Joel's moment of fame

Having baby Joshua around has reminded me of when Joel was a baby and he shocked us all by doing this!



He appeared on both Oprah and Ellen in their amazing videos segments. How cool is that?

A beach in Iowa?!

I took last week off work so that Jorie could get adjusted to life with a newborn. Mostly this meant that I got to go off and play with Joel and Silas while Jorie stayed home and tried to take care of Joshua and squeeze in some precious sleep.

 

Monday we were hanging out with our neighbors, Adam and Kylie, and we thought it would be fun to to the local pool for family swim. Then we found out that's only available on Tues and Thurs, so we hit the beach instead! Palo beach that is, which is about 20 minutes northwest of here. I was impressed! For an Iowa beach, this place rocked. They had a large sandy beach, nice warm water with a sandy bottom, a concession stand where the kids all enjoyed some humungous popsicles and perfect weather.

 

Adam and Kylie brought their tube so the boys could float around in the water, but they spent most of their time building sand castles and rivers and pools. Adam and Kylie and I tried to get a cool shot of running full speed into the water. This is about the best we could do:

 

 

Dill boy #3 is here!

Welcome Joshua Mark, born at 4:49am on 7-8-09, at 9 lbs, 7 oz and 22 inches long. He's a big healthy boy! Here's the pictures!

This is the last belly shot, in the labor room, before all the action happens.