Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Another Atticus Milestone

You know those exciting milestones that every child hits? Atticus has gone through the 
journey of quite a few: 

rolling over, first tooth, sitting up, crawling and standing 
just to name a few.

Now, he has reached another BIG milestone.


Think you can guess what it is?


No, he is not walking yet.


Would you like a hint?

Tell you what; we'll give you a picture, since they are worth a thousand words.



That's Atticus pulling ALL the diaper wipes out of the container. We're sure nearly every kid has done this or something similar with tissue or toilet paper. 
After he pulled it all out he tried this:

That's Atticus trying to put the diaper wipes back in the container. 
When that didn't work he tried this:


That's Atticus trying to eat the diaper wipes. Then he helped put them all away. He is always keeping us laughing.

Other than that, we are up to the usual antics on this side of the pond: working, studying, playing with Little Man, visiting museums, biking and learning to make Sushi. We were excited to have some visitors for the last couple of weeks and were even able to go on a mini-road trip. It was especially fun being able to introduce people to a few dutch customs.

Easter was simple and sweet. We enjoyed a lovely breakfast and watched conference together. It was nice to be able to sit and enjoy the company of family and remember the true meaning of Easter. Instead of a traditional Easter dinner, we opted to make a trip to market on Saturday and create dinner from whatever we found that looked good there. We ended up with roasted squash, zucchini and mushrooms with Greek Flatbread and Hummus. Dinner was finished off with Dutch Apple Torte and a few pieces of chocolate.

Here are a few photos from our picture vault that we thought we would share with you.

 {hanging out with a man made of chocolate who happens to resemble President Obama}

{drinking from the street fountain}

{a grasshopper made out of grass}

{family photo on the Palantino}

 {Laura and Little Man part way up the Spanish Steps. Little Man was asleep so we carried him down the Spanish Steps in his stroller}

{another family photo in Roman Forum}

 {pushing Little Man up the hill to go to church}

{Jason mailing a postcard from the Vatican}

{family photo at Keukenhof, Holland's biggest flower garden}

{Little Man making us laugh}

{Little Man showing his teeth!}



Love and miss you all.

Love,

The Clog Crew

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

The Little Man


Little Man has been up to a lot since our last post. A second tooth came in, he's crawling, beginning to stand up on everything and anything, opening drawers, becoming a little chatterbox and making us laugh with all of his faces. Thankfully, he still loves sitting with Mommy and Daddy and reading a book, which gives us all a little time to sit and relax. Enjoy some of the photos below! And for an added treat, take a look at our special slideshow of Atticus entertaining us on the train. It can be found at the end of this post.

Love and miss you all.

The Clog Crew

{all clean}


{caught in the act}

{the first time that he pulled himself up - all on his own. Look at how proud he is!}


 {love this little guy!}











Sunday, February 7, 2010

It's HERE!!!



Well, it finally happened!

"What's that?" you ask?

Today at church, Atticus decided to stick Mommy's finger in his mouth and there was something there. More than just the usual drool.

No, it wasn't something he found on the floor that he thought looked tasty.



It was....

A tooth!



Little Man finally cut his first tooth. Pictures will probably come eventually, however, all attempts so far have failed since every time he opens his mouth his tongue hangs out and covers his new pearly white.

While you wait in anticipation for that rare photo, here is a sweet photo of Little Man off in dreamland.

 
{awwwwwwwwww}
Look at that pout!

And while he may not be crawling yet, he has learned that you can move around a LOT faster with the aid of this:




Yep, that's our laundry basket. And in case you are wondering, you can drastically reduce your amount of drag while pulling yourself along the floor if you stick your bottom half in one of these. 
(There's an insider's tip for you, just in case you ever find yourself in need of quick ground transportation)


In other news, this weekend we had an exciting trip to a windmill. Not just ANY windmill - one that actually still grinds flour. 

To buy our wheat we climbed three narrow, steep staircases up a windmill from the early 1400s. There are all sorts of interesting things to look at on your way up and the two older gentlemen that greet you are wonderful. The whole experience was verrrrrry cool! It was a little heavy cycling the wheat back home, but we stopped at the Chocolatier before heading home and, boy, was it worth it. Delish!

Everything else here is business, as usual.

We love and miss you all dearly.


Love,
Laura and Those Trouble Making Boys

{oh, my heart}

Sunday, January 24, 2010

Our Little Man; growing up...

Hey Family and Friends!

Just thought we would give a quick update on our Little Man. He is sitting up, beginning to stand up, starting solid food, pulling himself along the floor, propping up on his hands & knees and almost crawling...yikes! He is turning into quite the face maker and always has us laughing.

We have put together a slide show of a few of his faces. The slide show is at the bottom of this post; just press play and enjoy. There is also a video of Atticus that you can check out of him standing up in his crib; laughing and chatting. To watch the video go to this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XWj2s7d-gw

Love and miss you all,

Jason, Laura and Little Man


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Saturday, January 2, 2010

...and a Happy New Year!

Happy New Year everyone!

Well, the holidays are nearly over. We hope that everyone had some time to relax and enjoy the spirit of the season.

The holidays began for us with a brief trip to Normandy, where Jason served part of his two year mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Jason was excited to introduce Laura and Atticus to the people that he had come to know while he was in Normandy. It was an awesome trip. We stayed with a wonderful family, visited with some good friends and checked out some of the historic sites. Being able to visit both the Vimy Ridge Memorial and Juno Beach were incredible experiences.

