Weekend get-away

This past Friday night I went on a ladies retreat with my church. I originally wasn't going to go because I would have to take Micah (due to nursing), but Tamara convinced me. I'm really glad she did. I had a great time!! So nice to get away. Tamara & I drove down together (with our two babes sleeping in the back). Nice to be able to talk without children talking too! Don't you just love getting away now & then!?

Tamara & I with our babies...they were so good!

Madelyn & Micah relaxing on the retreat.
Perhaps they liked not having their big sisters all over them for a day! :)

We got our camera back!

A friend from PEI was in Halifax, so we got our camera back. I didn't realize how often I take pictures until I couldn't!

So, last week we went to Moncton & PEI to visit with family & friends. Here are a few pics from our travels.

We stayed with Mark, Roxanne, Gavin, & Cole. We hadn't seen Cole since he was a few days old, so we saw a lot of changes. Isn't he cute?Gavin & Naomi are only 3 months apart, so had lots of fun playing together.

The next day we visited with Jamin's cousin Kelly & family. They had a little boy named Levi on the same day that we had Micah! It was great to get all the kids together. Naomi loved seeing Ainsley. Ainsley is Naomi's fashion consultant (a great deal of Naomi's clothes were passed on from Ainsley).

Here are the boys with the same birthday (and matching outfits)! It looks like they're both leaning in to hear a secret..."hmm...tell me more...."

The girls playing togetherThe whole bunch!

Micah & his great-grandmother.

Next we headed to PEI to visit with Jamin's parents. Naomi was especially excited to see Kyler. She just loves him! Here they are enjoying a snack at the kiddie table.Naomi chasing Kyler @ McDonald's!

"Bob-Bob" & his two grandsons
He & Micah catching a napElsie & the boys
Elsie with all three...wish Emma was there. Hopefully we'll get a pic with all of them this summer when Shira is home.
Here's what we saw Lee-Anne doing most of the time. :) She's on bedrest until their baby comes. I'm sure it's not as fun as it looks.

Benjy went fishing one afternoon. Let's just say he didn't bring back enough for supper.... he looks pretty proud though :)

We were really excited to be able to meet Jonah!! Jason & Kristi have a beautiful little boy! Seriously, isn't he just soooo cute! Here's a pic of the happy family.Here's me introducing the boys.

I just put this pic in so you could see Naomi's curls. This is what her hair looks like after it's washed and before it's been slept on!

Well, that was a long post, but I had so many cute pics I had to put up. Hope you're having a good week!

Camera

We just got back from PEI. We had a great visit with family & friends. Unfortunately we forgot our camera! So, no pictures until we get it back!

Hope you all had a good weekend!

More of Micah

Life is busy with two kiddies! I just don't have the same computer time as I used to! Here are a couple of pics of Naomi & Micah. We continue to enjoy them soooo much!

Naomi holding Micah. She loves it and he always has this look on his face as if to say "HELP ME!"

Micah doing some belly time

Micah's 8 week check up

On Friday, Micah had his 8 week check up (and was actually 7 weeks, 2 days old). He weighed in at 12 lbs, 12.5 ounces and was 24 inches long. He's a big boy! He got his first round of needles. He didn't mind the first one, but the second one made him scream!

He continues to be a good baby. He's starting to do the odd 4.5 or 5 hour stretch at night which has been nice. He is very gassy and does wake sometimes in the nights due to gas. Hopefully that will pass soon (pardon the pun!).

I haven't been as good at taking pictures of Micah, but I still take lots. The pic above is Micah at a shower for Jillian on the weekend. He slept through the whole thing!

Just thought you might enjoy a pic of my cutie hubby pushing our double stroller. What a good man!

The weekend

We had a fun, busy weekend! We had Eric & Mary, Justin, Nathan, Robin (Jamin's cousin), & Mitch stay at our place this weekend. They all came up to attend Jesus to the Nations. It was nice to see all of them.

Mary, Micah, Eric, Nathan & Justin
Robin, Micah & Mitch

On Saturday night, Mary stayed home with Naomi, so Jamin & I went to the concert at Jesus to the Nations. Thanks, Mary! It was great to go out! Here's a pic of us there.
On Sunday, we ran into Rick, Danielle & fam at church. Here we are with our matching families!
Later that day, Janine stopped over. Isn't this a nice pic of her!?
And finally, a couple of pics of the kiddies. We've been giving Micah a couple of bottles of pumped milk a week to make sure he takes a bottle. We weren't consistent enough with Naomi, so she didn't take one for long. I've been enjoying being able to get away now & then!

