baby gustabe

baby doll

2010-03-09T22:58:00.000-08:00

dearest readers,

how are you? it's been a long time. i have a question: do any of you guys have dolls? i do! i love my dolls. especially bethany. sometimes i call her "betanana" just for fun. it's like a nickname. she goes lots of places with me. you know, to bed, to the kitchen, to the nursery at church . . . all kinds of places. one time, at the "walk for life" she fell out of my stroller and my mama ran over her, but she's better now.

the other day grandpa and i made bethany some new dancing shoes. we didn't have many materials nearby so we just used some paper towels and scotch tape. it worked great! now bethany dances everywhere she goes.

isn't sleeping with your dolls the best? i just love it. i have three dolls and two monkeys and a sock pirate. i sleep with all of them. do you let your dolls sleep with you?

i even have a book about dolls. my mama and i read it every night before she says prayers with me. it's called "little mommy" i think. maybe you should read it! i really like it. and i find the kitty on every page.

well, i have to go to sleep now, but here is a picture of my dolls. one of them is from haiti. guess who thought up a name for her all by herself?!! :)

lots of love,

judah hanaïka

GOD IS MERCIFUL!

2010-01-16T22:20:00.000-08:00

WE HEARD FROM MY DAD TODAY. HE IS OKAY! AND WE HEARD ABOUT MY GOD-MOTHER, NICOLE. SHE IS OKAY! WE HEARD ABOUT MANY FRIENDS THE LORD WAS GRACIOUS TO SAVE! HE IS SO GOOD TO US!

we continue to pray for those who have not been heard from. for those who are working tirelessly to save lives. for those who are wounded, sick and dying. may the Lord be their hope and strength!

here i am

2010-01-06T22:15:00.000-08:00

hello friends!

i know i haven't posted in awhile but i've been having super fun with my mama and the rest of my family!

for Christmas my uncle elias came and we played all day long. he is so much fun and i really wish he lived closer to me. also for Christmas, my mama got me a really cool computer of my own! i was so excited!

we had a lot of friends over on Christmas day, we sang songs, went for a walk and ate lots of great food! it was a good day.

a few days later i got to go see my aunt brendie and uncle noah with my mama!

uncle ryan and auntie em gave us a ride and that was great because i got to see my favorite cousin owen. he has the best cheeks!

aunt brendie is a lot of fun because she listens to all my stories and when we're in the driveway she lets me get out of my car seat and put my head out of the sunroof! that was a blast!

i also got to see lukas again and i think i'm gonna make him my best friend. he is so much fun and he likes to play pirates! he's a big brother and his little brothers are really cute. they don't play much, though. maybe when they're bigger.

now we're home which means i get to see nana and grandpa again (and nala, our dog, too!). but soon we're leaving to go up to sacramento and there i get to visit my GG (great grandmother)!

my mama and i are also hoping to see miss shanley while we're up north!

well, i gotta go to sleep now. i hope everyone has had a good year so far!

happy twenty ten!

dancing judah

2009-12-24T10:54:00.000-08:00

this pretty much speaks for itself:

these boots are made for walking

2009-12-14T20:32:00.000-08:00

i have new tights (from mama cara). and a fuzzy green sweater. and i can finally wear my cowgirl boots from my dear auntie em.

i found out that cowgirl boots are so fun! they make a lot of noise when you walk. but sometimes they fall off. you have to be very careful when you go up the steps.

look, my mama took this video so you could hear them too!

the good years

2009-11-30T22:37:00.001-08:00

my mama says that time flies by. she says that the first 18 months have been wonderful. she put this little picture together to share with y'all. it's a picture from each month of the last 18. we hope you enjoy it. it's been a great journey!

judah, age 18 months.
likes:
blueberries
extra sharp cheddar ("sheeze")
gouda
gorgonzola
havarti
bananas
peanut butter (mamba)
milk (let)
juice (ji)
dlo
baths
birds
the moon
nala (our dog)
her plug
reading
veggie tales
walks with grandpa
sitting in grandpa's chair
when grandpa gets home from work
sneaking into bed with nana in the morning
uncle elias
shoes ("shooze")
shoes from auntie em
church shoes
donkey boots
her baby dolls (nicole and bethany)
brushing her teeth
windows
climbing

dislikes:
tuna
meat
cottage cheese
green beans
covers at night
sleeping parallel to me (must be perpendicular)
anything out of place
getting her diaper changed
sitting still
anything i fix for dinner
falling down

m.f.e.o?

