3 Weeks Old!!!

Announcing Barton Graham Sloan

My sister made this announcement for us and it turned out PERFECTLY!! We Love our little guy and Feel so blessed to have him come into our family!!

Hey everyone, so a lot of you have been wondering how Gray has been doing and want some new pictures... where he doesn't look like an alien. So we took him through his first photo shoot and we think that we got some pretty darn cute ones. But before we show them to you I wanted to share a few funny stories that have recently taken place in the Sloan household.

"I Turn"

So the other day Diedre was using her breast pump on the couch (well on her breast but she was sitting on the couch) and Krew came out of his room and seeing what his mommy was doing he lifted up his shirt and said, "I Turn"!!! It was one of the funniest things I have ever seen in my life.

"Mommy Need Potty"

So just today Diedre was in the kitchen making some biscuits for dinner when she turned to me and said, "honey my stomach doesn't feel very good" and

without skipping a beat Krew said, "Mommy Need Potty" and then let out a big old fart!! It was stinking hilarious.

Now Officially Announcing Barton Graham Sloan:

My sister made this announcement for us and it turned out PERFECTLY!! We Love our little guy and Feel so blessed to have him come into our family!!

Graduation!

Brandon is now Graduated!!! (He graduated on the 10th I know it's been a few weeks, I'm a slacker I'm sorry)I can't believe it!! It's so weird that this chapter of our life is over. We have been at BYU Idaho for so long!! It's been 5 years We are really going to miss this place when we move in July. I am so proud of Brandon he has worked so hard. I felt like he was constantly studying and it shows with his grades, he graduated with a 3.94 for the semester and a 3.93 over all. I can't express how proud I am of brandon and all that he has accomplished!! Both my mom and Brandon's mom came for his Graduation and to welcome Gray into this world. It was so nice to have them both here. Krew was so excited to have them here, I think he gets really bored with just playing with me all day so when he was able to play with both of his Grandmas I think he was ecstatic!! to distinguish them he would call Brandon's mom Ga ma daddy and my mom Ga ma mommy (in my family all the grand kids call my mom Oma but I think it just confused him.) We really appreciate all that they did for us and for sacrificing time to come. Thanks again mom and mom for coming we all love you both VERY much!!

Here are a few pictures of his graduation. I forgot to charge our battery in our camera and I went to take pictures of Brandon as he was walking across the stage and getting his diploma and my battery died I was so upset I had a perfect shot and it died!! OH I was so MAD!! so we had to stage a picture of him going down the stairs.

Barton Graham Sloan aka "Gray"

So Barton Graham Sloan is finally here and we couldn't be more excited. Diedre went into labor on the 2nd of April around 11 p.m. and after about 2 hours of contractions every 3 minutes we decided to go to the hospital. When Diedre was admitted she was already 4 cm dilated and with contractions so often we thought that the labor would go pretty fast. SIXTEEN FLIPPING HOURS LATER out he came...!!!! He was 6 lb. 15 oz. 18 1/2 inches long and born at 3:34 pm on the 3rd of April. He was perfectly healthy and got his first A+ on an exam for his life. "I am sure there will be many more to come." Diedre's father and little brother were nice enough to come this weekend from Boise so that they could watch Krew while Mommy and Daddy were at the hospital. The first thing that Krew said when he saw Gray was, "Gray? (looking at him then at Diedre's belly) Gray Brother!!!!" He is so cute with Gray and we just know that he will be a wonderful BIG brother. As far as Diedre is concerned things went really well, she went el naturale and obviously regretted that decision after about 14 hours. But she made it and she feels absolutely perfect now (except for obvious soreness all over her body!)

The following are acceptable names that you can all call him:

Barton

Lil "B"

Gangsta

Gray

Cracka (Graham... get it?)

Sloany Double Fresh Jr.

Bartok

and SUM (which stands for Standard Unit of Mass... Gram... get it?)

The following are non acceptable names that you can't all call him:

Bart the Fart ("Fartin Barton" or any other derivative)

Yep that is it... I feel that that is what scarred my twin brother Barton forever and made him the wierdo that he is today (which we would like to keep from happening at all costs)!! Anyway, we love you all and anyone that wants to come see him wash your hands and come on by, and those that can't come by enjoy the pictures.