tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35438726527165432562024-03-05T01:49:16.279-05:00The SchermsThis is a simple site to help us stay connected to all our family and friends. Let's be honest, once you have a kid they are the ones everyone wants to see, so here you have it:)!! We hope you enjoy our kids as much as we do!
“Behold, children are a gift of the LORD; The fruit of the womb is a reward.” Psalm 127:3The Schermshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08730744712531719986noreply@blogger.comBlogger167125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543872652716543256.post-39726677415594745912013-01-11T18:46:00.000-05:002013-01-11T18:46:33.627-05:00Waiting on Baby 4.0...<span style="font-family: Calibri;">It’s funny to me how different it is to be expecting baby 4.0,
than it was with baby 1.0! <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The days and months before Baby 1.0, who we will refer to as
Lars from now on, arrived were filled with so many unknowns and excitement for
what was to come! We decorated his room like a catalog and had WAY more baby
stuff than any baby ever needs, because we wanted to be prepared for anything!
I had even had the pleasure of being a nanny for 2 different friends’ newborn
for the couple years before having Lars. While I knew what I thought were the
basics it was fun to have all the extras too! For the following year after Lars
was born I spent SO much time holding him, reading to him, napping with him,
feeding him, just really enjoying being a mom for the first time! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Now that Baby 4.0 is almost here and should be already (she
was due last Monday, 1/7/13)! I’m glad that she has waited a couple days at
least so we could go get her some diapers and wash a few of her hand-me-down clothes
and bottles! I guess I should get that stuff out of her crib (that is in our
bedroom) so she has somewhere to sleep when we bring her home! When she gets
here I will very much enjoy having her here, but will also be fighting off all
the “help” that is ready to feed and burp her! Petra has been practicing her
burps so she can teach her! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">To those of you, who don’t have kids or are still enjoying
every moment of your first sweet baby, please don’t think that I care any less
for baby 4.0 (or 2.0 or 3.0 for that matter) totally opposite really! I love
them more each day! It’s just that with each wonderful addition I have realized
different things about myself and about kids: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The more we have, the more I have to clean and
find!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The kids just want to play with what their
siblings already have, so there is no need to get more stuff! (Except maybe her
own Bunny Blankie!)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">My time enjoying each child is really enhanced
by watching them interact with each other! Sometimes, I think Lars and Stina
were over stimulated by me trying to “entertain them” all the time. I’ll agree
it is much more entertaining to just lay there and watch the circus, which is
my life, than to read books or play with toys! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The thing that probably surprised me the most is the anticipation
of the birth of Baby 4.0. You would think, I’ve done this before, how could I
get nervous about this?! Amazingly all of my kids’ birth has been TOTALLY
different than the one before (I think every mother would probably agree)! I
went to the hospital to be induced with all 3 previous kids on or before their
due date. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Lars- I had gestational diabetes,
so I was induced on my due date. Typical induction, went to the hospital
started being induced 12-18 hours and 2.5 hours of pushing later, we had a boy!
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Stina- I went in to be induced, 2
weeks early because she had stopped growing and come to find out there was a
problem with her placenta and umbilical cord, expecting the induction to be
similar to Lars’ I was very surprised that it was 3 DAYS later when she finally
arrived! Although, I was on Pitocin for 2.5 days, she thankfully only required
10 minutes of pushing! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Petra- Hoping that this was going
to be the easy induction, I checked in on her due date to the hospital and
instead of being induced ended up with an emergency C-section! Her heart rate was
so low that they wouldn’t even consider inducing me. Her heart rate had been an
issue for the last month or so, which is why I was being induced anyway. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Baby
4.0-Story yet to be told, but she is making for a dramatic entrance since we
are already 5 days past her due date! I’m thankful that my Dr.’s are allowing
me to wait for the best possible chance at a VBAC, but I do wish she would
decide to join the rest of us on the outside already! The house is not going to
get any cleaner (this is the only child that I have “nested” for), your
siblings are not going to get any quieter and they are already squishing you on
the inside! If you come out we can try to protect you a little better from the
noise and squishing, but no promises! </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">As many of you know, 6 years ago Karl and I were told by our
doctor that we would never have kids! We had tried a few medical procedures, prayed
and cried a lot, but when we decided that we would just not have kids God
surprised us in a BIG way! In 2008 we had Lars! I was content to only have Lars
if that was all God was going to give us, but only 15 months later we welcomed
Stina. We should have considered ourselves warned at that point, but were
somehow still surprised to learn that only 14 months later Petra would arrive!!
YES, we know how it happens and YES, you can get pregnant while exclusively nursing
your baby! As we discussed the future of our family, to have more or not, we
decided we would have one more and not wanting them to feel too much younger
figured we should go ahead and have #4! She will be 2 years and 4-5 months
younger than Petra, which is almost the exact age spread as Lars and Petra
(with Stina in between:). Karl and I have decided we would prefer not to have any
more biological kids, but we know God’s plan is greater than ours’ and He has a
great sense of humor!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">It’s always amazing to me how God allows our life to unfold!
A friend recently described life as a puzzle, every day is another piece, we
don’t know what the finished product will look like, we try to build the framework,
the outside pieces, and then let the inside pieces fill it in. So many aspects
of my life have been very different than what I had “planned”, but I’m thankful
that I am not in control and God has the lid to the box with the final picture
already! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I am most thankful to know that God gave His one and ONLY
son to die for MY sin, so that I can live eternally with Him in heaven. I have
learned this year that having Jesus as my Savior is really the only piece of
the puzzle that really matters…more on that later! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
The Schermshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08730744712531719986noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543872652716543256.post-36787497847967131672012-07-04T13:01:00.000-04:002013-01-11T18:47:50.353-05:00A home for Curly<br />
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10 year old Female Cat: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Curly (the cat), (all
medical records upon request)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">She is a spayed female
10 year old cat. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">She is declawed in the
front.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">She is great with older
kids and other cats. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Her family is in the
Military and has already left the country for 2-5 years. They thought they
could take her with them and just found out the week they were leaving that
they could not. She is a great cat! Very sweet, loves to sit in your lap and to
play. Her family has 4 kids and one other cat (which has already been adopted).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">She has been staying
