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Videos of the Children

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The boys were using their forge one day, and Esther took some video clips to send to a little boy who had just broken his leg. She put the best ones together here so Grandma can get an idea of what they are doing.

These are just a few cute video clips of what Miss Joy was doing in the latter part of December. We’re enjoying her so much!

She had just found her feet when I took this video, and while I was taking it she got her toes into her mouth for the first time! That was three weeks ago; now, every time she’s on her back her hands go to her toes–until she decides to roll over and get moving.

Photos From December 2019

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We often have homemade pizza on Sunday nights. Here, Mr. Diligence and Mr. Sweetie are working on shaping the crust, which Esther mixed up.

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Mr. Imagination made many fun desserts for awhile, inspired by watching MasterChef. This is apple, banana, and raisins, with custard drizzled over.3-IMG_2769

Little Miss made this one. 4-IMG_2770

One morning we found a dead tui. We were quite sad that such a beautiful bird was dead, but Mr. Diligence decided to try to stuff it. He spent all morning carefully skinning it and trying to make it look somewhat life-like. 05-IMG_281306-IMG_2814

He sprinkled salt inside the skin, then stuffed it with cotton balls and sewed it up.07-IMG_2815

Little Miss loves to play with her baby sister! For awhile, she lined her up with the dolls. Miss Joy won’t stay put for that now, though—she’s on the move at this point.08-IMG_281809-IMG_2820

Big boys doing press-ups. That’s Mr. Intellectual to the left and Simon to the right.16-IMG_2830

The boys went down to the riverbed one day to collect willow branches for tomato stakes. They had to cross the creek to get them. Here are Mr. Intellectual and  Mr. Diligence.17-IMG_2834

Mr. Sweetie went along.18-IMG_283519-IMG_2836

Miss Joy is a happy girl!20-IMG_2857

Mr. Sweetie and Little Miss were pretending to be asleep, and Miss Joy looked from one to the other and back again, trying to figure out what they were doing.21-IMG_2858

All dressed up for church!22-IMG_2867

Miss Joy, 3 Months

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These first two pictures were taken when Miss Joy was 2 1/2 months old, in early November.

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This is her 3-month picture! She loves to taste everything she can get her hands on. When she’s laying down, both hands are up, with one almost always tucked behind her head, as here, while the other tries to stuff something into her mouth.17-IMG_2732

Her first time in the Bumbo. She likes being able to look around!1-IMG_2750

She is such a happy baby! She smiles and laughs a lot.2-IMG_2758

A week ago, I got out this toy that she was given. She likes to chew on it when she can get it into her mouth. That takes a lot of hard work, though.5-IMG_2772

We had to redo her passport photo for her NZ passport. Here are a couple of the failed attempts.6-IMG_27837-IMG_2788

Little Miss is loving having a live doll to play with!8-IMG_2792Just for Grandma—a couple of video clips.

Miss Joy

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It’s been awhile since I’ve shared any pictures of our baby! These are mainly for Grandma and the aunties, so if you aren’t in that category, feel free to skip this post.

This was her second time away from home. She screamed for about a minute after we started off—and suddenly fell asleep with this adorable pout on her face!

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Four weeks—one of the first smiles.07-IMG_6012

A month old, wearing a dress from a special friend who drove four or five hours each way, with another dear friend, to share our joy in our new baby!08-IMG_6016

Five weeks, and getting fatter!18-IMG_6038

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Little Miss loves having a baby sister! Here she was having a party; the cups were the party hats!26-IMG_6050Six weeks. Esther captioned this one something about hiding from the world. She likes to have her hands near her face when she sleeps.

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Six weeks—just another cute picture!2-IMG_6070Esther tried many times before she was able to get a good passport photo. Keep your hands down, baby!

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Getting fat and still very happy!05-IMG_6077

Seven weeks. Obviously, the love between Miss Joy and Mr. Sweetie is mutual! (Or maybe she just thinks he’s funny!)12-IMG_609913-IMG_6100

Miss Joy at Two and Three Weeks

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We are loving having a baby in the house again! This little girl is a very happy baby, and sleeps and eats very well. At three weeks, she was already 13 ounces over her birthweight, so she apparently gets enough!

Here are my three beautiful girls, when we came home from church on the first Sunday that Miss Joy went to church. She was nearly two weeks old. The second photo was taken a little later, when she woke up.

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Mr. Intellectual got help with his school from his baby sister.

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Two weeks old. She was intently listening to her daddy singing, and studying his face.

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Studying Mr. Intellectual…

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…and Little Miss…

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…and Simon.

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Three weeks old. She does very well at holding her head up already, and is very alert—when she’s awake! She often spends a couple of hours awake in the morning, and three-four hours awake just before bedtime, with occasional cat naps; otherwise, she sleeps for several hours at a time, day and night. She’s very happy; nothing seems to bother her much except when she decides she needs to eat right now and gets put off for several minutes! She smiles a lot now, although we haven’t managed to capture that in a photo yet.

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