Kate's Firsts......

Christmas Morning at grandma & grandpa Townsend

Emmy taking Kate for a stroll in her new baby stroller

Viewing of the the Rose parade floats the night before the parade

Christmas pajamas

Huntington Gardens

Bundled up for the zoo

story time with dad and Emmy

She looks like the kid from the Christmas Story (we live in LA and I bundle her up like we are in Utah)

Hanging with Nicole at the Grove

We love to play with Brooke!

Kate's buddy Baloo 

Kate's First Photo Shoot

My friend Jordan took these pictures of Kate and was very patient while we had to change her diaper, feed her, and Kate even decided to pee on Jordan's blanket in between pictures.  It was worth it, the pictures turned out so cute.  Kate loves her tongue.  Jordan kept trying to get her to put it in but Kate prefers it out.

Introducing....

Kathryne Jayde Townsend was born October 29th at 4:24am in American Fork, Utah.  She weighed 6lbs 8oz and was 19 inches long.  She is absolutely perfect.  Kate is a miracle to our family and our little angel.  We love her so much and love watching her change everyday.  It was a journey getting to this point but worth every minute.   Thank you so much for all the phone calls, emails, texts, and prayers.  We could feel everyones love and support during this process. 

News Flash......It's a GIRL!!!

After 6 long months of waiting to post it on our blog and try and keep a secret. I finally feel like it is close enough to let everyone know. We are so excited that we have been chosen by an amazing birth mom to adopt a little GIRL. Cort and I could not be more excited! She is due on October 30th.......3 weeks. I cannot believe it is finally here. Jessica (birth mom) is someone I have become close with over the past several months and have grown to love. We have had the opportunity to meet with her a few times. She is an amazing person and has so many great qualities and she never fails to amaze me. She is beautiful, smart and so fun to talk to. Cort and I feel blessed that she chose us to adopt her sweet little girl. We are getting so so EXCITED. We will keep you posted as it gets closer.

Capo Beach 2008

We took a family vacation to San Juan Capistrano in September. We found the beach house online and we were all hoping it would be as nice as the pictures online. We pull up to the beach house and it is bright Pepto Bismol PINK with baby blue trim. It was very shocking and we were frightened what we would find inside. The saying, never judge a book by its cover, was definitely right when it comes to the pink beach house. The inside was so nice and plenty big for all 12 of us. Here are a few picture from our fun family vacation. I did not take many pictures. I guess I was having too much fun hanging out with everyone! I do not have any picture of my mom, dad, or brother.....

Nicole braiding our hair

Kelly and baby Brooke

Ellie posing for the camera

Cole and Cort enjoying the fire

Maddie learning to surf.

Cort getting a little barrell.

Party wave for Jason and Cort

Maddie and Cole after wrestling in the sand

Ellie loved the water. She was not scared of the big waves.

Disneyland with the family

My mom and I took Maddie to the princess lunch at Ariel's Grotto. It was so much fun to see Maddie's face light up when the different princesses came to the table to talk to her. I am so excited to be able to take our little girl when she is old enough.

We finally have a family picture with everyone together. It has been a few years since we have been all together. It was very tricky trying to get 4 kids under the age of 5 to cooperate for the picture. I had so much fun spending time with my family. I love them so much and miss them. Thank you so much for a wonderful vacation.