with another family since her family left, but is very unhappy there. They have
3 very young kids and a big dog. She has been there almost 2 months and is very
stressed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Please let me know if
you can help me get her adopted! She can be your's forever or just while the
family is out of the country. That is up to you.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Thank you!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Jessi Scherm<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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The Schermshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08730744712531719986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543872652716543256.post-77621278399176569022012-06-01T04:28:00.000-04:002012-06-01T04:28:32.296-04:00Petra's two-word sentence<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Petra said her first two-word sentence at least a month ago, probably more. In true 3rd kid nature her parents have neglected to recognize her achievements! I would like to add to this by letting you know that only a 3rd child would have this as their first sentence, because they learned it from an older sibling! Well, here goes, Petra's first sentence was:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Thank you Stina for teaching her that! This picture is the face she makes when she is saying, "That's Yucky", which she likes to say a lot just to get a rise out of her parents! Although, it has also been confused with "That's Daddy" and "That's Katty" (which is what Stina calls the cats)! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Petra is SO much fun! She has no fear and loves deeply! She will climb from the floor up on to the counter, just so you will hold her and she can nestle her head on your shoulder!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Love this girl!!!</span></div>The Schermshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08730744712531719986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543872652716543256.post-9582485250994506222012-03-01T17:43:00.000-05:002012-03-01T17:44:18.369-05:00Trusting God with the Middle ThingsI have had the privilege of doing 2 bible studies this year at RBC. First, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Experiencing-Spirit-Power-Pentecost-ebook/dp/B002B9MGIC/ref=dp_kinw_strp_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2"><span style="color: #004b91;">Experiencing
the Spirit</span></a> and now Beth Moore's <a class="title" href="http://www.amazon.com/James-Mercy-Triumphs-Member-Book/dp/141587171X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1330641038&sr=1-1"><span style="color: #004b91;">James:
Mercy Triumphs</span></a>. We finished it today! Doing these studies has brought several things to my attention and I am so glad!<br />
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I realized that I had stopped allowing myself to be vulnerable mostly to Christ, but that spilled over in my human relationships too. I struggled to be happy, not even realizing what I needed was Joy! I was trying to do too much on my own strength (with the help of family and friends), but not relying on Christ. Three kids in 2 and half years would be a lot for anyone (I think), so I thought it was normal that I felt overwhelmed. God was trying to help me, but I was holding on to my own strength. Slowly though He is breaking me down. I don't know why I have to be so stubborn!<br />
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Just recently, I realized that I have a REALLY hard time, trusting God with the "middle" things! I have no problem trusting Him for the big things or the little things. As you know, our entire house flooded about 6 months ago. Not for one second was I concerned about our health, shelter and even "things". I knew God had it all under control. Then less than a month ago we were on our way to our friend's house and were t-boned, by a lady going at least 50 mph. Again, God protected every hair on our heads!! Not to my surprise, I know He loves us deeply and protected us. On to the small things, you would laugh at the things that I pray for: finding a matching sock when I'm in a hurry, my phone or my keys (Can you tell I loose things a lot). For my kids to sleep well and be rested. I know that He cares about even the little things! He knows how scatterbrained I am and would never find these things on my own!<br />
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The "middle" things are the one's that get me. I don't even pray about them most of the time! My attitude, disorganization, time-management...the list goes on. The funny thing I have learned about these "middle" things, through the bible studies I have done this year, is not necessarily that I need to pray for those things (God certainly welcomes it), but that I need to pray for my heart to be broken and more like His! If I do THAT He will direct my personal short-comings! This is not to say that I am now always happy and organized, but I am finding much more joy in life, that I had somehow lost along the way. <br />
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I am so glad that God got a hold of me. Even though I don't like to be disciplined, I needed it! No one likes to be told they are doing something wrong, but I'm giving everyone permission to tell me! Call me out!. I've had several people tell me over the past few months that they can tell that I am happier now. I wish they had told me that I wasn't and that I needed to do something about it! My kids are even happier now! It's scary how much a mother's attitude can change everyone's attitudes.<br />
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Lord, help me to have a heart that breaks for what breaks Your's and give me Your Joy in my everyday life!!<br />
<br />The Schermshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08730744712531719986noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543872652716543256.post-14154152468831001932011-10-23T00:40:00.006-04:002011-10-24T18:05:20.290-04:00Home Sweet Home away from home!<div>
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We have now been living at the Staybridge Suites for a little more than 2 months. While living in a 2 bedroom suite with 2 adults, 3 kids (3 and under), 2 cats and 2 fish has lots of challenges, we have enjoyed the Staybridge Suites for lots of reasons!! They definitely treat us like family!</div>
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Perks of being kicked out of our house (due to flooding):</div>
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Friendly staff, who really aims to please!</div>
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Hot breakfast everyday! (If you get up in time:)</div>
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Dinner 3 nights a week (This is what I will miss most)</div>
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Maid-service once a week and trash removal DAILY!!</div>
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TV and cable (we don't have a TV at home)</div>
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The fun of riding an elevator everyday (for the kids)</div>
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A ride to and from the airport (we both travel a lot for work)</div>
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Location to church and work is closer</div>
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I will not list all the challenges, but I'll hit the highlights:</div>
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All the kids sleeping in the same room (which now works out great most of the time)</div>
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Trying to get 3 kids out the door, down the hall, in the elevator, out the door and in the car without loosing someone or getting hit by a car.</div>
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Not have an oven (or much kitchen space) </div>
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Having people above us and trying to make the kids understand we have someone below us!</div>
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ALL that to say the Staybridge Suites-Chantilly is an awesome place to stay (or live)!! We will definitely miss them when we go home! THANKS FOR HAVING US!!!</div>
