The "way too long in between posts" post

Sorry, it's been quite awhile. With Steph in England and everyone else on my back, I have decided it's time for another post. My rambling words will be short, but the pictures will be flowing like the salmon of Capastrano. These pics span Adelyn's 2nd birthday, the girls trip to Oostburg (no that's not a fancy town in the Netherlands), father's day at Canterbury, trips to the fountain park, Laura's move, as well as random cute snapshots of Abigail. Enjoy!

The No Creative Title Post

Sorry for the lag in posts and the lack of a creative title for this one. A lot has happened since the last post on May 20, but we are finding it difficult to allocate time towards blogging. Two kids is definitely as time consuming as we were warned about -- but even more fun! The last month has been amazing. We took a trip to both Cabins over memorial Day, and we even made it out to visit Laura and Ben in their Lake Minnewashta cottage. Lucky for us, since they are moving in a couple weeks. We also want to congratulate the Wikoff family on the birth of their new baby girl Avery! Take care of that little sister Dylan :) We also send a special prayer out to Tom and Jessica Kriby, as they awate the birth of their Son (who just doenst want to come out). Adelyn is turning two on June 7, and we cannot believe how fast the last two years have whizzed by. Enjoy a few pictures:

Adelyn at the cabin with her walking stick

Staring at the Old Man
Driving Uncle Ben's Boat

First Bath (and First Crawl?)

Abigail took her first bath in the big tub tonight. She didn't mind at all, and actually seemed slightly amused. The summer heat, turned her air into a little afro which was quite humorous.

We also noticed when we put Abigail on her tummy, she is already starting to crawl! Ok, well maybe scooting is a better word. But, we have proof. Check out the arches. Even at 2 weeks, that is more crawling than Adelyn ever did! We are taking Adelyn and Abigail to the cabin (both cabins actually) for a long memorial day weekend. We hope to snap many photos to share. Until then....

A Mother's Day Baptism

A special Thanks to all the moms for sharing their day with my baptism. I counted 9 mothers in all (Bernie, Margaret, Patti, Sanja, Christine, Julie, Michelle, Catherine, and Laura). Man...that's a lotta hot mamas. I am very little but I think I counted 30 people comfortably nestled into the Bye Mansion. Thanks for all the help with food and drink to those who graciously volunteered. My mom and dad said that it was quite the spread. And they also mentioned that we had only 8 leftover bottles of juice.....

I was glad to meet so many of my cousins and my favorite was when they were all huddled around the bapstimal font. Can you believe that no one fell in?!

Thanks again to everyone for making it a special and memorable day for me!

Lots of Love!
Abigail

Adelyn and Abigail

Adelyn holds Abigail for the first time.

Knucks!

Here's a couple more pictures from Day 1 at home. Adelyn was excited for everyone to be back at home together. She was very proud of her little sister and would shout "my baby, my baby" when showing her off to the neighbor kids. She hasn't been jealous or extra needy, and is a wonderful big sister. She did ask Abigail to give her "knucks" which was super hilarious, and Adi was confused why she didn't get a fist pound in return from her little sister. They'll be making up secret handshakes before you know it.

Mom and Dad are remembering what it feels like to operate on very little sleep. Abigail feeds every couple of hours (at least), so the nights are quite the feeding frenzy. But it's impossible to be frustrated, because she is just too cute ...... even at 3:00 in the morning. Give us the benefit of the doubt if you are visiting and we start to doze off. We catch our z's when we can. Lots of love.

Home Coming!

We left the hospital at around 11:00am this morning. We were very anxious.

We forget just how small a newborn in a car seat really is.

We are so excited to be home. I am sure the neighbors will want to come over soon, as well as the grandmas, grandpas, aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, nephews, co-workers, and mailmen.

Abigail had her first feeding at home and then we bundled her up for her first nap in her new room. She doesn't quite fill the crib up yet.