Hi everyone. I thought this might be an easy way to let a lot of you know about something a friend sent us. I think it's really important since I showed it to my Dad, who is a paramedic, and he said they had several infants drown last year and was excited about the program. So I hope we can all avoid that experience and here is a good way to go about preventing it. The first is a video that shows what they teach. I think it can be found on their website too but the second is a link to the website for any of you that want to know more.
http://www.childdrowningprevention.com/index.html
http://www.infantswim.com/home.html
I had no idea this was possible and if it was available then I would take advantage of it...unfortunately living in Germany it's a bit harder...I hope we can do it soon but we'll see.
Monday, February 16, 2009
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Marie's one month checkup and Sam is almost 18 months!
Ok, so our little Marie is growing and I just didn't know how much. It always amazes me how fast they grow.
Weight : 4450gm
Height : 56cm
Head : 37.5 cm (she gained more here than in height!)
Cuteness: 12 (Watch out for when she turns 16)
These are pictures taken today of Marie in a little dress that Grandma Julie brought for her.
I thought I'd better include this one since I don't post many pictures of myself. The lighting is a little funny but hey it's not bad other than that. :)
Sam is making leaps and bounds in everything lately! He seems to be taking off and growing up a little too fast. He loves to read and has me read to him regularly. On of his favorite books is an ABC book which we sing the ABC's with. He does that atleast once if not 20 times a day and will even say some of them along with me. There are some books with numbers in them and he doesn't know which one is which but he'll see numbers and go, "Da, do, dee..."
He knows most of his body parts and you can ask him where his hand, feet, head, etc are and he'll smile, giggle and point to them. It's the cutest thing to watch. He also randomly says what they are, like this morning when I got him dressed he reached for his toes and said, "TOES!!!" and smiled at me. His vocabulary has expanded so much in the last couple weeks that I'm not even going to try and write all the things he says now but it's amazing to watch. I thought he might be slow since he's doing 3ish languages but it's really taking off all of a sudden and I have to keep up since his words change so rapidly and become better each day.
Last but not least is the fact that he has decided that he needs to put himself to sleep at night and for nap time. Part of me is really grateful for this because he is such an easy child in the realm of sleeping and this just makes it easier with an infant. However part of me is sad, very sad to have my little guy growing up and doing things on his own. Mostly with this because he's such a good little snuggler and I really, really miss my Sam snuggle time. But on the other hand it makes life easier when I have a baby that wants to be held while he needs to go to bed. He still likes me to sing a few songs but then it's time for Mommy to leave (he starts saying,"Bye,bye") and he goes right to sleep without complaint. Now if he would just cooperate when he's awake that well, life would be a little too perfect and I wouldn't know what to do with myself.
Weight : 4450gm
Height : 56cm
Head : 37.5 cm (she gained more here than in height!)
Cuteness: 12 (Watch out for when she turns 16)
These are pictures taken today of Marie in a little dress that Grandma Julie brought for her. 
I thought I'd better include this one since I don't post many pictures of myself. The lighting is a little funny but hey it's not bad other than that. :)
Sam is making leaps and bounds in everything lately! He seems to be taking off and growing up a little too fast. He loves to read and has me read to him regularly. On of his favorite books is an ABC book which we sing the ABC's with. He does that atleast once if not 20 times a day and will even say some of them along with me. There are some books with numbers in them and he doesn't know which one is which but he'll see numbers and go, "Da, do, dee..."
He knows most of his body parts and you can ask him where his hand, feet, head, etc are and he'll smile, giggle and point to them. It's the cutest thing to watch. He also randomly says what they are, like this morning when I got him dressed he reached for his toes and said, "TOES!!!" and smiled at me. His vocabulary has expanded so much in the last couple weeks that I'm not even going to try and write all the things he says now but it's amazing to watch. I thought he might be slow since he's doing 3ish languages but it's really taking off all of a sudden and I have to keep up since his words change so rapidly and become better each day.
Last but not least is the fact that he has decided that he needs to put himself to sleep at night and for nap time. Part of me is really grateful for this because he is such an easy child in the realm of sleeping and this just makes it easier with an infant. However part of me is sad, very sad to have my little guy growing up and doing things on his own. Mostly with this because he's such a good little snuggler and I really, really miss my Sam snuggle time. But on the other hand it makes life easier when I have a baby that wants to be held while he needs to go to bed. He still likes me to sing a few songs but then it's time for Mommy to leave (he starts saying,"Bye,bye") and he goes right to sleep without complaint. Now if he would just cooperate when he's awake that well, life would be a little too perfect and I wouldn't know what to do with myself.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Very much over due update
Ok, so this is long overdue...As you can see I started it a while ago...
