The Ahern Family: Month 1

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9.03.2009

Birth Announcements

Just wanted to share our birth announcements and baptism invitations that I designed. I always have fun doing birth announcements but these were fun and stressful all at the same time. I am my own worse critic as well as my own worse client. It was all worth it though because I love the way they turned out!!

Front

Back

Baptism Invites

8.07.2009

One Month Old........

A month has gone by and each day I love being a mom even more. She is growing and changing more and more. The last couple weeks have been pretty busy. Alivia has met many of our family and friends, visited her pediatrician Dr. Cohen, become an avid shopper, attended church and had a couple of play dates (more for mom). We have been so blessed with generosity in gifts and food that we can not even begin to express our gratitude. We traveled to Sidney to meet some of my home town neighbors and cousins. We also had Alivia's newborn pictures taken by Kelly Highby (see previous post). The 5.5 hour trip was most interesting with two dogs and a newborn but somehow we managed (and I caught up on some sleep). When we returned we started to finally settle into what seems to be some sort of schedule. We have at least started to only get up once in the middle of the night and once early morning. Livi is such a joy to have in our lives. We enjoy getting to know her and we are so excited to see more of her personality unfold. Here are a few new pictures from the last few weeks.

Family Picture

Spending time with Aunt Beth and Cousin Ethan

Cousin Ethan checking on Baby Livi

Meeting my new friend Will Freeland and his mom Sarah Meeting Jackson Seger Riding with Pixie to Sidney Sharing the couch with Rascal Sleeping BeautySay Cheese!! Meeting my new friend Kate Shearer and her mom Denise. We are two days apart. Kate was born on the 13th of July.
Going to Church for the first time Going to meet more new friendsWearing a dress from Grandma and Aunt Beth to my first Wedding.

8.02.2009

Photo Shoot

Just a quick blog (since I can't seem to find enough time to download pictures off my camera and write a full blog).

We went back to Sidney last weekend to have Kelly Highby take newborn photos as a part of our baby plan. We are so extremely excited about how they turned out that we want to share them with all of you. So here they are!!

Alivia's newborn pictures (click the link or copy and paste this into a new browser http://www.kellyhighbyphotography.com/slideshows/ ) Then follow the instruction that Kelly provided.......

Please click on the “clients” link from my home page. Then, enter your password “alivia” when prompted on that page. You can view your show as many times as you would like during the next week, and please feel free to share it with all of your friends and relatives! Your slide show will expire on August 6, 2009.

You can also view a sample preview on her blog or by copying and pasting this link http://kellyhighby.typepad.com/kelly_highby_photography_/2009/07/baby-alivia.html

I have some fun new pictures to share from weeks 2 and 3 plus some updates on our sweet little girl but my Mommy duty calls so you will have to check back soon.

7.16.2009

Week One at Home........

What a blessing!! I can not even begin to tell you how much we are "in Love"!! I always knew that I wanted to be a mom and that one day God would bless us with children but I never knew how amazing it would be. Alivia is our little miracle!! We came home Monday afternoon and have started to settle into some sort of routine. My mom is here until the beginning of next week and we are so very lucky she is able to stay with us. She is such a great help!! Tom went back to work on Tuesday and Wednesday for half days and started back full time today. Even though he is back "full time" he is able to swing by the house during the day to check on us. I knew that he would be a great dad but he continues to amaze me each day. It is so wonderful to see how much she has filled his heart!! I don't know how many times we have commented on how hard it is to believe that we have a baby but how much harder it is to remember or imagine our life without her. We are so very grateful for our little blessing from God, Alivia!!