2009-10-28T22:23:00.001-07:00

daring darling

2009-09-13T12:09:00.000-07:00

whoo-hoo!! look what i can do! don't worry, the trike is stationary. it can't move. i went to visit my mama's aunt and uncle. isn't their yard beautiful? they have the biggest garden i've ever seen! i got to eat some fresh snap peas straight off the vine. i smelled all the flowers and played in the hammock with nana. i even played the piano a bit with aunt julie, but this tricycle was the best part!

shhh! don't tell mom i'm posting

2009-08-25T15:53:00.000-07:00

i am supposed to be taking a nap right now, but i haven't had any time to post on my blog lately, so i'm sneaking in some time right now! did you guys know that my mama went away and left me for a whole week? boy was i sad about that. i mean, i had a great time with nana and grandpa, they're great. but i still missed my mom. it just wasn't the same, you know?so, this is what i've been doing:i sat around waiting for my mom to get back.

then, as soon as she got home, we race

d off to LA to see my new cousin when he was born. i took good care of him. i already miss him, but

mama says maybe we can see him again soon. i hope so.

i also have taken up the game of darts. that's not an easy game!

i baked some cookies to take to hollister.

do you like my new apron? i love to

wear it in the kitchen when i help mama.

i went to an arcade but i wasn't quite sure what to do there.

since then, i've really just

been kickin' it with grandpa!

ducks

2009-07-20T10:44:00.000-07:00

chickens

2009-07-15T22:59:00.001-07:00

sissy came to stay

2009-06-07T23:20:00.001-07:00

this is sissy.

she is my mama's friend.

she used to live with my mama.

she held the doppler the first time my mama got to hear my heart beating.
sissy is pretty great.

now she is my friend too. look at all the fun times we had together. we played in the living room. sissy gave me a ride on her legs! and we went to the park and sissy went down the slide with me. that slide shocked me!

we played so much that sissy wore me out!

tomorrow we get to go to yosemite because sissy hasn't ever been there! wow! i'm only one year old and i've been there four times already! i can't wait to show her everything, but for now i have to go to bed! goodnight, everyone!

cowgirl boots (or "1000 words")

2009-05-30T19:28:00.001-07:00

sorry for the flash on the closet door, but she kept moving and the pictures were all coming out blurry without the flash. she took a break from dancing to smile for the camera!

thanks, auntie em, for the boots! :)

one year

2009-05-21T23:23:00.000-07:00

i'm a whole year old!

a common tale

2009-05-05T16:14:00.000-07:00

many moms get stopped at the grocery store by kindly old women who want to talk about how cute their children are. it happens daily. and while my mama may get stopped for my cuteness, she also gets many comments for this:

hey! doesn't bother me! i love sleeping!

boating is fun!

2009-04-21T09:04:00.000-07:00

little adventures

2009-04-07T23:47:00.000-07:00

m'ap mache!

2009-03-26T21:34:00.000-07:00

yeah, i walk. i'm cool like that.

what a day!

2009-03-13T23:14:00.000-07:00

i had such a big day today. the "experts" at babycenter.com informed my mother that when i reach for my spoon i may be telling her something. perhaps i am saying, "i'm ready to start feeding myself, mama."

cleverly, my mama waited until it was warm enough for us to eat outside before venturing down that path. today was the perfect day for it!

first, i grabbed my bowl with both hands and

attempted to dump it out. then my mama reminded me that i can use my spoon to shovel food into my mouth. i did a better job after that.

after lunch, i went out to the front yard to supervise the building of a rock wall. it was tough work but i think i did fairly well.

when our friends who were helping build the wall went home, my mama let me play in the sand for awhile.

i wanted to taste the sand, but nana scooped it out of my mouth. that was okay though, because it didn't taste very good anyway.

this last picture my mama said she would take for miss kristina. she said miss kristina loves "tootsie" pictures.

i am in

2009-03-11T22:53:00.000-07:00

the "raspberries" stage.

