Adventures In Woods

Today is my mother’s birthday, and I want to let her and the whole world know how much I love her and how thankful our family is for her!  When I think of my mom, the word “generous” comes to mind.  She is the most selfless, giving, thoughtful person.  Case in point: Jess and I [...]

We’ve had some fun first recently that I wanted to share.  Sarah has been sleeping through the night well for quite a while now thankfully, so we decided to move her into her own room about three weekends ago.  This means better sleep for her and us!  She’s been bringing smiles into our lives for [...]

Our little girl finally laughed out loud for the first time on Saturday - while Jess was doing “horsy, horsy, go to town” with her!  It was such a joy to hear her cute little laugh.  Firsts like that are so fun.  She’s been so close to busting out laughing for several weeks, but it [...]

Yes, we braved the cold this morning and took our 17 day old baby girl to her and Memere’s first balloon fiesta.  It was a blast!  Sarah slept through most of it, and the boys had a great time - minus some cold hands at times.  Bernice took a fun family picture of the 5 [...]

Our little girl is 2 weeks old today!  As you can see, she has some proud big brothers who sure love her.  We went to church as a family of 5 this morning for the first time.  Our church is our family, and it was wonderful to be there!  We left our house early since we [...]

I’d like to dedicate this blog to David and Jordan Eiffert who were just married on the 26th - Sarah’s due date.  Yes, they stole our date, but Sarah, being the thoughtful person she already is, decided to come 5 days early so as not to steal the spotlight from them yesterday.  Congrats David and Jordan!  And [...]

Well here goes entry #2.  I went to bed around 2:30 AM early Sunday morning after writing the first entry.  Less than 6 hours later, we had a baby girl :)  Wow!  Jess’ water broke around 3:10, and she decided to let me sleep knowing I hadn’t slept much and that I would need my strength [...]