Happy Halloween everyone!
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Saturday, October 28, 2006
Noah Jon
We're just home from the hospital and so I thought that I would post some of Noah's first pictures. We are all doing well. Luke is really happy to have us home. Every time that I talked to Luke on the phone he told me that he wanted me to bring baby Noah home RIGHT NOW! He got his wish and we're all here as a new little family unit.
This was right after he was born. After he did his post birth screaming he entered that magical state of quiet alertness. He locked eyes with me and just looked at me for a good long while and then latched on to nurse.
Here he is getting weighed. He is 11 ounces smaller than Luke was. It may not seem like that much but he seems a lot littler than Luke was. He also had really long skinny fingers and toes and Luke had meaty hands and feet from the start.
Here is a naked picture to embarass Spencer. Look at that soft, downy lanugo; it's like velvet.
Luke was really excited to hold the baby. Nat even let him carry him across the room, much to the chagrin of all grandparents present [Nat: For the record, I was right there, practically holding Noah the whole time]. After looking at Noah for a few minutes, Luke said, "He's real!" I don't know exactly what unreal kind of baby he was expecting. He said the same thing a few minutes later and again while he held him at home for the first time.
This was right after he was born. After he did his post birth screaming he entered that magical state of quiet alertness. He locked eyes with me and just looked at me for a good long while and then latched on to nurse. 
Here he is getting weighed. He is 11 ounces smaller than Luke was. It may not seem like that much but he seems a lot littler than Luke was. He also had really long skinny fingers and toes and Luke had meaty hands and feet from the start. 
Here is a naked picture to embarass Spencer. Look at that soft, downy lanugo; it's like velvet.
Luke was really excited to hold the baby. Nat even let him carry him across the room, much to the chagrin of all grandparents present [Nat: For the record, I was right there, practically holding Noah the whole time]. After looking at Noah for a few minutes, Luke said, "He's real!" I don't know exactly what unreal kind of baby he was expecting. He said the same thing a few minutes later and again while he held him at home for the first time.
Monday, October 23, 2006
A Weekend With The Bells
Hey everyone. I just thought since Emily has been out of town she would like to see some pictures of her beautiful kids in action. I felt really lucky to be able to see both Eliza and Jakob play soccer on Saturday, and lucky again to have the opportunity to watch them in the church primary program.
It was really cold Saturday and you can see a lot of the kids had jackets on. Jakob and Eliza didn't though because they didn't want a jacket to mess up their game. Jakob played defense for a while and he's great at anticipating where the ball is going to be kicked. My favorite part was his victory dance after each goal. The coach let Eliza kick off the line almost every time. I think he recognizes her raw talent. He's right. She's great at the line kick. Now if only we could get her to follow up...
Here are the games:
And here they are after church. They both did a great job on their speaking parts. Everyone giggled when Eliza said the was thankful for her TV. I loved when Jakob would jump up for all the songs and getting to watch Eliza sing every word.
It was really cold Saturday and you can see a lot of the kids had jackets on. Jakob and Eliza didn't though because they didn't want a jacket to mess up their game. Jakob played defense for a while and he's great at anticipating where the ball is going to be kicked. My favorite part was his victory dance after each goal. The coach let Eliza kick off the line almost every time. I think he recognizes her raw talent. He's right. She's great at the line kick. Now if only we could get her to follow up...
Here are the games:
And here they are after church. They both did a great job on their speaking parts. Everyone giggled when Eliza said the was thankful for her TV. I loved when Jakob would jump up for all the songs and getting to watch Eliza sing every word.
Thursday, October 19, 2006
Leave it to..Leah?
Recently my sister-in-law Leah had an idea to do a 50's style dinner. She spent hours making chicken, rolls and cookies for dessert. She invited a date, and my other sister-in-law AnnaLisa and her husband were there too. Caleb's mom has a basement apartment so we all got together one Friday night. Caleb and I walked downstairs and all the fine china was spread, and some Ella Fitzgerald was playing on the record player. Yes, record player. We all had a good time staying in character as you can see from these pictures. Here's Leah:
And AnnaLisa and her cute husband and baby.
