Doomed to a life of being called the wrong name...

Well, it has officially begun. Thank you to Uncle Trev for letting me know I'd originally titled the post below as "Aden's first photoshoot". Goodness! You'd think after living a life known as: Heather, Jennee, Brittany, and even sometimes Eric- I'd be super careful about this, but as you see there's no hope! Aden will be called Owen and Owen will be Aden without a doubt. Maybe I could have made it easier on myself by making the names a little more different, that likeness can't be helping my cause! Such is life boys...you'll survive I'm sure!!

Owen's First Photoshoot...

Uncle Cliff shared his gift with us today, he is such an amazing photographer and we are so lucky to have him around (for many reasons!). I know I'm partial, but I just LOVE these pictures he took. These are just a few of many, but I thought I'd post a sample of our sweet boy! If you are interested in Cliff's work, check him out at www.cliffritcheyart.com.
Owen is 10 days old and it feels as if he's been around forever! There have been multiple times this week where Trav and I have been cuddled up on the couch with Aden and Owen and just looked at eachother- and without words, recognized the perfection of these moments. God is so good and we are incredibly blessed by Him. We have also talked often of how blessed we are to have so many around to love and support us, which has been more clear in the last week than ever. Thank you...all. We love you! The Daughertys.

Our Little Owen!

Monday, March 2nd, 2009...Happy Birthday Owen Richard Daugherty

What an amazing day. All I can say is the Lord is amazing and experiencing the miracle of birth for the second time, in a somewhat more "calm and collected" manner (we'll say) gave me the chance to truly appreciate Him. We got to the hospital on Monday morning around 5:00 were taken to room 9...and shown our lovely accommodations for the week. Everyone at the hospital was fantastic and I was super excited to see Nancy, our FAVORITE nurse from Aden's visit there. She took care of us and got us all ready for our surgery. Surgery started at 7:35 or so and he was born at 7:59...amazing huh! Everything went really well and the doctor's were super encouraged by how well I'd healed from Aden's section- which felt nice and assured us a third will be no problem! Hooray! (Not that I'm thinking of that AT ALL right now!)

We had a wonderful week with our baby boy and big brother Aden was thrilled to have him around, outside of mom's belly of course! The first thing he said when we brought Owen out was, "Baby Owen Cute!". He was so great about sharing his toys and giving kisses...I loved watching him!

My mom was there for every second and helped tremendously at the hospital, while Trav's mom tag teamed and watched our sweet Aden and ran all over when we needed her. We couldn't have done it without them. We had lots of fun visitors too, Aunt Heather came from Michigan to welcome our boy, our Ritchey family came to play, and Aunt Mandy and Uncle Mick were there to welcome baby Owen. Uncle Mick even brought him his first Rickers ...ha ha, empty of course! Aunt Mimi (Mindy) came and snuggled too, along with the Bennisons, Galemas, Eastmans, Zarses, Nanna Hosier, and Stephanie from school. It was a wonderful week and we felt incredibly blessed! I'm getting long winded and need to tend to some fellas, so I'm going to end by saying THANK YOU! Thank you for all of your love and prayers, meals, and cards, sweet presents and endless support. We are forever grateful for you all and what you mean to us, and now to our newest addition. God is good!
Love, The Daughertys (4!)

Go Time!

T Minus 7 hours and counting...



Get ready baby Owen...only a few short hours until you are officially welcomed to our world! We cannot wait to meet you and introduce you to all the amazing family and friends who already love you. Your big brother, Aden, is especially pumped to have a new playmate. We love you baby boy...see you soon. God bless you!
Mom and Dad!