We had a good old fashioned family filled weekend. Two of Ryan’s brothers came in to town. Uncle Joey and his girlfriend Joanna and then we welcomed back Sam who has been in the middle east since October. While Sam was away fighting in the war his wife,Brittany, and I were baking away some babies.
I don’t know about you, but I just LOVED being pregnant with a first time mom who is a size zero. If I didn’t love her so much, I would hate her for wearing her normal jeans into her 9th month. Yeah, I know, I know.
Brittany decided she wanted to take Lamaze. We weren’t sure when Sam was going to get back so I volunteered to be her partner so I could brush up on some info. We waddled our big and small butts into lamaze in our 7th month. We were the last to enter the classroom full of eager new parents and bulging bellies. The nurse asked for our names. Brittany Portnoy and Kelly Portnoy. She looked up a little confused. I allowed several awkward moments to pass. We had joked that we should get t-shirts made that said “I love my mommies” just to be scandalous. I finally broke the silence and explained we were sister in laws. Not so scandalous.
Brittany and I were only 9 days apart with our due dates but she ended up going over a bit and brought Ella into the world 16 days after Bennett. I think Ella just wanted to make sure her daddy was home first.
So here are some shots of the cousins and the new family. We make some huge kids in this family. Ella is very tall and has the classic big hands and feet. But she sure is sweet and the spitting image of Brittany. It was so great to see everyone.
Bennett consoling Ella
Ella telling Bennett a secret
Ella has such petite features and Bennett’s are so round
I am seeing some basketball in these kids future.
We’ll aren’t they such a disgustingly beautiful little family.:)
Those are some cute babies holy moly. My ovaries! Stop!
Seriously though your family and in law family are all so good looking.
Just looking at Sam and Brittany you knew they were going to make some good-looking babies. Love the ones of them together.
she DOES look just like Brittany! wow! She is so beautiful.. i mean both of them! Sam and Brit look so happy. Welcome home Sam! I’m glad you guys got the cousins together and as always -looooove the pictures.
what BEAUTIFUL babies!! wow. and britney of course looks amazing. glad the baby waited for daddy!
Awesome. I love babies-together time.
those are great pictures! it’s so great to see the two babies together.
Is it just me…or do they look alike?
And Brittany doesn’t look like she just had a baby!
I love babies! These pictures are adorable!
They look soo cute together!
OK, that picture of Bennett telling her the secret made me shoot some loose snot out of my nose in a big, hearty laugh. What an expression!
How cool that they are so close in age, the trouble they will cause in the coming years! She is beautiful, and indeed looks just like her mama. Benntt is such a handsome boy and growing up so fast.
Yeah, I definitely can’t sport the hot orange tube right now, or at least no one would stick around to see it except for a few freaks. What a gorgeous little family, only made more beautiful by the photog skills of course! Love love love Bennett’s mohawk and big eyes…what a little man!
Awww they are just adorable!
i love it! sniff. so sentimental! sniffff.
ADORABLE! now, can i just say that when we named our girl Ella nearly 4 years ago, we didn’t know a SINGLE ella. nada. now we know at least 7 other ellas. SEVEN. so much for unique names.