Family Pictures

I love how these turned out! Thank you Shanna! ( http://shannamichellephotography.blogspot.com/ )

We had these taken in our back field a couple weeks ago. It's amazing how fast our little family is growing up! Thank you Ben for passing on your incredible good looks to our children:) One of my favorite pictures (it's been so hard to choose) I am saving for our Christmas card, so you'll just have to be patient. Or you can stop by our house (hint, hint). I am going to have it printed to hang in the family room:)

Amanda's Pictures

About 2 months before Amanda was born, my neighbor, Susan Ray, came up to me at church and said she was going to make Amanda's blessing dress. I didn't know exactly what to say...it was such a huge gesture! A month later, she stopped by to drop off the dress, hat and booties. WOW!!! I got all teary...it was absolutely incredible. The most beautiful dress I had ever seen! I knew right then that I would have to get "real" pictures of Amanda taken in her dress. I called my friend Shanna who has an awesome photography blog ( http://shannamichellephotography.blogspot.com ) that I love to stalk. She came over to my house and took these fabulous pictures of our sweet baby girl at 5 weeks old.

Amanda is just a joy in our house! She is amazingly sweet, cuddly, a good sleeper and she already puts up with so much from her brothers! We just love her to pieces!

HeersTheMayGirl!!!

Our sweet baby Amanda joined us August 19th, 2011 at 9:35 am. She was 7 lb 13 oz and 21 inches long. She has dark hair and eyes that seem to get a little bluer each day. She is a great baby! She eats and sleeps really well. Her brothers adore her and so do her parents. We are soooo happy!!!


Here are some photos to enjoy...

She is already learning to wink;)

Taking a nap amidst all the chaos here at the May home. We put her port-a-crib in the family room and she is already used to the noise:) Notice the super cute blanket underneath her that her Great-Grandma Silvestri made her.

Kyle giving her a kiss. He wanted to know why he always wants to eat her. She just seems so yummy!

Our baby lover Riley. He "rubs and kisses" her constantly. I have found her with Cheetoh and cookie kisses on her head already. I had never heard him say the word beautiful before, but now he calls her "so beautiful and so pretty and so softly." I love it!

Jason will sit and hold Amanda for a long time. He is a great big brother!

There is just something cute about a crying baby picture.

I finally got a 4 generation picture of girls! My grandma Silvestri, Me and Amanda, and my mom.

It may be a little early, but I think I am seeing some volleyball hands here!!!!

Sleeping at the hospital.

Daddy is a little awestruck by a baby girl!

Sean is a great oldest brother. He takes care of everything going on around us. I don't know what I'd do without him!

All the boys with their new little sister. This is just hours after her birth.

It's Going to Be a.........

GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! For those of you who we haven't talked to recently we are expecting in August and today we found out that we're having a girl. Really, truly!!! We are soooooo excited!!!! The boys have already given each other assignments...Sean is in charge of teaching her football, Jason is in charge of teaching her not to like dresses and Kyle is in charge of teaching her to like hunting. Riley is in denial and will not acknowledge even the idea of a girl yet. We hope he will come around in the next few months:) This will be a fun adventure for us. Ben and I are just giddy. This will add such a new dimension to our not-so-little family. I will have to come up with a new clever name for our blog. Although, at the rate I've been blogging the little girl will be 2 before I post again:)