Walking with Dinosaurs

Last night we decided to surprise the kids and take them to Walking with Dinosaurs. The show was incredible. Needless to say Micah was more excited than Hannah. Actually at first he wasn't quite sure what to think.....

We're ready...

Tickets to the show....

Waiting for the show to start.....

Video's of the Dinosaurs....

Picasa fun

I just figured out how to make these collages with Picasa. I'm totally addicted. If you don't have Picasa download it!

Sarah's baby pictures...

Sarah with her big sis

My favorite "funny face" pictures of Sarah. All of these were taken by Lisa except one. She always makes her funny faces for her aunt Lisa!

Our Family pictures taken by Jordan

Baptism

From the time my kids were born I prayed that someday they would choose to follow Christ. On August 23rd God answered those prayers. Hannah and Micah both choose to follow Christ that night at Kid's Jamm. As a believer your next step is baptism. We do not believe in baptizing babies....both of our children were dedicated as babies which just means that we as parents were committed to raising our children according to the principles in the bible. We believe that baptism is an outward show of the decision you made in your heart. Here is good explanation that...
Romans 6:1-7 - This shows us that the mode of baptism (immersion) pictures the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus. In the same way that He went through these things, our old nature is to “die” and we are to be “buried with Him through baptism into death” and raised to “walk in newness of life” (live like Jesus). So we do not just try to be a better person, we bury the “old person” in the water and become a “new person” through our acceptance of Christ. It is like a new birth and a new beginning for us.

Yesterday was an amazing day for both Philip and I. I know he was thrilled to able to baptize both Hannah and Micah....

Of course what day would be complete without a picture of my cutie pie...

Sarah's first three months

I can't believe how quickly time flies. Sarah is already almost 4 months old. She has been such a good happy baby. Her first smile was at 10 days old! It's even on video...we have proof! Don't get me wrong....she had her moments....we were up all night a few times. I have enjoyed every minute of these last three months. Every time she does something new I want to cry. It's funny how different you are as a parent from your first child to your third. With Hannah I was in such a hurry for her to do the next thing....smile, laugh, sit up, crawl, walk, etc. Poor Micah I was so busy with two kids under two I barely remember when he even did all these things. With Sarah I want to just stop time. I'm in no rush for her too grow up. This time in our lives is challenging but I'm sure not as challenging as it will be in a few years when we have two teenagers and a six year old. Here is Sarah's first three months....

4 days old

2 weeks old

3 weeks old...asleep while mommy ate dinner

4 weeks old

6 weeks old in Washington DC

7 weeks old...sweet smile

8 weeks old...checking out the cute baby in the mirror.

9 weeks old...first time in her bumbo.

10 weeks old

11 weeks old

12 weeks old...sitting in her high chair for the first time.

May 30th 2009....Sarah's Birth Day!

I guess I should start where I left off. Here I am on Sarah's due date....still pregnant! I couldn't believe it. I swore she would come early. I suppose I jinxed myself. The next morning on May 29th we were "originally" scheduled for our induction. I say originally because that morning as I was getting ready a nurse called from the hospital to say that they would have to reschedule me because they were too full. I couldn't believe it! I thought maybe I would go into labor on my own that day but no luck.

So we woke up the next morning to do it all over again. This time things went smoothly. Labor was perfect. 9 hours of labor with very little pain! Epidurals are wonderful!

Sarah Elizabeth was born at 3:55pm weighing 8lbs 13oz. Labor was easy but pushing this girl out was work! It took them 45 min to stitch me up....ouch.

Worth all the work....and all the pain that would come later after the epidural wore off.


Proud Daddy!

Big Sis for the second time!

Micah was so sweet...and so proud. He was constantly asking to hold her.

Sweet baby girl!

Here we are going home.....life as the party of five begins!

A really long time....

So it's really sad that I have not updated this blog in over 3 months! Inspired by Lisa I've given my blog a new look in hopes that it will encourage me to update more often. For now this is all I've got. The next post is going to be really long!

Last Month

This is officially my last month of pregnancy! I'm anxious for it to be over and sad at the same time. I have always enjoyed being pregnant and although toward the end I am ready for it to be over I know I'm going to miss it. More than likely this will be the last pregnancy for us. Although I said this with Micah...I really can't imagine having four kids!

I'm so anxious to kiss her little feet but sad that I won't be feeling her kick inside me. I'm anxious for Hannah and Micah to meet their little sister but sad to see how much they have grown. I'm anxious to hold a newborn baby again but sad because they don't stay little long enough. I'm anxious to see her wear all those adorable clothes hanging in her closet but sad because I know she will outgrow them so fast. I'm anxious to meet this new little one but sad to have this phase of my life over. I'm trying to enjoy every last minute because in a few short weeks....I won't have her all to myself anymore!