I’m an Auntie!!
I left work at 3:00 yesterday afternoon when I got the call that “it was time” and by 3:52 I had a beautiful, sweet-as-pie NEPHEW!
Finnegan William
They always say you love your baby the instant you see it’s face. Can it be the same for an Aunt and her Nephew?? The moment I saw him, I wept. It’s unbelievable how you can love something so much the moment you lay eyes on it. I’m getting weapy just typing this! He is beautiful, healthy (9lbs 2 oz!), loooooong (22 inches!!) and perfect in every way. My brother and his wife will be the most loving parents and I am so incredibly happy for them. I’ll share pictures with you all when I get the thumbs up for them (they’re both “online” w/ blogs, etc. so I want them to be able to share first.)
I took a million pictures with my cell phone too so I can stare at little Fin all day long and I’m heading down to the hospital during lunch today to see him and my brother/sister-in-law again – I just can’t wait!!
I didn’t get home until 9:00 last night, but I managed to whip together a delicious, nutritious Breakfast Cookie for this morning!
That’s 1/3 cup old fashioned oats, 2 T skim milk, 1 T almond butter, dash of cinnamon, 1 mashed banana and a sprinkling of almonds.
I’m telling you, the almonds in the batter are KEY. They are perfectly crunchy and you get a fabulous POP of almond flavor in every bite.
I’m going to be honest, I ate the peaches all by themselves today because the cookie “dough” was so good!
For lunch I packed a Fiesta Salad.
We’ve got:
- Mixed greens
- Spinach
- Corn-off-the-cob
- Fresh tomatoes
- Taco meat
- Tillamook cheddar cheese
- Dallop of light ranch dressing
This shall be a delicious and satisfying lunch – it weighs about 2 pounds!!
Like I said, I’m off to the hospital during my lunch hour today to visit the little babe, and family. I.can’t.wait.
Then…
It’s BRITNEY TONIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Tell me about your family. Is it big, small, medium sized? Do you have any brothers/sisters/children of your own?
My immediate family is made up of my Mom, Dad, an older brother, his wife and their new precious son, and a little brother (well, he’s only a year younger – but technically he IS my younger brother!)
Congratulations Aunt Kristen! That is so exciting!
My family is small. Me, Mom, Dad, Sister. No nieces or nephews.
My husband and I don’t have any children, but we do have a dog and he is treated like a kid/grandkid. 
Congrats!! Being an aunt is awesome (I have 2 nieces, a nephew, and a nephew in utero)
I love his name too…can’t wait for you and your brother to post some pics!
I noticed in yesterday’s blog that you had drizzled honey on your bananas and toast. Have you ever tried Agave Nectar? It’s sweet like honey but has a low glycemic index (so your blood sugars won’t spike) and it never crystalizes like honey. It comes in light, amber, and dark (the darker the color, the stronger the flavor). It was recommended to me by our HyVee dietitian and is absolutely wonderful. I don’t even have honey in my cupboard anymore! You can usually locate it either near the honey or the sugar and sweetners in the grocery store.
Congrats to you and yours! I just became an Aunt (for the 3rd time) again last Sunday! God truly is amazing. I have 2 nices now, and one nephew. They bless me richly. I also have 2 older brothers and one younger sister who do the same. Happy Friday to you, and have a wonderful time with the little one! Love the name by the way!!
Aaaahhh, congrats:) That a great name, congrats:)
I am the baby of the family, they stopped after me:)
Happy Friday!!!
Awww congratulations Aunti Kristen!!!! I can’t wait to see Finn, I love babies!
Congrats! I’m going to be an aunt in December. What a great 2009 for – becoming a mommy and an auntie in the same year!
My immediate family includes my mom, my dad & step mom, my older sister and her hubby (and 1 on the way), my younger sister, my younger half-brother, my younger half-sister, and me, my hubby, and our 5 1/2 month old baby girl. Wowsa!
Congrats! I’m going to be an aunt in December. What a great 2009 for me – becoming a mommy and an auntie in the same year!
My immediate family includes my mom, my dad & step mom, my older sister and her hubby (and 1 on the way), my younger sister, my younger half-brother, my younger half-sister, and me, my hubby, and our 5 1/2 month old baby girl. Wowsa!