</div>The Schermshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08730744712531719986noreply@blogger.com0Chantilly, VA, USA38.8942786 -77.431099238.8448451 -77.5100632 38.9437121 -77.3521352tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543872652716543256.post-26059425814355153172011-03-27T00:03:00.004-04:002011-03-27T00:14:05.636-04:00Stina 2 word sentence and Petra rolling over!Stina said her first sentence a few weeks ago and her second yesterday! Her first sentence was "I sit"! She says this when she wants to sit somewhere, especially in your lap!<br />Her second sentence is "carry you"! She just started yesterday holding my leg and looking up at me saying, "carry you"! How can I resist!! She is so cute!<br />Funny and sad to me is that at her age Lars really wanted to be carried all the time too, but he was SO heavy (35+ pounds) I would always try to get him to walk. When Stina (24 pounds) asks to be picked up, I just pick her up!<br /><br />Petra started rolling over from her back to her stomach a few weeks ago! Now if you lay her on her back she will be on her stomach in minutes! The bad thing is she can't roll from her stomach to her back. She gets really frustrated, when she is stuck on her stomach. It's only a matter of time now. I know she will be crawling now before we know it!<br /><br />These kids really do grow too fast!!The Schermshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08730744712531719986noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543872652716543256.post-1084378880612925942011-03-25T16:04:00.003-04:002011-03-25T16:21:23.021-04:00Camping in Denial<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig0aDY3uLa3qP2EX4Ex0EOr-n-TEN6txV7J2UgZ9KTuvx80va5TgrhTj1BaZQh9FUXBZwkq2uvbFDkJJ2SQYo5u4VtlHmc218tOXW8gABQEPHn2aAisSDk7kEQCmXDZG0YZFQss92D0C8P/s1600/2011-03-21_12-01-27_762.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 113px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588111401123678322" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig0aDY3uLa3qP2EX4Ex0EOr-n-TEN6txV7J2UgZ9KTuvx80va5TgrhTj1BaZQh9FUXBZwkq2uvbFDkJJ2SQYo5u4VtlHmc218tOXW8gABQEPHn2aAisSDk7kEQCmXDZG0YZFQss92D0C8P/s200/2011-03-21_12-01-27_762.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7ltgKZ3XRI3ieMHVVHHdpwfBwj236nxdnJCysqvyM8DlHfEv8T5F2GqJWskKeqBF4yQJkIGFbHh4FFL9xsdbM09_UajIBeakv7n9_WDeBu9ybxZfbPwHMHe7lgo1D-hOxzrSJuI5tl36U/s1600/2011-03-21_12-03-14_874.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 113px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588111412053509090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7ltgKZ3XRI3ieMHVVHHdpwfBwj236nxdnJCysqvyM8DlHfEv8T5F2GqJWskKeqBF4yQJkIGFbHh4FFL9xsdbM09_UajIBeakv7n9_WDeBu9ybxZfbPwHMHe7lgo1D-hOxzrSJuI5tl36U/s200/2011-03-21_12-03-14_874.jpg" /></a><br />We have had mild colds this week, runny nose, fussiness... you know how that goes. In an effort to not spread it and hopefully end it, we have stayed home. Lars and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Stina</span> are in denial that it's cold out and ask all day if we can go to the beach or go outside and swing! We have been building lots of tents and tunnels and pretending to be wild animals!!<br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIV_VH1kGIW2lkwgF2CXf_96u2UbkLZAUYUV20FALGmXnlDMisYWqZpBwrCJSDfVvg6hMIkLOHraMYE-V4ncxmKhw7Q86zvSZhbFjDAcJd__gUeuId4aZ0UvgbL34ZZQSwwICs263TsDxU/s1600/2011-03-21_12-01-47_648.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 113px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588111405006978418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIV_VH1kGIW2lkwgF2CXf_96u2UbkLZAUYUV20FALGmXnlDMisYWqZpBwrCJSDfVvg6hMIkLOHraMYE-V4ncxmKhw7Q86zvSZhbFjDAcJd__gUeuId4aZ0UvgbL34ZZQSwwICs263TsDxU/s200/2011-03-21_12-01-47_648.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8MnI_pR0stiQZcqfkmQrmPLAs1mcka-3yx3wZTbUKRdUDYh_v_SEJ1OlY-tgvDBW8Brw683HNti61bXUdDKeX5l79GQt3zeWJUpK6INhktJZY5QLsgb5km3m7TZIN4TSNYf_jW3gSrt-c/s1600/2011-03-21_12-05-55_479.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 113px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588111413063590082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8MnI_pR0stiQZcqfkmQrmPLAs1mcka-3yx3wZTbUKRdUDYh_v_SEJ1OlY-tgvDBW8Brw683HNti61bXUdDKeX5l79GQt3zeWJUpK6INhktJZY5QLsgb5km3m7TZIN4TSNYf_jW3gSrt-c/s200/2011-03-21_12-05-55_479.jpg" /></a></div><div>They are really <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">ferocious</span>! Watch out!!</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZxBlq3EvalBQkOzauQjYpFcX7yjUHvmDIE1tLJF9cmjS_6Hf30urau90OQTn7cTF-FOWuGgwtRVSKxQfXhFHj4fxkhSt0xZ1B8cOUEi5IX6_0Mf5UmSWzgjukEBXZFeTi11qp3IbQcryt/s1600/2011-03-18_21-06-01_155.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 113px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588111397083648514" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZxBlq3EvalBQkOzauQjYpFcX7yjUHvmDIE1tLJF9cmjS_6Hf30urau90OQTn7cTF-FOWuGgwtRVSKxQfXhFHj4fxkhSt0xZ1B8cOUEi5IX6_0Mf5UmSWzgjukEBXZFeTi11qp3IbQcryt/s200/2011-03-18_21-06-01_155.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOpTVCn0oRjQv1FgtZc3WHaZxN8AQXGujrfaz91GZ2J1RgLec3Vt6UCUwOoRcpu9-IKS61DDOYJ1xrn9z6pHhV5TwtqPLf6mILqPfjViz9nHbbcfdHtl_3MfTi4AD31gE11P_qE6nJWFy9/s1600/2011-03-23_12-17-08_966.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 113px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588111912879150450" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOpTVCn0oRjQv1FgtZc3WHaZxN8AQXGujrfaz91GZ2J1RgLec3Vt6UCUwOoRcpu9-IKS61DDOYJ1xrn9z6pHhV5TwtqPLf6mILqPfjViz9nHbbcfdHtl_3MfTi4AD31gE11P_qE6nJWFy9/s200/2011-03-23_12-17-08_966.jpg" /></a>Bonus pics: Stina going to the beach and Lars showing how he really feels about his sisters!!</div></div>The Schermshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08730744712531719986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543872652716543256.post-64256756019030601332011-02-24T16:29:00.002-05:002011-03-26T16:23:48.043-04:00Petra is 6 months old and eating!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizTvqPpldCbthMYDyh0pJoWxHj-kfLFijowl-LVdD6enUv1e0x3szMO3MMWm60CXS7VdqRb0S2ZEbgrqHj-B_5FmqO46pV5yaGnoGoq81yvXPky7LvlH_ZAtmPkusacUW4NAXCI-LonKLn/s1600/IMG_6643.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 133px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588118389453700066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizTvqPpldCbthMYDyh0pJoWxHj-kfLFijowl-LVdD6enUv1e0x3szMO3MMWm60CXS7VdqRb0S2ZEbgrqHj-B_5FmqO46pV5yaGnoGoq81yvXPky7LvlH_ZAtmPkusacUW4NAXCI-LonKLn/s200/IMG_6643.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihARwRNpD5xwh8MjcE3r6nQTnsNVE9yULbcZphrhKTRDDUJS1GGHcVFC78bVc22oFQvP2GycE4ngHCixTR-52TbWE3gDJnyncI9ZuyAPzLq37v_DSv378LbPEoT8c-T-PrA7xdyvTD4lja/s1600/IMG_6644.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 133px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588117926485536930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihARwRNpD5xwh8MjcE3r6nQTnsNVE9yULbcZphrhKTRDDUJS1GGHcVFC78bVc22oFQvP2GycE4ngHCixTR-52TbWE3gDJnyncI9ZuyAPzLq37v_DSv378LbPEoT8c-T-PrA7xdyvTD4lja/s200/IMG_6644.jpg" /></a><br /><br />These pics were taken the first time Petra had rice cereal. She is now eating pears and mangos too!! She has some good examples to follow!!<br /><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibbuFR-9bez_hbbi3GRYCRXBxAhLUJwPHL8dVqHx1CCwQu30f4oG-eB-b34KRRW5vUM9dpHR46EjRDJfwOMwy9ZrozDHvpasdKPnMaQatuEqhyphenhyphenXk3Puj0e0pVMAEyg9hwa-DYoopTtMwoN/s1600/IMG_6537.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588117908100194210" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibbuFR-9bez_hbbi3GRYCRXBxAhLUJwPHL8dVqHx1CCwQu30f4oG-eB-b34KRRW5vUM9dpHR46EjRDJfwOMwy9ZrozDHvpasdKPnMaQatuEqhyphenhyphenXk3Puj0e0pVMAEyg9hwa-DYoopTtMwoN/s200/IMG_6537.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7MHczxEcxhyphenhyphen67KK5JMpouD1dUJ3o0p_tcJ6SSdYXpPMq0eO-llfCDQKPCp_0Dz9VV87Lnxib0e742Ni2hsrYoa49rkx_Qnyy_FORP3ZXTZFa7XNP1kLYnlJmBcrGWvz8auLa4-V-5il67/s1600/IMG_6536.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588117902511130178" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7MHczxEcxhyphenhyphen67KK5JMpouD1dUJ3o0p_tcJ6SSdYXpPMq0eO-llfCDQKPCp_0Dz9VV87Lnxib0e742Ni2hsrYoa49rkx_Qnyy_FORP3ZXTZFa7XNP1kLYnlJmBcrGWvz8auLa4-V-5il67/s200/IMG_6536.JPG" /></a></div></div></div>The Schermshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08730744712531719986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543872652716543256.post-51298235826789400742011-01-15T17:06:00.004-05:002011-01-15T17:27:22.575-05:00They must be Scandinavian...or Cajun! :)The question of the century for this household is "What's for dinner?"