Happy 10th Birthday to a magical little girl soon to become a fascinating young lady.

Girl B-day Party 2009
Well, perhaps not too soon, but soon enough.

SCIENCE FAIR 2009

Emily's passion for animals provided the inspiration for

night after night of working to make a gratifying display for the fair. Her focus had very little to do with winning the chance to spend an afternoon with her display in the mall and everything to do with the fun of making her dreamy mini-environments come alive! Not only did she make it to the mall, but she made it to the livingrooms across the Island on our local TV station!

MORE Beautiful Blankies for Mag-doll! WOW, thanks Great-Grandma and Great Auntie Jeanne!!!

My dear friend Natalie -mom of 3 and master crocheter of the luxurious baby blanket seen here-bravely offered to take our kids while Steve got some sleep after the night of Magdelina's birth. She is beautiful with our boys and to date the only human other than their parents who has ever taken care of them for any real stretch of time. Brave, and very very kind. She even called me in the hospital to make sure I knew the boys were having a fantastic day and not giving her a hard time at all. Thanks SO much again "Auntie Nat"!

Ang's sister Krystle came out for a couple of days.

Thanks for all the help!

More pics of sweety pie.

More pictures for the sake of photos...

We're home! Thanks all for chiming in with joyful comments! To prove I survived another childbirth, a pic. Actually the first pic of the new *sisters* a few moments after babe's arrival.

(sorry, all these pics have been compromised by crap software. luckily they are safe in the camera until our other computer works, blah blah).

Anyway, I promise to put on a shirt and take lots of pics now that we're home.

P.S. Don't tell Steve but he mispelled Magdelina... :) I'll edit it when I have time for perfect. Seriously, wouldn't it be awesome if he kept up with the blogging for me along with all the millions of other things he's doing?

Little Maggie will surely be loved!!! More pictures will come soon....

Stevo.

(including one of my lovely wife, upon approval)

Born on Wedsnesday, March 4th at 1:42 am. She weighs in at 8 lbs and 6 oz. I didn't get her measurements yet, we were too out of it. I haven't slept yet and now I'm looking after the boys till we can go visit the baby after Emmy's school day is done. She doesn't really cry, she just makes cute little squeaking noises. She seems really content so far. So far...

We'll phone you all really soon once we get some shut-eye.

Poor Angie is doing well, she just needs some rest.

Magdelina Ruth Plett. What a cutie!!!

Our sunshine

One of my favorite Hawaii moments was on our way home. Watching them feed the fish at the Honolulu airport. Emily just noticed it looks like the boys are praying. Yeah, you should have prayed that you'd sleep on the upcoming 6 hour flight.

Happy 4th Birthday Hunny Bunny

Yay for Hockey! Cutest thing. They play for hours. Emily joins the kids on the neighbour's driveway, have yet to get a great shot of that. It's usually in the dark.

oh lesa my sweet. thank-you for dancing your tiny silhouette my way. being with you always does something special for my soul. i love you i love you i love you my bff.

He talks!! And he makes commands. Pointing to my camera bag at the end he said "Close it! Camera in there!"

Anyone recognizing Steve's costume (minus the boots and leggings)? Guess noth'ns sacred after 3 kids :)

A little visit with the Hieberts proved two things to me...

1) Their kids are really really cute

2) Their kids really are really really cute

And their parents are really cool too.

Rainy day boredom buster #38: Purchase quality face paints and give your daughter her dream identity and/or your dad his dream tattoo.