We had the privelege of celebrating Ellen's birthday last night with a Butterfly themed party! It was a great party celebrating a wonderful girl! Happy 2nd year, sweet one...
Thursday, September 21, 2006
Peaches and Evan
Congratulations to Peaches, who welcomed Evan Curtis into the world last Friday. Evan is gorgeous baby and has a great mom. I love you guys!
Thursday, September 14, 2006
Ben and William
Ben and William were born 17 hours apart to myself and Kathleen, my colleague and midwife friend. We have gotten together periodically since their births. Its so fun to see them beginning to play together and doing many of the same things! Their personalities are pretty different, and they seem to enjoy one another. Great to see you, William and Kathleen!
Daddy's helper
I found this tool bench this week at a garage sale for $3. A great find!!! It has a saw, hammer, screwdrivers, a vice...Ben's practicing to help Steven with the house this winter!
Average Day
Here is Ben on an average day at home. He loves to sit on the bottom stair and chatter about "this and that." He truly has very few words and most of them are "this" and "that." He's becoming much more proficient at sign language, learning very quickly. Among his repertoire are: milk, please, thank you, eat, bye-bye, eat, hat, fish, bird, more, all done, up, night-night, brush teeth, flower...its SO wonderful! We fall more and more in love every day....
Mindy and Abie-babie
Abe has been fondly nicknamed "Abie-Babie" by his older twin sisters, Sadie and Mia (much to Mindy's chagrin!). Abe is the "caboose" of Mindy and Chads (their fourth) and is a gorgeous boy!!!
Yesterday's Adventure
Yesterday Sally and I started our adventure by packing 3 car seats into the backseat of our Honda Accord. We weren't sure we could do it, but all the kids fit (barely). It was hysterical! It could have potentially been a long ride, but once we got rolling, the kids all seemed to enjoy the company :) AND, Sally and I had an almost complete conversation! A mini van sounds better and better in these situations, even though I SWORE I'd never succumb.Amie K had us all out to her apartment in Naperville. She is a flight attendant and just moved here from the East coast. She has been travelling often, so we haven't yet had a chance to get together. Amie had Sally, Mindy, and I over for lunch along with the 5 kids we have between us. It was so much fun to be together with college friends and attempt to catch up in the fragmented manner of mothers. Amie is a wonderful woman and just began dating a great guy, Tony! We were excited to hear all about it and see the sparkle in her eyes :) The jury is still out from all of us as nobody is quite good enough for our Amie! We'll have to wait and see when he comes to visit next month....Thanks, Aim, for a GREAT lunch and planning it all!
Wednesday, September 13, 2006
Flo update
We have received word from Paul and Martha and all are well. Praise God! Here is the email from Paul this morning along with some photos.
"Power was knocked out around 3:30 AM on Monday, and restored this evening around 8 PM. Although we had hurricane force winds and fairly high waves, damage at Cloverdale and around the island was minimal. Businesses reopened today and schools will reopen tomorrow (Wednesday). Ants have also emerged from hiding by the thousands, as they usually do after a storm. Here's what the storm looked like from our living room..."
Sunday, September 10, 2006
Hurricane Florence
Steven's sister, Martha, her husband Paul, and 3 month old Megan live on the coast of Bermuda. Hurricane Florence, which is expected to become a Category 2 hurricane tomorrow (Monday) morning will be hitting close to Bermuda. Please pray for their safety, as well as logistical challenges with a newborn (power, water, etc.). These photos were taken from nearby their apartment.
Tuesday, September 05, 2006
Planes and Trains (and trains and trains) and Automobiles
This morning we took Amtrak from Michigan to Chicago, approximately a 4 hour trip. Ben did pretty well, was wiggly, but actually slept for about 45 minutes on the train. After arriving in Chicago, we then took the El out to our house. I have more and more sympathy for those without cars as it is challenging to be at the mercy of public transit (especially when you have several bags and an active boy to manage). We made it home in one piece, despite the 30 minute wait for the El and 10 minute walk with all our stuff. I really would qualify as a Beverly Hillbilly, I think :)
After comparing all modes of transportation, I think trains are the least of 3 evils for Ben. And, he now knows the sign for "choo-choo!"
After comparing all modes of transportation, I think trains are the least of 3 evils for Ben. And, he now knows the sign for "choo-choo!"
two excellent grandparents
Ben loves nana and papa!!! It was fun to see him recognize them and enjoy their company even more on this trip....
Breakfast at the Beach
For the labor day weekend, we visited my family in Michigan. We took the train both ways (see next entry) and had a nice long visit. It was good to be away and to be pampered by mom's incredible cooking and hostess skills. We had a fun breakfast on the beach on Monday, complete with eggs and bacon. Why is it that all food tastes better when it is prepared outdoors? Thanks, Mom and Dad for being so wonderful!
P.S. this will probably be our Christmas card picture, so forget that you've seen it :)
P.S. this will probably be our Christmas card picture, so forget that you've seen it :)
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