"hmmm . . ."

2009-03-06T23:26:00.000-08:00

"what to eat? what to eat?"

ides of march

2009-03-02T21:51:00.000-08:00

i have been really busy, friends. let's see. it started with some blueberry pancakes that my mama made for me.

and then i helped nana out in the yard. we're planting flowers for spring.

and today we went to yosemite. it was really cold there. i haven't been since july and i didn't need my sweater then. but today it was hailing on us and there was a lot of snow on the ground. it sure was pretty, though.

now you can see why i haven't been able to post very often!

m'ap ri

2009-01-30T23:57:00.000-08:00

manma'm di konsa, son sa se pi bel pase tout res son yo.

2009-01-27T23:38:00.001-08:00

okay, you guys, something funny happened yesterday morning. i know my mama likes pictures. she has pictures up on the computer all the time. but yesterday she was talking really really loudly to the pictures!! and the really strange thing was, i think the pictures were talking back to her! sometimes i could hear laughing. i heard a lot of noise. people kept saying "you-you" and i don't know why. but whatever it was, my mama was so happy all day long! sometimes the pictures on the computer moved a little bit. and sometimes they didn't. but mama kept yelling. (in a good way.)

this is a picture of nicole, one of my mama's best friends and also my godmother.

this is a picture of noah. my mom sometimes cries about him. she also says that i am going to marry him. whatever that means.

2009-01-10T23:24:00.000-08:00

"why yes, i do like bananas. thank you for asking."

Christmas and Grandpa

2009-01-04T00:21:00.001-08:00

On Christmas day, I wore a dress that my mama wore on her first Christmas. That made Nana really happy. Her mama had it made for my mama a long time ago and now I can wear it. Do you like it? I do!

We had a lot of people come over to the house! It was fun. We sang some pretty songs about angels and about Jesus when He was a baby. I had never heard those songs before but I sure liked everyone singing altogether.

I also got this new onesie saying that it was my first Christmas! I sure liked Christmas. I hope we get to do that again soon. My mama says I have to wait, but I'm not sure I like the sound of that. She uses that word about food sometimes and I KNOW I don't like that!

Here is a nice picture of my mom and I!

Wow! See how many people we fit around the table? I told you there were a lot!

My mama also said that you might like to see how I sometimes help Grandpa in the yard. He's working on putting in a patio out front and a walkway too. He says that I'm a big helper and that maybe I will need a tool belt of my own. I haven't seen one in my size yet.

2008-12-23T10:08:00.000-08:00

okay, now friends, you may have to look real hard, but there are actually three trees in this picture. the smallest one (just my size) is kind of hidden to the right and behind the big one. and the medium one blends into the big one on the left side. but it has a tree topper on it, so maybe you can see it.

my mama says she has always insisted to nana and grandpa that they get the biggest tree on the lot. i think we got a pretty big one alright!

i wanted to show you the trees because i said i would. i will share more after Christmas probably because there is not much time now. we have to go make the danish pastry dough.

merry Christmas!

who me?

2008-12-16T23:13:00.000-08:00

for days now my mama has been telling me to put up a new blog post. i just couldn't seem to find the time. i didn't mean to leave you guys hanging, but my great-grandmother and my great-aunt came to visit, my uncle elias was home for two nights, we put some trees up in the living room . . . there was a lot going on! um, just out of curiosity, why do people bring trees inside sometimes? i thought they belonged outside!

i can't show you a finished picture of the trees yet because we ran out of lights and nana and grandpa are going to get more on thursday. so possibly by friday or saturday i can post a living room picture! we can't blame them, three is a lot of trees!!
i've been helping nana and mama in the kitchen a lot. they just keep on baking! they say there are still more cookies to be made! is that possible?
are you all baking too? do you have trees in your houses? i would love to hear how you're all doing!

all i want for Christ-mas is . . .

