Some of you may know that Blake has been looking or history professor positions throughout the country for several months now. With very few leads he's been getting a little worried that he might not be able to find a tenure track position for this coming school year. Of course, as soon as they start making back up plans, a position opens up in Forest City, IA and they wanted to fly him out for an interview the week of May 20th. Andie's biggest fear her entire pregnancy was that Iris was going to be born while Blake was out of town interviewing, but with the lack of openings Blake has seen it didn't seem likely that would happen. Plus, this current interview was about two weeks before she was due so they thought it was pretty safe and Blake flew off for his interview.
As you could probably guess, literally an hour or two before Blake's interview was supposed to start, he gets a call from Andie saying that she's on her way to the hospital. With 30 minutes to spare before his interview was going to start, Andie delivered a happy, healthy little baby Iris in North Carolina while Blake was 1400 miles away in Iowa. Needless to say, Blake was very sad he missed Iris' birth, but he also was excited to hear he was being offered the job! They will now be moving to Iowa in July.
Anyways, I still went back to visit a couple weeks ago and had a great time with the little girls. It's definitely easier to fall in love with a baby in person than it is through pictures and webcam. Here are some pictures from my trip!
Aunt Laurie and baby Iris
Playing basketball
Painting a soap dispenser for mom for Mother's Day
SO excited to paint!
Miriam's a great big sister
So sweet!
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