More Recent Pictures

These are just some pictures I took in the last few days. Nothing special - other than the girl in the pictures!

Larus Lake 2008

Over Memorial Day weekend Adam went on a fishing trip in Canada.

16 lb. 4 oz. Northern

23 1/2" Walleye

Fishing Crew: John, Adam, Don, Cathy, Brian, Pat, Brad and Kristen

Play time!

Natalie really enjoys her play mat - she could entertain herself for a very long time just by grabbing at all the toys! And I am entertained just by watching and listening to her!

Four Generations!

Four generations of the Clevelands!

Our little bug in Great Grandma Cleveland's glasses

Memorial Day Weekend

These are al pictures from this weekend. Natalie and I went to Grand Rapids to visit Grandpa Mark and Grandma Lois while Adam was in Canada fishing.

Natalie playing with mom

Natalie and Grandpa playing

Great Grandma Mild and Natalie

Natalie "Yoda" Clutter

We had to get Natalie outside while the sun was out - she sure had a great time!

Prayers Needed

(Left to right Will Franklin, Maria, Steven, Shaoey, Mary Beth, Stevey Joy, Caleb and Emily)

"MARIA SUE CHAPMAN, DAUGHTER OF STEVEN CURTIS CHAPMAN, DIES IN ACCIDENT AT FAMILY HOME

NASHVILLE, TN...5/21/08... At approximately 5pm on the afternoon of Thursday May 21st, Maria Sue Chapman, 5 years old and the youngest daughter to Steven and Mary Beth Chapman was struck in the driveway of the Chapman home in Franklin, TN. Maria was rushed to Vanderbilt Childrens Hospital in Nashville, transported by LifeFlight, but died of her injuries there. Maria is one of the close knit family’s six children and one of their three adopted daughters.

More than five years ago, Chapman and his wife MaryBeth founded The Shaohannah’s Hope Ministry after bringing their first adopted daughter, Shaohannah, home from China. The ministry’s goal is to help families reduce the financial barrier of adoption, and has provided grants to over 1700 families wishing to adopt orphans from around the world. Chapman is a five-time GRAMMY ® winner and 54-time Dove Award winning artist who has sold over 10 million albums and garnered 44 No. 1 singles."

Taken from http://www.stevencurtischapman.com/

Please pray for the Chapman family.

Daddy's Girl and the Duck

I just love this little ducky outfit!



This is an outfit I bought Adam (it says "Daddy's Girl" on the front), but it was too small for her already! I had to take a picture of her wearing it though!

Tummy Time Exercise Video

Natalie's head has become much stronger and she's been able to follow objects with her head and eyes as well. I'm sure she's way ahead of schedule! Or could it just be that I am a proud mother?

(Please ignore the crazy woman talking in the background!)

Natalie's One Month Picture

I have so many pictures of Natalie so far, yet I forgot to take her picture with a stuffed animal when she turned one month old. I wanted to do that so that we can compare her picture every month to see how much she has grown. I finally took the picture today (can you believe she's already FIVE weeks old!).

This one was the best one:


This one isn't as good, but it looks like she's cuddling with the bear!

Our New Ride

Due to rising gas prices, Adam and I have decided to buy a car that will get better mileage.

What do you think if this one?



Just kidding...we saw this in a hotel parking lot and had to stop and take a picture! Can you imagine the cost of buying one of these and then how much you would spend on gas to fill it? We figured that whoever can afford to buy one doesn't really have to worry about paying for gas!

Hiccups

Now that we figured out how to load video (thanks Ron!), here is one we took while in the hospital.

Natalie Entertaining Herself

Natalie is now able to entertain herself in her crib if we don't come get her as soon as she would like!

More Visitors

Today Great Grandpa and Great Grandma Bonasera stopped by on their way home to New London. We had a nice visit with them and were able to share our perfect little girl:




Thanks again for stopping by!

First Born Children

Ok, I was reading my friend Julie's blog, and she was saying how first born children tend to be perfectionists. Well, I think (and I've heard from others as well) that they also tend to have an abundance of pictures taken of them too. So, in order to go along with that - here are some pictures we took of Natalie yesterday and today:

Our Beautiful Little Girl

One of our favorite poses that Natalie does:



How can you not love her!

More Pictures

I don't really have much to say, other than to let you know how blessed we feel to be the parents of such an adorable, wonderful, perfectly content girl! Here are pictures to show you what we mean:

Grandpa Dave

Natalie was amazed yesterday at how much Grandpa Dave and her dad look and sound alike!

Happy Mother's Day!

We hope all of the mothers had a great Mother's Day today. I sure enjoyed my first Mother's Day!

Visiting Normandale Hills

Natalie and I went to Normandale Hills to visit my coworkers and students today. Here's a picture of our class:

New Pictures

I thought I would post some pictures of Natalie that we have taken recently.

Natalie posing with her duck lips:



Dad and Natalie cuddling:



Natalie exercising on her tummy:



Another cute face: