Kenleigh Ryan Blubaum has arrived!

We are proud to announce the arrival of Miss Kenleigh Ryan Blubaum. Kenleigh joined us on Tuesday, September 8th at 7:31am. She weighed in at 8lb 6oz and was 20 1/2" long. Not bad for a baby that was still a week away from her actual due date!

Having her birthday scheduled was certainly a much different experience than we had with Cole. No laboring for 40 hours, exhausted going into surgery. Instead Shawn and I were up at 3:30am...arrived at the hospital at 5:00am and had our beautiful baby girl just a couple of hours later. We looked like we were moving into the hospital when we arrived, suitcases, laptop, iPods, etc. We had a plan to be prepared for our 4 day stay this time!

Kenleigh is a wonderful baby so far. She is a champ eater and follows her feedings with long sleep, of course. She has steel blue eyes that melt your heart and we spend hours trying to determine if she looks like Shawn, me or Cole. So far we have no idea! She's got dark hair, but only on the sides and back. Nothing much on top, which is good for some giggles. We say she got her "hair" from her daddy! :)


A few of our friends have had the chance to meet Kenleigh and we look forward to introducing everyone else to her very soon!

We got home from the hospital this afternoon and were reunited with Cole as a new family of 4. He was not allowed to come visit us in the hospital because of concerns about the swine flu. No children under the age of 12 were allowed as visitors. We missed him terribly, but did enjoy the time to focus completely on Kenleigh.


Tomorrow I hope to get some pictures of brother and sister. Cole is fighting a bad cold and was not really into the idea of having a new sister this afternoon. He attempted to poke at her head and put his cars in her crib. We will be working on gentle hugs and kisses once he is feeling better!


So we are all home and doing great. It's a wonderful feeling to have our family complete, we feel so blessed and know how lucky we are. We will post more pictures later this weekend as the action unfolds. Let life with 2 kids begin................