More Scrapbooking

It seems our life is set to scrapbooking pages... This month Adam turned 2!! We had a great birthday party for him, with trains and everything.
















This was his birthday last year! A lot has changed since then.












At 20 months...he can drive anyone bananas!




These are our simple days!

Scrapbooking...

When I have a moment, I love to scrapbook. I am currently taking another Jessica Sprague class and LOVE it. I am learning some new techniques for photoshop, and it makes me super excited. Here are a few of the layouts I have been working on... hopefully more to come soon too.

If you leave a toddler alone...

If you leave a toddler alone- even for just a second, he will find SOMETHING to get into. I ran upstairs to get Annabelle and sure enough, Adam finds ALL the bananas and proceeds to line them up on the stairs. After playing with them, he of course wants to eat one... NOW!

Annabelle is already one month old...crazy how time flies. She is already 9 lbs...and is sleeping pretty good most nights. Definately an easier baby than Adam. Thank the Lord! We are all doing really well and Adam likes to kiss his 'baby' sometimes. Most of the time he is too busy to notice her until she makes a noise- which isn't very often.

Moja Moja 2008

The time is coming near for our annual Compassion Concert. I am SOOOO excited about this year because all proceeds go to Compassion's Child Survival Project- a relatively new program that Compassion is implementing in all the countries it is invovled with. Essentially it is a prenatal program for moms and their unborn children- a way to target the most vulnerable before they enter the child sponsorship program.

Each year, 132 million babies are born and begin the journey of early childhood. Tragically, too many of these children are lost along the way -- precious little ones who do not receive the nutrition, care, protection and learning opportunities necessary to survive and thrive.
Compassion's Child Survival Program, run by our existing Christian church partners around the world, reaches out to young, vulnerable children to save their lives and set them on the path toward healthy development.

SO PLEASE come to our Concert and help our cause- it will be another great program!

It's A GIRL!

After a long labour- our little bundle of joy entered the world at 12:21 pm - Jan. 30th, 2008. A mere 6 lbs 15 oz, and 20.5 inches long. Being two weeks early, she entered strong and healthy...so we present to you Annabelle Rose Marie Friesen.

Born on Great Grandma Olivier's Birthday, and named after her- Rose!

We are happy she is here, and are waiting for our other friends to enter the world too- We have 5 friends due the beginning of February!

Adam loves Santa, Ultrasound and more!

Ultrasound pictures are from September...so baby is much bigger now! Any ideas on if it is a boy or a girl?

We Love December!

Here is a calendar page I created for our new 2008 Calendar...It features Adam in his wonderful snow suit, which he is not too fond of.

We bought him a sled and took him around the block.

I must say...his cheeks sure are cute!

Scrappin Away...Adam of Course!

Two Layouts from my Jessica Sprague Photoshop class...

1. "Dog Tackle" - Adam chasing and tackling the puppies so he can play with them.

2. "Remote Thief"- I scrapped this one because Adam is constantly stealing the remote. When he spots an unattended remote he will drop what he is doing and make a beeline for it. Many times he is sucessful and he dashes away.

This is our Family!

I was looking through Rick's baby album and stumbled on this photo of him as a toddler with his dad, and totally understood why Rick is so great with Adam. . . it runs in the family! Some of my favourite moments of the day are watching those two play together...laughing...wrestling...chasing each other. It is amazing to watch!

I just had to document the similarities of the two photos, it is really quite neat! And aren't they just adorable!

I told you I was addicted..