sweet little face :)

raven's first hike!

matt and i decided this past weekend to get out and do something fun (unpacking and organizing has been getting a little old!). so, we drove out to mt. rainier and went on a little hike!
raven slept the whole way...probably because daddy was carrying her :)

we also saw (and heard) brown bear along the trail. if you look carefully at the wooded pic you can see the bear. i took one pic and he looked at up at us...matt told me not to do that again, and the bear ran a little further away. it was actually a little scary, but we were glad to get out to the mountains! we have to make the most of our summer days!

catching up...

i finally have some time to put up some recent pics of raven. she has been growing fast and changes every day!
she loves the bath and always cries when we take her out (thats the first pic). yesterday i put a little clip in her hair for the first time...and it surprisingly stayed in all day! (that's the next pic).

we are getting settled into our new house...slowly but surely...and will have more pics to post soon!

JJ & Sam wedding!!

We actually made the trip to Chicago/Grand Rapids for the big wedding just a week after Raven entered the world! Here is proof!



We had a great time celebrating with everyone, but we were very ready to come home!

Raven Comes Home

Hospital food is really spectacular but we decided to come home anyways.

Raven Theresa Willis

Born May 28th, 2008 at 3:55PM
6.14lbs



















It was a wild ride but everyone is healthy. Even though she is crying in this picture she has been super mellow and has just been chillin with us the last few hours. Thanks for all the prayers.

38 weeks!

These are some of our final pics before baby!
These are taken at my favorite park just a few blocks from our house...and this is where I will be working on losing the baby weight once she decides to enter the world! I am definitely feeling like I am about to burst and am very ready for the next chapter of this journey! We'll be posting pics of our babe as soon as she gets here :)