And here is Caleb and me, looking ever-so-nice. (Caleb had on one of those skinny ties and his pants up around his bellybutton. It was really funny.)
And here are the ladies. It was a swell night.
And AnnaLisa and her cute husband and baby.
And here is Caleb and me, looking ever-so-nice. (Caleb had on one of those skinny ties and his pants up around his bellybutton. It was really funny.)
And here are the ladies. It was a swell night.
Saturday, October 14, 2006
Ian!
Im finally downloading pictures from my camera....thought I'd include these of Ian and the dog! so funny! Also my beautiful bathroom complements of the talented ARTIST...Emily!
Sunday, October 08, 2006
Life at the Fredin House
Hi all-- here are the recent pictures from happenings at our house. I got a new camera with birthday money. We are really happy with it. It is a Fuji and is supposed to be the best one out there for low light and quick shots. We have been playing a lot with it and are enjoying it very much.
Here is Luke unpacking my hospital bag that I finally got ready to go. I think that it is unrelated but he keeps telling me that he is really, really angry that Grandpa Doug is going to stay with him while I am in the hospital. He loves Grandpa Doug-- he just doesn't want for me to go to the hospital.
Luke has been enjoying the fall weather. Here he is at the park near our house. He is at a really fun age for the park. He can do everything without assistance and is happy to run up and down the stairs, slide down the slides and jump on the bridge. I realized what a good stage this is while I watched Emily and Ian last month. Ian thinks that he can do everything but really all he does is give his mom a heart attack with his fearlessness. If only that boy had some manners.
Saturday morning was one of those midwestern fall mornings that begs to be enjoyed. So we made hot chocolate and put it into mugs, loaded the wagon into the car and enjoyed the farmer's market. Luke picked out four pumpkins-- one for each member of our family. He also enjoyed a cookie from one of the bakeries.
Luke wanted to pull Nat in the wagon. He actually got him moving. The cow behind them is one of the cows on the square. There are cows all downtown that different businesses have made. They are fun to look at. Luke LOVES them.
Is this boy the picture of happiness or what?
Here is Luke unpacking my hospital bag that I finally got ready to go. I think that it is unrelated but he keeps telling me that he is really, really angry that Grandpa Doug is going to stay with him while I am in the hospital. He loves Grandpa Doug-- he just doesn't want for me to go to the hospital.
Luke has been enjoying the fall weather. Here he is at the park near our house. He is at a really fun age for the park. He can do everything without assistance and is happy to run up and down the stairs, slide down the slides and jump on the bridge. I realized what a good stage this is while I watched Emily and Ian last month. Ian thinks that he can do everything but really all he does is give his mom a heart attack with his fearlessness. If only that boy had some manners. 
Saturday morning was one of those midwestern fall mornings that begs to be enjoyed. So we made hot chocolate and put it into mugs, loaded the wagon into the car and enjoyed the farmer's market. Luke picked out four pumpkins-- one for each member of our family. He also enjoyed a cookie from one of the bakeries. 
Luke wanted to pull Nat in the wagon. He actually got him moving. The cow behind them is one of the cows on the square. There are cows all downtown that different businesses have made. They are fun to look at. Luke LOVES them. 
Is this boy the picture of happiness or what?
Thursday, October 05, 2006
Just Thought You'd Like to See a Glamor Girl
Hey everyone. I don't know how many of you have seen Aunt Carol's obituary and I just thought it would be neat to let everyone take a look at her as a glamor girl. Just click here. She looks beautiful in both pictures.
Caleb is on the computer with all our pictures on it otherwise i would post some recent pictures of us. He's writing a paper so i can't be too upset. Love you all.
Ashley
Caleb is on the computer with all our pictures on it otherwise i would post some recent pictures of us. He's writing a paper so i can't be too upset. Love you all.
Ashley
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