Here are a bunch of cute pictures of our sweetie!
My favorite! 
Saturday, March 29, 2008
The twins!
We finally got over to Grand Rapids to see our good friends Joel and Emily. Three weeks ago they had a cute set of twin boys. Meet Ender and Gray.
Gray
Ender
Gray is about 6lbs. The same size our doctor estimated Gage to be. Friday, March 21, 2008
Birthday!
Wednesday was my birthday. The big 2-5....it sounds so old...I'm not sure why, because I know it's not.
We finally had a real date! My parents took Asia for the night, and Joel and I went out to dinner with NO migraines!!! We ate at Bennigans (and got free dessert of course) and then headed to Wal-Mart to do a little shopping.
Joel's brother Jason, and his wife Nisae, who are in Papua New Guinea called us and we ended up sitting in the Wal-Mart parking lot for almost an hour talking to them! It was so nice to get caught up on a few things and not have to pass the phone off to some other family member after only 5 minutes.
We rented a movie, and when we got home Joel made me birthday ice cream: chocolate ice cream with bananas, caramel topping and candles! It was so sweet.
We finally had a real date! My parents took Asia for the night, and Joel and I went out to dinner with NO migraines!!! We ate at Bennigans (and got free dessert of course) and then headed to Wal-Mart to do a little shopping.
Joel's brother Jason, and his wife Nisae, who are in Papua New Guinea called us and we ended up sitting in the Wal-Mart parking lot for almost an hour talking to them! It was so nice to get caught up on a few things and not have to pass the phone off to some other family member after only 5 minutes.
We rented a movie, and when we got home Joel made me birthday ice cream: chocolate ice cream with bananas, caramel topping and candles! It was so sweet.
A Different Perspective
For those that have never been pregnant, and never will be (guys), here's how a pregnant woman sees everything...keep in mind, it's a lot more intrusive than the picture makes it look.
February 45th
In case any of you were wondering...today is February 45th, not March 21st...you may want to change your clock/calendars accordingly.
Thursday, March 20, 2008
We’re Still Alive
That’s right…we’re still here…just a little behind on things. Asia was sick last week, and we’ve been quite busy with Joel working, and preparing for the baby, and some other events going on in our lives. So I’m finally finishing the update that I started awhile ago.
Joel had some help from his brother-in-law, boss, and a friend from church laying tile in the entryway and kitchen of our church. Besides that, he’s been working…and doing a few things here and there, like helping fix a friend’s computer.
Joel has started teaching me bass again. We took a few weeks off, without meaning to, and are finally getting back into it again. I’m doing surprisingly well, I must say. I still have a lot to learn, but I’m having more fun than I expected I would. My belly has slowed down a little in growing…which is good; my clothes will last longer. I’ve been seeing a chiropractor, and sleeping on a new mattress – both have helped my back pain greatly. Now if I can just stop getting up 3 times a night to go to the bathroom…
Asia has started forming mini sentences. She’s had a huge vocabulary for quite some time, but rarely would use more than one word at a time. So lately she’s been saying, “Asia’s blanket,” “Mommy’s chair,” “Daddy’s cereal,” and the like. She’ll even get three words in with some things: “Big girl bed,” and “Asia’s white blanket” or “white baby blanket.” I’ve caught a few choppy, backwards sentences too (can’t think of an example right now).
I’ve finally finished the baby’s room! Yay! Well…almost. There’s still some decorating that needs to be done, but I’m waiting until he arrives to do that, since we’re not entirely sure what name he’ll be going by. We’ve decided on John Gage, but as far as the specifics of how we refer to him, it will be either: Johnny, Gage, or Rockstar (from the nick-name Johnny Gage the Rockstar). See how we’re a little torn?? So many to choose from!
Joel had some help from his brother-in-law, boss, and a friend from church laying tile in the entryway and kitchen of our church. Besides that, he’s been working…and doing a few things here and there, like helping fix a friend’s computer.
Joel has started teaching me bass again. We took a few weeks off, without meaning to, and are finally getting back into it again. I’m doing surprisingly well, I must say. I still have a lot to learn, but I’m having more fun than I expected I would. My belly has slowed down a little in growing…which is good; my clothes will last longer. I’ve been seeing a chiropractor, and sleeping on a new mattress – both have helped my back pain greatly. Now if I can just stop getting up 3 times a night to go to the bathroom…
Asia has started forming mini sentences. She’s had a huge vocabulary for quite some time, but rarely would use more than one word at a time. So lately she’s been saying, “Asia’s blanket,” “Mommy’s chair,” “Daddy’s cereal,” and the like. She’ll even get three words in with some things: “Big girl bed,” and “Asia’s white blanket” or “white baby blanket.” I’ve caught a few choppy, backwards sentences too (can’t think of an example right now).
I’ve finally finished the baby’s room! Yay! Well…almost. There’s still some decorating that needs to be done, but I’m waiting until he arrives to do that, since we’re not entirely sure what name he’ll be going by. We’ve decided on John Gage, but as far as the specifics of how we refer to him, it will be either: Johnny, Gage, or Rockstar (from the nick-name Johnny Gage the Rockstar). See how we’re a little torn?? So many to choose from!
A bad picture of Asia
Only 5 weeks left!!
Baby Shower
My mom, cousin, and Aunt threw me a 2nd baby shower, which was the same weekend that Chris and Julie came up. It was very small, but a HUGE blessing! (Thanks again!) Here’s some pictures of the fun…unfortunately, the only person at the shower, that didn’t end up in a picture, was Julie – because she was the one taking all of the pictures. Thanks for the great pics and for waiting on me hand and foot Julie!
Mmmmm...cake.
My mom (on the right) and aunt working in the kitchen.
Mmmmm...cake.
You can never have enough good food.
"Mommy's hunky monkey" This is my favorite shirt! I got a matching sweatshirt to go with it - he's gonna be so cute!!
My sister in law Jennifer (right) and friend Carla...she's having a baby only 2 weeks after me!
My cousin Sarah, and her daughter Sophi (12 weeks at the time).
A Visit With Friends
The Fennells came up to visit us at the end of February. Neither of us were very good at taking pictures of the kids…so there’s not much to show here. We had a great time hanging out with them, and getting to catch up on things though.
These are the best pics of the kids that we had on our camera:
These are the best pics of the kids that we had on our camera:
It took several tries to get a good kissing picture...by the end I think they were getting tired of it.
Finally a good shot...unfortunately it isn't the prettiest kiss. I'm sure they'll get better at it as they get older. Hmmm...we're gonna have to keep an eye on them from now on.
Throwing their socks around.
Tuesday, March 04, 2008
Update Coming Soon
Seems like we've been super busy, but haven't accomplished anything lately. I promise I'll post some pictures, and fill everyone in on how things have been going here!
That'll have to wait until another day though...I just finished up some long overdue Stampin' Up! work, and now Asia's awake (after a 3 hour nap - PRAISE GOD for naptimes!!)
That'll have to wait until another day though...I just finished up some long overdue Stampin' Up! work, and now Asia's awake (after a 3 hour nap - PRAISE GOD for naptimes!!)
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