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February 26
Our niece Ava Joy was born. She has already lived up to her name and brought our family a lot of joy. Here are a few pictures taken when she was just a couple of weeks old.
The pictures I took when we visited in the hospital can be seen here:
http://hollypetersphotography.com/babymuench/
After Ava was born, we enjoyed having Ellie and Graham with us for a couple of days. Greta loves spending time with her cousins!
Please continue to keep little Ava in your prayers - specifically that she would continue to gain weight. If you are interested in reading more, Carrie and Carter have started a blog here.
March 4
Another prayer request...one week after Ava was born, good friends of ours from church had a little girl named Geneva Joy Selvig. She was born with a diaphragmatic hernia. Unfortunately we haven't been able to meet her yet because she is still at the Children's hospital in Minneapolis. They have a website for Geneva here.
March 10
Jon's brother and family came home from Mexico (and yes, I will call wishingly call Eau Claire home for them). We hadn't seen them since September, so it was fun to see how much Zoey had changed and how Zoey and Greta interacted (and they did just as you would imagine two stubborn red heads would :-) We got to spend the majority of the week up at the family cabin. Here are a few highlights:
March 11
Our niece, Olivia Lynn Sprouse was born. It was hard to be so far away from Heidi during this time, especially since she ended up having a c-section. I was fortunate to be able to use my frequent flier miles to visit her a week later. On Sunday the 16th we celebrated my mom's birthday with the Kohlhepps and got to meet Olivia for the first time via webcam.
Greta was fascinated with both the computer and Olivia.
Greta and Great Grandpa Kohlhepp
March 18
One week after Olivia was born I flew out (by myself!) to visit Heidi. My parents flew out with Greta on Saturday night before Easter. We enjoyed going to Heidi and Bill's church for Easter and watching Olivia be a quiet and sweet baby and Greta be a wild and crazy toddler.
Sweet Olivia
Olivia bundled and ready to go
Olivia and Grandma K.
The Girls
Aunt Heidi and Uncle Bill read to Greta
Grandpa and his granddaughters
Grandpa teaches Greta how to ride Uncle Bill's cycle
Greta "enjoys" a stroller ride
Uncle Bill gives Olivia a sponge bath - love those lil cheeks!
All clean!
A few more babies...
My college roomie Amber is expecting in October! Congrats!
The Roberts' Blog.
Our good friends Aaron and Heather Jones are in Korea right now picking up their daughter. We can't wait to meet baby Liv! You can read more about their story here.
That's all for now. Thanks for reading the longest post ever if you made it this far!
5 comments:
Thanks for all the updates Holly! Luckily your mom and Heidi covered for you in your absence:) You weren't joking about babies...wow. Soon you can add Renee and then you to the list. How exciting! I must also say that I love Greta's pigtails...very cute.
oh you know i read it word for word. and how awesome to have a shout-out!!! i've been checking almost everyday for an update - thanks for taking the time. also, i was thinking that eva was heidi's daughter, so as i was watching the slide show, i was like, "where is heidi? and that woman looks just like jon's sister! and who is that other little girl?" haha - i seriously didn't realize until like the 10th pic!
What precious children! It looks like the Peter's cabin was bursting with excitement with all the little ones! We sure can't wait to meet Olivia in person. We have about a week to go--give or take--before you'll have another baby to add to the list. :-) Take care! Chas, Renee, & Baby Girl
Thank you for posting! You documented your last 2 months well...talk to you soon
Way to persevere! So fun to see all your pictures - I never get tired of your photography... such a gift! We love you and look forward to seeing you soon!
Heather :)
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