Favorite Naomi Photos

I've been feeling the urge to scrapbook, so have started working on Naomi's baby book. (The part of me that lives in fantasy world thinks there's a chance I'll have her's done before the new baby's born. Ha!) Obviously, the first step is to narrow down the hundreds of photos we've taken into the relative few that will go in this album. I've had so much fun looking back through her first year. Here are a few of my all time favorites.

The night she was born

Her Blessing
Easter

With Dad


With Mamaw

Sleeping on the train home from Utah

Sailing with Mamaw & Papaw gets a thumbs up

Halloween

Thanksgiving

Taming the Wild

One of Sam's ambitions for the summer is to tame the wild that is our backyard. He started this weekend with cutting all the low branches from the trees.

Working with my sister-in-law, Meg.
Naomi and I watched from the comfort of the trampoline.
Sam finally conquered the stump in the driveway!

Scaling New Heights

Naomi loves to climb. And she loves to be outside. So when she can't go out, she does the next best thing: climb the chair so she can look out the window.

West Virginia

During Sam's spring break, we spent a few days in West Virginia visiting his dad.

At the park.




Chillin' in the car

A snack before bed.

With Gran & Granddad.

Four generations of Swishers.

Church in Pajamas

I've decided that I want the tradition of the kids getting new pajamas for "Church in Pajamas" weekend (General Conference). I'm not sure how long it will really last, but so far I've managed it for Naomi all three times since she was born. I got new ones, too, this week.

Our Little Ham

Naomi loves sitting at Sam's desk with him and playing with his ham radio. She'll push the buttons, turn the dials, and "talk" into the mike. She just needs to learn how to read the exam, and then she'll be all set to get her own amateur radio license :)

(But the little stinker refuses to talk into the mike when I have the camera out.)

Baby Update

We're having a boy!

I had an ultrasound a couple of weeks ago, and besides showing that the baby appears to be developing properly and is healthy, it confirmed our suspicions that kiddo #2 is a boy.

We will be naming him Jacob Lee Swisher. Jacob is Sam's middle name, and his great grandfather was also named Samuel Jacob and went by Jake. Lee is after my dad.

We're very excited to have Jacob joining our family!

The attached picture is a profile of his head, with his fingers in his mouth.