Photo Shoot

My best friend, Pam, came in for a quick visit this past weekend to meet William. Amongst other things (like setting up my treadmill) she did a photo shoot with William. I am not great at taking pictures or even at remembering to take pictures, so it is nice to have people around that do! Anyway, here are some shots of our big boy! (He weighed 10 lbs, 8 oz at his Dr. appt. last Friday...He was 2 weeks 3 days:)



This little boy definitely belongs to our family, but I don't know who he looks like. Everyone else has an opinion, but they are all different :)

Easter Review...

I know this post is so late, but blogging is very low on my list right now...but I really want to keep up. So here are some pictures that other people took (namely my sister and mother-in-law!)

Macy was born on Good Friday 3 years ago and her birth announcement picture was of her in Dan's Easter basket (It says "Daddy") My sister re-created this with William. He never woke up
My biggest challenge is going to be getting 3 kids looking at the camera and smiling at the same time...this was the best out of about 15 shots...turned out cute!All the cousins after the Easter egg hunt! From L to R :

Sam, Andrew, Trey, Macy, and Luke

For those of you that aren't from Texas...we have something AWESOME around Easter. Cascerones, otherwise known as confetti eggs. My mother-in-law has memories from her childhood of saving egg shells for weeks before Easter and then filling them with confetti. We luckily can just buy them from the store! Basically what you do is sneak up on someone and crack the confetti filled egg on the person's head. It can get pretty violent...and the adults have more fun than the kids! Macy in mid-throw.

Dan getting my sister, Tamara

Dan handing out ammo

Dan running after getting my mom. This was taken with my sister's awesome camera! By the way, we went through 12 dozen eggs...and were left still wanting more! I am still finding confetti in my house two weeks later :)

Introducing William Patrick Henry Moran...

William Patrick Henry Moran

Born: March 23, 2010

Weight: 9lbs., 12oz

Length: 20 3/4 inches

All along this baby's name was going to be William Patrick Moran, William because we liked it and Patrick after his daddy. Well, after he was born, Dan was looking at what significant things happened on that day in history. As it turns out, Patrick Henry gave his "give me liberty or give me death speech" on March 23. Our children are the direct descendants of at least 7 men who fought in the American Revolution and because of these two facts, we added "Henry". I love the addition but still can't believe I agreed to it at the last minute.

As far as the birth goes, I started having contractions Monday afternoon around 3, they were regular, but not painful. After a couple of hours, I went to the hospital, but I was only 1 cm. It took me until Tuesday morning to get to three and then another couple of hours to get to 4. I was pretty worried that I would stall and end up needing a c-section, but all of a sudden, I was 9 and then 10 and after a few minutes, William was born. It was my longest labor for sure, but besides getting no sleep, the easiest!

William has been a perfect little baby, sleeping well (the last couple of nights, he has gone for 5 hour stretches, eaten, and then another 3-4!!!) and having a great little disposition. Here are some pictures from the hospital.

Daddy and William

Mommy and William

Poppy (Dan's Dad) and William

Abi (Dan's mom) and William

Mia (my mom) and William

Aunt Callie and William

Trey and Macy meeting their baby brother

Grandad (my dad) will William

I tried and couldn't turn this picture, but I love it

My brother, Tim, sister in law, Anne and nephews, Andrew, Sam and Luke

Dan dressed William up in his medals.

Dan took this picture of William flexing his muscles!