Naomi "reading" to Micah. They are sooo cute together.

Naomi ready to go to church!

Welcome Madelyn!

You may have heard that Madelyn Ann Klebert has arrived! She was born Monday night at 10:17 weighing 7 lbs, 7 oz.

I took the kiddies in the next morning to meet her.

Tamara & beautiful Madelyn!

The proud parents!

I had my hands full!

We also went to visit them again yesterday morning.
Congrats Matt & Tamara..she's beautiful!

Don't I know you from somewhere?

Does this ever happen to you? You are at the grocery store or some public place and you see a familiar face, but you can't remember how you know the face. For some reason I'm really good at remembering faces, but I can't always place them.

Last night while I was getting groceries, I saw a lady who I recognized. I could NOT remember how I knew her or even if I actually knew her. She could have just been a face I recognized from the bank or something. Anyway, I kept passing her in the isles and I would kind of look at her to see if she would smile at me, but she didn't. The whole time I was shopping I was going through all the places I go on a regular basis to see if they would trigger a memory. Nothing.

When I got home, it came to me. She was a mom and the library play group for 2-3 year olds. I could then picture her son, husband, & where she sat. I don't know why, but I was so happy to remember....that would have drove me crazy!

Easter weekend

Happy Easter! On Friday, Benjamin, Lee-Anne, Kyler, Bob & Elsie came over for a visit. Benjy, Lee-Anne & Kyler got to meet Micah. Naomi was super excited to see her Kyler! They are so cute together. It's so nice that these cousins are all close in age. Benj & Lee-Anne are expecting a baby in August, so that'll be the 5th grandchild for Bob & Elsie (3 of them born this year!).

Here are a few pics:

Naomi & Kyler took turns pushing each other in the wagon.Kyler trying on Naomi's birthday gift!

Grammie has her hands full!Bob-bob (as Naomi calls him) spending some quality nap time with Micah. I love how they are both facing the same way and have the hands the same way too!

Today we spent some time just hanging with our beautiful kiddies. We went for a drive and Micah was crying for a while. Naomi covered her ears and said "Micah noisy!" Here is Naomi today(with her "smile" for the camera) with her new outfit on from Jamin's parents. She loves holding Micah. He's usually a pretty good sport about it :)Micah & I at McDonald's. We were watching Naomi in the playland.
Happy Easter!

Micah's 4 week check-up

We had Micah's four week check up tonight. He's doing great! He now weighs 10 pounds, 10 ounces (77th percentile) and is 23.25 inches long (95th percentile) and his head is in the 70 percentile.

Micah continues to be a good little baby. He still feeds very frequently; usually every 2.5-3 hours. He typically goes to sleep sometime between 8-9 and feeds 2-3 times during the night. He's up between 6 and 6:30 each morning.

We are enjoying having Micah in our family. Naomi is doing great as a big sister. She loves to help us change him, burp him, & bathe him. She talks to him, reads to him, and showers him with kisses!

We also had Naomi weighed & measured since she is two years old now. She is 25 pounds and 35 inches. Our dr. said you double her height at two and subtract a couple of inches and it's a rough estimate of how tall they will be. That means Naomi will likely around 5 foot 8. Time will tell!

Happy 2nd Birthday, Naomi!

Hard to believe that Naomi is 2 today! We had a little party for her on Saturday with some of her friends. She was so excited for it! It was fun this year to watch her opening her gifts, blowing out her candles, & playing with her friends.

I haven't done any Naomi updates in a very long time, so here are a few:
-She usually sleeps through the night anywhere from 10-1.5 hours and naps usually about 1.5-2 hours
-She loves to talk!
-She weighs 25 pounds
-She has been in a big bed since the end of December and has yet to get out of it! She is extremely good (most of the time) to go to bed & nap.
-Some of her favorite things to do are: help me with whatever I'm doing, do puzzles, color, blow bubbles, read books, play with her kitchen, & play with her babies & stroller.

We are soooo thankful for our little girl! Happy Birthday, Naomi!