MAJOR congratulations!!
Fairy-large family. I have 2 brothers, 2 sisters-in-law, 2 nieces, 3 nephews; I’ve been an aunt since I was 5 years old (since my brothers are now 39 and 37 years old, haha).
congratulations my dear! that is SOOOO exciting! i am waiting for the day to be an auntie – you enjoy that lil’ bundle with all your heart!
have fun at britney tonight – can’t wait to hear a review of that!
mi familia: barbie (mama), ken (daddio), 3 sistas, an almost brother (him + my sister have been dating for 10 years) and lotsa extended family!!!
Congrats to them on their new addition, it’s so fun to have nieces and nephews!
I just have one younger brother, he’s a soph @ U of MN.
Love the breakfast cookie or cookie dough, sooo yummy!
Awww…congrats! You’re going to make a great auntie!
Congrats on the nephew! Can’t wait to see him.
I have a huge family. 5 brothers, 3 sisters-in-law, 4 nephews. My husband has four brothers, two sisters-in-law, 5 nieces and a nephew. And everyone’s still having babies!
Congrats! That’s so exciting! I can’t wait to see pics!
I have a pretty small family, just the parents and a “little” brother. He’s all of 6’4″ and has been able to kick my butt for years now, so it seems weird calling him little!
And I can’t even begin to tell you how jealous I am that you get to see Britney tonight! Hope you have an amazing time!
Oh congratulations Auntie – how excited you must be!! I have a very small extended family, immediate includes mom, dad, and lil sis (7.5 years younger that is – lucky girl is still in college!). My boyfriend however has an extended fam that could populate an entire state (he’s Italian) so I love that I get to experience that too! Have a great friday
congrats to you and the family!!! how exciting
My immediate family is normal sized, I guess. Mom, Dad, me and my 2 sisters. I have a good amount of cousins, great great aunts and uncles (my grandmother has 10 brothers and sisters!) so actual reunions are huge.
CONGRATS!!! That’s so exciting! I have a very big family. All my grandparents (parents) have divorced & remarried so I have 11 grandparents including stepgrandparents plus my mom has 5 brothers + 1 sister & my dad has 2 sisters + 1 brother which means I have a butt load of cousins
I also have an older brother, a younger sister, a younger brother, & two much older step brothers. It’s pretty crazy 
Have fun tonight at the concert!
Congratulations! Yes, it is possible to love them that much. My little sister had a baby boy in December and I cried like a baby myself while we were waiting for her to deliver him – because I knew she was scared, and she is my little sister, after all! Nieces/nephews are beautiful blessings – have fun spoiling little Fin.
congrats! maybe ill see you tonight in DSM for Brit Brit!
Aw congrats on being a New Aunt! how exciting!
aw! congrats auntie iowa!
:p
have fun at britney
congrats!! ps. britney is amazing i saw her in minneapolis in April and i wanted to go again so bad lol
*squeals* Congratulations on becoming an auntie! That is so exciting… and he’s very cute
I have my mom, dad, and younger brother–the blood related. Then there is my step-dad, step-mom, 4 step-brothers, and 2-step sisters total. One step brother is married but his wife had a kid long before they even met. Recently, my mom adopted two teenage hockey players for the next six months too…
Congrats! You are going to love being an auntie!
I have a pretty large family. 4 siblings, all of which are married, 3 of which have children. I have 4 nephews which I adore!
Congratulations! Being an auntie is so fun. I have two nephews (from one sister) and one baby niece (from my other sister). I also have a brother and the four of us always talk about how in 10 years we’re going to go on a big vacation with all of us and all our kids – so much fun.
AAwwwww! I can’t wait to see pics…once you get approval of course. I feel the same about the kids of my friends. I don’t have any nieces and nephews yet but some of my good friends have kids and I love them to bits
My immediate family is just Me and Hunni, my brother who I don’t see much and My mom, Dad and Step Mom. WE are spread out a lot so I don’t see them much but I love them all.
I come from a family of 6 kids and I have 4 of my own, 3 boys and 1 girl. It’s true what they say about “love at first sight”!! It’s an undescribable and overwelming feeling.