!! No one ever wants to decide! The actual cooking is not ever really a problem, since both Karl and I like to cook, but WHAT to make!! Recently, we have been having lots of blackened fish, Mahi Mahi mostly.<br /><br />We have offered the Lars fish in the past, but he was never a huge fan of it. Until last week! Now it's his favorite food!! I might also add that for the past 6 months or so Lars has decided to be picky and now all of a sudden he has returned to eating us out of house and home! This is a welcome adjustment (although, in his teen years you may have to remind me I said that)!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlpD77r74RKhYcfzvmqf4bBrxIg5xeoSFc6jYDbcVEui_4RIQ6n7hHYq8LYz0PYBIcoXhxl2mMOSnN2hOs4-C4mi1W9HO42u_95ZK_tniAMIEfv4AlY9Gyoj1dRq4bA5JMHSArT0HIJ6jq/s1600/eating+fish.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 133px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562537931852849858" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlpD77r74RKhYcfzvmqf4bBrxIg5xeoSFc6jYDbcVEui_4RIQ6n7hHYq8LYz0PYBIcoXhxl2mMOSnN2hOs4-C4mi1W9HO42u_95ZK_tniAMIEfv4AlY9Gyoj1dRq4bA5JMHSArT0HIJ6jq/s200/eating+fish.jpg" /></a><br />See above:<br />This week he has been requesting fish for dinner and a LARGE piece at that! I'd like to add that Stina is no slouch in the eating department! That girl can put away the food!! Her piece was almost as big as Lars' and she has already finished it! This week we also had steak one night for dinner. How would you divide a 20 oz steak between Karl, Lars and I? Karl, 6 oz., Jessi, 4oz. and Lars 10 oz!! Stina took some of Karl's too! These kids love their surf and turf!! They are only 1 and 2 years old!<br /><br />This is just a bonus "eating" picture! Stina has been feeding herself more and more lately. She really does a good job with silverware, but sometimes things get a little messy!! I wish I looked this cute with food all over me!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9u9O0_63CCppNc8nVI2A-_Mi36tSRxTRckhQkEPsjcYFZ7UPKPNQ-FiQUi1g82b2diwF2MLTjJ0hwZ80aWib2kITUQ7dGRvb-I2jwxVinUpWF2GuIATQgl2msDVfpCLMfhIHk3f22TKXc/s1600/Stina+eating+yogurt.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 184px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562537947799246018" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9u9O0_63CCppNc8nVI2A-_Mi36tSRxTRckhQkEPsjcYFZ7UPKPNQ-FiQUi1g82b2diwF2MLTjJ0hwZ80aWib2kITUQ7dGRvb-I2jwxVinUpWF2GuIATQgl2msDVfpCLMfhIHk3f22TKXc/s200/Stina+eating+yogurt.jpg" /></a>The Schermshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08730744712531719986noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543872652716543256.post-19454156114368601642011-01-15T00:35:00.001-05:002011-01-15T00:44:35.469-05:00A day in the life...A month or so ago I decided that I really need to blog more and Facebook less. Mostly because Facebook is saved for like a second! and blogging can be saved forever! The dilemma is Facebook can be update in a few seconds, a couple words here and there, add some pictures and people get the idea of what we are up too. A blog on the other hand, I feel like I need time to sit down and think about what I'm going to say and be picky about what pictures to post.<br /><br />That being said, I'm going to work on it! I was also checking our blog's stats today and turns out people actually come to it! I thought it was just our parents and close friends (who really only come to the blog with urging and reminding), but apparently others are interested in the musings of a crazy mom with 3 kids under 2.5!! I will try to accommodate those of you faithful readers, who have been left with nothing to read for the last 4 months or more!!<br /><br />Before Christmas, we were SO busy we had at least one activity everyday of the week except Monday, which usually ended up being grocery store/Costco/Target day! SO I decided we needed to slow down and try to catch our breathe a little in 2011. This week we actually had 2 days that we (well the kids anyway) didn't even get in the car! THIS IS A HUGE FEAT!! We are all much happier for it too! We still went to Lars' Soccer Tots and his preschool co-op group, which I call Playskool. The other days we had lots of fun playing with our neighbors. One day "in the snow", even though there was only an inch. The kids really enjoyed "sledding", aka moms pulling them around in the driveways! :):) (My friend Katie took pictures and I'm hoping to steal some from her! I will add them to this if I get them) Stina even really like it! I was freezing because of the wind, but the kids didn't seem to notice. Today, we spent the whole day at our neighbor Sara's house. She is awesome! She even watched Lars while Stina was napping so I could run to Fedex, without dragging everyone along!<br /><br />Well, hopefully I will actually be better at blogging in 2011! Although, I'm not making it a resolution, those always seem to backfire. Like the one I did make, going to bed before midnight, everynight! It's January 15th and I haven't gone to bed before midnight yet!The Schermshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08730744712531719986noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543872652716543256.post-85012171568872490752010-09-24T15:33:00.004-04:002011-01-14T23:37:08.064-05:00Petra Jilanna Scherm<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglOTi7AGjb2k9FVCAxI0D-xV4CRaXFJVUPUctR_bpwj4l4yDSJuQkJWp-2eZacKCxOvWyxlGEH6XXbiafUrRX8JtqWFdQc7nN2YQ0KXD6U-xdBjdZIOnm908loVYEQCzCzi_U5M0a9KVSK/s1600/Petra+Close+Up.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 133px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520571947806916322" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglOTi7AGjb2k9FVCAxI0D-xV4CRaXFJVUPUctR_bpwj4l4yDSJuQkJWp-2eZacKCxOvWyxlGEH6XXbiafUrRX8JtqWFdQc7nN2YQ0KXD6U-xdBjdZIOnm908loVYEQCzCzi_U5M0a9KVSK/s200/Petra+Close+Up.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMNOQq0uyCn9taMxyKthFeJa14Ab4jCJwzqMiZfCGUhg00M7QZJgvkLyE0ZcAkZ27Wj5O95oDR6DB3wAy-apBkLy7QGZ5Xkk0xNheVb6m9X4u5SsT_uHUMi_9dRt-UEENR9JL_XjGOJL0X/s1600/Petra.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 133px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520571942076466306" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMNOQq0uyCn9taMxyKthFeJa14Ab4jCJwzqMiZfCGUhg00M7QZJgvkLyE0ZcAkZ27Wj5O95oDR6DB3wAy-apBkLy7QGZ5Xkk0xNheVb6m9X4u5SsT_uHUMi_9dRt-UEENR9JL_XjGOJL0X/s200/Petra.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCyr5RFl5R1E4IHFZ9XaxzWo8GJoT3fcyb7lVR-Iavg_VbLBcUgOOluXbMuq0s-jy62k4aqWEG0DyUy1YBlwAD9Y8dHi94Xd9OxAlzsENlvQPDL34Kcj-P01fT9GNBHmiFxK0lGTXmvYtz/s1600/Petra+and+Parents1.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 133px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520571931526819154" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCyr5RFl5R1E4IHFZ9XaxzWo8GJoT3fcyb7lVR-Iavg_VbLBcUgOOluXbMuq0s-jy62k4aqWEG0DyUy1YBlwAD9Y8dHi94Xd9OxAlzsENlvQPDL34Kcj-P01fT9GNBHmiFxK0lGTXmvYtz/s200/Petra+and+Parents1.jpg" /></a><br /><div><div><div><div><div><div>Baby Scherm 3.0 has been successfully launched.<br /><br />Petra Jilanna Scherm was born on 9/24/2010 @ 6:42 AM.<br /><br />6 lb 15 oz<br /><br />19 3/4 in<br />Mom and Baby are doing well.</div></div></div></div></div></div>The Schermshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08730744712531719986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543872652716543256.post-82527478865021559012010-09-23T16:52:00.003-04:002010-09-23T16:56:12.305-04:00Baby Scherm 3.0 is ALMOST here!!!We are going to the hospital tonight for Baby Scherm 3.0 to be induced!!<br /><br />Please pray for a safe, healthy and SPEEDY delivery!!<br /><br />We will update with photos once she arrives!!<br /><br />Thanks,<br />Karl, Jessi, Lars and Stina<br /><br />P.S. If you are thinking to yourself didn't they just have a baby? YES!! Stina is 14 months old today and Lars was 2 in April! :):)The Schermshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08730744712531719986noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543872652716543256.post-14981074241279396772010-06-29T17:23:00.006-04:002010-07-19T14:05:13.644-04:00Been up to lately...This is a little scattered, but I thought I'd try to catch up since our last post.