Have you had your Abe, today?
An Abe a day keeps the doctor away!

The four Gizzy's relaxing on the floor after a fun filled weekend! Happy father's day daddy! We love you! :)

Eden and Kodi were playing sharks in the water and shark-man Kodi caught fishy Eden.

Mommy buried Abram in the sand at the beach on Father's day, he had fun playing and asa bonus, didn't eat too much sand!

Abe loves to suck his thumb :)

Eden and Kodi playing at the park :) Say cheese! (they are cute as pie!)

Kodi the mechanic is working under the hood and Eden the mechanic is busy rotating the tires of our new blue car!

Kodi working as a mechanic at Betty Brinn Children's museum.

Kodi with his 5th grade teacher, Mr. Henscher, on the last day of school (it was crazy hair day)

Eden with her teacher, Mr. Honigman on the last day of school

Sorry it's been so long since I last updated our blog. School is now out and we are all enjoying the heat of summer (and air conditioning :D). This week is the first week of Kodi and Eden's summer school sessions. Eden has chosen to take German and Science this summer and Kodi is enjoying his science and phy ed classes. Kodi was hoping to take German also, but unfortunately there were not enough 5/6 graders interested, so his class got cancelled.

Matt has been enjoying his paternity leave so far and has been working for his brother Mike, a few days a week. He is sporting a nice tan from being outside painting/power washing all day. For father's day this past Sunday, I cooked Matt, the kids, and the 3 bike racers who were crashing with us this past week (they took off today) breakfast. Then our family went to church, where Matt almost won the contest of the father with the youngest child (he was beat out by a daddy of a 9 week old). In the afternoon, the 5 of us went to Lannon Quarry for some swimming and playing on the beach. All 3 of the kids had a blast swimming (yup, Abe went swimming for the first time and he liked being in the water - though he didn't like it when the back of his head got wet). For Matt's father's day gift, the kids painted a corn hole game for him and I made the bean bags outfitted with Abe's footprints. This evening Kodi, Matt, and I all enjoyed a few rounds of corn hole before retiring inside to relax in front of the television.

I have been trying to work a bit more this week and so work has been keeping me a bit busier than normal. But work is going well and I really do enjoy what I do, so that is an added bonus. Today I went out to Johnson's Creek outlet mall with a few friends and their babies for a bit of shopping. I scored a cute summer dress at the Gap for only $8 (sweet deal!). I also picked Abram up an outfit for fall with says Daddy's All Star on it (which Matt was excited to see).

Kodi and Eden were excited to have "their best babysitter ever" Hillary Gardner today. She spent the day with Kodi and Eden while I was shopping with my friends. They liked that she played with them and took them out to lunch.

Abram is as happy as can be. Though this week he has started sleeping on his stomach but he wakes up unhappy as he hasn't quiet learned to roll back to his back yet and so he gets "trapped" and cries for someone to "rescue" him. He still enjoys playing on his Baby Einstein play mat and also in her exersaucer. I absolutely adore cuddling with him and today we spent a lot of time enjoying each others company. Sometimes I feel like I could just cuddle him and kiss him forever. I am amazed as I look back over the past 20 weeks of my life. Everything has changed so much and my life has such a different meaning now. I feel so blessed to have my little angel (and my two big angels and husband also!).

That's all for now :). I hope you all are enjoying your summer! Stay cool and wear sunscreen :)
Love,
Beth

Rolling over!

Abram absolutley loves his Baby Einstein exersaucer! Just yesterday he learned to spin around in it and loves pushing the sound buttons and playing with all the toys. Soon after we set it up, he would cry when we would take him out of it.

Chillin' out on the front lawn with our wonderful neighbors! Abe loves his shades and was looking cool today!

Peace out from Kodi Oscar! Isn't he just sweet as pie??? :)

Eden with her soccer teammates and friends Jayden and Lilly

Kodi dribbling the soccer ball during warm-ups before his game last Saturday

Guess who has found his feet! They are Abram's newest favorite toy!

The Jorgensons (Eden was tired of getting pics taken)

Our family with Abram's sponsors :)

The Gissibls

A special blessing for Matt and I as we set about the beautiful task of raising Abram up in Christ's love. Abe's Godparents are Sarah and Ed Magnuson and Mark Gissibl.

Pastor Chris Manke baptizing Abram James on 5/24/09.

Kodi and his buddy Kevin at their 5th grade promotion/band concert. Kodi really enjoyed playing the drums this year.

Hi All,

So I finally uploaded photos from Abe's baptism, amongst some other recent photos. A big event happened again last night! About 3 weeks ago, Abe rolled over from back to belly one time and until last night, he hadn't done it again. Then last night he rolled over 6-7 times for all of us. We were all so excited! Then tonight, Abe rolled over from back to belly and then from belly to back :) Yeah! We are on our way to being mobile!

Wow, June is already here! It is hard to believe that Abe is now 4 months old...time sure does fly!!!! Life has been sort of crazy lately, for some reason I have been feeling pretty overwhelmed lately with life...I am hoping this summer will bring some slower paced days. I have been trying to kick back and relax a bit more when I'm home with Abe, but for everyone who knows me well, this is easier said than done!

Today was Matt's last day of work until late July. We are all hoping that he will enjoy his time off (that is when he isn't painting for his brother).

One week of school and soccer left....yeah for summer!

Have a great night!

B