Oh how they grow

Hailey is already 6 weeks old, 23 inches long and weighs alot more than she did 3 weeks ago. She's starting to smile, coo, and has found her new favorite thing...her thumb. Here are some pictures of the last few weeks, hope you enjoy!

Photo Shoot Week 1

Hailey is now 11 days old, and this last weekend we took way too many pictures. We never get tired of just watching her every little movement, and every face she makes, here are a few of our favorites.


Hailey's favorite sleeping position


Taking a nap with mom


Open Wide!


Looking cute in her diaper


That's Enough Mom!

She's Here!

After 9 arduous months of pregnancy, and 2 days of intense contractions, our sweet little girl couldn't wait anymore...on June 2nd at 10 am we checked in to the hospital and by 4:51pm she was born. She was 7lbs 5oz at birth and 19 inches long. We've decided to name her Hailey Renee Mills. She's very healthy and her mom is absolutely amazing. You'd think she'd been a mom her whole life the way she's taken to our little one. After it all, the thing I am more struck with now than ever is what an incredible woman I married. She was so tough during the delivery, and is so gentle and patient with our baby. We hope you enjoy the pictures and the video.

Hailey's First Bath



Mom and Hailey


Hailey Meets Her Mom

The Season's Hottest New Fashion

We're finally making some progress in preparing for the coming of our little one. I convinced Lindsay to pose for us with our new car seat and stroller. (In case you're wondering dad, those flowers in the background are the dutch tulips you gave to the Benches they're coming in pretty nice this year!)

Welcome to our blog

To all our friends and family:

So we realize that we have been horrible at keeping in touch with...well most of you. We also realize that when we are living far, far away in good ol' Durham, NC it will be even harder to keep in touch with you all. So as a solution we have created this little blog. Feel free to look, comment, share or ignore as you seem fit (but we'd prefer the "look, comment and share" part!)

We are sure that by now most of you have heard one way or another that we are going to be parents! Our little girl is doing a great job transforming from fetus to actual child! She already has a nice strong kick, jab and for all I know head butt. Whatever form of kungfu she may be using to remind us of her presence in utero we enjoy feeling and watching her move about in her cramped little home.

Also in case you have been left out of the loop once again Brian will be starting law school this August at Duke (hence the whole moving to NC.) We will be there for the next 3 years and extend an invitation to anyone who might be on that side of the country, we'd love to see you!

We are excited and nervous for all the excitement coming this summer and will keep you posted the best we can. Have fun looking at all our past blogs (once again we are slackers and have been working on this for awhile)

Julie's Wedding

For those of you who couldn't be there for Julie's Big Day, here are a few pictures for your enjoyment! She got married on March 14th, it was a beautiful day and everything went perfectly. Enjoy!

DOOKIES!!

It looks like Brian's going to be a Dookie (a student at Duke University), here are a few photos from our visit to Durham for admitted students weekend.

Golf Cart Madness

After we visited Grandpa last week, he thought we'd better take his golf cart home. We had to get this on video, we weren't sure when the next time we'd get to roll through our 'hood in a golf cart.

Brian's First Test at Computer Literacy

I'm sitting at my desk at work today with nothing to do since I took my series 7 exam earlier than the rest of my class, so I thought creating a blog for our family might be a productive use of my time...Hopefully there will be lots of photos and funny stories to come!