Oh, and so I have to do it I'm going to announce that I'm trying to do a daily post till I get all caught up on the last 2 months I haven't really been posting. So much has happened and although Arnold got the most important up, Marie's birth, there is a lot missing so here we go...
So my Mom and Calli came out to visit for the birth and it was so fun to have them here (although I'm very glad they are gone even if they are missed, it's always nice to have a house to yourself) Calli was the best ever and played a ton with Sam. We have lots of pictures of that so you'll see more later. Basically she was a great source of entertainment and very essential to my survival. Thanks Calli!
This is just a cute picture of the center of town. Kinda fun huh? Aren't you jealous!
Calli and Arnold to a trip into town soon after they got here and I didn't go because of the pregnant, ice and hills combination but it seems like they had fun seeing the town and feeding the animals.
This last one is just because he's so cute! :)
Oh, and so I have to do it I'm going to announce that I'm trying to do a daily post till I get all caught up on the last 2 months I haven't really been posting. So much has happened and although Arnold got the most important up, Marie's birth, there is a lot missing so here we go...
So my Mom and Calli came out to visit for the birth and it was so fun to have them here (although I'm very glad they are gone even if they are missed, it's always nice to have a house to yourself) Calli was the best ever and played a ton with Sam. We have lots of pictures of that so you'll see more later. Basically she was a great source of entertainment and very essential to my survival. Thanks Calli!
This is just a cute picture of the center of town. Kinda fun huh? Aren't you jealous!
Calli and Arnold to a trip into town soon after they got here and I didn't go because of the pregnant, ice and hills combination but it seems like they had fun seeing the town and feeding the animals.
This last one is just because he's so cute! :)
Friday, January 2, 2009
Blessing Marie
We blessed out little Marie on Gran's (Roetta Jones) birthday, Dec 28th.
It was a great blessing and she got to wear the same dress/outfit I was blessed in as a baby 28 years ago. We did have to modify it by putting a long sleeved onesie under it since I was born in Aug in the south and it's a little colder here but she's still cute.
The blessing was done by Arnold with my dad (right) and the bishop (left). Sam just wanted to be with Daddy so he was in the picture too.
It was a great blessing and she got to wear the same dress/outfit I was blessed in as a baby 28 years ago. We did have to modify it by putting a long sleeved onesie under it since I was born in Aug in the south and it's a little colder here but she's still cute.
The blessing was done by Arnold with my dad (right) and the bishop (left). Sam just wanted to be with Daddy so he was in the picture too.
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Marie Elouise LvE Stats...
For all those who were wondering...
Weight: 3640 gm
Height: 55.5 cm
Head: 36 cm
Cuteness: 11 (she's off the charts)
She smiles and giggles and is a joy to have in the family. Sam loves her to death and we are enjoying every moment with our two little ones! :) Here are some pictures of our best christmas present this year.
Weight: 3640 gm
Height: 55.5 cm
Head: 36 cm
Cuteness: 11 (she's off the charts)
She smiles and giggles and is a joy to have in the family. Sam loves her to death and we are enjoying every moment with our two little ones! :) Here are some pictures of our best christmas present this year.
Monday, December 15, 2008
Marie Elouise LvE born today!
Happy to announce our baby girl was born today! Marie Elouise LvE, at 7:55 am.
Mother and child are doing very well.
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Our Counting Sam
So my Mom and Calli have been here the last few weeks and it's been a lot of fun even though the baby hasn't come yet. Yes we are still waiting for her to come any day. So Sam has been well entertained by Aunt Calli and has loved playing with her all the time. Last night as we were eating dinner Sam decided he was finished and wanted out of his chair. None of the rest of us were done so Calli told him, "Sam you have to count to 60 before we can take you out of the chair". She then started to count and Sam actually joined in! It was so cute and unexpected! This isn't the actual at the table counting but it was just after dinner and we got him to do it for the camera while he was also playing with one of his favorite toys? if you can call it that.
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