<br /><br /><br />We have been so busy this Summer already! We finished off the Spring with a visit to the National Zoo with our friends, the Gates and Youngs. This has now become an annual event which is SO fun! Not to mention that still today (almost 3 months later) if you ask Lars what he did today he says, "Monkey, Elephant, Tiger". I think he likes the Zoo a little:) We have been to 2 other zoos since then, the Dallas Zoo and this week the Reston Zoo. Both of which we had a great time at too! If you live near Dallas you should go to the new exhibit there it's awesome! You can actually feed giraffes! Thanks Wallings for coming out in the heat with your new baby, Ace!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhq7FUBEHSt4oqrRMxMahmRkkvKI2qFkHs8tdMCp86wL-X3L9ZccXOk2IxvHLsbM953Bb7W7ODw2NbxWiaeLKkcz70m7TwyMT9m2mY3cANQXaoKKUNxjHkcIaNKScPjGU17WozPcQgfDva/s1600/Stina+door.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 133px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488310254350158018" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhq7FUBEHSt4oqrRMxMahmRkkvKI2qFkHs8tdMCp86wL-X3L9ZccXOk2IxvHLsbM953Bb7W7ODw2NbxWiaeLKkcz70m7TwyMT9m2mY3cANQXaoKKUNxjHkcIaNKScPjGU17WozPcQgfDva/s200/Stina+door.jpg" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1RdHVeXNGDCNkzkyEW2KBkKJwLOjN-xr4CTzs18-NRCSF8j9nlUD9cIb1tGCUfDE6aQUzGLS_YDNUxb88hGP_nC7sqJGgUTybQocxGbuvRsPmiaRK9ZL9mk1PWg757micjr9XObvMvBfE/s1600/Stina+door+silly.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 133px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488310261573948450" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1RdHVeXNGDCNkzkyEW2KBkKJwLOjN-xr4CTzs18-NRCSF8j9nlUD9cIb1tGCUfDE6aQUzGLS_YDNUxb88hGP_nC7sqJGgUTybQocxGbuvRsPmiaRK9ZL9mk1PWg757micjr9XObvMvBfE/s200/Stina+door+silly.jpg" /></a><br /><br />We kicked off the Summer, Memorial Day weekend with my sister Jenni's wedding to the wonderful Mr. Todd Singletary! We are very excited to have him in our family! (All the pics after this are from Jenni's wedding).<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXL_s_9Ov5TR_HuYmV89EVMCpd6PWgIzvnKlGKLbt2pHrXBWN2kR8XT__W_uFChSusTiNXANAWQCvX0W92tuD6Qnjoy2o88eLRcIWk6UuK8WAl0Ghjaa0i_hluj_XhPFd_dF_PFJ5ETwl5/s1600/Scherm+Fam+2.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 143px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488310241194863986" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXL_s_9Ov5TR_HuYmV89EVMCpd6PWgIzvnKlGKLbt2pHrXBWN2kR8XT__W_uFChSusTiNXANAWQCvX0W92tuD6Qnjoy2o88eLRcIWk6UuK8WAl0Ghjaa0i_hluj_XhPFd_dF_PFJ5ETwl5/s200/Scherm+Fam+2.jpg" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSzN8yZOnA_nCDxEeUr-FcZ4KC8biabnQmUR6moDnykJ15w9VGn6kdCjKxea1_ahiNYFQp0GaIEOjv_Sa6Kvso6-pXPFhQnxG5iWyq0zcuD0WVjaPadKZoUoMWQzr1SxVCWy7UF1X5H87L/s1600/Lars+smirk.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 143px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488310239700776194" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSzN8yZOnA_nCDxEeUr-FcZ4KC8biabnQmUR6moDnykJ15w9VGn6kdCjKxea1_ahiNYFQp0GaIEOjv_Sa6Kvso6-pXPFhQnxG5iWyq0zcuD0WVjaPadKZoUoMWQzr1SxVCWy7UF1X5H87L/s200/Lars+smirk.jpg" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBBKNYVc4pcd7gSyrhZFhMBPan_JcobPtaLvdFwc_V7BLdTB595Hi_N9-HJz5r2-U5YJU2DGHXuJ6PC3r5bvlMQ0Isv6hls9MRhwu9tDvitgslzdG02h9P6aJfqJY043AGMuZle6XUGy8T/s1600/Lars+smile.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 143px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488310233448368306" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBBKNYVc4pcd7gSyrhZFhMBPan_JcobPtaLvdFwc_V7BLdTB595Hi_N9-HJz5r2-U5YJU2DGHXuJ6PC3r5bvlMQ0Isv6hls9MRhwu9tDvitgslzdG02h9P6aJfqJY043AGMuZle6XUGy8T/s200/Lars+smile.jpg" /></a>The Schermshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08730744712531719986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543872652716543256.post-14900927728814996762010-04-06T11:02:00.005-04:002010-04-06T11:28:31.442-04:00Staying Busy!Lots has been going on around here lately!! I apologize that I have become such a slacker with this blog. It is so easy to just pictures on Facebook and call it a day, I haven't been posting on here much.<br />The biggest news is we are expecting Baby 3.0 September 25th!! We have decided this time that we will find out the sex AND tell people. The first time, Lars, we didn't find out at all; second time, Stina, Karl and I knew, but we didn't tell anyone; so this time figured it was only fair to find out and tell:):) I'm sure that most of you will be very happy with this choice!<br />For those of you who are thinking "Didn't they just have a baby?", YES! Our kids are all going to be really close together! Lars and Stina are 15.5 months apart and Stina and baby 3.0 will be 14 months apart!!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVoicnuOHU65G9haF705qgPAC846H9zfRL52tluY4OyQdgojKacOSgigJLzgY2sWjk4Ib0i3-TYU9Uhcj8uAWXESHfMMRoIDdMrdb09gv3CZMokOsDWtaM3btiN2-ElruBdASUZU7ZffhN/s1600/IMG_2520.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 133px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457043947119858082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVoicnuOHU65G9haF705qgPAC846H9zfRL52tluY4OyQdgojKacOSgigJLzgY2sWjk4Ib0i3-TYU9Uhcj8uAWXESHfMMRoIDdMrdb09gv3CZMokOsDWtaM3btiN2-ElruBdASUZU7ZffhN/s200/IMG_2520.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC3RicafKZ9VKPdM3MYk435tyvgV5EJnwF9NSj2ThdCZx_VY67M3GuCWX0tJ5eTXcm1wfHKftVoR0bSJZbfdKQXEk2YOsN-aa58LzWeHqnTwbeGBi1DRVJ_-Sv3qa1eQia5dTlOzfRxeVR/s1600/lars+cake+3.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 133px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457043953361791282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC3RicafKZ9VKPdM3MYk435tyvgV5EJnwF9NSj2ThdCZx_VY67M3GuCWX0tJ5eTXcm1wfHKftVoR0bSJZbfdKQXEk2YOsN-aa58LzWeHqnTwbeGBi1DRVJ_-Sv3qa1eQia5dTlOzfRxeVR/s200/lars+cake+3.jpg" /></a><br />Lars is now a big 2 year old!! Not that anyone ever thought of him as small:)! His birthday was Easter Sunday, April 4th. We had a Veggie Tales birthday party for him on Saturday. While he was very excited to see "Bob", his cake, I think we probably should have had a CARS birthday! The mostly got cars and he has been playing with them constantly since he opened them!<br />He is a great big brother! He loves for Stina to sit in his lap and watch videos with him. If we go anywhere in the car, he always wants to make sure that she is in there too! He loves to play with Cars, trains, the water table and now Easter eggs:):) He is a joy and delight to be around!!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglzjvkC6_qpDCO5gchVsGtOic9fm59wuMkaMdWVc8TkdPOBsUyrfPPYKhSIxjKfCLpyhZD2hEyIHUSvaYxz6r1PjYBbuR067L7moKywZzjBYFSJTW7VQKVqPnMS7V3yd5aHGHvfhVdrGnR/s1600/IMG_2599.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 133px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457044844074071650" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglzjvkC6_qpDCO5gchVsGtOic9fm59wuMkaMdWVc8TkdPOBsUyrfPPYKhSIxjKfCLpyhZD2hEyIHUSvaYxz6r1PjYBbuR067L7moKywZzjBYFSJTW7VQKVqPnMS7V3yd5aHGHvfhVdrGnR/s200/IMG_2599.jpg" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJjEOzGUkhImKToBleEVCa-x9MN-C1w9iN2K8YqDGQlPq9-tQpKOv5QWYp0bKYvHfIMUoRsPpwOQkdL41dzOoAS8FMqpD39oEc3qMIO38ycCTaJXuHNaYdyDegp36St6xHfAw5FL8PFCdR/s1600/IMG_2549.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 133px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457043963523090402" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJjEOzGUkhImKToBleEVCa-x9MN-C1w9iN2K8YqDGQlPq9-tQpKOv5QWYp0bKYvHfIMUoRsPpwOQkdL41dzOoAS8FMqpD39oEc3qMIO38ycCTaJXuHNaYdyDegp36St6xHfAw5FL8PFCdR/s200/IMG_2549.jpg" /></a></div><div>Stina is now 8 months old! I can't believe how the time flies!! She is so fun and happy!!! She has just started clapping and waving bye-bye! She also says, "Da-da" now! :) She seems like she really wants to crawl, but hasn't quite got the hang of it. She loves to put anything in her mouth! She has 2 teeth on the bottom and is working on more!! She just adores Lars. I hope they always care for each other like they do now!!:)</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiukyaxkbh45bLKdOQzeMvh9lgoskrRzUqqvwdd930zt8MLVK5nBup1fwHB3TPaoR_F-2-my487BK6j4ty1C-MU5YV1S9-HQoJWbMJdzxFavgyMY6xOBlAV2SSlUaPMZlWvtyApMQT8yoQp/s1600/Stina+phone+4.2.10.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 133px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457044838228976530" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiukyaxkbh45bLKdOQzeMvh9lgoskrRzUqqvwdd930zt8MLVK5nBup1fwHB3TPaoR_F-2-my487BK6j4ty1C-MU5YV1S9-HQoJWbMJdzxFavgyMY6xOBlAV2SSlUaPMZlWvtyApMQT8yoQp/s200/Stina+phone+4.2.10.jpg" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm0eqalMz805dlE2RAFiztxDeH-NPaR-qKdzXQjEJbUSXfVoCnj4cImSV_DH8Fqr3BBHC43TKVVfHd68fAFqdcnWAVt9gVkw4OL1sNyrb5VgFLDnZEFVD8ybHIs6s80tSfgOCeGAqTSGZE/s1600/IMG_2642.