Welch Family Visit

Aiden with his Mamaw & Papaw Welch

Our little family

All of us

Aiden & his Papaw Welch

Great Grandpa Corley & Aiden became good buddies.

4 Generations

Aiden with his Great Grandma

Aiden & his Mamaw

Jerry Wayne, Jonathan Wayne, & Aiden Wayne Welch

On Sunday, Jon's parents and grandparents arrived from Arkansas to see us. We had a good time visiting and staying close to home. Jon's dad has thyroid cancer and tired easily. His grandpa is recovering from cancer of the sinuses and his mother and grandmoter don't get around all that well. They seemed to really enjoy holding and helping out with Aiden though. We have lots of pictures of their visit and wish that we didnt live so far away from Jon's family.

Holler Wedding 1-23-10

first kiss as husband and wife

Mr & Mrs Daniel Holler

first dance as Mr & Mrs

Welch Family

Groom & his Best Man

Our friends, Dan & Kelly got married over the weekend. Jon was the best man in their wedding party. We had a fun weekend full of events. The wedding was beautiful! They moved to Del Rio, Texas on Monday. We are really going to miss them!

Photo Shoot

a little smile

Daddy got Mommy a new camera for Christmas and when I was three weeks old she had a fun photo shoot with me. I slept the whole time, but I knew she was snapping pictures because I heard the camera snapping and the flash kept disturbing my sleep. Plus she stripped me down to my diaper! The blanket was warm and soft though, so I wasn't cold.

Patterson Family

Time for family pictures!!! :)

Above with my brothers, Jon, & Aiden

Left to Right: Dad, Brendan, Mom, Cameron, Seth, Me, Aiden, & Jon
My parents arrived the day before Aiden was born and left the following Sunday afternoon. I am so glad they were able to make the trip out, but I really wish they lived closer.

First Days...

Aiden in his crib with his A&W bear from his Uncles.

Below with his eyes open...

Warming up and drying up his lungs...

home from the hospital and looking around...

Dinner time with Grandma...

Sleeping on Daddy with Samson closeby...

Grandpa playing with his little lip...

Looking so tiny in his carseat...

It was so wonderful to have my family here when Aiden came home from the hospital! They were such a great help and it was just so nice to spend time together.

First Hours...

Above with Uncle Cameron.

Crazy happy & very proud Daddy...

Tired Mommy (this was waiting after getting my epidural)...

Proud Grandpa & Grandma Patterson...

Aiden & his Uncle Brendan...

Aiden & his Uncle Seth...
My parents and brothers arrived late evening on Monday, Dec. 28. We celebrated our Christmas together and visited before we all headed to bed. I had been at the doctor earlier in the day and she stripped my membranes when she checked to see if I was dialated at all. I was still at 3cm and 75%, which is what I had been at for the previous two weeks. I started having hard contractions after I left the doctor. By the time my family arrived, the contractions were about 12-10 min apart. Everyone went to bed except for me. My contractions had increased to about every 6 min. I woke Jon to call the doctor and they told us to head to the hospital. We left for the hospital about 2:00a.m. The winter storm made an interesting and very LONG trip to Pittsburgh to the hospital. For the first half of the drive Jon couldn't even see the lines on the interstate!

We arrived at the hospital about 3:40a.m. I had recieved my iv antibiotics and epidural by about 4:30a.m. I have never experienced so much pain as the pain I had with my contractions. The epidural really helped a lot! They broke my water at 8:30 and I started pushing at 10:00a.m. Aiden was born 50min later. My family had come down to the hospital around 6 a.m. and so my Mom was able to be present with Jon for the delivery. Aiden cried for a minute after he came out but then had his eyes open and seemed content to just look around and gaze into the faces of his family.