Hello all, its been awhile! Steve, Camille and I have been getting to know each other and bonding everyday. Maternity leave has been divine. Steve returns to work full time this week and next week its my turn to get back in the coffee groove. Camille has had many many "firsts" this past holiday weekend including a birthday party, a street festival (thrown by Pabst Blue Ribbon, how appropriate), a parade and fireworks! She basically slept through all of them, but Steve and I had a great time. Camille continues to grow and develop right before our eyes. She is so special and we are so grateful to have such a wonderful little family. We look forward to visiting everyone this summer, so if you are in the neighborhood don't be a stranger!

Pictured here is Camille at her first photo shoot with Courtney/Elle Photography. The second photo is when she first began smiling. She began smiling sporadically about 2 weeks ago, now her cute smiles are seen everyday.

Camille comes home. All is well in the Hawthorne household as we get to know Camille more and more everyday. She makes the funniest faces!

First pictures of Camille, just minutes after delivery.

Camille - Coming Home

We've been home for almost a whole week and it's been great getting to know Camille. We've continued to have visitors here and there and took our first trip to Grandpa Robert and Grandma Kay's house today.

We spend our days staring at Camille and marveling at how in a matter of hours we went from a family of two to a family of three. It gets a bit difficult to want to look away from her and hop online to update the blog, but we'll do our best to keep updated with photos and stories. Feel free to call anytime or stop by if you're in the area...we'd love to see all of our family and friends!

Enjoy!
-Kendra, Steve and Camille

Camille - The First Day

Camille was born at 11:26pm the evening on a Saturday and we stayed in the hospital until late Monday morning. Our day or so in the hospital was full of bonding with our daughter and plenty of family visitors.

I'd like to very publicly thank my boss and friend, Eric for the Sunday morning coffee delivery. Needless to say, the hospital coffee left plenty to be desired, and Eric dropped off a delicious Stone Creek Americano for me to enjoy...thank you!

Enjoy a few photos from our first day in the hospital!

-Steve

Camille - The Waiting Room

Well the day finally arrived! Camille Bea Hawthorne was born on May 22, 2010 at 11:26pm. She arrived to the world weighing 9 pounds 1 ounce and measured 21 inches long.

We had a nice long labor and our families waited patiently in the hospital waiting room for news of Camille's arrival. Here are some snapshots taken by my brother, Ben in the waiting room.

Enjoy!
-Steve

Counting Down

Hello...Steve here contributing my first post to the baby blog. Now that we're counting down the hours until we finally get to meet this little girl, I figured I would hop on and post something.

A few weeks ago, our amazing photographer friend Courtney came over to snap some maternity shots of Kendra. (If you need a photographer for anything, I would highly recommend her! http://ellephotography08.blogspot.com/) I uploaded them to my Flickr account to share...enjoy the show and hopefully we'll be posting more news soon! Enjoy your weekend.