Not in the mood for pictures...

It was such a beautiful day a couple of days ago, so I decided to take some pictures of our boys. I didn't realize how windy and cold it was, so the boys were just freezing and NOT happy! I thought I'd still share them with you, since they're wearing their cute coats and hats..!

How Tys is doing

It's been four weeks since the cast came off.
He started walking about 2 weeks after it came off, which we were really happy about!
But we took him to see the Doctor yesterday, because he's been limping on it and not using his foot right.
They did another X-ray (which Tys did not like too much..). And thankfully his femur looks great! It's totally healed up and you can't even see it was ever broke.
The problem and the reason he's limping is because his foot/ankle muscles are still a little stiff. So all we have to do is do some stretches every day with his foot. He doesn't like it, but it's going to work and he's going to be walking much better!
We're very happy we don't have to take him to therapy. In four weeks we're going to see the Doctor one more time! Wow, it's been quite a deal! I hope that we never have to go through something like it again, it's no fun!!!

Some more great news is that my younger sister (Elbrich) had her last major check up last week. For those of you who don't know, she had a tumor (on her sacrum-lower back) when she was 9. She's had chemo and radiation. It was a long road!
On Sunday she turned 16! And just two days before that they heard that she's still cancer free and everything looks great! And because it's been five years now, she doesn't have to do all the scans and check ups anymore!
We are so enormously grateful for this. Praise God!!!

A wedding in Vermont & visiting New York city!

Rudi's friend Kylie (they know each other from Cornell) got married this last weekend.
So we flew to beautiful Vermont to be part of their special day.
It was a beautiful wedding, and reminded me of the weddings back in Holland.
Rudi had a blast seeing all his friends from Cornell. I got to know a lot of new, fun people!

Kylie & Jeremy; congratulations!!!

father-daughter dance

The beautiful snow mobile cake!!
(the "real" cake was beautiful and delicious too)

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On Sunday we drove down to New York city. We spend all day Monday in the big, beautiful city!

One of our goals was to see the Today show!
We didn't get there until ten, so unfortunately they were down with the "outside" part.
They just started filming Kathy Lee & Hoda. Which was fun to see. We jumped and waved to try to make it on TV!!! Which we did! Rudi's parents and even Tys saw us!
Here you see them interviewing Donnie and Marie Osmond.

Rudi trying to make an attempt to make it on tv!

The beautiful, famous tree! Wow, it's so big!

Before we headed to central park, we got a little snack from one of the I don't know how many hotdog stands!

We walked so much!! Including a walk through Central Park!

Uhm, this was in China town... interesting..

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Times square

We went to see the ROCKETTES! With Jeremy & Kylie, the newlyweds! How special is that? We had a great time!

Such a great show!

The newlyweds and us by the tree.

It almost feels like a tickle from the inside...

I'm 17 weeks pregnant now and I can feel the baby!
I'm so excited, because with Tys and Nieko I was 21-22 weeks before I felt them move.

Even though this is my third pregnancy, it's still so special to me and in ways it feels like a first pregnancy again.
Such a miracle. Look at how perfect the baby already is! And now that I can feel those tiny, long, skinny legs "kick" me, it becomes even more special!

Tys thinks it's going to be a "zusje" (=sister). He knows there's a baby in my belly and prays for the baby every night before he goes to sleep.

We're not going to find out if it's a boy or girl until the day he/she is born!

Our new nephew is here!

We're so excited!
Dirk and Molly had a healthy baby boy, born December 5
His name is Dirk!
He weighed 8lbs 11oz.

We thank God for this new addition, what a beautiful baby!

This is Rudi's parents' 8th grandson! Moriah sure is outnumbered by all her boy-cousins!

Now we wait for Peter and Miriam's third baby; due March 16!

He walked!

Tys started walking today while he was being babysat by his pake! Logan (2,5) held his hand and helped him! How sweet is that!?