oh baby!: 03.07

Thursday, March 29, 2007

this blog is NOT dead!

...we've just been very busy. and I wrote a very nice update post last week, but when I tried to save it, my internet connection wasn't working so I lost the entire thing! Needless to say, I didn't feel like re-doing it. But I think it's long past time for an update.

So, what's going on with us?...

My parents moved a few weeks ago. So I've been spending a lot of time there with the kids. It's a gorgeous house with a nice big property, and it's located only three or four minutes from our house. I get to start my own (organic!) vegetable garden there this summer. I'm very excited about that! With the beautiful weather that we had on Tuesday, Judah just loved playing in their yard. I'm really looking forward to the weather warming up for good!

We've also been trying to get some things done around our own house. We put down laminate flooring in the living room around Judah's birthday. It looks really great! Last week, we had our bedroom and hallway painted. Rob got tired of me asking him to do it, so we paid someone to do it, and we're very happy with the results. Our new chocolate-brown walls make our bedroom much cozier (and are much more appealing than builder-white!).

I've also been busy just adjusting to having two children at home. I was kind of spoiled for the first several weeks that Asher was home, since he was still technically not supposed to be born and slept a LOT. Since about the beginning of March, however, he has been a lot more alert. It's wonderful, because he's really starting to interact with us, but it also means that i'm a whole lot busier! Judah, being two years old, is VERY busy and energetic these days, and I just don't get the chance to pop on the computer like I used to! I'm sure things will slow down again, but right now we're just going through a very busy spell! This is another reason I'm looking forward to the warm weather. I've been going a little stir crazy since we've had to be so careful with Asher this winter and because I haven't had a car to be able to go out whenever I want to. At least in the summer I can get around on foot as well as just spend time outside in the backyard.

Asher went to the pediatrician this past Tuesday. Everything looks good, and he weighed in at 8 lbs 1 oz! We are so thankful that he is so healthy. He started smiling on March 8th, and he smiling more and more every day. He is also starting to coo and talk to us. I love being able to interact with him!

Judah is doing well, too. He is growing like a weed. Pants that were long on him a month ago now just barely fit! More importantly, he is such a great big brother. He loves to share his toys with Asher and is proud to show him off to others.

Just this past week or two, we've started to venture out a little more. We went to church on Sunday, which was so nice! We just kept Judah in church with us for the entire service so that he didn't catch anything from the nursery. I'm still a little bit nervous about Asher catching something, but he's doing great so far, and we have to trust that the Lord will protect him.

That's all for now!

Wednesday, March 7, 2007

this little piggy...

Asher had a check-up at the family doctor yesterday. The last time he was weighed was Thursday, February 22, when he would have been 40 weeks (his due date was somewhere between the 21st and 23rd), and he weighed 5 lbs 11 oz. At yesterday's appointment, he weighed 6 lbs 14 oz!!!! That means he gained over a pound in a week and a half! Talk about a growth spurt! I had a feeling this may have been the case, since he has been nursing every hour to two hours for the past four or five days, but I was still surprised at how much he had gained! He's really getting big now! He's totally filling out and looks so healthy! Praise the Lord for that!

i apologize for not posting much recently. i was very busy - first with Judah's birthday party and then we were gone for a few days last week for my grandfather's funeral.

so, will a bunch of really cute pictures make up for the lack of posts recently? i hope so...

so handsome!

Asher is really starting to take in his surroundings.

totally filling out! he's got chub on his cheeks, his tummy, and even on his thighs!

big yawn! (notice the double chin?!)

he is not quite strong enough for his Bumbo chair, but he looks awfully cute!

In Memorian

HENDRIK WILLEM CHRISTIAAN HELLEMAN
Born: The Hague, Netherlands, February 24, 1920
Died: Ottawa, ON, Canada, February 25, 2007

On Sunday, February 25, 2007, the Lord called home His faithful servant, husband, father, grandfather, and great grandfather, Henk, leaving behind his loving wife of 63 years, Tess, and his beloved children, Adrian (Wendy), Folkert (Ellen), Hank (Caroline), Hans (Henni), Mary Breimer (Theo), Eveline De Vries (Albert). He is also remembered lovingly by his 17 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. A service to celebrate his life was held on Thursday, March 1, 2007 at Calvin Christian Reformed Church, Ottawa, ON. Donations may be made to Christian Studies International, 13607-109 Avenue, Edmonton, AB T5M 2G8, Canada.

I am so thankful that Judah and I were able to visit with my grandparents at the end of November. I will miss my grandpa but I rejoicing in knowing that he is now with the Lord. The funeral truly was a celebration of his life and a joyous reflection of how he honoured God even in his dying.

party time!

well, i am a whole year older! i am now TWO years old! mommy and daddy threw me a fun birthday party again this year. Thomas (the choo-choo train) was the star of the show (besides me, of course!)

me! (do i look two?!)