It's a Boy!

Evan Lyning Flaa was born on September 29th at 11:38 am. He weighed 8 pounds 9 ounces and was 22 inches long. We are finally a family of four on the outside!

More pictures and stories will follow...

Waiting

Still waiting!! We are now 5 days overdue and counting as we wait for baby #2. We are encouraged that Owen is really working hard at developing the necessary skills needed to be a good big brother. He has become particularly good at sharing. In fact, just this week he decided to share a cold with his pregnant mother : ) They are both having a wonderful time bonding together over snotty tissues as they both breath out of their mouths together.....

I'd write more, but Owen is in need of some fatherly attention. We'll try to update this site with pictures of the best looking family of 4 you've ever seen as soon as baby #2 decides to make an appearance...

preggy pictures...

Praise the Lord! The end is near! No, I am not talking about the end of the world...I am full term now and baby could come anytime in the next 3 weeks! Yahoo!

I am slower than molassess in January and ready to burst at the seams with this baby! The easiest place I have found to take Owen is to tennis courts. He's contained and can run all he wants!

Here are some pictures my photographer friend took of our family. She needed a preggy model with a big belly. I DEFINITELY QUALIFIED! (And I just like to be able to tell people I am a model when they ask what I do.) "You know, full-time mom, part-time model..."

Enjoy!

KJ for the Flaas

The Back-Up Baby...

The due date is September 16th and is cruising towards us more quickly than we realize! The other night as Jon and I were "finalizing" our baby name choices, we found that the ones we liked were still our "back-up" names for Owen. (This is when I opened my big mouth.) "How appropriate," I said. "Our back-up name for our back-up baby!" Well, that got Jon howling and me apologizing to baby. That is NOT how I meant it to come out! Can I blame this one on pregnancy-brain?

4 weeks left until baby and I am big as a house! Are we ready? I think so...but you never can tell. We dug out the infant carseat, little onsies and burp rags, and even started our packing for the hospital bag. Owen can outrun me, outlast me, but not quite outeat me...yet! (I am sure that day is coming.) We have enjoyed days at the beach and playing with his little girlfriend who lives downstairs, although watching the garbage truck in the mornings is maybe his favorite thing to do. Does he understand he is going to be a big brother? Probably not. But he does come kiss my stomache often and says, "Hhhhhi baby!" Soooo cute!

We'll keep you updated about baby news!