He's Here!!

Ezra Gerrit Roskam
6 pounds 14 oz
20 inches long
Born at 8:10 a.m. on 8/17/2010

Beach Day and Ariel

Our summer has sadly been missing out on beach days, which is something that we did a ton last year. But this summer I was busy watching kids on Saturdays, and we spent the time before nap on Sundays at church. So my plan has been to take a "personal day" from church on the Sunday before my c-section to have a nice family day. Ian, Eve, my mom, Andrew and I were able to make it... though Andrew went for a hike and is sadly missing from our pictures. Luckily the weather cooperated with a beach day. It was so fun to get out and cook on a fire and play at the beach. It was also nice because it was so much cooler down at Settler's than anywhere else... so I was able to escape the nasty heat.

Eve's favorite activity was finding "Ariel rocks" to stand on, crouch on, or lay on to then sing the AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AHHHHHHHH from The Little Mermaid. It was hilarious! I am always entertained by the things that she comes up with. She was so sad to leave, she was yelling to daddy that she just needed to find one more Ariel rock before we left. What a day!!

I can do it all by myself

Eve is getting so good at doing things by herself. I love it, she loves it, it is win-win for everyone. Plus it provides so much entertainment. Last night we were hanging out on the deck and she said she was cold and that she needed a jacket. I told her she could go down to her room and get one herself. She came up looking like this... didn't know that jacket meant take off your dress to put on a jacket... but it was so adorable!