A quick recap....

Wow - it's been awhile. Life has definitely changed much in the last year and half - from being single to married, unemployed to teaching, child-less to being blessed with one of the greatest gifts I could have ever been given... Life is good! AND busy! Life with an 8 week old has proved to be a definite adjustment. Joshua Peter is doing well, but has had is share of colds & flus already in his short time here so far. I am currently mommy to a "snorter" as he is unable to breathe properly through his nose because it is stuffed up. I have tried (quite unsuccessfully) to aspirate his nose and clear it out some for him, but that seems to annoy him more than help him - so we've opted to leave it as much as possible and let nature run its course. Hopefully thing will clear up soon!


For those who did not hear about Joshua's birth, I apologize, but as I said - life is busy, so I've let the "word of mouth" take over and hope that those who need to know do indeed find out some how! But for those of you who did still some how miss it, Joshua Peter was welcomed into the world on October 22nd at 3:52 am weighing in at 7lbs and 90z. The delivery itself went well, though labour was slow and difficult to begin with. But we praise God that in the end we were given a healthy baby boy! It's hard to believe he was so little already though - his last weigh in at the mall yesterday shows he is somewhere around the 11.5 lb mark! (not sure exactly the weight b/c he was weighed after a feed...).

Besides the addition of Joshua, I was also blessed most recently with a new nephew! Nathan Ezekiel Ennema, born only 2 days after Joshua at 28 weeks gestation weighing in at 3lbs 3oz. So tiny! but so perfect! Nathan is doing well and will hopefully be home before Christmas. For details and updates go to my sisters blog at: ennemafamily.com. It is awesome that Joshua will have a cousin so close in age to him! What fun! Joshua & Nathan are grandkids 3 & 4 for my parents - all boys so far! Family gatherings will be LOUD in the future! :)

Well that will be my update for now. I hear a little boy awaking, so I should heed his cries. But first I prepared a list (not in anyway exhaustive) of things of note that have happened in the last year or so:

- Taught gr.7 for a year at DCCS - lots of fun, LOTS of work! My class was a wonderful class and they loved to discuss things. I had so much fun getting to know each of them better and was pleasantly surprised at how much I liked teaching this age group. The things they taught me during that year of teaching is invaluable! At the same time, it was a tonne of work and could be very stressful at times. Dealing with discipline issues can be a tiring process and probably my least favourite aspect of the job. Over all though, it was an awesome opportunity!

- Recieved a new neice - Samarah VanRooyen - born October 25th, 2007

- Recieved a new nephew - Jacob DeJong - born Febuary 27th, 2008

- Found out we were pregnant along with a NUMBER of my friends & family including: The Snoeks (parents to Gidoen Isaiah), The Westras (parents to Reuben), The Ennemas (Nathan Ezekiel), The Wilms (due in April), the VanderDeens (due in April), the VanDoorens (due in February), the Martins (due in end of Feb or April?) & the VanderHeides (due in February), and the Methams (due in February). SO many babies! So far it's been all boys - it will be interesting to see who will be first to break the trend!

-Attended my father-in-laws 50th birthday party and Marty's Oma & Opa's 60th wedding anniversary!

- celebrated Mom & Dad Speelman's 30th wedding anniversary (more celebrations to come in February when we go on a trip to the Dominican together!)

- moved to a new house (much more spacious and LOTS more closet space!)


- had A baby!! (Isn't he beautiful? :))



Note: This blog is already 2 weeks overdue... proving the extent of my busyness these last days - just no time to blog!