He has no clue how much we enjoy him...

We spontaneously took these pictures one quiet Sunday afternoon so that Micah could see he really did have a mom and dad when he was little. Anyone else out there tend to forget to take pictures of themselves because it's awkward and annoying? Oh what I would give to have more photos of my mom, who passed away when I was 10. Do your kids a favour and take some pictures with YOU in them today!

The Many Faces of Micah (i.e. It's hard to choose what photos to post when one takes a gazillion per week!

Chubby Micah

"Elvis" Micah

Just-want-to-SQUISH-him Micah

Curious Micah

Loving Daddy Micah

AMAZING Micah!

Tiny Micah

Much-loved Micah.

Surprised Micah!

Sleepy Micah 

Muscle man Micah.

Naked victorious Micah.

Melt-mommy's-heart Micah.

Content Micah

What's-that-thing-you-keep-pointing-at-me Micah.

Sweet Micah!

So HAPPY Micah!

Summer Lovin'

This summer we've been blessed with a kids picnic table from Rob's parents, a sandbox from a friend, and now a pool from my aunt an uncle! Yesterday was our first time trying out the pool, and it was a hit...for Ellie at least!

Josh "helping" me fill it up.

Some of the water actually went into the pool!...

...A lot of it hit Ellie.

Photographic proof that our son is NOT always smiling (some folks have trouble believing this but it's most definitely true!)

Watching the girls have fun in the pool and wanting nothing to do with it.

Ellie + water = Good times!

Our 6-year-old neighbour Sara came to play.

Josh is most definitely NOT a fish! (I even had trouble convincing him to put his swim trunks on.)

But, I taught him how to make roads with tractors and he was busy for an hour!

Micah 3.5 weeks...relaxing on his pooping pillow.

(Yeah, he poops pretty much every time we lay him here.)

(Usually 2 or 3 times)

(Most often right when I've got his old diaper off. Why do babies do that? It's as though he's trying to break a record for going through a bag of diapers the fastest. I think he'd win, too. The most I've gone through in one diaper change is four diapers. Can anyone top that?)

(He was probably pooping as I took this photo.)

Oh - then Ellie swoops in for a snuggle.

And Joshy can't resist a photo opportunity! My three muskateers!

Brothers

 Here's Micah (above) and Joshua (below) at three weeks old.

They don't look alike to me...how about you?

Summer in the City!

Last Saturday we managed to leave Micah with my mom and dad for a few hours and brave the crowds for our city's annual 'Summer in the City' festival. Crowds aside, we had a blast! Ellie was more than pumped to be transformed into a butterfly.

The kids and I boarding the ferris wheel. We got a BLUE car, which made Josh's day!

Ellie feeling quite like Cinderella!

We're Back!

Well, after quite some time of having no internet, we're back. With the addition of Micah to our family, we felt it was important to be able to communicate via blog/email with Rob's family again (as well as there being at least 3 or 4 more selfish reasons...but I digress...)

Micah at birth

For those who might be wondering, everything has gone way smoother than expected so far...and in some ways, it hardly feels like life has changed at all! That being said, Micah has 'woken up' recently and Rob and I spend many evenings taking turns walking the floor with him. Micah makes up for his fussy evenings with wonderfully consistent nights, so I am NOT complaining! (Secretly Rob and I are having a lot of fun having so many evenings at home together.) Micah is a JOY to all of us! I am so thankful.

Anyways, my hope is to blog about once a week, though perhaps more initially because I'm kinda behind on the picture scene. So here's a few to get us started - enjoy!

1.5 weeks

2.5 weeks

BIG smiles!

The daily snuggle.

3 weeks

Our first baby that doesn't violently protest tummy time!

Just in case you're still checking...

Just in case you're still checking up on our blog, I'm sad (and kinda happy) to say that I won't be posting any more...for a while, at least. Our computer refuses to connect to the internet and we've decided we like it that way! Every month the amount of spare time we have becomes more and more limited, and quite frankly, I can't afford to spend that time on the internet anymore! So instead of the blog, I'll be sending a monthly update letter by snail mail to Rob's family so they can keep up to date with their only grandchildren. If there are any of you out there who are overwhelmed with grief by the prospect of not keeping up to date with the growth of our family and children, leave a comment....perhaps I can send you a letter, too. :) But you must be overwhelmed with grief or else I can't justify the postage.
Who knows, mybe I'll be back sooner than expected. I'll keep ya posted! Bye for now, friends!