perry hall girls

*edited* thanks meghan for replying!! i forgot that you are a teacher too! my moms a school nurse so hence her starting work too. ok. i don't want to miss out on anyone so...what about wednesday the 13th? hmmm? =)


ok girls... i'm thinking the week of the 18th for a get together. the monday or tuesday? would that work for everyone? ~Erin i believe has offered her house for the get together. so ofcourse it will have to suit her...but let us know what you all think and we can then arrange times and food? and what nots!!

can't wait to be home again! i can't believe that it is just a few days away!!! jonah's passport came on saturday, his seat is booked and we are almost all packed! yeah =)

some photos for mom and the latest...

some photos from last wednesday.... (one of each so not to waste space!!)





we have had gorgeously hot weather from last wednesday till today really. last night the heavens opened up and it poured, thundered and lightning-ed all night! it was absolutely wonderful! it was our first proper *storm* and i loved it!!
gordon and valerie are over at the moment, as well and philip, his girlfriend deborah and stephen. we started out outreach on monday with some surveys out in weoley castle. the early evening was reserved for the childrens work, but it was rained out and so was tracting. today was more surverys, childrens meeting and now tracting. we've had lois, jemima, lizzie, sophie and pheobe come to help out as well. good fun! i've had fun making huge dinners too =) lots and lots of food!
micah has loved having everyone around. on sunday he found a friend in deborah as she *fought* with him ;)

11ish days to go

yesterday was andy's last day of school...and he went to put his key in the ignition and it wouldn't go all the way in. so he wiggled it a wee bit and...it broke! the key broke! we have such bad luck with keys =) so he got a lift home and today he cycled from here to there and everywhere. he took noah to the doctors on the bike. then he took micah to the grocery store. then he had to cycle to school to get the broken bit out, cycle back here to weoley castle to get a new key cut, then back to school to see if it worked. thankfully it did! and now our car is back home with us!
today has been a warm, overcast day! we had our friend clare over with her little girl charlie and they played away outside in the garden and we had a picnic. then we walked to the park. it was very nice.
i don't know if i have mentioned before or not, but micah is in love with charlie and lola! his new favourite show that we watch on the computer! so when we said that charlie was coming today he was like...hmm, (you could see him thinking) charlie and lola??

12 days and counting...

i bought a baby swing off of ebay last week and it was delievered today! so much fun! i think jonah liked it as he sat in in for quite awhile without crying...
















yesterday we photographed a wedding for a friend who works with andy. it was good fun and a lovely day! here is a sneak peak =)
















so 12 days to go! we can't wait and are so ready for a long holiday!! in-laws are coming wednesday night, 2 brother-in-laws are coming saturday night. they are all staying throught till the weekend we leave... next week we are having an outreach week, talking to people on the streets (around weoley castle) and passing out gospel tracts to the homes. possible doing something for the children as well? we'll see.... hopefully it'll be nice weather!

speaking of weather, its only in the 60's/ low 70's here so i know that being in baltimore is going to be a total shock to the system...

well i gotta go, noah is coming down the stairs crying... we all have summer colds. not fun!

beauty

had some fun this morning with the morning sunshine! i was actually still in my pj's =)

we have finally had some proper summer weather yesterday and today! yesterday i went out with the boys for the first time on my own! i took the double buggy as it was just easier and i knew we'd be out long enough that noah would get tired. we went into the city center to primarily get jonah's passport photos taken...it took awhile, but we finally got him with his head facing straight into the camera and arms down. though it took the use of a soother to pacify (he he) him and so in his photo he has puckered lips!! we went into GAP to visit a few a the girls who are still there that i worked with, then to Boots to return an outfit we had gotten and buy a few things. then to marks and spencers to get lunch! they have nice sandwiches and stuff =) then to mothercare to feed, change and use the toilet, then back to the bus and home! we got home around 1:30/2 and had left at 10, so not too bad!! jonah slept almost the whole time.

