our boy has tricks

is there anybody in there?

we had our first doctor appointment this week and our first ultrasound. there is a part of me that just doesn't quite believe i am pregnant until i see that tiny heart beating. it really is there! here is just one of the pictures the picture-happy nurse practitioner took for us.

well worth the wait?

a year later

gerrit has two little girlfriends, molly and alexis. molly is six days older than gerrit and gerrit is nineteen days older than alexis. they all have been friends since day one.
here they were a year ago....

and here are the big one year olds

baby vdb

sparky made his grand entrance yesterday (sans fireworks, as anticipated). he lacks a formal name yet, so i will continue to fondly call him 'sparky'. mom and baby (and dad too) are doing well and are supposed to come home tomorrow. we visited them this evening and in honor of his birth i have experimented with a little movie making. check it out.


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watch him grow

are we insane

if we weren't insane before, we might be now. last night we had four boys ranging in age from two years to four months spend the night with us as shelly, charles, ian and sally spent the night in san francisco. we had fun with them, but there were definitely some moments of insanity. why is crying contagious? there is a very good reason God made us so there is nine months between our babies. i don't know how people do it with twins, triplets, and beyond. we are now breathing a sigh of relief as we maintain our one.

all ready for bed. although it appears as if we sedated them, no medications were used to create this photo (just several photos)

yippee, our moms are back!