Athen's Blessing

Athen was blessed on Sunday the 13th of April. There to participate in his blessing were both Grandpa Rogers, Uncle Taft and Uncle Steve, and good friends Tom and Ben. In the blessing Athen was blessed to be a great missionary, have the spirit in his life and to have the gift of discernment. It was a wonderful experience for Tim to bless his first son and the spirit was very strong as many wonderful men placed their hands on my tiny little boy to give him a name and a blessing.

Athen In Real LIfe

First time...

Grandma Dorman is in town again for a two week visit. It is great to have her help and Athen enjoys all their adventures together. Now that he is 6 weeks old, grandma took him out to embark upon his first walk in the stroller and his first visit to the mall.

Here we passed by Borders book store in the mall and my oldest brother Brandon's illistration for the third Fablehaven book was right there for everyone to see. It is exciting, everywhere we go we see his illistrations for the numerous books he has done! We are so proud of him and like to bragg. Check out more of his work at brandondorman.com, it is all amazing.
Next to come is video of Athen's smiles and laughs, as soon as I find the cord to download from our camera! Ü

Peek-A-Boo

We caught Athen just the other day, peeking up from the blanket he was tucked in with in his car seat and thought it was just too darn cute. For some reason no matter how tight we wrap him he always wiggles his was out so that he can grap the top of his blanket. When he is sleeping on us he always as a hold of our shirt, and it is always with his right hand. Funny boy.

The relief society in the ward had some family's bring us dinner one week and so we took Athen, all bundled up and cozy in his baby bjorn for a walk as we returned all their dishes. He loved it, he fell alseep against daddy's chest and was a perfect angle.

A few of our favorite things...

Some of our new passing the time activities are...

daddy and son story time...

swing time...

kissing, munching, and loving time...

2 Weeks Old...

Due to a good nights rest, Athen was feeling pretty photogenic at 2 weeks old. AHH AHHHH...
CHOOO....

Thank You Grandma Dorman

We had the pleasure of Grandma Dorman being with us for Athen's delivery. Her help was unbelieveable. Cooking, cleaning, laundry, rocking baby, burping baby, keeping Haley sane, changing diapers, and being up at night to help when Athen would not sleep. Thanks so much Mom I could not have done it without your help and love. We'll miss having you around but are excited for your return in April. We love you... And Thanks to Grandpa Dorman for getting her here and living without her for some time.