then today we went to the post office to send off the passport application. then to sainsbury's for some bread and diapers. today we took our new (well, we bought it at christmas time but haven't used it) stroller that is just for the new baby. he looks so lost in it, but its a great stroller as i can push with one hand! noah had his frog reigns on that micah held onto most the time and then i could hold his hand too. it went pretty well...so the boys got a treat when we got to sainsbury's! mini doughnuts! yum =)

thankfully its a nice day so that the boys have mostly played outback this afternoon and even jonah slept in his stroller outback for a hour and a half! clothes dried quickly and i got 2 loads done so that was nice too! i just need to get it all folded and put away now! jonah is up to 9lbs 14oz (at 4weeks) and is doing well. still are times that i am feeding quite a bit, but then other times and at night time he goes the full 3 hours inbetween and longer in the night!

to my perry hall girls =)

hello girls! i hope you are all well!! *i am coming in 3 weeks and cannot wait!!!*
so i have a few questions!
*first when shall we meet up and where?
*do you know where we can find money off coupons for days out, like the zoo, aquarium, science center and so on?

also i am wondering if i need to bring my own stroller or if anyone has one that i can borrow for the 4 weeks we are there? mostly for jonah who will be 7-10 weeks and a little bit for noah who is 2 and gets tired =)

again we are flying in on the 3rd and out on the 28th. weekends we are pretty busy and the 8th, 14th and 22nd are booked... but if anyone wants to come to the ironbirds game on the 22nd, we are doing micah's 4th birthday there and still have a few tickets left as we need 20 people and i think only have 15 people...so let me know if you are interested! tickets are i believe $9.50-ish!

and any thoughts of a must to visit, either for the boys or as a date night for andy and i!!!
thanks!

our family photo =)

i couldn't find just the photo, so here is the layout i did with the first family photo in 2004


our second family photo in 2006
























and here we are now in 2008! my how we have grown!!!

feeding, feeding and more feeding!

all night last night i feed jonah...thankfully he slept from 12 till almost 6 (ok 5:15 but i was happy)! though at also 5:30 micah woke up wanting proper apple juice (as opposed to squash [a concentrated juice drink]) so first andy got up to get him some apple juice, then tried to come back to bed. noah then woke up and wanted to go downstairs, so i took him down and we had our toast. i got into the spare bed to sleep and put in a 101 dalmations for noah. i went back to sleep and noah eventually did too as i woke at half 7 to andy bringing jonah into the room as he was hungry.
jonah's been feeding all day today and not settling too much in between! so i've been holding him a lot and feeding a lot and not getting much else done! we have some people coming over for dinner too! yikes =) and its been rainging all week so i haven't even been able to really get out of the house. not that i am looking forward to venturing out with the 3 boys and me. i am missing not being able to drive...running to the store turns into a half day event sometimes. getting ready to go, going, waiting for the bus, the bus trip, getting to the shop, shopping, stopping for a potty break or now feeding jonah, back to the bus stop, waiting for the bus, the bus trip, walking home...
so i can't wait for in 25 days or so, we'll be in the states where we'll have access to a car or 2, shops nearby, babysitters (thanks mimi!) and so on! and also seeing all our friends and most of the family! and swimming in an outdoor pool...so novel!
gotta run... more later!

the tummy tub!

our friend janet actually gave this to karen and an outfit to me, but karen already had a tummy tub, so we traded! so thanks karen and janet =)

i have wanted one for awhile but just never bought one! they are just so sweet!!!
this next one i love as andy took it from the outside of the tub looking in...so so cute!! but he sat so quietly and really enjoyed it, then he went on to sleep for a few hours, letting me go to church and he slept through the whole meeting!!

coming out of the tub.

and really, who can resist a babies feet?

our nephew zach

born 29th may, here he is at 1 month:


more photos here:
Charis Photography

happy 4th =)

my lovely cup of tea

i bought 2 of these sets...i've been wanting something fun and a little funky for awhile =) got these at the whittards outlet =) loving it!!

and micah's been singing his ABC's this morning!

home again

we had a great week in belfast. though it rained a lot, we were able to get out and about...not too much, but enough to relax yet not get bored! we were able to see a good amount of friends and family, so it was successful and fun.

i'll not bore you with details...just show you some photos. i haven't had much time to 'play' with the photos yet, but i'll get around to it!

jonah and zach, 2 weeks and 1lb between them!

and the beautiful sarah joy (9 months)

all the grandchildren! (i guess that this is what happens when you have like 10 adults in the room...who do you look at!)