Baby Roskam

So here is a picture of our little baby boy. We really didn't get good pictures, he was moving around so much the ultrasound tech was very frustrated.

And this baby makes 4!!!

So pretty much all of our family members know now. And of course there are the people that have seen me putting on my "winter" weight. There is no denying it there is a baby in there!! Eve is finally warming up to the idea. Of course there are the days when she wants to take back her wish to have a baby sister and wants to stay the baby forever. Overall I think she believes that the baby will come out the size of all the little sisters she has seen . . . an instant playmate. Hopefully she won't be too disappointed when she discovers that babies do a lot of crying and pooping before they grow big enough to actually play with.

I am adjusting to the idea pretty well, I think. I don't know what I am going to do when Eve is not the baby anymore. But I know that I loved (and still love) my siblings and feel that they really make my life better.

As we have been sitting around playing the waiting game Eve has said that there is a baby sister in my tummy, no baby brother. I think it is hilarious because one of her favorite people in the entire world is my brother, Andrew. Every night when she goes to bed she has to talk to me and remind me of the things that Andrew has done for her and tells me how much she loves and misses Andrew. To prepare her in case there is a baby brother in there I have explained to her that Andrew is my baby brother and maybe her baby brother could be as awesome as mine.

So some day in the middle of August another baby Roskam will be born. Since I am such a momma's girl, and I love the experience I had having Eve here we are making it work to stay here at least until after the baby is born. Ian is so good to me! Plus it just makes sense for now, there are so many jobs available here for the summertime and none of the jobs up north panned out so a job, even a seasonal job, is better than no job. And that means I get to craft with my mom! Stay tuned for pics of the adorable owl nursery we are working on!

And there will be lots of crafting since this baby is a boy!! Ian couldn't be happier... Eve will take some convincing.

Snow! Snow! Snow!

Last night it started snowing. It looked like we were going to get a bunch of snow by the morning but we only had a little more than an inch. Grandma Helen's deck makes a perfect winter wonderland playground. No dirt and plenty of snow to make a snowman. Eve was more interested in throwing snow at daddy but she helped roll the snowman's head. After Eve went in I had to give the snowman a little style. His tiny carrot nose and cracker eyes were not really doing it. We had fun this morning in the snow and as I write this just a few hours later the snow is almost gone. So, Eve and I are satisfied that we got to make a snowman this go around(it is her first one) even if it will be short lived.

Ian

Loving the Fablic

We have been having fun working on sewing projects lately. One day Ian was nice enough to give me an Eve-free craft day, which was awesome. Another day this week Eve decided that she would help me out while Ian was busy working. It was actually pretty funny. She emptied out all of the fablic (what she calls fabric) and made a bed for her baby. She then helped me create a castle... which was an artistic masterpiece of course. She even helped with fablic selection, she decided that we just had to make something with Elmo fablic. She decided to make a pillow case and was a huge help with sewing it. It really cracked me up. When Ian got to my mom's house after he was done working Eve could not wait to show him the work she had done on the crafts!! So maybe one day she will be crafting with me and actually helping.... a girl can only hope.

It's Official

This picture is totally unrelated to our announcement but I had to share it some time. Gotta love the bug eyed little girl.

After several months of denial and job searching we have decided that we will be moving back to Anchorage. Its not that we don't love living in Ketchikan. The prospect of actually getting a job that either of us consider a career is much greater in Anchorage than in Ketchikan. So we will be moving out of our apartment to house sit for my grandparents for six weeks then we will be packing up and moving around the middle of March. There is a possibility that I will be getting a job before then but we will see how it goes. Once we finally move we will be living with... you guessed it... my ever loving parents who are happy to house their bum children with families in tow while they get settled.

For our friends in Ketchikan we have a couple more months to kick it in K-town. As fun filled as the coming months will be we will be sad to leave the life we had started here. At the same time we are also excited for the sweeping changes that moving north can bring. We feel that we have been stagnating as we have fruitlessly attempted to commit to living in Ketchikan. We will be seeing most of you before we leave but we hope that you will come and visit us up north some time. My parents have a large house and I'm sure they more than welcome the guests. Just remember that unless you feel like skiing summers are the time to visit.

We are grateful for all of our friends and family that will be helping us in the coming months.

Ian, out.
Peace.

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Potty Time

First thing Eve said this morning is "Mommy I spilled!" I thought what did she spill in her crib, did she pee? Then I went into her room to investigate... she got water babies for Christmas and she must have decided to undress the baby and during this process pulled the plug on the baby and the baby was peeing all over her crib. She wanted out of her crib so that she could put the baby on the potty.

She was hilarious today. This video was so funny. She spent a good half hour with that tiny little baby moving from one "toilet" to the other, and picking off little bits of toilet paper to wipe the baby's butt. Kids crack me up!

Santa

Eve loves Santa. She told me this... she loves that Santa brings her presents. She had a really hard time waiting the entire 5 days between her birthday and Christmas... it just isn't fair to get a taste of opening presents and not be able to open every present in sight!! On Christmas Eve we decided that Eve could wait in her room and Santa would come deliver one of her presents early. She was so excited to hear the loud noise and the HO HO HO of Santa and then be able to run out into the living room and there was this amazing toy from Santa. She played with it well past bed time.

Christmas was wild, she woke up and we opened presents here, then we went to my mom's house and Eve indulged in a TON of candy, then we moved the party over to Ian's grandparent's house for more present opening. By the time we opened presents at Ian's grandparent's house Eve's enthusiasm was not the same at all, she still enjoyed it but after an entire day of presents and candy she was kind of exhausted!!

Then we went home and watched a movie as a family. It was fun to be with all of the different relatives and have so much Christmas! Eve still thinks that there should be presents to be opened and wonders where Santa went. Next year will be a blast... she might connect the Christmas decorations in stores with Santa... then we will be in major trouble!!