Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Greenup Family Update

Sorry we haven't posted in a month or so. We got behind and realized we hadn't posted any pictures. Well, it is summer, but hopefully we'll try to post at least once every week or two. Oh well, life goes on. Here area a few pictures from the past month.
Olivia is really starting some fun movements. She is starting to grab for toys and can turn over from her stomach to her back, but not the other way as of yet. She's close though and with the way she kicks, she'll launch on over to the other side and wonder what happened.
Andrew and Ezra in our 'pool'. Ezra absolutely loves playing with his cousins. He loves to get rowdy with them and run and chase and play and take toys from each other. We are working on teaching him to share and not having a bad heart/attitude if someone else is playing with the toy he of course wants to play with.
Olivia with her little hat to keep the sun out of her eyes!
Wow, I'm pooped, mom.
Here's a better picture of Olivia. She has a wonderful smile. Heidi says, "My favorite time's with Olivia are early in the morning for her first feed and at night for her last feed. In the mornings, Olivia is usually awake by the time I come to feed her, sometime between 6:30 and 7:00am. Olivia gets a giant smile and kicks her feet in excitement because she knows it is breakfast time. At night, we wake her up about 9 or 9:15pm for her last feed, and picking her up from her basonet is wonderful. She is most always still sleeping and has the sweetest most innocent face. I just love how she has her eyes closed and she's just sucking away slowly but surely. It usually takes changing her diaper and burping her to wake her up, even though now I want her to go to bed."

Ezra's first time in a lake or any body of water bigger than a 3 ft. by 3 ft. pool which he has come to love and each day says, 'Wannano (WHAD -NA- NO)' which from our understanding refers to water he can play in. It is kind of confusing try to pick up on his phrases, but we are learning and he is picking things up we say very quickly. Ezra and Mama at 2nd Cousion's Pace's birthday.
Yeah for party hats.
Olivia loves being in Great Grandma's arms
Brother and sister together. It has been fun to watch how Ezra has really taken to a love for Olivia. When he gets up in the morning, he repeats all of the names of people he knows...mommy, daddy, papa, nana, Olivia (which he pronounces A-VI-VA-VA). He loves to get close to her and look into her eyes with his. We recently started to let him touch her toes and hands, but quickly learned that wasn't going to work for very long. One morning Heidi turned away for about 30 seconds only to find Ezra practically laying on top of her. He was giggling away and she started to cry. Even though she is growing, about 10 1/2 lbs currently...having a 27 lb. brother on top of your stomach doesn't feel too good.







Tuesday, June 17, 2008

The past few weeks...

Brother and sister in photo-op
The four of us on Father's Day
Ezra and Grandpa Sawatzky Who's driving this family bus anyway?
Ezra's "I'm too cool to smile" look
Olivia learning to drive

Olivia learning to stand
Olivia learning to eat her fist

Mama reading some Bible stories to Ezra
Wide-eyed Olivia
Ezra dancing in daddy's Harly T-shirt





San Juan Islands & Dave Quisenberry Wedding

This was a beautiful sunset the evening of the rehearsal dinner. The San Juan Islands are great and the weather turned out to be just as nice also.
Us with Dave & Camillia
With Larry & Janie Stone
Mark Baker and I with Dave
Two dads with two baby girls. This was taken on the Ferry ride over to the island.

Thursday, May 29, 2008

Spokane Falls on Memorial Day

The 'thickness' of that water next to the concrete ledge is about 7 to 8 feet tall...a lot of water coming down every second.





Daddy: 'Ezra, shall we go swimming?'
Ezra: No words needed



Thursday, May 8, 2008

Heid's Top 5

(per Jessica Hoch's request)

Top 5 things I can't live without under $5
1) A hot bath before bed (I think that should cost less than $5)
2) Jamba Juice!
3) Vaseline
4) Cocoa butter (for Ezra's skin and my feet) it's wonderful
5) Cinnabon (only once in a blue moon, too many calories)

Top 5 favorite movies
1) Road to Avonlea Series(not the same as Anne of Avonlea)
2) Pride and Prejudice
3) Finding Neverland
4) While You Were Sleeping
5) Anne of Green Gables

Top 5 Baby names I love and might possibly use
1) Emily
2) Audrey
3) Hudson
4) Reagan (for a girl)
5) Naomi

Top 5 Songs
1) I will glory in my redeemer
2) As Time goes By (sung by Louis Armstrong, brings back memories of my Grandpa)
3) O Holy Night
4) It is Well with my Soul
5) Esengo (an African song sung by Selah)

Top 5 people that have influenced my life in a positive way
1) Dustin
2) Julie (my sister)
3) Julie White (the one married to Joe)
4) My mom
5) Terri Bade (Who wouldn't be inspired by a lady raising 10 kids!?)

Top 5 items in my purse at all times
1) diapers,one size 4 and one newborn
2) wipes (yeah, . . . . I'm definitely a mom)
3) debit card
4) check book
5) cell phone

Top 5 events that changed my life forever
1) Being saved
2) Marrying Dustin
3) Adopting Ezra
4) Giving birth to Olivia
5) can't think of another one . . . . . . .

Top 5 current obsessions
1) sleep, when I can get it
2) taking a walk, I'm lucky if I get one a week
3) Instructing and disciplining my son, not my favorite, but more out of necessity
4) Prayer, yeah it goes along with #3
5) Drinking all the water I can so I can feed Olivia

Top 5 places I'd like to go
1) Any place really warm
2) I'd go back to Africa to get another baby
3) India
4) Victoria Island
5) Home, I love my home

Top 5 people I'd like to see their top 5
1) Amy Baker
2) Alison Struska
3) Lisa Chun
4) Lizzi Hughes
5) Julie White