Dear me!

I have NOT been very diligent in blogging! But here is an update on what has been happening around here.

Well, first, guess what? I am blogging this on my new LAPTOP! I just got it this after noon, and we've been having lots of fun setting it all up. Dad and I put quite abit of time into researching them to find out which one would be the best for my life style and budget!. So we settled on this Dell laptop. My grandpa who has worked with computers for many, many years, and is one of the knowledgeable people out there, helped us out too.

Usually I'm not a "pink person", but a pink mouse I just couldn't resist! :)

And I have to blog some pics of Eloise, she is so much fun, and she and Elsie are becoming good friends, which is good, because at first, Elsie really seemed to dislike her! But now they play together, and even sleep in the same doggie bed together!

She is such a little snuggler, (something Rosie wasn't!) I just love it when you pick her up, and she nuzzles down into your sweater or jacket, she is very content to stay there for a long nap.

She absolutely melts my daddy's heart, he just loves this little "gremlin" as he calls her!

Eloise has many nicknames, including,

Weezy, Eloweedy, Bugs or Bugsy, Gremlin, Stinker, and mom's nickname for her (a twist on Eloweedy), is Elowee-wee! :)

So enjoy the pictures, and I apologize for being rather incosistent with my blogging lately! I'll try and be better about it!

Love in Christ,

~Emily

Meet...

Little Elijah Willem Jardinski!

Though actually he's not so little! He weighed in at a whopping 9LB 11oz! A big boy!

Isn't he sweet? I think he looks just like a Jardinski, but mostly like his brother Jacob!

I love him already, and I wish I could hold him, but I have a cold, so I have to wait patiently while my siblings hold him, and coo over him untill I am completely better. (And wid by node all tuffed up so bad, it seebs like id will be forever!) ;)

I'm Back!!

Well, time to get back to blogging!

Guess what?!? I have a new cousin! My aunt had her baby boy this evening around 7pm, he is very healthy, and weighed in at a big 9 pounds 11 ounces!! What a big boy! Hopefully we'll be able to see him tomorrow. I can't wait!

Happy St. Patrick's ! Consider yourself pinched if you're not wearing green!! :)

Did you all know that Mr. St. Patrick wasn't even Irish? I thought that was so funny!

Well, I'm afriad this isn't a very interesting post, but I'll try and come up with more things to blog about within the next couple of days. Enjoy the green day!!

Love,

~Emily

And then there's the blog...

I'm sorry my dear blog readers, but this last week and the next, I'm not going to be doing any blogging, life is too busy right now, and next Wednesday I have to put my beloved Rosie down, and I don't think I'll feel like being cheerful, and do any blogging. I'll feel like getting back to it in a couple weeks, I'm just taking a break. So please don't give up on me, but check back in a couple weeks. Thank you!

Love,

~Emily

An excellent article!

I found a link to this woman's blog on Mrs. Jenny Chancey's website on being a dedicated daughter at home, Click on the post title to read the article. Enjoy!

Two New "Family members"

Most of you know that my dad bought my mom(isn't he sweet!) a baby grand piano, but it is SO beautiful, I just have post pictures!

We had to move and re-arrange all the furniture in the living room to make room for the piano!

This is the corner (actually it's more like half our living room!) Where the piano is, so you can see the before and after effect.

We got the piano on Monday night, and dad recruited some young men to help him and the piano mover get it in the house. The piano weighs close to 800 pounds!!

The mover-man was a kind elderly man, with a thick German accent. And at one point when dad stepped out to put something in the truck, he asked Ali to hold the flashlight for him, so Ali crawled under there, and mom thought it was so cute, she had to get a picture! :)
Ta-DA!! There it is! The piano has hardly been left alone since we got it, and my mom absolutely LOVES it!

Most of you also know, that since I have to put my beloved Rosie down, (sniff, sniff) That I have been looking for another dog/breed. So after weeks of going in circles, and thinking and praying about what to do, my parents and I have decided that the best idea, is to keep one of Rosie's puppies. So...Our second "new family member"...

This is Sophie!

She is so tiny, she weighs about 2 lb, and so adorable, even dad can't resist her! She has a really sweet, spunky personality, and I think she will be a wonderful show dog as well as a little buddy!

Alright, one more thing, did any of you notice the beaUtiful orchid on the piano? It was given to me by my friend Nancy, who knows how much I love orchids, and it now has an official home on the new piano. Thank you Nancy!! :)

Meet...

The 24 ounce, giant redwood latte/mocha from Woods.

About every 3 months or so, my Woods punch card is filled, and I am allotted one free drink, of any kind, any size. So... since I am inherently Dutch, I stretch this free bonus as far as the law allows, and get them as big as they come! I'm not kidding, these things are "ginormous" as we like to say. Do you know how many shots are in these things?!?! FOUR! Four shots of caffeine packed espresso. This thing will last me and some of my family members (I could never drink it on my own, and contrary to popular belief, Dutch folk are also very generous, :) almost all day, so this baby is shared and warmed up in the microwave until we are shaking from the caffine, and sick of coffee. But we love it, and in a few months as the punch card starts getting full again, we'll be ready and looking forward to another 24 ounce, giant redwood latte/mocha. :)