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 133px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457044853749537778" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm0eqalMz805dlE2RAFiztxDeH-NPaR-qKdzXQjEJbUSXfVoCnj4cImSV_DH8Fqr3BBHC43TKVVfHd68fAFqdcnWAVt9gVkw4OL1sNyrb5VgFLDnZEFVD8ybHIs6s80tSfgOCeGAqTSGZE/s200/IMG_2642.jpg" /></a></div>The Schermshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08730744712531719986noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543872652716543256.post-900596262917164242010-01-18T23:34:00.005-05:002010-01-19T15:47:20.147-05:00Returning from Atlanta!!I apologize for not blogging in so long. Poor <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Stina</span></span> is not getting the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">internet</span></span> exposure her brother got! I still feel like I'm getting used to having 2 kids, but it's fun! Now on to the story at hand.<br /><br />Saturday, we were returning from a week in Atlanta. I had to work a conference and Karl had to be in Florida for work, so my sister Jenni GRACIOUSLY volunteered to come with me and babysit, in a hotel no less! Not only did she come to Atlanta, she flew to D.C. and made the whole round trip with me! I don't know anyone that nice!!<br />Saturday I wrapped up the conference at the hotel, while Jenni took Lars and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">Stina</span></span> to her future in-laws (Todd's parents) for the day. I arrived there to pick them up and needed to repack a few things. Lars was being unusually clingy cause I had been leaving him all week, I thought. Come to find out he was being clingy cause he didn't feel well. A few minutes into packing Lars was crying and then projected vomit ALL over me. I kinda <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">panicked and called Jenni over, but her "father-in-law" came over. I just asked for Jenni and said Lars had thrown up all over me, he said, YES he did and went to get Jenni. We changed out of those clothes, while Todd's mom hand washed our clothes and put them in the dryer. We had to leave the house in 45 minutes so we wouldn't miss our flight. We sat down at the table to eat quickly when Lars insisted on sitting in my lap. A few minutes later I was covered in vomit again! Put clean clothes on and rushed everything into the car. We really needed to drop something off at FedEx and put gas in the car, but as we got closer to the airport we realized we didn't have time for either of these things! Plus, on the way Lars again threw up all over himself in the car! We got to the airport, I let Jenni out of the car with <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">Stina</span> in a baby carrier and all of our bags to be checked, 5 total, miraculously they let her check them all! I drove over to the Rental car return with Lars sleeping in the backseat. Knowing we would never make it to the plane on time if we took the normal <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">transit</span> system back, I asked to rental car lady if she would drive Lars and I back over there. Thankfully, she agreed! We got back over to the terminal. I got out carrying Lars (with throw up on him:), his <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">carseat</span> and my carry-on bag, unknowingly headed in the wrong direction. A VERY nice man who worked at the airport asked if I needed help, don't know what gave him that clue!:):) So he carried the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">carseat</span> and bag while I had Lars. We ran through the airport and made it to the gate just as they would doing the final boarding call. Jenni actually was behind us with <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error">Stina</span> cause she had gone to the wrong security line, which the airport man saved me from!</span><br /><br />So, we actually made it on the plane, much to Karl and Todd's surprise. Todd was already making <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">arrangements</span> for his parents to come back and get us, cause there was "no way" we would make it!<br />On the plane we were surrounded by men who were thankfully all fathers and understood how difficult it is to travel with kids! After take-off with both kids screaming, Lars decided to throw up on me yet again! The rest of the flight was relatively uneventful. <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-error">Stina</span> cried a little cause she was hungry, but no <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-error">biggy</span>. We are finally on the ground and they tell us we have to wait for them to bring stairs so we can get off the plane. Everyone was already standing in the aisle and you guessed it, Lars threw up all over me again! It was quite dramatic since everyone was watching and wanted to help! It was 45 minutes before they came with the stairs, so even though I was sitting there soaking wet, others had it worse cause they missed <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_11" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">international</span> connections!<br />Karl, is there waiting for us. He takes all the bags, the sick child and then we realize <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_12" class="blsp-spelling-error">Stina's</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_13" class="blsp-spelling-error">carseat</span> is not there. At this point we are laughing cause we are wondering what else can go wrong. After another 45 minutes of paperwork and locating the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_14" class="blsp-spelling-error">carseat</span> (which is still in Atlanta) we get a loner and we are on our way! Lars of course had to throw up one more time, just to make it an exciting trip home!<br />We made it all in one piece and even received <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_15" class="blsp-spelling-error">Stina's</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_16" class="blsp-spelling-error">carseat</span> back the next morning. The only thing missing is a small back cushion from Lars' <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_17" class="blsp-spelling-error">carseat</span>. AND of course we had LOTS of laundry!<br />Anybody want to volunteer to travel with us!!:)The Schermshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08730744712531719986noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543872652716543256.post-53779373177875551552009-11-18T00:45:00.002-05:002009-11-18T00:49:10.850-05:00Stina rolled over!!Stina rolled over today for the first time! I wish that I had captured it on film, but she was all alone cozy in her crib! I laid her down for a nap on her stomach, as I always do. Then about 20 minutes later I heard her crying. I go up to find her on her back!!!! I think it scared her, especially since she didn't know how to roll back. I'm sure she was wondering why I was so excited, when she just wanted to be picked up!:):)The Schermshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08730744712531719986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543872652716543256.post-25490390722890212402009-11-11T16:36:00.000-05:002009-11-11T16:36:07.826-05:002-word sentence<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm9Yaf6ZE9ZBEgK8m13pyXn6Nlv5rQ4pmvzJ4Gi_qD_eAVpEhkVTcgahdd32nlddHKdxbFGugZYJeDb8Q2NbBeAt9jdXGbeRGC64V40Bdv1zojJm2WkHMoxsS7Z_ydIWIBjiGrq7STCcjY/s1600-h/IMG_2661.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm9Yaf6ZE9ZBEgK8m13pyXn6Nlv5rQ4pmvzJ4Gi_qD_eAVpEhkVTcgahdd32nlddHKdxbFGugZYJeDb8Q2NbBeAt9jdXGbeRGC64V40Bdv1zojJm2WkHMoxsS7Z_ydIWIBjiGrq7STCcjY/s160/IMG_2661.JPG" /></a> <br />This morning Lars said his first 2 word sentence! He said, "Eat apple"! Then proceeded to eat his apple!:):) He really is way too smart for his own good!<br />I just thought this picture was cute. It looks like he's pulling out his wallet to see if he has change or something!<div style='clear:both; text-align:NONE'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>The Schermshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08730744712531719986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543872652716543256.post-19284152133561830102009-10-05T17:55:00.004-04:002009-10-07T17:15:47.609-04:00Who does Stina look like?