New Payne Baby is HERE!!

Charlotte Rae Payne was born on July 21st at 11:26 pm. She weighed 7 lbs 1 oz and was 20 1/2 inches long. Her name is really special because she is named after my grandma Charlotte and Justin's Grandma Donna Rae.

Here is mommy getting ready for baby girl to be born! As you can tell by my eyes it was a long process to get her here. After 35 hours of labor she came by emergency c-section. It was hard work but it was worth it!

Here is Daddy getting ready for baby girl to be born!

Happy Birthday to Nana and Charlotte. What a special birthday present Nana got when she came on her birthday. I would say presents are covered for a few years!!

Here is some of her first pictures.

We have had lots of fun dressing her up and putting lots of bows and flowers in her hair.

Amelia's Dance performance

Amelia did her yearly dance performance. The play was Beauty and the Beast and Amelia's dance class was blue birds. She did such a good job and we are so proud of her, she is the best little dancer!

Posing on the steps of Kingsbury Hall before her big performance!

Our Summer 2010

It all started with the perfect summer haircut!

Father and Sons camp out

Going to the zoo with tons of our friends! We had so much fun!!

Swim lessons, both Amelia and Ezra passed their swim tests this year!

We also got butterflies and watched them go from caterpillars to butterflies!

Ezra's Big Boy Room!

So Ezra is a big boy. It makes Mommy and daddy SO sad. But he loves his new room. I have spent many hours getting it just right for him. Whenever we can't find him in the house he is usually playing in his new room! So it's safe to say he LOVES IT!! Ezra getting into bed for his first night in a big boy bed. It was so cute Amelia told him if he needed anything to just come and get her, even if he had to wake her up! She is such a good big sister.

He was so excited he could barely stand it!

Good night sleep tight! He did really good and slept the whole night and didn't get up once! I on the other hand was up all night thinking that I heard him get up. There was one time I could swear I heard him say mom. A little paranoid? Well maybe:)

Amelia playing soccer

So Amelia started playing soccer this spring. It is so fun to go watch her play. She has a natutal talent or maybe it's a natural aggression that makes her pretty good. We sure do enjoy watching her play!! Here Amelia is posing for a picture. Her team is the orange monsters.

Amelia, her team and her coach waiting for the ball to be thrown in for play.

This is how she plays her whole game, with her arms out blocking everyone from the ball, yes even her own team mates!!

Payne Udate

Okay so I am a total loser when it comes to blogging. So here is a little update about our family. We found out in November we are expecting baby #3. We are very excited to add to our little family. Then in March we had the debate of finding out the sex or not. We didn't find out with Ezra and had lots of fun waiting, but Amelia said she couldn't wait until August so we found out we are having another baby GIRL!!! Amelia is excited beyond belief to have a baby sister.
Amelia and Ezra are growing up soooo fast. Amelia is finishing up preschool in a few weeks and will be starting kindergarten in August. She is also found her calling in life, she started playing soccer and is really good! She throws the elbows and everything.
Ezra is still our sweet little boy who is into everything. He loves to be outside playing with bugs. He will also start preschool in August. I can't believe how fast time goes but we are having fun watch our kids learn and grow!