2008-11-20T23:27:00.000-08:00

MY TWO FRONT TEETH!!!

yeah, i'm getting pretty big, folks. i have two little chompers, which are really enhancing my oatmeal and rice cereal eating abilities! from time to time as they are pushing their way through my gums, i get a little upset. i try to have a good attitude but sometimes it just hurts! also, my auntie em thinks i might be growing because i've been sleeping a lot the last few days. maybe i'm getting bigger or maybe i'm just getting another tooth! time will tell, i suppose. thanks for stopping by and checking on my progress!

mmm, mmm good

2008-10-30T21:35:00.001-07:00

this evening my mama did something new. she put me in my chair (and i didn't really want to be in there) and then she took a spoon and put this white, mushy stuff in my mouth. now, i've put a lot of things in my mouth in my day, but nothing this . . . mushy. it was strange. it kinda filled my mouth. but i think maybe i liked it. i mean, i ate everything she gave me and i was actually a little upset that she didn't have any more.
i thought you might like to see some pictures. please don't judge me; my mom says all babies are messy when they first start eating. i'll work on table manners in a few years or so!

for lizzie :)

2008-10-25T15:09:00.001-07:00

fourth:

i was tagged by miss lizzie. i had to choose the fourth picture in my fourth file. this is me and my nana in colorado. we were getting ready to go to the cowboy show. it was really fun. in the picture i am wearing a cowgirl hat that belongs to bethany. we were staying at her house.

my mama says i don't have to tag anyone because it seems like most people have been tagged already! hope you like my picture!

baby, it's cold outside

2008-10-15T16:30:00.000-07:00

thankfully, target had really really cute clothes on their clearance rack!

my mama bought me these cute jeans and this adorable jacket for less than $12! whoo-hoo! (my mama said something about money not growing on trees.)

i wish you could see my shoes a bit better. they're from my aunt emily and i love them.

my nana bought me some other cute things so maybe i'll do another outfit post sometime soon. meanwhile, i think maybe i'll work on crawling and see if i can master that. if so, THAT will make a great post!

when grandpa speaks

2008-10-04T20:40:00.001-07:00

i listen. he tells me all kinds of things. he tells me to listen to my mama, and i try to obey. grandpa tells me about ice cream and he sings songs to me. he has told me all kinds of great stories about yosemite. three times now, he's taken me there and showed me beautiful sights from the Lord's creation.

grandpa works on the computer and he shows me what he's doing. sometimes he does the vacuuming and he tells me about that too! he is full of wonderful stories and i love to hear him talk. when my grandpa speaks, i listen.

2008-09-24T14:35:00.000-07:00

all rabbit's friends and relations

2008-09-17T21:14:00.000-07:00

when my mama was a little girl, her mama (my nana) and her papa (my grandpa) used to read a lot of winnie-the-pooh to her. she knows many many poems by mr. a. a. milne by heart. today she was reading some stories from "house at pooh corner" to me and we read about rabbit's many friends and relations. i liked that! sometimes i feel like rabbit; i have SO MANY friends and relations!
recently my mama and i visited southern california and it turns out i have a lot of aunts down there. here, let me introduce some of them to you:

this is uncle bradley! he taught me a lot about basketball while i was there. he knows so much!

and this is miss ashley. ashley just had a baby of her own! mr. jacob matthew! he was born after i left so i didn't get to meet him.

and this is miss kellie. she is lukas' mom! lukas was a lot of fun! i was waiting and waiting to meet miss kellie!

oh my aunt shanley!! i had so much fun with her that my mama and i decided to take her home to auntie em's for the night! that was so great!

and this is lukas!

i got to see my aunt brendie again! that was so wonderful. i love my aunt brendie! my mama and i were excited because while we were there, she launched her new website!

and this is my uncle noah! it was his birthday and that is why my mama and i wanted to go down there to visit! we love our noah-san!

for a change, we stayed with auntie em instead of at aunt brendie's house. auntie em has chickens! this is her chicken coop. she and ryan built it themselves.

and she has turtles! three of them are hers and one is my mama's!

i really liked visiting all my friends and relations. my mama didn't get a picture of my with miss shannon or miss jaime and that is just sad! i guess we'll have to visit again!