When we arrived home there was plenty of snow waiting for us. It felt like we were in Canada, what a great Christmas present! On Christmas Eve we enjoyed some family time and made a gingerbread house together, followed by making some phone calls to Canada, then rounded out the night by watching Mr. Krueger's Christmas and The Nativity (the version produced by our church). Atticus let us sleep in until 7:30  Christmas morning (what a luxury!) and then joined us for a reading of Luke 2, followed by a yummy pancake breakfast. In the afternoon we had a few friends, who braved the cold weather and icy road conditions, join us for Christmas dinner. We enjoyed delicious food and great company. To finish off the evening we did video calls with our families. It was so much fun being able to see everyone and how much all of the little ones have grown up...crazy!

New Year's Eve was quite the spectacle. The anticipation had been building for days as people were already setting off fire crackers non-stop. As soon as nightfall came, so did the fireworks. It was beautiful. Then midnight arrived and the volume of the fireworks increased exponentially. Every window we looked out the sky was full of fireworks and it continued for over an hour. Atticus even woke up to help us ring in the New Year.  It was easily the most amazing fireworks display any of us had ever seen.  So much fun!

On New Year's Day it is a tradition here to dive into the very cold North Sea and go for a swim. We stayed on dry ground but loved seeing what it was all about. We also enjoyed a bike ride and a friendly game of glow-in-the-dark-pirate-themed mini golf.

Things will be back to normal on Monday. It was great being able to begin so many holiday traditions this year as a family. We are looking forward to continuing and sharing them in the years to come.

May the spirit of the season be in your lives year round!

We have posted some photos below and you can check out a short video of the fireworks here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DErYIJ0PTQ

Love and miss you all.

The Clog Crew




Vimy Ridge Memorial


 Family photo outside the Juno Beach Canadian Museum. The beach is behind us.


 Juno Beach


Jason and Atticus inside the lookout of a bunker.




Time with friends. Atticus was pulling out all the stops to try to impress their cute daughter.



 Family photo in front of the Eiffel Tower




 One of our finished home-made Christmas decorations





 Laura cutting out the Gingerbread house pieces





 Our finished masterpiece; complete with log pile and chopping axe. Jason has since added a little smoke out of the chimney to finish it off.





 Atticus opening up a Christmas present.





 Atticus and Mommy making weird faces at the camera.

Thursday, December 24, 2009

Merry Christmas

Hey Everyone,

We just wanted to take a moment to wish you all a Merry Christmas. We hope that your day will be filled with the spirit of Christ. Make the most of this day and enjoy!


(Here is a photo of our little family in front of our Christmas tree. We couldn't get the little guy to look at the camera, but he sure has a pretty cute profile!)

Here is one of our favorite Christmas music videos we thought we would share with you. http://www.lds.org/topic/christmas/christmas_video_1.html

For more Christmas music, videos and stories you can check out this website http://www.lds.org/topic/christmas/

We love and miss you all. Keep warm and enjoy the season!

Love,
Jason, Laura and Atticus

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Picture Update

Hi Everyone!

Between the two of us we have been snapping so many photos that we thought it was about time to share them. We dug through hundreds of photos and picked out these ones. Of course, they are mostly of Little Man, but those are the best kind anyhow. Underneath each photo is a short description.  We've also put together a mini-montage of some Atticus' latest feats.  Check it out on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1NYv_Vuj3w . ENJOY!

Love and miss you all.
-The Clog Crew



Little Man loves sticking out his tongue, particularly when he is concentrating really hard.





An array of early morning pictures of Atticus in his Christmas Sleeper. Check out those cheeks! He sure has grown.


Solid foods...can you believe it!?!?! Atticus has shown an interest in our food for a while so we gave him a carrot stick one day and he picked it up and tried it out. Judging by the expression on his face, what do you think he thought of it?


After reconsidering his first reaction, Atticus decided that he loves carrots! We have tried out apples and oatmeal as well, but he prefers those tasty carrots.


Mommy about to put Atticus to bed. He loves to cuddle with Mom and Dad before he goes to bed. What a sweet little boy.


Jason stringing the lights on the Christmas tree. He did an awesome job.


This is what happens when you encounter HHR (Holland's Horizontal Rain). Here is part one of someone's umbrella.


Here is part two of the umbrella, about 15 feet away.


Jason stalked Sinterklaas in the grocery store to snap this photo.


Catching a late afternoon sunset.


Jason snapped a photo of this narrow Choral Alley for Pieterskerk. Pieterskerk is the church where the pilgrims met before they headed to America. Now, they have a special Thanksgiving service there every year.


Jason took Atticus to Sinterklaas' house in Leiden while Laura wrote her last exam of the year.



Time for Christmas baking...sort of. We made Salt Dough Christmas ornaments together for Family Home Evening. Here is Laura showing off our handy work.


For our first shot, we think they turned out pretty good! We decorated them this past weekend with some friends and it was a hoot.



And how could we forget to share this awesome picture. Atticus managed to back himself up and get stuck under the couch. When we came with the camera he hid himself under his hood. Atticus is NEARLY mobile and moves every direction possible...except forward. We'll keep you updated on his progress!
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