Babies, babies everywhere!

Today was sure the day for babies! Both my sister in law Jenni and my good friend Shelby had their babies today about an hour apart from each other. Neither couple decided to find out the sex of their babies so there was a lot of speculation flying around our house the last couple days. Shelby was due with baby #1 on July 30th, so we knew it would be any day and this morning I got the text... it's a boy! Landon Gary Kuphal arrived weighing in at 9lbs 15 oz! Whoa! Now that's a baby!!! :) I cannot wait to meet him and give a big squeeze to mommy tomorrow night!

Jenni wasn't expecting baby number 3 until Saturday, but baby had other plans. I guess with 2 girls already and Jenni saying that the pregnancy was no different from her previous two, I just fiqured the odds were against them. But it is a 50-50 chance right?? We got the text at around 4am. "It's a boy!!!" I couldn't believe it! There were rumors of Seth being so excited that he ripped off his shirt and ran through the hospital shrieking! OK- there were no such rumors, but I really could imagine it happening. Finally! Baby Carson Alan Ryan was here... weighing in at 7lbs 13oz.

When I told Conner this morning that Jenni had her baby, his eyes got as big as saucers and he said "What is it?" I told him it was a boy and Conner got so excited that he took off his shirt and ran shrieking thru the house. OK, OK not really, but there was a "Yes!" and a big fist pump.

We headed up to the hospital tonight to visit and Logan was absolutely infatuated with baby Carson. He wanted to hold him and touch his fingers and his toes. He was so sweet and careful and he even promised not to drop him! He held him four or five times and didn't even get jealous when I was holding him, he just came over and tried to pry him out of my arms telling me to "take turns, mommy."

What a wonderful day today was. Two beautiful blessings from heaven. Boys or girls it really wouldn't have mattered to any of us... as they say 10 fingers and 10 toes, right? It is amazing how insignificant everything else becomes when you are staring into the eyes of a newborn. A beautiful creation from God.

Thank you Jenni, Seth, Shelby and Ryan for sharing your blessings with us. They will be loved beyond words!