Friday, September 30, 2011

The last month....

It's been a while since the last post... I finally made some time to upload these pictures and share with you what the last month has been like!

At the beginning of this month we made a trip to the Oregon coast. Rudi had to judge a fair in Walla Walla, WA. And so we decided to make a little trip out of it.
It was wonderful, we had a blast. The boys especially loved playing on the beach. They did very well sleeping in the hotels!

When we came back we decided it was about time to move Finn out of our bedroom. But in order to do that we had to move Tys and Nieko into their new room. So we put the bunkbeds together and decorated the room with our ikea purchases! They love their new room and are doing very well sleeping in the bunkbeds.
Finn moved from the cradle to the crib, and from our room to his very own room. He's doing well and actually sleeps much better during the day. He takes actual naps now, which is wonderful!
Finn is four months already and just growing and he's as healthy as can be!

enjoy the pictures! (they are in the wrong order, sorry!)




This is at Cleo's museum (by Dan's Ferry in Melba)
If you've never been, I highly recommend it, fun for the kids too!


Nieko found the troll underneath the bridge..



The peacock is the boys' favorite at the park!


see here their new room


Finn is happy in his new crib


This is on the way home from our trip. They're watching a dvd, but Tys wanted to watch it in 3D!

Portland zoo! If you're ever in the area you should go, it's a fun zoo!





This was at Cannon Beach, OR. We had such luck with the weather, it was just beautiful!



We visited the aquarium in Seaside


And Tys got to hold a starfish!


And we got to feed the seals



biggest sucker they've ever had!



And we visited Tillamook cheese!


The hotel in Seaside didn't include breakfast, but we had brought some bread and nutella, and that worked out perfect!


Seaside, OR


Finn had a good time as well


The beach was definitely the most fun for Tys and Nieko! They had such a good time!


Seaside was fun!


love this!

Nieko having the time of his life, the biggest sandbox in the world!
Tys was convinced that there were a lot of dumptrucks that brought all the sand on the beach.


Tys about to water the grass


Tys sleeping under his crib, before he moved into the top bunk


Nieko playing with his dumptruck



At the fair in Walla Walla, which was great!

Thursday, August 25, 2011

Finn ~ 3 months!




Our beautiful little guy, 3 months already!


Tys and Nieko's daily entertainment


I made some strawberry freezer jam! It turned out delicious!


Monday, August 15, 2011

first half of August


Nieko likes to get dirty.. oh, and he also likes chocolate. See here the combination


yard.


our wild garden


Tys and Dutchess bestest friends


We went camping for a day in Cascade!


burnt marshmallow. Tys had fun!


Nieko stole all the chocolate off the crackers!


front of our house


Rudi liked the marshmallows too...


Finn is just smilin' away!

New signs we bought in Cascade to add to our original one. Can you tell it's been 3 years since we've been up there?


Nieko playing in the sandbox


back to camping ~ I don't know why these pictures are a little mixed up..


Tys' favorite thing is to "make smoke"


Time for a break


watching Rudi mow the lawn


peekaboo


Finn in his cute Dutch outfit


Thursday, August 4, 2011

pics of the Dutch bros!

Hello,

Our computer is fixed again! After the electricity went out one morning, our computer wouldn't start up anymore. Turns out the hard drive was going bad. So now we have a brand new hard drive! And thankfully all our files/pictures etc. were saved!
We've been enjoying the summer. The weather has been hot- typically for July. And now it's already August, it seems like the summer just got started!

On July 26th my sister Anyke & Jetze had a beautiful, healthy baby girl, they named her Roos (Dutch version of Rose)! most of my family now have skype and we enjoy "skyping" a lot! It's awesome!

Finn had his 2 month check up last week. He weighed 12lbs 12oz, which is right in the 50th %tile. For lenght he was in the 75th %tile.
He's such a sweet baby and reminds us mostly of Tys.




Finn's first time in the hottub!


This was how he looked the whole time!


here he's "talking" to me! I love having "conversations" with him!


sweet baby


Tys & Nieko looking at all the equipment on the farm. The employees were cleaning and maintaining all the cows' beds. Which takes a lot of equipment, such as; loaders, trucks, skid steers etc! They had a blast!




some fun slide pictures!


cuddle time after nap time! To me it's amazing how three brothers can look so different!

Tys and Nieko are extremely sweet to baby Finn, and they're careful with him too! There has only been one incident so far, where we think Nieko poked him in the eye. Finn was pretty upset about that, but he recovered quickly.. and Nieko.. well, he got in trouble! And hasn't done it since!