Nathan James

He has finally arrived!!! At only 15 days late...he was defintely worth the wait =) Nathan arrived on Monday, Feb. 8 @ 12:13am. He weighed a solid 8 lbs 15oz (we couldn't believe it!!) and was 20 1/2 inches long. He is doing great and Lily is loving being a big sister. Here are a few pictures to get you started...

Steve, Lily and I before we left for the hospital on Saturday.


Nathan just after arriving.


Our newly expanded family...and Lily meeting her brother for the first time!


Nathan at 5 days old.

a long time coming...

So, it has been a very very long time since my last blog. Sorry about that! Life is busy, but really, no posts since halloween?? That's pretty bad =) I have been putting off updating the blog because I was so behind and had so many posts to do, but I have since decided to skip all of those old posts and just start new (you didn't want to see Christmas pictures anyway, did you?!).
We are patiently waiting for our precious baby boy to be born....I was due a week ago today! Being late is nothing new to us, as I was induced at 10 days late with Lily...but we were secretly hoping that this little man would come out a little closer to "on time" than his big sister! All in all I am feeling fine, physically, but the anticipation gets to you after 41 weeks of waiting to see our little boy's face!!
Yesterday we took a little family trip to Nojoqui Falls, a little waterfall about 30 minutes south of us. It is only about a 10 minute walk from where you park to the waterfall...a perfect walk for a 9 month pregnant momma, daddy and an almost 2 year old! We had a lot of fun and it was nice to just have a day to celebrate and enjoy our little family. I am so blessed to have such a wonderful husband in Steve and such a beautiful, joyful little daughter in Lily. Aren't they precious???

Trick or Treat!

Last night Lily had her first trick-or-treating experience =) She dressed up as a pretty adorable 49ers cheerleader and we headed over to our friends, the Glazewski's. We only took Lily up to a few houses, but she had fun, and looked pretty cute!

Avila Barn

Last weekend we went up to the Avila Valley Barn with our wonderful friends, the Elwells. We didn't buy any pumpkins, but we all had a great time checking out the petting zoo, the hay maze and playing on the big pile of pumpkins!!

random 18 month pictures

These last few months have been incredibly busy for us DuBranskys here in Santa Maria. Between both of us working, coaching tennis, Steve doing worship at church and trying to keep up with little miss Lily, it has been a little difficult to find time to stop and enjoy our wonderful family!! Thankfully we have had an occasional day here and there that we can just hang out and enjoy each other. The weather has been incredibly beautiful this September and October, so we have be able to be outside, go to the park and have some fun.

beach fun

Almost 2 months ago (wow, I am really behind on posting!!) we went to Avila beach to celebrate cousin Gabriel's 5th birthday. It was a beautiful day at the beach and Lily loved it! I didn't even bring her swimsuit because I figured the water would be too cold, it was kind of late, etc...but, none of these excuses entered her mind. She loved playing in the sand and getting in the water--past her knees! Lily also had a momentous occasion--her experienced her first smore! She ate the entire thing and loved every minute of it!

BABY BOY!!!!

Last night we found out that Lily will be having a baby BROTHER!!! We are so excited and still trying to wrap our minds around what we are going to do with a boy (we have a lot of pink stuff!!)! Last night we had a bunch of our good friends over and cut the cake to find out the babies sex!! On Thursday we had our ultrasound and we had asked the doctor to write the sex of the baby in a card and seal it. That night we dropped the card off to our wonderful friends, Mama and Papa T, and Mama T baked us a cake. The instuctions were to make the inside pink for a girl and blue for a boy.
So, last night, after dinner at our house, we all went outside to cut the cake...and it was BLUE!! It was so fun to celebrate with all of our friends and it was truly a night we will never forget.