Pictures of Baby Brenden

Here's some pictures of baby Brenden. He's so much fun to have around and just looking at him makes me feel so blessed to have him in our lives.

Emi and Brenden at the hospital. I think she still doesn't get that she has a baby brother because we keep asking her where's the baby and she keeps pointing at my tummy. Oh well, someday she'll get it. But she loves having him around and helping Mom take care of Brenden.


Me with Baby Brenden.


Proud Daddy and his son.


Baa chan visiting us at the hospital. Mom thanks for taking care of our monster two year old! We owe you tons!


Getting ready to leave the hospital. I love putting newborns into car seats because you forget how little they are at the beginning.


Baby Brenden's first smile.

Welcome Baby Brenden!

Brenden Masao Whetten arrived Thursday, May 28, 2009.

He is 8 lbs and 14 oz. (BIG BOY!) and 21 inches.

More pictures to come in the future!

Graduation Day

This past Saturday was Blaine's MBA Graduation at ASU. I can't believe that it went by so fast! I can't believe that he accomplished everything with the many sleepless nights and days without seeing him. It hasn't hit us yet that he doesn't have to go back to school anymore.

Emi with Daddy before Graduation began.


Blaine with his Mom and Dad at Graduation.


Emi waiting for Graduation to start. I can't complain because she was so good throughout the whole thing. Plus it was nice to have a lot of helpers. :)


Where is Blaine among all the other MBA graduates? By this picture, I would say that he is very happy to be done with school.


Blaine and I at the end of Graduation. I didn't really want to post this picture, but I thought it would be good memories to see how HUMONGOUS my belly is. I still can't believe that I haven't popped yet. But hopefully soon.... I'm so glad that I made it to his graduation.


It was a great day and we were so glad to have everyone there to celebrate this special event in our lives. Blaine, you did it! Now go get your PhD! Hahaha... just kidding... Thank you for working so hard for us and now here comes the student loans!!! ;)

We Come to an End...

Well, I never thought this day would come, but today is my last day of work! I have so many emotions right now and ultimately thought that I would not be sad, but now that I am typing this, I'm feeling a little sad. But don't get me wrong, this is what Blaine and I have been wanting for a while. I'm excited to start this new chapter in my life of being a real stay at home mom. I had to add the 'real' because I've been so blessed by working at home.

I just feel so blessed to have had this opportunity for about five years of my life and I will definitely miss the camaraderie that I have developed with clients and coworkers. Thank you for taking a chance on me and I've had a blast and have grown so much throughout the years. To anyone who reads this: Thank you, Thank you, Thank you for your love and patience.

Goodbye Vision Pro, and crazy NPDBs, OIGs, and QuickFind Reporting, DB Commander, and much more. I'll miss you, but not that much! :)


Thank you to all again!

Happy 2nd Birthday Emi!

This past Saturday we celebrated Emi's birthday by having a little birthday party. Today is her actual birthday, but we decided to do it a little early because we don't really know when Junior is coming, plus it's getting hard for me to move. But we had a great time and I'm so so so happy that it's over with and that's just one thing to check off my list of the many things that will happen in the month of May.

We decided to have a little water party because it's so hot here and also we have the splash pad. Blaine bought this kiddie pool with a slide in it at the last minute and I think the pool was definitely more exciting than the splash pad. It was so much fun watching all the kids swim in the pool. If anyone wants to know where I got it, I got it at my favorite store... COSTCO!!! Do you even have to ask? :)

We had a Dora Pinata because it was a Dora Themed Party. We thought that the children would be a little traumatized with beating Dora, especially Emi because she loves Dora, but as you can see from this picture, she had no problems whacking Dora Pinata.

This is the Dora cake that I made. Yeah right... I'm so jealous of all you talented mom's that make their children's cake. No talent here. Emi blew her candles like a professional because she seriously has been practicing for months.

The day was a success as you can see from this smile. Thank you to everyone that came for making her day so special. We all love you!


Happy Birthday Emi! We love you too and hope you had a great 2nd birthday!