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxVCQioH2WF6Sv3vTbHDv66p1-UiIqf1vyzkqAnBIYQtxdT5hda9xlt2g3VgtlAzhPzK2t_ddao2ltsUbSBXFUfKRsa-ly40D8qX12FlS1hUu310u5Pxh4mjLIqEpWBS0PuUN6gtEBgugL/s1600-h/IMG_2501.JPG"></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPTYNE6hfK3VWZqk57vVhvkX-qRbKj-Orw0fxV5YtFZ7bY1qDuqERgJyTXweOkzA7PRmMcnrfjpaBoUTJJKkY9QYWRiJG4taLzAHf01lnHvwJhDZOvlRyKSOH_5oE255xlp6UI_w-TYCFz/s1600-h/IMG_2501.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389968997382475490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPTYNE6hfK3VWZqk57vVhvkX-qRbKj-Orw0fxV5YtFZ7bY1qDuqERgJyTXweOkzA7PRmMcnrfjpaBoUTJJKkY9QYWRiJG4taLzAHf01lnHvwJhDZOvlRyKSOH_5oE255xlp6UI_w-TYCFz/s200/IMG_2501.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRTBHYWOfNGYsUUYaKpNxsX0BXXnNltBzDdmvi3y4IRSX1yJCljtjwUpbXHeq-0iuEHhBWgeTukw3evkQoKPS2sFNtc20HHF-FP-elP6mcegdf931Wvbllc-ySAcAwjptfXRsSUw690ZAV/s1600-h/IMG_2523.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389968982097868450" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRTBHYWOfNGYsUUYaKpNxsX0BXXnNltBzDdmvi3y4IRSX1yJCljtjwUpbXHeq-0iuEHhBWgeTukw3evkQoKPS2sFNtc20HHF-FP-elP6mcegdf931Wvbllc-ySAcAwjptfXRsSUw690ZAV/s200/IMG_2523.JPG" /></a><br /><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfADqHkozsJFr9iO_YJvKsjIucgGovXpMco8KtJHLa5yVEspEn3YnF6BQuCp1oqBG0CBiOsFKSxV1E8I0Gwj4k7rIrFLtMpdczR3qZWqtMQ2hdzyI4DMWjbv4_IdUodQNo0QcFqkRuKhZN/s1600-h/Karl+Baby.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 166px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389238377378186546" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfADqHkozsJFr9iO_YJvKsjIucgGovXpMco8KtJHLa5yVEspEn3YnF6BQuCp1oqBG0CBiOsFKSxV1E8I0Gwj4k7rIrFLtMpdczR3qZWqtMQ2hdzyI4DMWjbv4_IdUodQNo0QcFqkRuKhZN/s200/Karl+Baby.jpg" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMmgg2_maqUZLWvim0iv9a9Bl3u8gVdzalZENjyktLRaFfufjM2Rxqc5imR2icvZw_IdY-IFoyk_u3jkTnLIbPeU7WiYQplUPYUOMEnQzihvSNkLzn5-poGFUfiSpM93j6zyKHoUFugJVS/s1600-h/Karl+Baby+2.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 149px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389238373542463170" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMmgg2_maqUZLWvim0iv9a9Bl3u8gVdzalZENjyktLRaFfufjM2Rxqc5imR2icvZw_IdY-IFoyk_u3jkTnLIbPeU7WiYQplUPYUOMEnQzihvSNkLzn5-poGFUfiSpM93j6zyKHoUFugJVS/s200/Karl+Baby+2.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw3EGvW69hUhXtjj2t_DKj33scSHSNRGatcGa6ISTMUuQ-vY-g71bwRUZtSorm55_8qS99d0aU7iEsW03MmL5fbim7M5kc-4HUsj2hFybEwm1494PqkPataYwyIN27Tn3cofzSi6BJvOzS/s1600-h/Jessi+Baby.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 169px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389238170661479682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw3EGvW69hUhXtjj2t_DKj33scSHSNRGatcGa6ISTMUuQ-vY-g71bwRUZtSorm55_8qS99d0aU7iEsW03MmL5fbim7M5kc-4HUsj2hFybEwm1494PqkPataYwyIN27Tn3cofzSi6BJvOzS/s200/Jessi+Baby.jpg" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjDg_t834eigE_oM9amnwdf3EjD4lKxekXBP3-I4blsrv1lyPQdIOv6vSRUnj96mFCAPKV6RnBCW1170aLkXIedEhvF6oXnXffLsml8y94gzSyTStsZi10NeggIMtzVNGBbRZvxf95aVSP/s1600-h/Jessi+baby2.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 181px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389238164161706130" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjDg_t834eigE_oM9amnwdf3EjD4lKxekXBP3-I4blsrv1lyPQdIOv6vSRUnj96mFCAPKV6RnBCW1170aLkXIedEhvF6oXnXffLsml8y94gzSyTStsZi10NeggIMtzVNGBbRZvxf95aVSP/s200/Jessi+baby2.jpg" /></a></div><div>My uncles will say Stina doesn't have to look like anybody! We know, she is special and unique and her own person, but we can't figure out who she favors!</div><div> </div><div>Who do you think Stina looks like? The black and white baby pictures are Karl and the color ones are me, Jessi.</div></div></div></div></div>The Schermshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08730744712531719986noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543872652716543256.post-44116681601390033492009-10-02T23:21:00.003-04:002009-10-02T23:31:29.075-04:00Stina talking<p><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzJFcfY_11TLLjEfPk3cmlzwgOCuusofg63wtgbmcQ1bAWW_sPbu6Nk9cdgx-m8v-Ddc9C6zhV62eIoV0aH8g' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></p><p>Stina telling Lars not to squish her! I have a feeling she will be doing that a lot!</p>The Schermshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08730744712531719986noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543872652716543256.post-27477203279301199802009-09-29T17:24:00.002-04:002009-09-29T18:08:10.047-04:00Stina is growing!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5GDRWiilC352uutJgUxWl_AsnuXVgj-oci8INYqBfTmaBs9zaAdSp9RippwWncFrJBBteKcS9oJQflFr7STKoouoyFHIrjVyi9xSx-BpU30Lxwvw7WnkmLqKcXXXZfvDBgf6BWJPUMkpq/s1600-h/length+2mon.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 184px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387003671759345506" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5GDRWiilC352uutJgUxWl_AsnuXVgj-oci8INYqBfTmaBs9zaAdSp9RippwWncFrJBBteKcS9oJQflFr7STKoouoyFHIrjVyi9xSx-BpU30Lxwvw7WnkmLqKcXXXZfvDBgf6BWJPUMkpq/s200/length+2mon.jpg" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDH3J0CzDIoLa_j-uS7e83qLi9d7J-FLCRtfXi5XkF5iSZ6GZ6mqyzA_vZfikVvQroGbg8Z1ekv9vpWvXL0oNkrpqZjEnI2Mqaem8fk5FXCV7ejj0_aj5ihlZLwPt6EFPS6mqskoFZJdKr/s1600-h/height+2mon.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 186px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387003669179814642" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDH3J0CzDIoLa_j-uS7e83qLi9d7J-FLCRtfXi5XkF5iSZ6GZ6mqyzA_vZfikVvQroGbg8Z1ekv9vpWvXL0oNkrpqZjEnI2Mqaem8fk5FXCV7ejj0_aj5ihlZLwPt6EFPS6mqskoFZJdKr/s200/height+2mon.jpg" /></a><br />Stina is growing and growing!! She had her 2 month appointment yesterday and she weighed 10 lbs 15 oz and is 23.87 inches tall!!The Schermshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08730744712531719986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543872652716543256.post-73395771099856146942009-09-03T17:22:00.002-04:002009-09-03T17:53:59.161-04:00Lars' favorite song<span></span><span><a href="http://www.hulu.com/watch/90244/sesame-street-plain-white-ts-song">http://www.hulu.com/watch/90244/sesame-street-plain-white-ts-song</a></span><br /><span></span><br /><span>I just thought I would share with you what we have been watching lately; about 10 times a day for the last week! </span><br /><span>Lars has been watching Seasame Street clips, Tom & Jerry and other "old" cartoons on Hulu. I have been trying to think of things for Lars to do while I'm nursing Stina. Most of the time he is happy just playing, but sometimes he gets jealous that I'm holding her, so I let him sit in my lap and watch a "show".</span><br /><span></span><br /><span>For those of you wondering, why he has to watch them on Hulu (on a laptop), it's because we don't have a TV. We don't have anything against it. Actually, it drives my boss crazy, cause we know so much about what's on TV and we don't have one! :) </span><span>We just don't have one because we decided when we got married we didn't want one for our first year of marriage, because we knew it was a huge waste of time. Well it's been almost 7 years and we still don't have one. </span><br /><span></span><br /><span>Well, that was a really long explaination for a short video clip. I hope you enjoy it!!</span>The Schermshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08730744712531719986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543872652716543256.post-42053702115189393112009-08-28T16:22:00.006-04:002009-08-28T17:17:17.124-04:00Life with 2 kids!<div>Sorry I haven't updated in a while! Having two kids keeps me quite busy! I'm not sure how people with more kids keep up on their blogs.</div><div></div><div>Stina continues to be a great baby. She's a great sleeper!! She has already had 2 nights that she slept 7 hours straight!!! She's a little colicky in the evenings, but James Taylor and a box fan are helping take care of that:) </div><div>Lars is doing great with her. He is definitely a little more jealous, but I don't mind having them both in my lap so it usually works out.</div><br /><div>I'm sure it will be a while before I'm back to regular updating. </div><div>Here's a couple pictures to hold you over for a while!</div><br /><div>Aug 1st, Stina Smiled!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJkVtcwk16Yt3heyiWIAFPPAAmY9a-Ak_tsVd6tac4p2YCkeMiIOmkX6wz0MGSw9oyDA9bDKprhAkSNKstAO919jJZnHDSiMeMfqvID_nuILEnqJm0KMHwUvrd7C7hEqhf9B-O-J_porTF/s1600-h/IMG_2111.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375116435520952834" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJkVtcwk16Yt3heyiWIAFPPAAmY9a-Ak_tsVd6tac4p2YCkeMiIOmkX6wz0MGSw9oyDA9bDKprhAkSNKstAO919jJZnHDSiMeMfqvID_nuILEnqJm0KMHwUvrd7C7hEqhf9B-O-J_porTF/s200/IMG_2111.JPG" /></a><br /><div>Aug 14th, Lars climbed all the way down the stairs by himself, VERY carefully!!