The Ten Second Sit
Today Alexander gave Mummy two sneek peeks at his big-boy sitting style in the Boppy. When Mummy let go of his finger, he held himself sitting upright for a good 10 seconds before making the slow descent backwards and landing on the soft Boppy. Mummy was prepared during the second Continue Reading
Our First Mothers’ Day
During breakfast, David headed out to “get a newspaper” and shortly thereafter, Alexander and I heard the doorbell ring. Because we were (he was) in the middle of eating we decided our visitor would just have to come back later. Persistent though, he was, and after the third ring, We Continue Reading
Early Mother’s Day for Grandma
We were delighted to have Grandma come and spend Wednesday/Thursday with us as an early Mother’s Day celebration. Alexander took his first restaurant visits out to eat with the family and thoroughly enjoyed being spoiled with a bit of extra love and attention that Grandmas are so very good at. Continue Reading
First Picnic at Hidden Lake Gardens
This Sabbath we celebrated the gift of awesome weather with a trek out to one of our favourite places on earth, Hidden Lake Gardens. The trees were all in blossom along with the field of Narcissus. We drove the winding Woodland Drive and took pictures at a few favorite spots. Continue Reading
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