Beautiful Long Weekend

This past weekend we went to Mom and Dad Geertsema's (a.k.a. Oma and Opa's).  We had a great time celebrating Mom's birthday, spending time with Stevin, Katrina, and the girls, and spending lots of time outside.  On Sunday after church, Mom did a little photoshoot with Anneke and got some super-cute photos!  Thanks Mom, I love them and can't wait to print some of them off!!!  So here's some pictures from our weekend.

Gardening

Well, I finally managed to get into my garden last week.  It took a bit of coordination--juggling the rain, my course, and Anneke's schedule--but the gardens are cleaned out and hopefully will get planted this week.  Anyways, thought I'd share a picture of Anneke's "outdoor confinement".  She loved it in there and I got my weeds pulled--great for both of us!

Stay Tuned:  Pictures from our long weekend coming soon!

Some Pictures

Look What I've Learned!

On Saturday, I suddenly decided that I could sit up by myself!  It's great, now I can see what's going on and play with my toys!

I have also started to roll all over the place.  It's also very fun because if I see something I want I try and get to it, it may take me a while but I'll get there!  Mommy's not so sure about this skill because now I can pull things off all the bottom shelves..... :)

7 Month Update

Wow!  Anneke is seven months and it's the end of April!  Time is flying too quickly--although I am glad that it's starting to feel more "spring-like" so we can get outside a bit more. 

We have been busy here, as usual.  Dave is quite busy with school, but enjoying it.  It's been difficult filling in for someone else and starting partway through the year because you're never quite sure what's going on, so I think he's excited to be starting in his own classroom and new school in September.  Which brings us to our exciting news, although I'm sure most of you know already, that Dave accepted a permanent contract job at Holland Marsh District Christian School starting in September.  They seem very excited to have him, and although the drive is a bit farther than we'd like, we're excited that he has a full-time, permanent job! 

I, on the other hand, don't seem to be too busy and yet I am.  Every day flies by.  Sometimes I feel like I have accomplished something and other times I don't and I think that's okay.  I am registered to take a course online in May and June so that'll keep me hopping. 

Anneke is growing like crazy!  I can't believe how much she's learned in seven months!  In the last month so many new things have started.  She's becoming more stable when she's sitting--she's a bit too curious, though, and falls over because she wants to see or get something that's just out of sight or reach.  When she's on her tummy she tries to move herself forward, so I think once she gets the hang of getting her knees under her she'll be gone and there will be no stopping her!  She's started eating vegetables.  She loves sweet potatoes, but the green vegetables (peas and beans) are not going so well.  Today we tried beans and she gagged so much she threw up, so we'll have to work on those!  But she's still super happy and smiley which we love!  On the more negative side, she doesn't like to nap and takes a 1/2 hour nap in the morning and a 1/2 hour nap in the afternoon, which isn't quite enough time for me or her.  And the last few weeks she's started playing strange with other people and I've been called to the nursery the last 3 times she's been there--so I'm really hoping this will be a short phase!  But we love her to bits and she brings so much joy to our family!

Here are a few new pictures:

 Playing Daddy's guitar

 Today she "found" the patio window.....very interesting!

Easter Weekend

Hanging out with Aunt Rachel and checking out Grandma and Grandpa's new coffee table.

Rainy/Snowy Weekends

Well, since it's 9:20 and I just remembered to put a load of laundry in the washing machine, I guess I have time to update our blog.....oh, energy savings times: I don't like you!  .
Anyways, we had a rainy/cold/snowy weekend so we spent most of our time inside--can't wait for warmer weather when we can spend most of our time outside!  Some of Anneke's highlights from the weekend include:  trying vegetables-sweet potatoes-for the first time, watching Walt Disney, and playing with Mommy and Daddy.  Here are some pictures:

"Hup, Hup."  Mmmmmm, sweet potatoes--she likes them!

 "I would like to hold my own spoon please, Daddy."  (I can't imagine where this child gets her strong will and independence from.....)

 "This is not Baby Einstein or the cooking show I watch with Mommy.....but it looks interesting."

 Hanging out and playing.

Alright, come on washing machine....I want to go to bed!