Pictures From The Trip - Part 2

Here are some more photos from our weekend at Tiff's family's house. As you can see from the following pictures...everyone likes to nap there. =) I was the only one awake on Sunday afternoon...so...I took pictures of them all. =D sorry guys (lol).

This looked very akward - it's Troy and Tyler trying to fit on the same recliner for some very odd reason.

Grandma loved holding Megan (maybe even more than the rest of the family) and was drawn to her like a magnent all the time. =)

I think Megan looks more intelligent all the time - like in this picture - I think she takes after her Daddy (duh!)

Tracy gets kicked by Megan - actually Megan was really excited to see Aunt Tracy again because of all the "silly" songs she sings to her. (really just action bible songs).

Here's Meg's cute sunday outfit

Pictures from the Trip Part 1

These are some photos from our trip last week. I'll be posting more as I can. We stopped over in Illinois to see Tiff's family for 2 nights and these are photos from thier house.

Meg is so squirmy now that she rolls over everywhere!

Tiff and Tracy give Meg an emergancy bath in the sink! Meg loved it.

Megan fell asleep right after the bath - all warm and relaxed I guess.

Meg with her Grandpa

Meg's uncle Troy shows her "The Claw" (blow up the pic to see her wide eyes)

Meg tries to stand in Tiff's lap

Hands are so yummy!

Meg entertains herself on the floor

We Love Being In Michigan

WE MADE IT TO MICHIGAN!!!!!! (Tiff thinks I'm crazy as usual, but she was pumped too)
Dad (Opa, as we call him for Meg) with Megan, before the injury
four generations (Meg, Tiff, Rob's Mom, Rob's Grandma)
Rob's Family (Dad, Mom, siblings and Grandparents)

Vacation is a wonderful thing!

It is such a blessing to be with our family here in Michigan. On the way here we stopped over with Tiff's folks for a couple of nights and had a great time with them. We flew out of Chicago on Monday and were picked up in Detroit by Rob's family. It's been a real wonderful time and we're enjoying every moment. Megan loves being around so many aunts and uncles and getting so much attention. She does have a little bit of a sniffle though - the first sickness of any kind she's had her whole life! We're very thankful the Lord has protected her thus far.

We had a very scary time last night as my Dad badly injured himself. We had just launched a raft we had made into the pond and Dad was trying it out with my younger brother Nate so of course they started horsing around and Dad tried to push Nate in and Nate pushed back so Dad decided to just jump in. The problem was he had miscalculated the distance the raft had gone from the bank and thought he was out far enough to dive. In reality they had only gone a little ways and the water was only about 2 1/2 ft deep! He dove right into the bottom and came up screaming like a wounded animal - we all thought he had re-injured his knee but then quickly realized it was something much worse. Nate and I rushed in to help him and since he was in a ton of pain from his back, we took him to the Hospital (with him complaining through gritted teeth that he was going to be ok) ER. We were obviously worried about spinal damage and paralysis. The wonderful people at the Hospital X-rayed him and then gave him a CAT scan before determining that he had fractured one of his vertebrae. Thank God that it is a "stable" fracture so that they don't have to do surgery or body cast and that he didn't get paralyzed. We were at the hospital till 3am and finally got him home. He is in immense pain constantly and has to be in bed for three days and then take it easy for 3 weeks. Please pray for him if you can. I'm so glad that we can be out here to help during this time.

I'll be updating when possible with more pics and info, but thanks all for praying - we love you all,
Rob

Enjoying Summer

We're getting ready to head out to Michigan for the next week to spend time with Rob's family. We haven't been to the homestead in MI for any real length of time since we were married. It's so exciting that we'll get a week away from all the business of daily life and get to relax for a week with family and friends. A nice bonus blessing the Lord allowed to work out was that we'll go through Rockford, IL where Tiff's folks live and we'll get to be with both our Dad's around Father's Day. I'll try to get pictures up sometime soon of all the fun we have (and especially the fun Megan has).
Megan is cuter every day (how can that be possible) and she's growing as babies should. She rolls over both ways and is always trying to sit up now - I can't believe it, but she'll probably start crawling soon - the strength and coordination are getting there. She's still sleeping through the nights most of the time, a real blessing for us.
Well, thanks all for your nice comments and your thoughts and prayers for Megan and us...may you all have a wonderful Father's Day showing your fathers how much you love them. More importantly may all of us who know God as our heavenly Father praise Him continually for His awesome Grace and Love in our lives.
Happy weekend to everyone!
Rob

Meg and Me

Megan's Little "Teefers"

Here are a couple of photos of Meg's little "teefers" as Tiffany calls them. =P
It makes Meg all the cuter now that she has them.

Megan's Aunt Tracy Visits

Tiff's sister Tracy visited last month and we had a great time with her around. I wanted to post some photos of the good times she had with Megan and Tiffany. Tiff hadn't seen Tracy in more than a year I think, so it was a great time for them to catch up and spend time together. Thank God for the family we have!!

Oh, and while Tracy was here her and Tiff redecorated the living room in our house. They did it in cream and purple with a wallpaper-border around the middle. Looks nice, as you can see in the photos. Tiff really liked having another girl around that understands things like that a little more than I do. =)