Seven Weeks
Alexander turns seven weeks on Sunday! Unbelievable! He’s doing very well and showing off his little personality more and more everyday. His favorite thing is to play on a blanket the floor. “Flap and flail” as mummy calls it, while gabbing away in his own little language. We’ve been chatting Continue Reading
Pancakin’ with Papa
Sabbath morning, I came down the stairs to find Alexander and David busy at work in the kitchen making pancakes for breakfast. What a little sight to warm your heart! We had a scrumptious breakfast of pancakes, sausage patties, and cinnamon bread with juice- compliments of the men of the Continue Reading
PipSqualk
Lest you come under the impression that in our baby bliss we have escaped all of those loud overly dramatized calls for help, we’ve included the following pictures… When he gets really angry we call it the “supersonic” – then you know you’re in trouble! When it comes to tears, Continue Reading
Love from the Schapers
Alexander has been quite excited to meet the rest of the Schaper aunts and uncles over the past couple of weekends. Aunt Nancy arrived from Chicago last Sabbath for some time to chat and make friends. This Sunday, Uncle Jim and Aunt Marlene came in from Big Rapids to visit Continue Reading
Five Weeks!
How time flies! On Sunday, Alexander celebrated 5 miraculous weeks of life. At his doctor’s appointment last week he weighed in at 9 pounds- 2 ounces (35th percentile) and 21.5 inches long (75th percentile), and he’s finally starting to have a bit more consistency in his schedule and days, which Continue Reading
Sabbath Stroll at Gallup Park
Spring is finally here! It’s been so gorgeous the past few days we’ve just had to get outside! We took our first walk around Nana’s neighborhood on Friday and made the monumental first trek out to Gallup Park Sabbath afternoon. Gallup parks holds a special place in our history from Continue Reading
Turtle Time
It’s true that we have taken at least a few pictures every single day since Alexander entered our life- but isn’t that the joy of digital photography? This series in his little turtle outfit was just too cute, so I had to share a few. Here is Alexander showing off Continue Reading
Visitors from the North
Well Hello Grandpa! Grandpa and Jan made the long trek from Minnesota on Easter weekend to spend some time with their newest little grandson. Alexander was mesmorized by Grandpa’s bright yellow coat and bearded smile and snuggled right in for some quality naptime with Jan. We enjoyed some good meals, Continue Reading
More Visitors!
It’s been a busy stretch for Alexander with lots of visitors and new faces. He finally got to meet his Uncle Brian and soon-to-be Aunt Renee. Aunt Carol and cousin Alison came over (with Uncle Bill too) for dinner, and Auntie Ellen stopped by to meet the newest little Winkler. Continue Reading