My dad said something to me the day I was married. He wanted me to remember that once I have my first child I’ll really know how much he loves me! Kinda corny, but it really stuck with me!!
aw, congrats to the new addition to your family! I also became an aunt in June and I haven’t met the sweet little baby yet because they live in Sweden BUT good news! they are visiting next month so I finally get to meet her! So exciting!
Congratulations!! I felt the same way when my nephew was born. He was the 1st baby in the family, & I was also surprised how strongly I felt the moment he arrived (much more so than friends’ babies). Just wait until you have a baby! It’s even bigger & better! (Suddenly the nieces & nephews aren’t such a big deal.) I’m divorced w/ a 9-yr-old daughter. Growing up it was Mom, Dad, & younger brother.
Congrats on becoming an auntie! Aunties are great for spoiling nieces and nephews.
I consider my whole family to be large. Mom, dad, grandma, sister are in my immediate family. But then my dad is the youngest of 7 and my mom has 2 brothers, so I have a million aunts, uncles and cousins. Then, my hubby has his mom, dad, 2 sisters, 1 brother in law, 2 nieces and a ton of aunts, uncles and cousins.
CONGRATS and have fun! I love the star peaches. Cute, cute.
Congrats to you, Kristin! I love the name Finnegan – will they call him Fin??? That is just TOO CUTE!
My family is pretty standard – one older sister, one younger brother. So I’m the middle kid. I love my siblings dearly
Congrats again, Auntie! I’m SO EXCITED for you. I love babies…and I can only imagine what it’s like to have a little nephew of my own.
Congrats Auntie!! Just wait until you have your own, the love you feel is completely overwhelming!
My immediate family is medium-sized, but my extended family is large. I’m married with two kids – a 4 yr old daughter and 2 yr old son, then there’s mom, dad, two younger (not little!) brothers, a sweet sister-in-law and rambunctious 1.5 yr old nephew. My mom is one of 9 children, so that makes for a rather large extended fam!
Congratulations!!!
My family is fairly large. My immediate family is me, my hubby, mom, dad, sister (17), her boyfriend (who is hubby’s cousin!), sister (18), her (very serious!) boyfriend, 2 dogs at my house and 3 more at mom and dad’s (Yes, our dogs are family members!!), mother-in-law, father-in-law, sister-in-law, her hubby and I have a neice on the way! Hubby and I both have HUGE extended families, as well.
Congratulations!
And have fun at Britney tonight!
Congratulations! And you’re right about, “They always say you love your baby the instant you see it’s face.” I was in the delivery room the whole time and after the birth of my son I cried when I saw and held him. Have fun with your Nephew! HAWKS ARE GONNA BEAT THE CYCLONES! GO HAWKS!
Dang! Britney AND a baby?!! Now THAT is a good day!!
He is just absolutely PERFECT! I just adore babies….especially big, healthy ones! You are going to have so.much.fun spoiling…errrr, I mean, loving on him.
I have 2 older sisters and they each have 2 kiddos + one April Fool to join my sister’s brood next spring! Can’t WAIT!
Yay!! Congrats girl!! My family consists of my mom, dad, and brother, and then my husband to be!! I will be gaining 2 nieces when I get married!! So excited!!
omg congratulations to them!!! The picture of your nephew above is adorable. I love babies
I have a big family – there are 5 kids all ranging from age 9 to 22 (me!). I couldn’t imagine life with a smaller family and without my youngest sister.
I’m trying almonds in my cookie next time. Last time I used raisins, but I think I’d like crunch more. Thanks for the suggestion!
[...] old, an Erin Baker’s cookie. I was catching up on some blog reading and was inspired by Iowa Girl (congrats on the nephew!) to try making my own so maybe tomorrow I’ll have something [...]
Congratulations on being an aunt! My sister had a baby this past summer, and I fell deeply in love with him the minute we met, and cried for days about how amazing he was. SOOOO precious. He’s five months old now and we are obsessed with each other.
Question: What do you do with the cookie? Mix it up and eat it right then…(raw oats???) or heat it up, or refrigerate it?
Usually I make them at night and refrigerate overnight. I think this one I just ate right away (although I’m not 100% positive since it was so long ago!)