Freeze frame

Theodore's first 3 weeks have flown by in a blur. I try to take everything about their newness in....yet some gets missed in between all those late, sleepless nights. Here is what I can come up with, or captured in pictures:

The Kramers came to meet Theodore

Fun night at the Damstra's

Lucy loves (understatement) holding her brother...this time she wanted to do it lying down

Strong boy holding up his head

Little stud muffin

Kady also loves her "brudder", and is glad she is no longer "me no sick", so she can kiss and hold him (3 kids with pink eye starting Theodore's first week of life)

2 trips down to artprize with the family

Lucy and Kady's newest play place

Theodore's first hayride at Robinettes, 10 days old

Michigan's cheering section at our house!

Daddy's buddy

1st bath

all mommy's helpers, and 3 clean kids at the end!

checking out TJ

getting a new cousin already! Jillian Dattels, born 2 days after Theodore

I hope the video works, if not I'll repost it later....I wish I could bottle up all of Kady's words right now, and the way in which she says them all. She has this rhythm when she speaks that just makes everything much cuter!

Theodore Jon Koops

The day had finally come! We were scheduled for an induction Wednesday September 15 at 0600. Last preggo pic of me....

IT"S A BOY!!!! Theodore Jon was welcomed into our family at 145 pm. Thankfully it was a pretty quick and uneventful labor. How perfect, I just love how warm and soft they are, and how the first thing he did was grab my finger. What a sweet little peanut. I think Jim was beside himself with a boy....so proud!

He weighed in at 6lb 12 oz, and 20 inches long. He was just so small and perfect, yet had the longest toes that I have ever seen! We are so thankful for a healthy baby!

Love those kissy lips!


Getting his first bath...his cry was so quiet...ahhhh

Lucy's first day of preschool

On Friday Lucy got to go and meet her teachers, Mrs. Boot and Mrs. Brander, and see her classroom. I got to go with her. She wasn't quite sure about school anymore when she found out I would just drop her off and leave (her words). So I think this hour was a good transition for all of us.

She already seems so much older! Ada Christian here we come!

This morning was the big day. Lucy wasn't quite sure about things this morning. I knew once we could get her there she would be ok.

Not so sure about things in the parking lot.

walking in, still a little leary

finding her locker

She found her nametag...with a hug and kiss from both mom and dad we watched her set off into her classroom. Later she told me she just felt like she was going to cry when we left, but she had fun anyway! She had many stories to tell, about fluffy, singing, but most importantly getting to play outside for 5 minutes! Jim and I did great as well, no overwhelming 9 month pregnancy hormones from me even! We are so proud of you Lucy!

Grandpa Herrema

He went to sing in God's choir, September 5, 2010. I love this man! He always brought me much joy, laughs, and smiles. I can't help but celebrate the fact that he is now in heaven and reunited with Grandma!

Hello September

Justice's bday hello 3, goodbye 2


hello mini-van, goodbye aurora

hello potties, goodbye diapers

hello fun, goodbye mommy worrying about germs

hello schooltime, goodbye random days at breton village

hello cooler weather, goodbye hot and humid 90 degree days

seriously both my girls insisted on wearing their boots on one of the hottest days of the year!

hello baby, goodbye pregnancy (37 weeks)

wow

29 days done in the month of August....it's gone by so fast. We have been busy enjoying the end of summer. The biggest accomplishments include FINALLY finding our minivan, and then selling Jim's aurora in 4 days. (pics to come of my new hot momma ride) I've been "nesting" as people like to call it, down to toothbrushing the shower grout clean. Needless to say blogging has been quite down on the list of things to do. I have as much washed and organized as I can, fixed things around the house that Jim and I have just looked at for 6 years--thanks to my dad (and mom) I'm pretty handy around the house, and squeezed in as much quality time I can with friends and family. Jim is pretty handy too--his installation of our new kitchen faucet broke records for time, and works perfectly!

So any day now....I'm waiting patiently....maybe this time labor will start on it's own, maybe this time I'll go earlier than my due date...maybe this time it will be a boy?! I'll keep you all posted! We are so excited!

Michigan's adventure

Dad and Jim on the "matterhorn"

This ride made me sick to even watch

Gooooooo Grandma!

Kady was definately not tall enough to ride this...but Jim snuck her on, and she loved every minute of it. She looks much taller here....most of the time we could barely see her head!

Lucas and Kady, before they figured out how to pull the lever and make the elephant go up (Kadence was not much of a fan after that!)

My one and only pic of the water park...it's because we all had too much fun! We spent most of the hot, humid day here...all the preggos were pretty thankful for that! The kids loved the park and all the slides. I even got my pregnant self to go down a straight slide with the girls, I'm sure it was a sight to see! It was such a fun time to spend the entire day hanging out with the Cochran family! Love you guys!

Sorry Kady! Not much room left in front of me!

This was Kady's first attempt at a ride....what do you think? The funniest part was that towards the end if we asked who wanted to go on something she would say "me too, me too!"

and then Lucy...who loved her first ride, and didn't want to go on anything else in the amusement part of the park because she didn't want any stranger taking off her seatbelt. She was super excited about the ferris wheel...which turned out to be more fun than I remember!