Welcome to our blogging beginnings...

Hello friends and family (and random people who stumble across our blog, if that ever happens)...

I've been resistant to starting a blog for awhile now...as if I need one more thing to do!!  BUT, I have been learning lately how much God values memories.  He tells his followers to "remember" quite often in scripture.  Sadly, my memory went out with the placenta (plus I was already a little space-brained to begin with, according to my mom).  So I want to capture things - even just a few small things - about our family as we grow and change, for us and others to remember.  I like short and sweet, so don't expect a frequent or long updates...sorry.


So, the boys.  There are a bunch of them in my house - as Soren puts it: a daddy, a big boy, and a baby.  They are as different as they are amazing.  The daddy (Matt ;-) is in his third year as an Assistant Professor at CU-Boulder, working hard and passionate about what he does.  Praise God, how many people can say that?  Daddy is active - besides his bike commute home from work he gets to play pick up basketball on the weekend and organize hikes for guys around the neighborhood.  He's a great daddy who plays with the kids after he gets home from work and gives mommy breaks on the weekends too.

The big boy (Soren) frequents playgroups, parks, birthday parties, "Kidshore" (the kids care at Lakeshore Athletic Club where I work), and attends Tues/Thurs morning pre-school @ Mount Hope Lutheran Preschool.  I'm convinced he learns nothing at preschool (not that I mind at age 3) because whenever I ask him what he did at school it's always "play outside" or "eat my snacks and lunch".  When I asked the teachers how he was doing they said he was sweet and smart but always very concerned about the next time he got to consume food.  They can't believe that he finishes the lunches I pack, which are twice the size of the other kids' lunches.  Sheesh!!!  No wonder he weighs 45 lbs.  This ginormous redhead is very much into trains, planes, cars, sports, animals of the large wild predator type...all the usual 3-yr-old boy things.  He potty trained back in June up at Grandpa's cabin and has been a champ at the potty ever since.  He's even night trained! He got to go to his first college basketball game when the CU Buffalos played Hawaii the weekend before last...what a ball he has with his friend Brock, another 3-yr-old we go to church with.

The baby (Anders) is always on the move...he was sitting up at 6 months, crawling by 8, and pulling up to standing/cruising on the furniture @ 8.5 months.  He is social too, playing by himself for only a few moments before crawling in search of mommy or his beloved older brother (who slyly takes any toy Anders wants to play with, saying "he was all done with that").  And even though his toys are constantly usurped, Anders would rather play than eat, so feeding is a bit of a challenge.  I make him organic baby food from all varieties of fresh fruits, veggies, lentils, and grains - but so far his favorite is store-bought yo-baby yogurt...sigh!  He also likes berries, like his bro and dad.  Anders smiles a bunch - and now has three teeth to show off when he does.  The childcare workers at my health club love him...they always get excited when he comes, and he's been chosen as the featured baby of the month for September!