Christmas is comming

Carolyn and Gracie

Carolyn just loves her Grammy's dog Gracie.

A few new things

Here's Jared's new festive haircut

Recovering from Thanksgiving

I think we can finally say that we are back to normal. After a long trip to Texas over Thanksgiving break our house and our schedule are back to where they should be. Jared has begun flying again, and Dieneke is enjoying feeling herself again and is back to crafts and house cleaning. Carolyn can now walk up to 5 steps in a row. Here's some more pictures of mostly Carolyn for you to enjoy.

Carolyn is feeding Jared with her fake doll's bottle


Who can resist that cute little face?

First Birthday

On November 17th, Carolyn turned one year old. We celebrated early on Thursday with chocolate cake and some toys.


On Friday night after Jared got off work, we drove 11 hours to Texas City, TX, where Jared grew up. This is after nine hours of driving, at a McDonalds.
Carolyn got a little carried away with my root beer

New Stuff

Dieneke went out with Jared's mom this morning and got a new hair do!

Last weekend We got to go out and have a little time to our selves. We brought along some sparkling grape juice and had a very romantic date.

She Walks!

This morning Carolyn took 4 steady consecutive steps from Dad to Mom! We're so proud!

More pictures

She has now learned to say "ma-ma-ma" and she can wave.
The nurse who did the sonograhm estimated the due date to be May 21st.

Is it just me or am I starting to look pregnant?

Cute Video

Dieneke is now about 10 weeks along, and is feeling very tired and struggling with nausea.
Jared's solo flight keeps getting delayed due to busy schedules & bad weather. There is a crew chief opening in his department at work, and we should find out in about a week if he got it. We're still working on our long applications for MTC, and we're trying to find a midwife.
Carolyn is as cute as ever; she's eating more solid foods, and getting closer to standing and walking, and now has seven teeth.

PREGGY v2.0

Well, it's official and confirmed by our doctor that we're pregnant again! We're not sure of the due date yet, but it should be in late April or early May.
Also, we have decided to go to the MTC in Camdenton, MO for training in the Fall of 2008.

Pretty Big News

Here's what's new. After much discussion and prayer, and considering how late Jared started flying, and that he has a family (which slows down training) we have decided not to pursue aviation, but to resume training with New Tribes Mission in another field of work. We would like to go into the second phase of training next fall, God willing.

Some smaller items of note: Carolyn is now 18 lb. 11 oz, 27.25 inch. and now has at least 3 of her top teeth.

Here is a picture of Jared discovering the comforts of herbal tea.

Carolyn Laughs at Dad

More of our baby

She's now pulling herself up onto her feet about once or twice a day. She's still very unsteady, but it's a start.