Our little baby

Here are some pictures of the ultrasound from last week.
We were supposed to go in on Wednesday, but the Dr. had to do a delivery, so the appointment got canceled.. I was pretty disappointed as I was looking so forward to seeing the baby!
Thankfully they could schedule me the very next day!

So on Thursday we went to take a look at the baby. It was after opening hours, so Dr. Julie took a long time with the ultrasound (I think it was 45 minutes!!) It was so much fun to see the little baby swimming around! He/she looks great, and everything seems to be normal, so we're very thankful for that!

I'm already 22 weeks, and I just can't believe how fast the time goes!
Tys is going to be 1 next month! That's just crazy!!!

The other news is that the cows are in the new freestall! Since last week Thursday. It looks beautiful and the cows seem to be very comfortable now that it's not quite as crowded. They have more space to eat and walk around now.

Other than that we are waiting for my sister in law, Sietske, to have her baby!! She was sue on Sunday...! Can't take that much longer now!

We'll keep you posted!

a little "dairy-update"

I thought I'd post some pictures of (Tys on) the dairy!
Tys loves coming out with Rudi and me. He has a very nice stroller and he loves to sit in it and watch us work and watch all the cows! You can already tell that Tys loves being around animals. He also loves dogs, birds, pigs, cats, chickens...!

I thought this was a funny picture. The little heifers are all so curious to see what's going on.

The new freestall!!! It's almost done. Maybe today or tomorrow the cows will go in it!!!

This is a cute movie of Tys and Logan in the little bath-tub. They both love to take baths! Aren't they cute???



Tomorrow we have our Ultrasound-appointment! We're very excited and we hope that everything looks ok. We're not going to find out what we're having.
I'll let you know how it went, and maybe I'll post some ultrasound pictures!

halfway!

I'm 20 weeks pregnant today! I can't believe I'm halfway already! It goes by really fast. As of Saturday I can finally really feel the baby, before that I could kind of feel it, but wasn't really sure about it! Next week we'll have our 20-week ultrasound, but we're not going to find out what we're having!

My oldest sister in Holland, Margriet, is expecting another baby, which means that 4 of us in the "de Vries" family are expecting. Sietske is due on Valentine's day! So we're getting pretty excited to see what they're having!

We've had a fun week. Dirk, Molly and Arie came to stay with us! That was so much fun!
We all went to an auction in Melba on Saturday. We didn't buy anything though :)

I'll have to post a picture of my belly soon, I'm finally starting to show now.

Hope you have a great (rest of the) week!

Tys 10 months

Tys is 10 months!
I remember everybody telling me, when I was pregnant, "enjoy it, because they grow up so fast and times go by so fast!". It is now that I realize that is really true! (Not that I didn't believe them when they told me that)
He is already 10 months! I can not believe how fast he has grown and how much he has learned! But most of all, how I just love him more every day! I did not know how much you would and could love your own child! He is an amazing gift to us, and we truly enjoy him every day! He is so much fun, he crawls now and he already has 6 teeth! He is a very sweet boy!
Here is some pictures, from when he was newborn till now. One picture for every month.

This picture was taken when he was just born

March 24, 2008 2.26 am

7 lbs 9 oz

One month

2 months

3 months

4 months

5 months

6 months

7 months

8 months

9 months - his first Christmas in Holland

10 months!!!

Tys eating spaghetti

This is a movie of Tys eating spaghetti! He loved it!

Cute picture of Tys and my belly

Hi!

I just wanted to share this cute picture of Tys touching my belly with you!
Rudi just took it today!
I am exactly 17 weeks today.
We went to our Dr. on Monday and we heard our little one's heartbeat! It's so fascinating and just a miracle! He or she sounded like he/she was doing really well!

There are two of Anne's sisters expecting! Sietske is due the middle of February and Aly the middle of March.

Then there is Miriam as you already knew I'm sure. She is due 10 days before me. And the last sister in law that is expecting is Molly! She is due August 8!

So as of right now there are 4 of our sisters (in law) expecting babies! Including me, that's 5!!!

Now we'll have to see who has the first "De Winkle Girl"!!!

The race is on!!!

Home again...

After a long, long journey and a sad goodbye to the family, we arrived home Tuesday morning early at 1.30 am.
There was a lot of snow at home!! But now it's all melting and turning into a big mess!
The same day we came home, I went to the doctor with Tys, because he had an earinfection, poor guy... Now he's on antibiotics and doing a lot better! Today I'm going to the doctor with him again, this time for his 9 month check up!

We had such a good time in Holland, and it went by way too fast! It's hard to say goodbye to the family and also not knowing when we will see them again. Some of my siblings are thinking of visiting us sometime this year! I hope they will be able to come!

Here are some more pictures from our trip;

Tys watching my dad play the harmonica

These are frikadel, my very favorite snack in Holland!! It's delicious!!!! (And very fattening...)

Me and Tys

Me and Rudi by the Noordzee