Cute Haven pictures!

Here are a couple more pictures of the cutie!! All of a sudden, our little tiny baby girl has started to plump out. Daniel even told me this afternoon that she's fat! "I tried to push her stomach in when she breathed, but it wouldn't go." I asked him if he wanted me to push his stomach in when he breathed!!!!!!! But, yes, she is getting fat--however, she's still the cutest baby around :)

This dress (from the church) says "I love my mommy."
So sleepy--it's hard work sleeping all day :)
This one (also from the church) says "I'm daddy's girl."
I love this little face. I just want to kiss her all day!!!

Some baby pictures

Here are some pictures of the sweet little thing from the past 2 weeks. Haven is already 2 weeks old--how time flies. She is still a very sweet baby. She's starting to be awake a little bit more (yes, in the middle of the night, too). She's still sleeping about 4 hours, nursing, 4 more hours. I can't complain, but I really enjoyed her first week of sleeping 8 hours. Oh well, we'll get back to that soon. I'm thankful that she's very laid back and that she's sleeping at all :)





Ethan just had a bath--we put him next to Haven. It looks like she's sticking out her tongue at him and he's not quite sure what to think of her!!!!!

I love this little face :)

Look at those little bird legs. She's so small and skinny :)

It's a BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

In the wee hours of May 12, 2010, we welcomed a wee baby girl :) Haven Faith Weadock was born at 12:50am, weighing in at a mere 7lbs, 11ozs and was only 19 3/4in long. She has a bunch of beautiful, black hair and is just perfect. Here are some pictures of her soon after her birth.



Yes, even a picture of me--ugh!




She's awake!!


With her Daddy!!


On Saturday, I took some pictures of the 3 girls together. I really can't believe that we now have 3 girls!!



The older girls are also very happy to have another sister. Rachel keeps praying and thanking God that the baby was a girl :) I think 6 brothers may have been a bit overwhelming for them!! However, I hope poor Ethan will turn out ok surrounded by 3 sisters :) He absolutely loves little Haven--he says her name very clearly too. He loves to hold her.



More pictures to come soon. Thanks to all who were praying before, during, and after the labor and delivery!

Pictures from Nathan's 14th birthday

Well, here is the long overdue post from Nathan's birthday. Here he is opening his presents.


Some books he's been wanting--books are always a hit with Nathan :)


Sweet, little Ethan just hanging around, watching!


Another great gift--CHOCOLATE!!


More chocolate--dark chocolate bars :)


We were also able to celebrate his birthday with my parents this past Saturday. He got a Michigan sweatshirt and some Ohio State football guys. Go figure!

Cruise

So, we went to the zoo in the morning and on a cruise in the evening. We were one busy family :) Tom arranged for the teen group to go on a cruise on Friday, April 30th. Actually, we didn't really "go" anywhere. Well, we went to church. But, we didn't *go* on on a cruise. However, the Fellowship Hall was transformed into a cruise ship by a few people. James and Ann Anderson and Stan and Paula Woodbury and I think Abby Joshua (sorry if I missed someone) spent quite a bit of time decorating and setting up and cooking all the food for the teen cruise. Everything turned out really nice and the food was delicious. Mr. Anderson even demonstrated the proper flotation device technique just in case we decided to make like the Titanic :) I, unfortunately, did not get any pictures of that. (You could probably see Tabitha for those!) The kids, also, dressed up in various costumes: some were wild and wacky tourists, others were dressed for a fancy evening meal, and one even looked as though she had barely survived the Titanic ;) I have a few pictures from the evening. It was a really fun night--too bad it wasn't for real!


I guess even the cruise directors are allowed to eat!


Daniel, Peter, and Andrew (ie stowaways!!)


Dad/Tom/Mr. W and Andrew


Nathan--the one legal Weadock passenger


Sarah, Ethan, and Rachel--eating in the servants' quarters :)



Some of the passengers on board


More passengers--notice Mrs. Peggy Burtt (ie official punch server)


The other end of the table


Thanks again to everyone who helped make this cruise possible. It was nice not to have to worry about food and decorations and setting up this time. Tom organized the games and did the preaching. I made sure our kids had some type of cruise-y costume. We had a really fun night :)

Next post: Nathan's 14th birthday. I have pictures, but no time. Hopefully, I'll get them on here before the baby comes, but we'll see. Please continue to pray for this baby to make an appearance before the 10th. Thanks!

ZOO

I know, I know...two things. 1. Since our house is comparable to a zoo, why go to a real one?? 2. I was 38 1/2 weeks pregnant--why go to a zoo?? Well, we decided to go anyway. We have a membership and really needed to go again before it expired. This was really the last chance we had to go before the baby joins our family. So...

This past Friday--the 30th, we went back to the Potter Park Zoo in Lansing, MI. I took the kids to this zoo last year and really liked it. It's small enough for little kids and *very* pregnant ladies to walk around and not get exhausted. Plus, it feels safe--we weren't constantly counting heads. We actually got to enjoy looking at the animals. We went there in the morning and then were busy in the evening (the next post will explain that). We had a really nice time--well, at least, most of us enjoyed the time. Our oldest child decided zoos weren't cool. Oh well, the rest of us had a good time together and the weather was great, too! Here are a few pictures from our outing.

Looking at the camels--D, P, S, R, A


Dad and Ethan


Tom thought this was so cool (much sarcasm). He made everyone stop and notice the...brush pile!!!


Then, there was the...snag!!!!!!


Tom and the kids (well, 6 of them anyways) looking at ducks.


Mom and Ethan looking at ducks


All 7 kids looking at something (I forgot what!)


Mommy pig with 5 babies nursing (I think I may be big enough to birth 5 babies!!)


Mommy works while Daddy takes a nap--typical :)


Rachel gorilla


Ethan gorilla


Peter gorilla


Andrew gorilla


Sarah gorilla


Daniel gorilla


Rachel on the giraffe


Sarah on the giraffe with Dad and Rachel


All 7 kids looking over the bridge--I took this same picture last year


Now, looking at the camera :)


Um, I think someone thinks it's time to go :)
He actually had a good time--just getting a bit tired and hungry!


I guess that's more than a few pictures, but I didn't know which ones to leave off. You don't have to look at all of them, you know :-P