Family photos and a night out with the Banks…

May 31st, 2006

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Mom and Dad took John, Nancy, Mike, Noelle, and me out to eat tonight, Saturday May 20th. It felt so great to get dressed up and eat a wonderful meal with the family.

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Of course, we had to take photos with our little Noelle! See the Six Flags roller coasters behind Noelle and Mike?

View more pics here…

Noelle – Week 2 Pics…

May 26th, 2006

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“I am such a happy baby!”

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“I love goofing off with Dad!!!”

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“Time for a little early morning exercise…”

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“Mommy and Daddy love to watch me stretch – they think it is hilarious!”

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“Mom plopped me down in the Boppy and look at the cute pose I gave her”
Slide show Week 2

Three firsts…

May 24th, 2006

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Last Monday, May 15th, Noelle had her first eating out experience… she slept the entire time! YES!!! We took her to none other than Mike’s high school hangout spot, Bobby V’s Sports Bar and Grill.

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We are running out of places to take cool pics of such a cool baby, so we decided to visit the playground – Noelle, you liked the sun and the doc said it would be good to take a short bask every day.

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Noelle, today you played with a baby rattle for the first time… your longest stretch was about 5 seconds, which is genius for a week-and-a-half-old baby! (:

More pics from May 15th…

Our little angel…

May 21st, 2006

Thursday, May 18th… Noelle is one day shy of two weeks old!

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Noelle was being so playful and the lighting was so great this afternoon in our living room, I couldn’t help but seize the moment.

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Noelle was such a wonderful model… so peaceful and heavenly!

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She even knows how to put on a show this early in the game!

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And fall asleep the next minute…

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Isn’t she a cute little ham?

I couldn’t decide which pictures to put in the slideshow, so most of them are here!!!

Mother’s Day and Uncle Steve’s graduation…

May 20th, 2006

I had the most wonderful 1st Mother’s Day… all the late night hours are worth every minute just to look into Noelle’s amazingly beautiful eyes – she is such a sweet baby and so grateful for all of our hard work. “Thanks for making me a Mommy, Noelle bug – I love you!!!”

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Click here for more pictures from Sunday, May 14.

Big News Today!!!

May 13th, 2006

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“I think Mommy and Daddy just got an important phone call…”

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“Yep, I was right! I am going to have a cousin due December 5, 2006. My Aunt Michele and Uncle Andy Ebert are going to have a baby! I can’t talk yet, but I am waving a big hello to cousin Ebert!”

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“We took a very important shopping trip to Babies R Us after we heard the big news… Mom had a little cabin fever, and I wanted to shop for the new baby!”

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“I am so excited to have a new playmate! This was my best day yet!!!”

Noelle’s First Week

May 12th, 2006

Noelle is now one week old, and we have had an absolute blast with her! Thank you all for your words of congratulations and encouragement. Here are the pictures we have taken throughout Noelle’s first week.

She’s here!

May 7th, 2006

Noelle Elizabeth Pond has arrived! Our beautiful daughter was born on Friday, May 5, at 1:51pm. She is 7lbs 11oz. and 19 1/2 inches long. We’ll post more pictures of her soon!

Noelle

It all starts tonight!

May 4th, 2006

Just a quick update – We will be admitted into the hospital tonight, Thursday, May 4, at midnight.  They will begin medication and monitoring, but the official induction will begin at 7:00AM, Friday, May 5th.  Please pray for Melissa and Noelle’s strength and health!  We can’t wait to see baby Noelle face to face… we will post pics as soon as we get home.