Win a Free Photo Session!

I know I haven't blogged in forever, but this is worth blogging about! If you go here:

cristinelsonphotography.blogspot.com

you can enter to win a free photo session from my amazingly talented younger sister! Here are some of the cute pictures she's taken of my kids. We don't have any great ones of Dallin yet, but it's on the calendar!

Side note: The pictures in my last post announcing Dallin's arrival were taken by Cristi too!

Princess Halley

Here's our little princess in a cute dress my little sister made for her. It's a little big right now, but it will fit perfectly as a little summer dress for next year!

The Many Faces of Dallin

Here are some of the faces Dallin likes to make:

He's looking for something to eat.

"Man, this is kind of uncomfortable."

"Hmmmm . . ."

"Off to dreamland I go."

ZZZZZZZZ . . .

I think I have one of these pictures for each of my kids:The classic "sleeping on Dad" pose. Sorry the quality isn't so great, but you get the idea. Warm snuggly baby + warm snuggly Dad = a very nice nap.

Sleep & Sibling Sweetness

Here are some cute pictures I took in September:
Halley loves to hold Dallin.Talk about brotherly love.

Dallin fell asleep on the couch like this, and I thought he looked so precious. He always has his little fists up close to his face. It is so sweet.And of course, Connor wanted in on the camera action.
Connor has been so sweet with Dallin. He always calls him "Baby Dallin," and he is constantly reminding me how much "Baby Dallin" loves him.I love sleeping babies!!

He's Here!

We are proud to announce the arrival of

Dallin Blake Power

August 1, 2010

6:01 pm

9 lbs. 15 oz.

22 in. long

Here is the whole Power family!

The Name Game

So, pretty much everyone I talk to has asked us what we are going to name this little boy. And, honestly, we still don't know. When we found out we were having a boy, Bradley was adamant we name him Peter Parker Power. Yes, that is from Spiderman. Connor insisted his name should be Sam-I-Am. What do you think?
It took us a couple months, but we convinced them that those names weren't that great and that just because we asked for their ideas, it doesn't mean we are going to use those names. He he he . . .
Anyway, my dad now calls the baby Bam-Bam-Peter-Sam. I think that will be Grandpa's nickname, but here are our top choices:

Robert "Robbie" ( I like Robbie, but am not a big fan of Robert.)
Dallin
Blake (This is Wes' middle name.) &
Garrett

We have pretty much decided we will use some combination of these names, but we haven't felt very strongly about any of them. What would your vote be??