immune

2008-09-02T21:05:00.000-07:00

i woke up this morning and my mama was being funny. she greeted me the same with kisses and love, but she said, "honey i am so sorry." a couple of times and i couldn't figure out why she was saying that. it was weird.
we just had a regular morning:
i slept in a bit.
i sat with my mama and nana as they ate breakfast.
i took a bath in the kitchen sink (two words: spray nozzle!).
i got dressed.
we went to town to do some errands (pretty sure i slept in the car...).
then something else happened that i thought was strange:
my mama squirted a little something sweet in my mouth that i have never tasted before.
it was pretty good, though, so i just went about coo-ing as usual.
but then we went somewhere i have only been twice before. a nice girl led us to a small room. she left us alone for a few minutes and my mama told me that she loved me and everything would be okay. what was going on? the girl came back in the room and talked to my mama. my mama held me over her lap and the girl STUCK SOMETHING SHARP IN MY LEG!!

THREE TIMES!!

yee owch!!! i really didn't like that at all. why did she do that? and why did my mama let her?

of course, then my mama let me eat for awhile and i got sleepy. i think we went back to the car. i can't really remember. the next thing i really remember was waking up in the front pouch at the grocery store, so i guess whatever happened i survived. there are funny little rounds spots of color on my legs now where that girl stuck me. see?

i have flashes of remembrances of being in the bookstore and when we got home my mama read me a new book called i udderly love you.

yeah, i think i'll be okay.

so much to say

2008-08-31T07:28:00.000-07:00

i, judah, would like to go on the record to say:

i went camping!

2008-08-27T20:30:00.000-07:00

hey everyone! i had such a great time camping! we left california and the first thing we visited was the hoover dam.

it was really dry all around the lake but this was quite an amazing structure! when we left the dam, we headed to zion national park in utah. this is how i passed the time:

before we got to zion, we stopped at a little apple farm and my mama wanted me to walk in the grass a bit, since we wouldn't be seeing any more grass for a few days!

the mornings at zion national park were cold!

but soon and very soon it warmed up and we went hiking!

the next day we drove to bryce canyon national park. this is what i remember of the drive:

bryce canyon was spectacular (that's a new word i learned!)!
another word i learned was "hoodoo." that is what all those pillar-like rock formations are called. that evening we went on another hike.

here i am ready to get on the road and head to colorado!

somehow i don't really remember how we got to colorado:

well friends, i think that should give you a good overview of camping. i'll post about colorado later! i hope you enjoy seeing my camping pictures! it is good to be back online!

2008-08-09T21:23:00.000-07:00

busy bee, social butterfly, yep, that's me!

first i had my photo shoot with papa tob:

then i helped nana at the first aid tent at vacation bible school (soccer camp '08)!

next, i practiced "mutton busting" for when the rodeo comes to town. for those of you city folk who don't know what this is, i suggest you goodsearch
it.

after that i made lots and lots of cookies with my mom for the bible school/soccer camp banquet!

AAAAANNND i had a bath!

whew!! i'm exhausted! goodnight!

2008-07-27T20:19:00.000-07:00

"how beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news of good things!" romans 10:15

papa'm

2008-07-15T08:51:00.001-07:00

i'm going!!!!

2008-07-09T22:27:00.000-07:00

to meet my papa!!!!!!!
my aunt brendie (with help from auntie em) is flying my papa to chicago and we (my mama and i) are going to meet him there!!! i can't wait! he says has been hearing from everyone else how cute i am but he wants to hold me in his arms himself! oh i can't wait! i have been hoping and praying for this day for seven weeks now and i am going this weekend!! i'm gonna stay with my aunt anne at her house and that's exciting too!

oh yeah, and all you e-ville crew, i'm rolling to you next! straight down from the windy city!

2008-07-07T19:30:00.000-07:00

i spent some time with my aunt brendie this weekend! also with noah and my uncle elias. i got to see fireworks for the first time! they were so pretty over the lake! and my grandpa took us on a private tour of yosemite! now that was beautiful!! megan came too, but i don't have any good pictures to show you; sorry about that. maybe next time she comes!!

