Welcome to the World!!!

Hashan Isaac Ratnayake

2:50 p.m.

Weight: 6 lbs. 6 oz.

Length: 19 1/2 in.

Grandma- holding her grandson for the first time.

This is one proud Daddy!

He was weighed in this little bag- the entire time he had his foot sticking out!

Being weighed...

The woman weighing and washing him is my midwife, Samantha. She delivered him.

Being washed...

Andrew and Natalia seeing their new little brother for the first time.

(They were not in the room during the birth, but they were

close enough the hear me screaming- I'm not a quiet birther :) So, they were also

able to see that I was still alive and well :)

This was within minutes of the birth.

(Yes, as a matter of fact, I was going for a glamour shot;)

As soon as our son was born, they put him up on my chest, and we got to stay like that for as

long as we wanted. I loved how laid back everyone was at the birthing center. It was very calm, peaceful and relaxing. We could also stay for as long as we wanted. We decided to stay overnight, and left the next morning to bring all three of our kids together again.

Andrew and Natalia spent the night at our friend's, the Sherman's, house. This is just after they got home. (Natalia is holding the egg she got from their chickens- she was so proud of it!)

They sure love their little brother!

Our first family photo!

We celebrated Hashan's arrival with a birthday party-

if you look closely you can see a "0" on the cake.

The presents are gifts from Hashan to his new brother and sister.

Andrew and Natalia, with grandma, playing with their gifts from Hashan.

All in all, we are absolutely in love with our own little

Mr. Amazing!!!!!

The Father's and Son's Camp Out 2011

Roasting marshmallows and enjoying the night campfire

Saturday morning. Everyone wants to come around the fire to warm up.

The kids had so much fun, there was always someone to play with!

OUR CAMP OUT AT DUTCH CREEK CABIN

We usually start getting excited for summer activities around Feb. This year was no different. We reserved a cabin through recreation.gov so we could have one last adventure as a family of four. Also, knowing that at this point I would be close to 8 mos. pregnant, I opted for an actual flush toilet and not sleeping on the floor. This cabin was perfect.

(These pics aren't in any order:)

Andrew and I went exploring after Natalia went to sleep Thursday night. There was still plenty of day light that couldn't be wasted! Across the road from us, were a few other cabins, as well as this cool swing and a place to play horse shoes (with 4 that had been left behind- good for us!) Friday morning, I went back to sleep after breakfast, while Andrew took Raja and Natalia to see all of the amazing things we found on our adventure.

It's hard to see in this picture, but there is a tiny waterfall on the other side of the river. Andrew and I decided that because we were most likely the first people to ever have discovered this waterfall, that it was up to us to name it. Andrew decided to call it "Falls of the Hikes".

We avoided the drizzle of the early hours and ate breakfast inside. Oh, did I mention, this is so my type of camping!

Thursday night we had to go inside for s'mores. I know, it's tragic, but we still had fun. We recently found out that Andrew and Natalia are quite the story tellers, so we started what we now call 's'more stories'. One person will begin a story, then pass it off to another person who continues it etc. etc. Most of the stories revolve around going to alien planets or creature power suites (from Wild Kratts on PBS.)

Our sleeping arraignments. I love camping like this!

Our Thursday night cuisine. I was the prep cook, and Raja made it happen!

Raja and Andrew spent some time playing baseball and cricket with this 'bat' Raja found.

Raja performing his 'manly-man' duty of wood splitting!

On the way to the cabin, we noticed this huge rush of water flowing into a very full Boise River. This is near Lucky Peak.

Summer in May?

Believe it or not, it has actually been hot the past couple of days. So, what does that mean? Time to get a pool! It seems our summer water toys (pools, slip n' slides etc.) never last us very long and we end up having to replace them about every year. We're hoping this one will be around a little longer.

Andrew and Natalia wanted to lay out (obviously their tans need a little work:)

Raja had just mowed the lawn so it was wet and

had grass clippings on it.

We suggested they lay on the picnic table.

They loved soaking up the sun!

Cooling off in the cold water!