Luke Jameson Ritchie is HERE!

Our nephew Luke Jameson Ritchie was born at 2:14 PM today. He is 7 lbs. and 19.5 inches long. We went to visit them tonight!! They all seem to be doing VERY well.

Patty Cake

This video from this morning is precious . . . . Jackson is really into doing patty cake with Kinsey right now. And she LOVES it!



Let me translate: Patty cake, Patty cake, Hi, Hi, Hi
Patty cake, Patty cake, Bye, Bye, Bye
Patty cake, Patty cake, now I see
Patty cake, Patty cake, God's with me

Kinsey Grace

Could it be our new home?

We are putting an offer in on a house tomorrow morning. . . . of course, it is contingent on the sale of our house. We grow anxious to be "home" more and more every day. We actually looked at this house in October, but there was already a contingent offer on it at that time. So we have looked at other houses (and looked and looked and looked), but now we are back to this house. The contingent offer that was on the house has expired. We have been praying since we saw it in October that if we were suppose to buy it that it would still be available when we were ready to buy. Please pray that God would work it all out according to his will. And we'll keep you posted!

Happy 3rd Birthday Claire!

My sister's little girl Claire turned 3 on February 18th. We were very happy to celebrate with her today . . . . at her pink princess party! We even had strawberry milk, pink lemonade and pink cupcakes in keeping with the festivities. And of course, Claire wore one of her princess outfits. Fortunately, we all are feeling much better and were able to make the drive to Waterloo/Columbia for the party. Somehow I didn't get a picture of Blake . . . you'll have to check out Courtney's blog (see link on left side) for a new picture of him. He is so happy and changing all the time!

Who is sick now?

Well, if you haven't gotten the flu (stomach or respiratory) or know someone who has had it, count yourself lucky!! It has plagued our family . . . . Jackson had a touch of the stomach flu last Friday, then David had it last Tuesday, followed by me on Saturday and Sunday. Well, now it looks like poor little Kinsey has it too. She threw up (yes, more than just the normal spit up, TRUST me!) last night and then again tonight. Poor baby! And then of course, we can't just have one kind of sickness . . . Jackson has had a fever off and on since Sunday night. We took him to the doctor this afternoon to find that he now has bronchitis (thankfully we got into our NEW doctor . . . the first dr. I found down here was not an option). Dr. Deloso checked him out and prescribed some meds for him, so hopefully we should see a much happier boy shortly. We have to take him back on Friday to make sure it is improving and not turning into pneumonia. David and I have both had mini-meltdowns the past day or so. It is so hard to see your kids sick and then to have it compounded by not being in our own house. "This too shall pass" . . . . right?!

We were able to visit my parents from Thursday to Saturday, which was great. Jackson is still struggling to understand the concept "home" right now. I think things will get easier when we actually have all of our familiar furniture and furnishings. Even though the location will be new, it will still feel like "home". But for now, he calls Grammy & Papa's house "home". I try to explain, but well, it is lost on a 2 year old! But we were able to celebrate Madi's 7th birthday with family. Jackson was so excited to play with Tate, or wait maybe it was more to play with his trains! : ) In fact, when we pulled up to their house he said, "We're at Train's house" instead of "Tate". What can I say, he's a little obsessed!

Cute!

Kinsey posing in another outfit from Grammy & Papa. This picture is really just so Grammy can see her in this super cute outfit she got her at Kid's Closet : ) She wore it to church this morning! Thanks Grammy : )

Cabin Fever

Jackson just couldn't take it anymore and so we all went outside to play this morning. He LOVES to jump on the trampoline and to swing. You will notice that he also LOVES the Veggie Tales theme song . . . . what can I say, it's cute! : )

Kinsey Grace-3 Months

She's TOO cute and she knows it : )

Kinsey is 3 months old today! WOW how fast the time is going! I wish I could slow things down a bit to completely enjoy it all.

Here she is posing in her new Valentine's outfit from Grammy and Papa!

Look at that SMILE!!

Snow Angels