Video of Faith and Uncle Don

Fun Times

Last night we were able to have dinner with Don and Jodi and their 3 girls, Gma Bosma and Russ and Marilyn. Here are just a few pictures from the evening. The girls got along really well. Faith and Eve were giving each other hugs and kisses. It was adorable!

Here is the newest addition to Don and Jodi's Family-Sarah Ruth and I. Ain't she cute?!?!


Don and Eve and just as I snapped the picture Faith popped her head in the picture. Silly girl!


Uncle Don and Faith doing "swing swing"


Reading books to Eve and Anna


Smile pretty Anna!!

So Far....So Good

Well, I have two days of work under my belt. Both of which went well. Yesterday kinda dragged and I also got a really bad headache about half way thru the day. But today went really fast and it was good. Everyone there is super nice and has made me feel welcomed. I am so blessed to find such a great job with great people. I actually look forward to going into work. I was worried that I wouldn't. Granted, it is hard leaving Faith. But I know that she's in good hands. I'm hoping it will get easier to leave instead of harder. Tonight she's spending the night at my mom's as tomorrow James and I both are working. So I kinda feel like today I've hardly spent any time with her. I did have all morning with her but after work I had about an hour before my parents picked her up. And tomorrow I'll see her for a few hours in the afternoon as at night we are going to a Euchre Tournament. I'm looking forward to Sunday to spend all day with her and James. Will be a good day!

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I don't really have a title for this post. Just kinda a quick update on things. Faith got her sutures removed yesterday. She did really well for that. She sat very still and just looked at me with her big blue eyes. I was really worried that she would cry and fuss. But nope, she didn't! We went to dinner with my parents last night to celebrate how well she did!
James has been working a lot lately. He worked this past Sat and on Monday he put in 14 hours. Came home and slept for about 6 hours and out the door he was again for work. Poor guy! He might have to work this Saturday too but we're not sure yet. Just have to wait and see how things go.
I start my new job tomorrow. I'm very excited. I am kinda nervous though too. Just a bunch of mixed emotions. I'm sure all will go well.
Next week we are hoping to get together with James's brother Don and his wife and their 3 girls. We are excited to meet their newest member, Sarah.
Well...that's about it in a nutshell. Nothing too exciting going on. Hope that you are all doing well.

Pumpkin Carving 101

At Post Family Farms, I bought a pumpkin and Andrew and Sarah helped us carve it lat night. We are all new to this so it was quite exciting! Here are just a few pictures of the evening.

James carving the top.


The yummy pumpkin seeds that we baked. Oh so tasty!


The pumpkin.


Andrew drawing the face on it.


James, Andrew, and Sarah being silly for a picture. It was fun carving the pumpkin. We put a candle in it and have it sitting on our front porch. Pretty nifty!!

Videos from Post Family

Post Family Farms

Today Faith, Sarah and I went to Post Family Farms. James was working and he was bummed he couldn't go. But us gals had a fun time!


Faith wasn't too sure about the cow in this picture. Before I got my camera out, Faith had her hand out for the cow to lick and then the cow put Faith's entire hand in it's mouth. It was sooooo funny. Faith didn't really know what to do.


Trying to get her to look at the camera and smile. Didn't work out too well!


Faith and I.


Riding the pumkin train. She really liked it at first but then after awhile she didn't like it and started crying. Poor thing!





Enjoying the hay ride. She just LOVED the hay. She kept tossing it around and waving her arms. It was sooo adorable!





Sarah and Faith.

Pictures

Here are the pictures. First one is of the culprit (the leg of the piano) and the second is of Faith's eye. Hard to tell but it is black and blue. She doesn't seem to be bothered by it at all. So that is good. Stitches will be removed on Tuesday.

First Big Boom

Well...every child has their first big boom and tonight was Faith's. She was walking and lost her balance and fell into the leg of the piano. She started bawling and I got her up and saw that her eyebrow was bleeding. James got cold clothes to put on it and off to the Urgent Care we went. She has 2 stitches in her eyebrow. She was a trooper! I think this was more dramatic for me than Faith. My poor baby girl! Pictures to come tomorrow.

Heigh Ho, Heigh Ho...

...it's off to work I go!! Yup, that's right. I am heading back to the work world. I got hired yesterday at Cottonwood Veterinary Clinic in Jenison. I will be working part time. I am super excited to start. This is going to be so great for us for so many reasons. I have been feeling kinda antsy lately and just feel like I need to do something more and so I started looking for jobs and this one came across my path and it just felt right the whole time. I had 2 interviews and also job shadowed there last week. This is an answer to many many prayers! I will start next week Thursday. The hours are perfect and just what I was looking for. I'll be working roughly 15 hours a week which is what I wanted. I didn't want to work a lot of hours and be away from my family. So this is excellent!!
Thanks to all of you who have been praying for us. We have felt your prayers!

Uncle Kevin

My brother was in town last night thru today and Faith just LOVES her uncle Kev! She sits so well on his lap for him and just loves making faces at him. Here are some pictures that were captured today.

No Shirt...No Problem!!

Here are some pictures of Faith before her nap (in clothes!) and then one of her after her nap. Notice no shirt on. Her socks aren't on either, but you can't see that in the picture. She just cracks me up!

Faith Love's her Daddy!

Faith just loves her daddy and this video shows just how much!

Quick Update

Just got Faith up from her nap to find that she had taken off all her clothes. Only thing still on was her diaper. Crazy girl!! Hope this doesn't become a daily occurance with her!

Ahhhh...Finally!

It has been a long 2 1/2 weeks without our computer. We got it up and running last night. Sure feels good to have it back. It's amazing how much we rely on the silly thing.
Lots has been happening around here. Our basement has the drywall hung. We had big helpers! (Andrew, Sarah and my dad) We are hoping to get it mudded soon. Waiting on a few things for that.
James has been busy with work and Cadets. Work is going really well for him. He's been working in Greenville these last few weeks. He is enjoying being with this company. It was a good change for him. Cadets has been keeping him busy too. He is on the council board for Cadets so he has meetings every other week with that plus his normal weekly meetings with the Cadets. And all the fun outings have started too. This Saturday is the Chuckwagon. I for one am not sure what goes on at the Chuckwagon but James has a good time as do the Cadets.
Faith is busy and enjoying life. We read books and play all the time. Her nap times are close to non existant right now. I'm lucky if she'll sleep for 1 hour during the day. So needless to say, we're always on the go!! She is getting some new teeth. I think 2 are popping up right now. She sure is getting big! My mom and I went shopping yesterday and got her some new clothes. With all this cool weather she didn't have much to keep her warm but now she has a start! Gotta love Target! We got her 3 new outfits, tights (3-pack), and socks (6-pack) for like $25!! Can't beat that!
As for me...well...I'm just trying to keep up with Faith. This girl has a ton of energy! I try to get out and have some "me" time but it's hard with James's schedule. I do get away for choir once a week so that is nice. Other than that, nothing new or exciting for me. I'm kinda boring!
I have posted several posts today with pictures and videos. Hope you enjoy them!

Naked Buns!!

Giggling with Andrew

Video of Faith Having Fun

New Hair Style

Faith is now sporting the "Pebbles" look on a frequent basis. It's so darn cute! She's gonna not like me for this when she's older! LOL

Basement Project

We have finished hanging all the drywall in our basement. Still has to be mudded but that will hopefully happen soon! Here are some pictures of our wonderful helpers!