#2 Little Cru...

So, like I have said before, we have had a very busy summer and of all the very fun and exciting things that have happened this summer our favorite part would have to be this. On August 2, 2012 little Cru Nicholas Barker was born!! He was 6 lbs. 3 oz. and 20 inches long. So compared to little Sophie (who was only 5 lbs 4 oz and 18 inches long)  he was big. ;)  He is pretty much the cutest little guy EVER, and he is such a good little baby. Especially since the poor little guy has been all over the place since he was born. (more about that in my next post)

 He loves loves loves to be held, and Sophie loves to hold him. Although I don't let her hold him as much as she would like I think. I have to watch her constantly, because if she is anywhere near him she just wants to hug him or kiss him or lay by him, and she is pretty good for the most part but She hasn't quite got the concept of being "soft" with him, although she really tries. Its pretty cute to see her with him and how much she just loves him! He is always the first thing she asks about when she wakes up in the morning. Its very cute!

We are so glad that he has finally joined our family, and we couldn't be happier. I am so thankful for him and for Sophie. I still have a very hard time believing that I have two kids now! Ok lets be honest I still cant believe I have one kid let alone two... But I absolutely LOVE being a mom! It really is the most rewarding thing in the whole world. They seriously bring Nick and Me so much happiness and they are just so cute and fun! Don't get me wrong I definitely have my moments where I feel super inadequate and... I dont even know what the word is... overwhelmed? Ya I think that's it.  I feel overwhelmed, but its worth it, and you know, I guess the fact that its hard sometimes (more than I would like to admit I'm sure) is what makes it that much better and I'm so grateful for it.

Here are some more pictures of the past couple weeks.

The Wedding!

We have had a very very busy summer and so I am going to be doing this in separate blog posts because otherwise I would have one gigantic blog post and who wants to read that, really!? I'm sure I would barely want to read it myself. So this way its not so overwhelming, mostly for me. I have been wanting to blog about everything we have done all summer for a long time but I keep putting it off, and honestly I am sure there are about a million other things, that are probably more important, that I could and should be doing instead but, I choose to do this right now. :)
So lets just go first things first here. On July 20th my favorite brother, Brandon, got married. (I'm just kidding Brady and Bry you guys know you two are really my favorite :)  They got married in the Logan, UT temple and it was really awesome to be able to go to the sealing there. I have never been to that temple before and it was so cool! It's a gorgeous temple! I'm so so happy for him and his sweet wife Michelle! They are so great together and we absolutely LOVE having Michelle as part of our family now.

So in my defense, I am 9 months pregnant in these pictures so don't judge me! ;)

After the wedding, we had a luncheon there in Logan at this cool, old restaurant called the Bluebird (i think) and it was really good! My parents were in charge of the Luncheon and were a little skeptical of this place because we didn't know a whole lot about it, but I think it turned out great! From there we headed to Grace, ID, where Michelle is from, for the reception. Everything turned out so great and it was beautiful! We were all super exhausted by the end of it but it was a great day!

Alright I'm kind of proud of this cake. Michelle was so kind and actually trusted 

me to make it for them. It was my first time ever making one by myself  and I think it turned out pretty good! We also had an open house for them at my parents house the next day, and, like everything else, it turned out great. Unfortunately though, I didn't get any pictures of it.  

All in all it was a very busy, exciting, couple of days and we couldn't be more happy for them.