Question for Papa

Marshall gave Adrie a fruit-leather snack today while they were in the car. She asked him, "Papa, did Mommy make this?"
He answered, "No, why?" She said, "because I was reading the ingredients and I didn't see Mommy's name there."

Becoming a Night-Owl

Here I am at 2 AM, trying to get a baby to sleep, while Skype-chatting with my good friend in South Africa. At least I know I'm not the only one awake in the world!

A Super-Sleuth Nose

Adrie smells everything. She tells me about everything she smells. So last night while we were visiting Grandma & Grandpa's (brand new) house, she ran over to me and said, "Mommy, there's poo-poo on the wall!" Of course, I responded, "No there isn't." Because why would there be? But she insisted, "Come and see!"

So when I went over to where she and a little friend were playing in Grandma's toy-box, I certainly did catch a whiff of something suspicious. She pointed behind her friend, where, sure enough, was a very large smear of the yucky stuff. It was spread down the outer corner of the closet, down over the baseboard molding. Her little friend, who shall remain nameless, had had an unfortunate overflow.

I told Adrie what a good job she had done in coming to tell me about the "poo-poo on the wall." Way to go, little nose!

Bath-time Fun

Great Gram

Great Gram went to Heaven this past month - this is her with Adrie about 2 years ago.

Andy laughed for the first time today

Of course it happened too fast to capture.

It's 2:45 AM . . .

Will I ever sleep through the night again? I'm up after feeding Andy; and now I feel like I should do the dishes or something, since I'm standing here in my kitchen wasting precious sleep time checking my e-mail.

These pictures make me laugh every time I look at them.

A foreshadowing of things to come . . .








Andy was opera-style yawning,
and Adrie was making her "surprised face."

Some cute pics from my cell phone.

Our newest member, Andrew Arvin

Wish us luck with the potty training . . .