2008-06-24T17:35:00.000-07:00

i went to sacramento to meet my extended family! this is my great grandmother! we had so much fun together. she rocked me in her rocking chair and sang to me! i loved it. she made me smile a lot!

bon nuit

2008-06-13T22:33:00.001-07:00

been busy

2008-06-05T22:30:00.000-07:00

well, fans, i've been busy. uncle elias asked for some more pictures as though i have nothing better to do than pose for the camera all day. what have i been up to, you ask? well, i had to take this picture for my dad so he can see me in my cute onesie.
then i fell asleep on uncle elias' shoulder while watching "oceans 13."
then nana and i sent out some emails.
and then i took a nap with mama. we sleep at different times than you all. see, i have to eat more often than you, so we get up a lot in the night and i eat. this means that sometimes during the day we take naps to try to make up for not sleeping at night. it doesn't always work, though, and my mama yawns a lot.
i have another full day tomorrow because we have a bunch of friends from hollister (the town where my mama grew up) coming to visit. that means i have to go to sleep now so i can be ready to meet everyone. i hope you like these pictures and they tide you over for awhile!

faces

2008-05-30T14:36:00.000-07:00

mama says i'm expressive, whatever that means. she watches me and laughs all day. she says it's hard to get anything else done. i'm not trying to distract her, i'm just reacting to this place.

2008-05-27T11:49:00.001-07:00

my papa called my mama and wanted to make sure she has been reading to me from the Bible. she has.

"unless the Lord builds a house, they labor in vain who build it;
unless the Lord guards a city, the watchman keeps awake i vain.
it is vain for you to rise up early, to retire late, to eat the bread of painful labors;
for He gives to His beloved even in his sleep.

behold, children are a gift of the Lord;
the fruit of the womb is a reward.
like arrows in the hand of a warrior,
so are the children of one's youth.
how blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them;
they shall not be ashamed,
when they speak with their enemies in the gate."

psalm 127

snug as a bug

2008-05-25T11:13:00.000-07:00

i like being swaddled! it's so cozy. my mama says i look a bit like a glo worm all wrapped up! i don't mind. it's so nice in this blanket!

the carseat, however, i didn't so much enjoy when i was first strapped in. mama says a better one is on it's way. this one has been recalled. i can see why: this one doesn't come with seat warmers, a rolling massage, or anything. i much prefer to get swadled and carried around by my mama!! plus "swaddled" is just such a fun word to say! let's all try one together: SWADDLED!

wasn't that fun?
:) i wonder how you say it in creole?

my big day

2008-05-22T16:23:00.000-07:00

hello everyone! so great to finally meet all of you! my name is judah hanaïka gustabe and i made my grand entrance into this world last night at 7:52 pm. i weighed 6 lbs and 10 oz at birth and i am 19 1/2 inches long! my mama says i am the most beautiful girl in the world! she says i have my papa's lips, his nose and his build. my papa says i have my mama's attitude!

grandpa says he knew i would be adorable but he never imagined i could be this cute! nana was wonderful all through the long long day. also my aunts emily and brendie were the best support my mama could have asked for!
thank you all so much for praying for me! it was a really long and hard day but the Lord is gracious and good all the time! i'm really hungry now, so i'm gonna go!

grandpa

2008-05-12T22:32:00.001-07:00

that's my grandpa there with the glasses on. he and his brother paul were racing cars from the cheerios box on the kitchen floor. uncle paul came to visit because my grandpa is going to have a birthday. i am supposed to share that birthday with grandpa and my mom, but only the Lord knows when my real birthday will be.

anyway, i just thought you might like to be introduced to my grandpa and see how much fun he is! he says we're going to be buds and i can't wait! he also says he makes the best waffles in the world but my mama says i can't eat those for a long time still. my grandpa is retired but recently he started driving a tour bus in yosemite for fun. he and his brother paul used to spend their summers there and they know every inch of that place! grandpa says i can go on the bus ride with him when i'm born and see yosemite for myself! i can't wait!

