Luke's First Days at Home

Luke has been such a good baby so far.Acting like a typical newborn, eating and sleeping. He has had a mild case of thrush but that seems to be resolving with the medicine that we have been giving him.  At 2 weeks old was up to 8lbs 3 oz. He does not seem to mind all the activity that is around him some days. He wakes up 2 or 3 times during the night and right now takes about 2 oz of formula. Sometimes it takes him forever to burp but when he does he seems a lot more comfortable. Luke has taken a few walks around the neighborhood, has been to both Grandparents houses and already has visited the zoo. He seems to love being held and his hair remains as crazy as ever. His face is already changing too.

Welcome to the Family Luke Ryan Koopmans!

Luke Ryan arrived on June 6 at 1131 pm. He weighed 8lbs 2oz and 21 inches long. He came fast once he decieded it was time. I have been contracting on and off for weeks and nothing was different on that Wednesday. Around supper time the contractions were timeable but not that strong. We went out for icecream and went about the usual night routine with putting the kids to bed. Around 9 pm I took a shower and thought that this might be it. The contractions were closer together and stronger but still not that unbearable to me . I thought I would lay down around 10 pm but Ryan encouraged me to call my mom and the doctor and we headed into the hospital. On the way to the hospital the contractions were strong and seemed to be on top of each other. Ryan dropped me off in ER and my water broke while waiting to go up stairs. They wheeled me into a room and checked me I was 7 cm dilated at 1124..next thing I knew I could feel him coming and he came fast with one push. Good thing we left our house when we did because 39 min later Luke was here.A beautiful baby boy with tons of dark hair. Levi and Maci are loving and fighting over Luke daily. They love to hold him, feed him, get his outfits ready, get the bottles for him, anything to help with baby brother. Luke seems to be quite tolerant of all the pulling and "loving".

Levi Theodore Turns 4 Years Old...

Checking out his new tool belt.

 The Cousins

Wave your Flags! Happy Memorial Day!

 Happy Birthday Levi! We love You!

We celebrated Levi's fourth birthday with Alexa over Memorial Day weekend at Grandma and Grandpa Roedema's house. We had breakfast, played a fishing game and opened way too many presents. Levi got a real tool belt and tools from Dadda, new clothes, a Lighting McQueen bathing suit, books, stencils and Hotwheels block set. All the cousins were there and got jewelry and a treat bag to go home with that they got from "fishing". What a party!

On Sunday we went to the Rundhaug's pool for swimming, cake and to celebrate Levi's birthday with the Koopmans. It was a good day to swim because it was 90 degrees out. Levi always has fun playing with his cousin, Collin. Maci took a spill on the cement going down the drive way so she did not seem  quite herself. But she loves playing Mommy to Evan and Emily.

Project Pictures...Paint!

We are getting almost finshed with our entry way. The painting was completed this week. Here are some pictures... now just the finshing touches to be done, like the hooks in the locker and baskets. We are really happy how it turned out.

Joy of Day to Day Routine...

Here are some favorite pictures of this week. Levi loves playing in the water outside with the hose, getting wet, playing fireman, making mud. He could do this for hours...ahh the simple joys. Maci loves watering the plants with her small watering can. It keeps her busy for 45 minutes, filling up the can and sprinkling the ground and the plants. " I do" she says over and over. Usually on Thursdays we go to garage sales and today we found a Lions hat, that is way to small for Maci but she insists on wearing it along with all her "pretties".

Maci's First Hair Cut

Well, I finally did it. This morning I took Levi and Maci out to breakfast at Mc Donalds and then we went to get Maci's hair cut..more like a trim since I could not let all her curl out. She can probably see better now that the hair is out of her eyes. Maci did not want to sit on the chair so I held her in my lap and she did fine. I did keep a piece of her curl as a momento. She thought the candy afterward was the best. What a pretty girl. She kept saying "cut" all day and touching her hair.

Mother's Day 2012

We are getting ready to meet Baby Koopmans and welcome the little one to our family. Levi talks about when "will the baby come" everyday and says my "tummy is getting bigger".  Today he told me that the baby will come out without clothes on.  He really thinks a lot about it. Levi also likes when he leans against my tummy and the baby moves or kicks him. Levi just laughs and laughs. Maci is always playing babies and loves babies. Hopefully, she loves her sister or brother just as much.