Brixley Pictures

well it has been a week since i have had brixley so i thought i would post a few more pictures i have taken in the past couple of days. it so weird how different babies look from the hospital after only a week

i guess this isn't the best shot but i was trying to get a picture with his eyes open

oh, there are those beautiful eyes i was trying to see.

here he is awake and happy

big sister mikenna and brixley. she is so good with him and i know she will be such a big help as he gets bigger

big brother andon and brixley. it seems like every time andon wants to hold brixley, he cries

big brother kelton watching over brixley. he protects him while he is in his swing.

one of brixley's first sink baths.

brixley laying with daddy on father's day. you can only see john's hand but i still love the picture

here they are, my four favorite people. i love my kids. they are so precious.

My Baby Boy is Here

Announcing the birth of Brixley John Baker born Tuesday at 7:07 am. He was 6 lbs 13 oz and 20 inches. He is beautiful, healthy, and we love him like crazy already. I only had time to post a few pictures but here he is..

of course he has a full head of black hair and i love it

a glimpse of his eyes open

not a great picture but the first of my four kids and i cant believe i'm a mother of four. i am so blessed and i love my beautiful kids who make my life wonderful and hectic.

1 Week Left

well this post has no pictures but it is my announcement that i have one week left of this pregnancy and as of yesterday, my body is ready. i hit rock bottom yesterday where i couldn't do anything. i have never felt so miserable at the end of a pregnancy and i have worked my body to much that i just have no energy left. so i am doing nothing every day and waiting to have this baby boy next tuesday. i will be going in for my c section at 7 am. anyway, watch for pictures some time next week and i will be as quick as i can.

BitterSweet

5 weeks ago my grandma parks passed away. she was 5 days away from turning 87 years old. i was very close to her as i did grow up living by her and she has always been involved in my life. i was able to go to arizona for the week and be there for the funeral. it was a bittersweet time as we said good-bye to her. i was able to see lots of family that i haven't seen in a long time and be there for my grandma. she lived a long, wonderful, faithful life and even though i will miss her tremendously, she is with my grandpa now, who passed away 15 years ago. i took a few pictures while i was there...

this is a picture i wanted next to the bouquet that was on her casset. each flower has a name on it and represents every person in her family. there are a lot of us and this bouquet was beautiful

dinner at claim jumper (dad, mom, sister jessica, bro in law josh, bro tyler, grandma weaver, and sis jordann)

me, sis laura, sis in law rachel, bro bobby, sis janell, and cousin danielle

me, laura, and janell

after the funeral, we took pictures. this is the first time my brothers and sisters have been all together since we moved to texas so we enjoyed spending time together

my bros and sis from oldest to youngest

my two nephews, braxton and nixon, that still live in arizona

the sisters

the sisters with my grandma weaver who came from utah

janell and i

31 Weeks

these pictures are per request of my friend kim but i always enjoy seeing other people's pregnant pictures so here i am.

thanks to my photographer, mikenna, she loves taking pictures.

Short and Sweet Update

yeah, i am finally posting pictures again. and it is not really going to be that short but i am going to be brief and just update the past couple month events. first of all if anyone is wondering, the bakers are doing fine. we are busy busy and i am trying hard to get my mind set prepared for the summer and baby to come but so much keeps happening. the time is flying by as i have 9 weeks left. scary but i did buy a car seat and now i feel better since that is pretty important. we have recently moved around the block but i am not posting my address because this is not a private blog, so that has kept me busy. i have switched from being the sunbeam teacher in primary to the 11-12 year old class and that has taken a new challenge for me. the kids are growing, happy, and enjoying playing outside as the weather has been wonderful. john is continuing to work a lot and we enjoy spending all our free time as a family. okay so back to the pictures. these first ones are just random pictures that are cute that i have taken.

kelton sat with my dad one day and was copying everything he was doing. it was so cute i had to take a picture, especially since kelton usually only goes to my dad when he has food.

kelton loves john game controllers so here they are playing together

andon fell asleep on the recliner and he looked so cute and peaceful.

my favorite picture of kelton showing his personality. he put these mr. potato head glasses on and kept making these cheesy faces. my mom, brother, and i could not stop laughing at him. he is so cute and hillarious

easter 2010- it was so wonderful to sleep in since conference here started at 11 and we usually have 9 oclock church. the kids woke up to easter baskets...

then we colored easter eggs...

and later we went to my mom and dad's for dinner and had an easter egg hunt. it was a relaxing and wonderful easter.

spring break in march- last month we decided to go to sea world in san antonio during mikenna's spring break. it wasn't until we got there on sunday that we found out sea world is only open on the weekends during this time of year. we were so bummed when we couldn't go since we were there to go monday and tuesday. we had to make it fun for the kids anyway so we went to the zoo on the first day....

the next day we went to the river walk, saw the alamo

and we took a boat ride around the riverwalk