Family Picture Day

Well, we finally got around to taking family pictures. There's a lady in our church who does a tremendous job of taking pictures and so we lined up a day to do them. WE got all the outfits picked out and ready to go and headed over to her house. She had everything set up and Kietlyn wanted to go first but she didn't really do much smiling. It took a while to warm up but eventually we ended up getting some great shots. The nice thing about Leah was that she was in no hurry and took almost 300 pictures. She didn't care how many times we changed and wasn't worried about time. We were there for about 3 hours. She let the kids take breaks when they needed them and it was a great experience. So here's our shout out to Leah Fry of Sentimental Soul photography. May we never use anyone else. And the prices are very reasonable. $25 sitting fee and then buy pics on top of that. We took the option of just buying the whole CD and the copyrights so we could just do what we wanted with the pics for $125. There were so many great shots we couldn't have picked a handful. I'll post some here but you can see the whole collection at www.sentimentalsoul.com Here are some of our favorites!

2 months old

Wow, it has already been two months since Landon was born!! For those who haven't seen him lately, he has filled out a lot. He had his two month check up this last Monday. He is now a whopping 11 pounds 5 ounces. He can hold his head up and can sit up with the help of the boppy. We are also thankful that he sleeps a good solid 7 hours at night. Landon also found his smile and is starting to babble at us.







In other news, we are gearing up for a great Easter weekend. We have an outreach on Saturday for kids called Easterfest. Sunday, we have a guy in our church who is a very talented balloonist. He has a presentation called "From the Garden to Golgatha", that he will do for the kids. Everything is made out of balloons including the tree of life and the three crosses. How cool!! We pray that everyone has a reflective Easter and a reason to rejoice that our Saviour Lives!!!

Tumbling Class

Just recently Bennett (My brother Jon's son) has started to go to a 2 year old tumbling class. My mom took Kiet one week while we had a doctor's appt. and she loved it. So we enrolled her. She can't wait each week for tumbling and she likes to show us her "tricks" at home too. It's too cute. Here's some pics and video. She loves to see Bennett there too. Thanks Have for letting us know about it!

Kiet's 3rd Birthday

Well our little princess is 3 years old. She celebrated with her tea party featuring Mrs. Potts from Beauty and the Beast. She was so excited. She had been talking about it for weeks. She got to wear her tiara and got plenty of princess stuff. It's a new experience seeing all the girl stuff. I don't know if I'll ever get used to it. But it's nice to dance with her, cuddle with her and I feel sorry for the boys one day that will have to try and get past me to get to her heart. I totally understand the phrase "wrapped around my little finger" now. She had a great birthday and got all the things she wanted from polka dot sunglasses for like $5 at Target to a new Belle dress my mom made to her favorite princess "cd player" that plays like 30 songs. She loves them.

We had a great day and enjoyed all the family being there and celebrating with us. We are blessed to have 3 kids and it's quite an experience for me to have a daughter. Can't wait to see what this year brings with her.

Pics from the party!

Jenise here,thought I should write a post since I asked Josh to start blogging.

Wow, it has already been a week since Landon was born. I know Josh shared about waiting to find out what we were having and me not liking it too much, but it was such a great moment when Josh said "Its a Boy". I loved hearing those words from him and wouldn't change not knowing for anything. We are doing really well and adjusting to three kids. Caleb and Kietlyn are doing a great job with Landon. Kietlyn loves that she is a Big Sister. She has a book about being a big sister that she wants to read all the time. Its hard to believe that she will be 3 on the 13th of this month. They just grow up fast.

Landon is such a sweet and easy going baby. He is such a wonderful blessing to our family. I can't wait to watch him grow up and see how he uniquely adds to our family. Caleb is our sensitive, old soul. He seems so much older than 4 going on 5. Kietlyn is our little princess and theatrical girl. She loves to sing and dance. I love seeing how God has made each one so unique. I have thought about that more this pregnancy since we didn't know what we were having. Just knowing that God knew and how he had wonderfully made Landon was a comfort to me. What an amazing God we have.

Also, just want to say a quick thanks to my mom and in-laws for their help this past week and for the visits. Thanks to our small group for all the wonderful meals and well wishes. We have loved it all!

The Big Day

Well the day started this morning at about 6:15 am when we woke up to head to the hospital for the induction. Got there and settled in the room by 7:30 and then waited until 10:15 for the doctor to come and break Jenise's water. Apparently she had a C-Section that she had to do that took longer than expected. Funny how impatient we were. I mean we know it may take some time to have a baby but we almost had to wait longer to break the water than we did for labor.

Landon Tate was born at 1:56 pm this afternoon and greeted by Caleb and Kietlyn who were both excited. Kietlyn was enthralled. But not with Landon. She was wondering what Jenise's IV was all about. Then she wanted to hide in the curtain and then she went to go play with the big doll house in the waiting room. Grandma, Nana, Poppy, Uncle Jon, Aunt Haverlee, B-dog, Lil' D and Uncle Adam all visited today. I was so proud of Adam, as he held his little nephew. Funny to see a former body builder hold a 7 pound baby.

As we were basking in the glow of our newborn we got a phone call from Grandma (at home with Caleb and Kiet). All at once, I could tell by Jenise's voices something wasn't right. Apparently Kiet had coughed (and she doesn't have a petite cough, picture smoker's cough for a 2 year old) a couple of times and then her nose started bleeding. Not a trickle, more like a landslide. Grandma called a little frantic as it bled for 5 minutes or so as I very quickly broke all driving laws and got from the hospital to the house just in time to have Kietlyn tell me the "blood went back into her nose". Her way of saying it was done.

So it's been a great day. Landon is doing great. Everything is checking out fine. Jenise did awesome as usual and is just tired. I know we'll sleep good tonight (at least for a few hours at a time).

Thanks for all the well wishes and the prayers and congrats to those that voted for a boy. You were right!

Here's some pics for your enjoyment...

Poll now active

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