Eleanor Eva Barlow

We blessed Eleanor over Labor Day weekend. My brother Matt went into the MTC that following week and we wanted to have him there for the blessing. Sam and Michelle blessed Lily that weekend as well and it was wonderful to share this special time with them and all of our family.



This is the dress that I and my two sisters wore when we were blessed. My Grandma Bunker made it right before my baby blessing. It is simple and beautiful and I loved having the opportunity to use it for Eleanor.



Lily and Eleanor in their blessing dresses.



The Dads.



The Moms.



Sunday dinner group babies: John, Eleanor, Lily, Elle.



Sam & Michelle blessed Lily in Jeff and Suz's home later Sunday night. This was the first Sunday that we had all of the new babies together. We put them on the couch for a picture and it was so funny to see the big crowd gather to admire them. Though I can't blame them. All the babies are pretty darn cute.

1 month already?

I can't believe that a month has gone by already. It seems like time has passed by in long days and fast weeks. Things are slowly falling into place. Having 2 kids is tricky. Having a newborn baby and an almost 3 yr old is tricky. I've been trying to be patient with myself and with them, constantly reminding myself that it won't always be like this. Not that things are bad.....just tricky. I am amazed though at how much love feels my heart for these 2 little ones and their wonderful Dad. I'm grateful that that feeling of love can just continue to expand and grow.

I know I should write a little more to fill in the details but by the sound of things naptime is rapidly coming to an end. Here are a bunch of pictures (I apologize for the quality on some of them) from the past few weeks.

Our little family at Dane and Brittany's wedding reception.

Eleanor taking a nap with Aunt Caroline. My mom, Caroline and Stone stayed with us for about a week after Eleanor was born. They were all so much help. Oh how I wish they lived closer!

Cousins and Best Friends, Lily and Eleanor. These two are only 2 weeks apart.

All the grandchildren. Doesn't Grant look huge?

Grant has been able to spend time playing with cousins, watching TV, tagging along with us to different events, watching TV and oh probably some more watching of TV. (He was the life of the party at the wedding reception. He put on quite the show during the dancing. The picture below doesn't do it justice.)

Eleanor Barlow Part II

Here is the latest installment of pictures of Eleanor at the hospital with an update at the end. Enjoy!

Mom and baby are doing great. The doctor did a great job on the delivery and the nurses have been great also. The tests for Eleanor have all come up well. Jenny is doing better each hour and even got up, showered, and got ready without assistance this morning. Look forward to her upcoming blog: "Tips on how to make giving birth look easy".

You can see from the pictures that Eleanor has a big round head and chubby cheeks. She has dark hair with a bit of a curl to it. Grant got to come visit her yesterday; he said "hi baby Eleanor" and then he was mostly distracted with the other people and gadgets in the room. He really enjoyed the present that "Eleanor" got him: a kids digital camera. He took at least 30 pictures while he was here and already learned to navigate the 5 buttons on the camera. We'll have to post some of his photos later. Thanks so much for all the well wishes.

Eleanor Barlow

Eleanor Barlow

Born at 1:10pm on 8/7/10

9 lbs; 22 in

More Pictures to come; stay tuned.