nana's nano

2008-05-09T09:02:00.000-07:00

my nana likes a clean house. the other day she and my mama were cleaning and she mentioned that she was ready to upgrade her stereo "system." my mom did some investigating and she found some big black things made out of a material she calls vinyl hidden in the wall unit. i don't really know what that means but mama decided it was time to talk with grandpa and nana about mp3s and mp3 players and then we all went shopping. nana looked at a couple of mp3 players but she smartly assessed that the ipod is a superior product to most. so yesterday she and my mom got this new nano in pink! nana also got some really cool new wireless speakers for her nano and now she's all set!

so my mom and i hung out in grandpa's office this morning uploading cds for nana. i'm so impressed with my totally modern nana!

it's my party . . .

2008-04-28T22:22:00.001-07:00

and shannon made my mom cry!

i don't know if i was supposed to tell you that or not, but my mom did cry! she says she's not always like this and i know she doesn't lie to me, but it's weird because she's been like this as long as i've known her!

well, like i told you we had this great party yesterday! a bunch

of my favorite people were there and they brought me some really nice things!! here, let me show you some of them:

my mom's friend, emily d., made this amazing blanket for me! i really like it because it has pictures of my mom and dad on it and it's really soft!! also, i like the fun colors!

emily s. (who was the mastermind behind my great party), made me a pirate quilt!!! she stitched it really tight so when my mom and i go home and our things are handwashed, it will hold together! my mom says that i'm 'posed to call emily s. my aunt because she and my mom are like sisters. so, thanks, aunt emi for a wonderful party and sooo many nice presents! i can't wait 'til i'm big enough for those cowboy boots!!

my nana came to my party with her sister sarah!

we had a fun trip together! they got me great books because my mom says she's going to read a lot to me. my aunt sarah bought me richard scary's "cars and trucks and things that go!"

my mama says it was one of her favorite books when she was a little girl and i don't have to be afraid of the author's name. and my nana got me the cutest elephant.

want to see it?!

jenni told

my mom that she made the lotion and the butt paste and the washcloths she got me but i think she was kidding!

my aunt christine made a really tasty carrot cake for everyone and my mama put a special cake topper on it that came from our friend kathy k! it was a beautiful cake! and did i mention it was tasty too?

i got some good smelling lotion and shampoo from my mom's friend ashley. she's going to have a baby boy and my m

om says we can play together!

this is kellie (levi's mama), and kellie (lukas' mama), and katie! i was so happy they could come to my party!

i know i said already that shannon made my mom cry and maybe i should explain that. you see, aunt emily asked shannon if she could talk a little bit about being a Godly mom. my mama and shannon have only been friends for a short time, but they seem to have been through a lot together and become close because of it. so, it was really nice for my mama to hear such encouragement from a close friend whom she looks up to so much! thank you, shannon! my mom is so grateful for you!

my mom is also telling me (she should get her own blog) to mention that aunt brendie did so much work to make this party happen too. unfortunately, she was behind the camera a lot and we can't seem to find a picture of her to share right now. it's

the same with my aunt christine who made that great cake!! sometime soon i'll have pictures of them to put up. i'm sorry you're missing out now. they are both beautiful girls! they are in the

group shot, though, so maybe i should show you that!

party

2008-04-27T22:14:00.000-07:00

hi everyone! i had a party today and i got so many cool presents!! i want to tell you all about it, but my mama says it is bedtime. so, hopefully i will have some pictures soon and i can tell you all about it!

goodnight!!

hello!

2008-04-23T21:23:00.001-07:00

thank you so much for stopping by! this is my first attempt at blogging and i hope you enjoy it! as you may know, i am due on may 15th. the midwife says i'm growing according to schedule and that comforts my mama a great deal! the only picture that exists of me so far is up at the top of this page. but let me introduce you to my parents.

this is my mom:

and this is my dad:

here they are together:

i also have an uncle named elias, an aunt named rose bernard, a nana, and a grandpa!! not to mention my godfather and godmother in haiti and many many "aunts and uncles" here in the states!

i think that perhaps i should get to sleep now; it's getting late and i've shared a lot with you already. please stop by again and see how i'm doing!