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje4PNZlKS0Qk7cuEe5H_GPwla47xTwPQUaWFVYM4L9t9Vf0nyT-QOGHCgbjYIEPDD4z9WmihKvdQE6Pi0ZGOKCjAveyRDVss0CXVVmoblJODrexZp0uhSjglOjmS42EV-Evu2-y_ODF0L0/s1600-h/0822091930a.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375113631754768946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje4PNZlKS0Qk7cuEe5H_GPwla47xTwPQUaWFVYM4L9t9Vf0nyT-QOGHCgbjYIEPDD4z9WmihKvdQE6Pi0ZGOKCjAveyRDVss0CXVVmoblJODrexZp0uhSjglOjmS42EV-Evu2-y_ODF0L0/s200/0822091930a.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2mfcjWebPVM-mb4Z1kT7xjlU3L3ZIhoMnKuKaIZ7hyphenhyphenv9K06E1SYpRTigu_UXyx8a2YWHVBof3Z8vjLkoSSnle7wQIw_fc4Gsuc33V07kI8QsOBBIpzRyA-VoEL-_x2t28K0ayJqsPALXA/s1600-h/DSC01345.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375126176568132370" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2mfcjWebPVM-mb4Z1kT7xjlU3L3ZIhoMnKuKaIZ7hyphenhyphenv9K06E1SYpRTigu_UXyx8a2YWHVBof3Z8vjLkoSSnle7wQIw_fc4Gsuc33V07kI8QsOBBIpzRyA-VoEL-_x2t28K0ayJqsPALXA/s200/DSC01345.JPG" /></a></div></div></div>The Schermshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08730744712531719986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543872652716543256.post-88477513899700930282009-08-06T17:03:00.002-04:002009-08-06T17:41:49.095-04:00Adjusting<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtwB8uxKv5zTw9Tl_Ei1W8c0oWWNoN_kIPE8aKmHuz5d_GCd08UsF6r7B2MuOZmqhP56Tkk3RHORX3gCkU2wkfbG3MOsoaliSJlFz0E9_s6uJhmvLFhzQGNYepU6BXITqlR_b7bO9QaR3N/s1600-h/IMG_1938.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 255px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366959507931575282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtwB8uxKv5zTw9Tl_Ei1W8c0oWWNoN_kIPE8aKmHuz5d_GCd08UsF6r7B2MuOZmqhP56Tkk3RHORX3gCkU2wkfbG3MOsoaliSJlFz0E9_s6uJhmvLFhzQGNYepU6BXITqlR_b7bO9QaR3N/s320/IMG_1938.JPG" /></a> Lars is doing a great job adjusting to being a big brother. He wants to kiss Stina all the time, which is really cute!! He will (passive aggressively) try to sit in our lap while Stina is there.<br />Thanks for all your prayers and encouragement!!!The Schermshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08730744712531719986noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543872652716543256.post-88468095978154299992009-07-29T05:35:00.000-04:002009-08-06T17:44:11.883-04:00Stina is coming home today!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXQt85wBBYVMS4KUB_imzlB27ooPFSAp6RhSpc1hLZZND0bplrDjOsHxEBSKWrByFNnfMlqqhc_xmEW7RXC3DLe5ky0vBCzvT88EPlZWwJEzQI29J-NaQTxm-Kfky4kCVn3p2i_HxWlt6-/s1600-h/IMG_1825.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363849286567276242" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXQt85wBBYVMS4KUB_imzlB27ooPFSAp6RhSpc1hLZZND0bplrDjOsHxEBSKWrByFNnfMlqqhc_xmEW7RXC3DLe5ky0vBCzvT88EPlZWwJEzQI29J-NaQTxm-Kfky4kCVn3p2i_HxWlt6-/s200/IMG_1825.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibcTpgJ6AgszbnEq0-3f_ovrwjjJxwcYcq0h1nAEySZ3R1YHw9-YSdgZYJPvcF6OjdHydPut9MCUH_m1HhJ54fx_EVpyFwjgV38O1nziAzosu1OqflPT7NEk43DuLxodKhU4ceU7bFMPs4/s1600-h/IMG_1826.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 150px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363849292030634210" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibcTpgJ6AgszbnEq0-3f_ovrwjjJxwcYcq0h1nAEySZ3R1YHw9-YSdgZYJPvcF6OjdHydPut9MCUH_m1HhJ54fx_EVpyFwjgV38O1nziAzosu1OqflPT7NEk43DuLxodKhU4ceU7bFMPs4/s200/IMG_1826.JPG" /></a><br />Stina gets to come home today!! She is doing SO much better. I will fill in some of the gaps later, but she had to stay in the NICU because they were treating her for pneumonia and jaundice. It will be SO nice to have her home where we can hold her! and not have to go back and forth to the hospital anymore!!<br />Here are a few pictures from the week!<br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-t_b22hObpYWNoY3m64KKpS0u1fsfdBN2gtsaHPRc_5cWrX6rHh03nb4vtkHfmMZGkjpJaslrWC46-w85Ahuz85IHgPl3IAfXFoSIF0WLrKbRuhwXLGunScjYKfmE6n0Sx929zBvaIeGu/s1600-h/110.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 134px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362332244509177906" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-t_b22hObpYWNoY3m64KKpS0u1fsfdBN2gtsaHPRc_5cWrX6rHh03nb4vtkHfmMZGkjpJaslrWC46-w85Ahuz85IHgPl3IAfXFoSIF0WLrKbRuhwXLGunScjYKfmE6n0Sx929zBvaIeGu/s200/110.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP-cTWNMIun0zlUw6PDexJneL-vhLq5nlWosg0lGEqv3pzNqMdtv_h_5sOQ76Z50VEedp28vhOZSmwVtuHqm6CmekUM7t4GtujiIN43HyuF3u1XhrfaTMWSC0N5RI67sfha2exaUgHrLj5/s1600-h/065.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 134px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362332257137965698" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP-cTWNMIun0zlUw6PDexJneL-vhLq5nlWosg0lGEqv3pzNqMdtv_h_5sOQ76Z50VEedp28vhOZSmwVtuHqm6CmekUM7t4GtujiIN43HyuF3u1XhrfaTMWSC0N5RI67sfha2exaUgHrLj5/s200/065.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVLg918qVGDK7aBV72iBe7DANzZyuq9IPvvxCKVgUZQgg38rYLEYYtjLNkppx9tTtsQAEcoG0NFD75zuGY6hsf7MsiTTpO5Iz2Pd57DOAjU04cwXlqVE0RD9JSny-BpPt0vN_Cb9yMvT-V/s1600-h/094.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 134px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362332247757388946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVLg918qVGDK7aBV72iBe7DANzZyuq9IPvvxCKVgUZQgg38rYLEYYtjLNkppx9tTtsQAEcoG0NFD75zuGY6hsf7MsiTTpO5Iz2Pd57DOAjU04cwXlqVE0RD9JSny-BpPt0vN_Cb9yMvT-V/s200/094.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibeyqBEl0q95wqKZCNOCK_vdvth5ZYf834Cbc4hyEpT27A0z4w7d6JsT14Cfcxf3W6SIRRD_kw36OOvZRbNahugpmQLnzQwrT7mZJSE3WYxycEYgehHiCg-yGj7ODyVSmc3UzTIEWK4L8H/s1600-h/IMG_1800.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362331210580712930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibeyqBEl0q95wqKZCNOCK_vdvth5ZYf834Cbc4hyEpT27A0z4w7d6JsT14Cfcxf3W6SIRRD_kw36OOvZRbNahugpmQLnzQwrT7mZJSE3WYxycEYgehHiCg-yGj7ODyVSmc3UzTIEWK4L8H/s200/IMG_1800.JPG" /></a><br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixdzPc8A_ot0VAMdwsXgT_9RlXsjtcPcDEiDxvhijZWvfpE24o2qzHOk8oW_EN_AQb9X_vrgTuZqJF_bk0BljIWoQe5I_qeM0dIu2cauWq7Ap8B1GdVFgm52jToH1rChxjq0P9e3hIlTsZ/s1600-h/IMG_1780.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362331214635132914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixdzPc8A_ot0VAMdwsXgT_9RlXsjtcPcDEiDxvhijZWvfpE24o2qzHOk8oW_EN_AQb9X_vrgTuZqJF_bk0BljIWoQe5I_qeM0dIu2cauWq7Ap8B1GdVFgm52jToH1rChxjq0P9e3hIlTsZ/s200/IMG_1780.JPG" /></a> </div></div></div></div>The Schermshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08730744712531719986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543872652716543256.post-12762151710141675902009-07-23T10:42:00.004-04:002009-07-23T11:12:26.998-04:00Stina Ellen Has ArrivedStina Ellen was born today at 4:45 am. She was 6 lbs 4 oz and 19 3/4". Jessi is doing great. Luckly, after being induced for 2 1/2 days, she only had to push thru 4 contraction cycles and out she came, so the wait was well worth it. Stina is currently in the NICU being monitor and receiving some oxygen. Her breathing rate has been a little fast which is most likely caused by some residual fluid in the lungs. They will keep her there for the next 48 hours. <div></div><div>Thanks to everyone for your prayers and encouragement. We really appreciate it.</div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2zx876sncjVhnvTXxvBsQn2Do-rF_2m9msjsVdpctJprouxVMyEVbLS9Sdhyphenhypheng5GeX5_ocLiTg52w0UyFfHqi5laVRj-YHvufMLbK-LI4BfPQH2BxqDpDOUh69hhZd8AqhyphenhyphenHieZyK4kwxp/s1600-h/IMG_1774.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361670339072516034" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2zx876sncjVhnvTXxvBsQn2Do-rF_2m9msjsVdpctJprouxVMyEVbLS9Sdhyphenhypheng5GeX5_ocLiTg52w0UyFfHqi5laVRj-YHvufMLbK-LI4BfPQH2BxqDpDOUh69hhZd8AqhyphenhyphenHieZyK4kwxp/s200/IMG_1774.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEbpZV6iqq9rHnTkS6rsanNoMX_Aajx9J1VkiYqApvagUvNCzpvPc9bDxRXZYXcM5BSn5yukX0ZV-3wVyXhAYW5A5O5TruRdstJBJ533nd7JjAMT4PwwDHn1l6vYfdYZ4KNlv-wt3xV2ie/s1600-h/IMG_1789.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361670343542969650" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEbpZV6iqq9rHnTkS6rsanNoMX_Aajx9J1VkiYqApvagUvNCzpvPc9bDxRXZYXcM5BSn5yukX0ZV-3wVyXhAYW5A5O5TruRdstJBJ533nd7JjAMT4PwwDHn1l6vYfdYZ4KNlv-wt3xV2ie/s200/IMG_1789.JPG" /></a></div>The Schermshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08730744712531719986noreply@blogger.com2