was a wonderful experience to have a lot of the family there to witness and take part in. It was especially wonderful for me to witness because I was not blessed as a baby and I think that made this an even bigger deal to me. He was able to wear the same blessing gown that Andy wore when he was blessed as a baby, and he looked super cute!... a little girly, but super cute nonetheless :) I am so grateful to have such a wonderful husband/priesthood holder. Nothing is more precious to me than seeing how much Andy loves Owen. He is a great father and I know that he will help me to raise our baby to be an extraordinary person. I am also grateful for all of our friends and family who have helped us so much and who have opened their hearts to little Obi. He is very lucky to be surrounded by such wonderful people. WE are very lucky to be surrounded by such wonderful people.

All-in-all it was a wonderful Sunday. Very memorable. Very heart warming. Very reassuring of the truthfulness of the gospel and the fact that families ARE forever.

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More pics for you're veiwing pleasure!

Leanin' on grandpa...

Cousins.

Mamma's tired. And Obi looks like a little monkey.

His first church outfit.

No, he's not gonna fall. Chill out.

Fast asleep. It won't last long, though...

He's got a big nose...they say it will scale down.

I just wanted to show everyone our awesome jack-o-lanterns. Holly's is the pirate, mine is the Star Wars, and Derrick made the Homestar one and gave it to us.

Woohoo!

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He was mad at us for giving him a bath...

Little Obi being cute...

Obi and his great gramma...

Saying his prayers...

Tell me he's not the cutest thing on earth...I DARE YOU.

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Home...so cozy.

Dark hair and Daddy's gigantic forehead.

About to get measured.

On his way home from the hospital. Yes, that's a BYU blanket =)

Finally we're here...

I finally got myself together and created a blog for my family (my other blogs are political).

Last night Holly gave birth to our first little angel, Owen Brad Kartchner, 6 lbs. 13 oz., 19 inches long. He generally mild-mannered; only cries when he is hungry or getting prodded and poked by the nurses and doctors (I swear he is like a little science experiment with all those procedures they do). He has dark brown hair, almost black, and big blue eyes (so far, I hear they change).

The hospital network is too slow to upload photos, so that will have to wait til we get home (which will hopefully be tonight).