Hello, peoples. The TN branch of the Roberts family has been doing very well. Last week-end was incrediblt. If I could vote for a three day weekend every week, I would. Work gets done, kids get attention, books get read, people get naps...its great.
This weekend we will be ridding the farm of the two remaining goat kids. This will diminish the chores a little bit, but will also mean milking twice a day as opposed to just once a day.
Timnah was a little sick earlier this week so we took her to the Doctor. Just a virus, so everything is okay, its just not like Timnah to be lethargic even when she is not feeling good. While at the doc, we had a weigh-in for all the kiddies. If I remember correctly the run-down was Timnah 38½, Elias 30, and Nahum 12lbs, 10oz.
For our anniversary, Andrea bought me a dump-cart to pull behind our mower. Sounds silly, but I thought about one everytime I had to lug things down to the garden. Over the three day weekend I was able to squeeze in enough time to put the mower back together (the steering wheel was falling off), and also make use of the new toy (to help with barn clean-up).
Other than that, everything is just peachy. I'll have to post up some updated pictures of Nahum...she's getting big, and fast.
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2008-09-05
2008-08-08
Nahum Photo Session #3
Andrea had a bit of a photo-shoot with Nahum Yesterday. Below are the results. Enjoy and have a good weekend.
2008-07-23
Nahum Dawn
It is with great fanfare and much ado that Andrea and I announce the arrival of our latest, and out third...
She was born on Saturday, July 19 at 6:14 am, in our home.
She weighed 8 lbs 6 oz, has brown hair, dark eyes, nice pink skin, and long fingers and toes. Of course she is gorgeous and beautiful. We were at a loss at first, but the consensus is turning out that she looks like Elias when he was a baby.
Her first name, aside from being the name of one of the minor prophets, can also translated from Hebrew as "comfort." In response to much questioning, we did actually choose her middle name before she was born early on a clear morning. Andrea and I enjoy naming our children, and we particularly enjoy choosing middle names that complement the first. Our comforter, the Lord, has come and is currently reigning as king, and he is coming again. We are eagerly awaiting the dawn when our comforter reappears in blazing glory.
Here is proud Elias enjoying his first peek at Nahum, whom he has nick-named "precious baby."
Here is Timnah who is very thrilled to have a little sister. Timnah is already good about sharing with the wee one.
Andrea is recovering well and the two of us are adjusting to life with three, currently aided by the much appreciated help of grandparents.
Nahum Dawn Roberts
She was born on Saturday, July 19 at 6:14 am, in our home.
She weighed 8 lbs 6 oz, has brown hair, dark eyes, nice pink skin, and long fingers and toes. Of course she is gorgeous and beautiful. We were at a loss at first, but the consensus is turning out that she looks like Elias when he was a baby.
Her first name, aside from being the name of one of the minor prophets, can also translated from Hebrew as "comfort." In response to much questioning, we did actually choose her middle name before she was born early on a clear morning. Andrea and I enjoy naming our children, and we particularly enjoy choosing middle names that complement the first. Our comforter, the Lord, has come and is currently reigning as king, and he is coming again. We are eagerly awaiting the dawn when our comforter reappears in blazing glory.
Here is proud Elias enjoying his first peek at Nahum, whom he has nick-named "precious baby."
Here is Timnah who is very thrilled to have a little sister. Timnah is already good about sharing with the wee one.
Andrea is recovering well and the two of us are adjusting to life with three, currently aided by the much appreciated help of grandparents.
2008-07-09
Finis
I need to go ahead and throw this out there, because after our third child is welcomed into the world it will become a "who cares."
So after a little over two years, one trip to the ER, and enough money to pay for another cradle (or two, probably), I have completed my first woodworking project, the cradle.
Be wowed and amazed and impressed.
So after a little over two years, one trip to the ER, and enough money to pay for another cradle (or two, probably), I have completed my first woodworking project, the cradle.
Be wowed and amazed and impressed.
Headaches for Breakfast
Child: "Mom, what's for breakfast?"
(crack! smash! [the sound of a head-butt])
Mom: "Not now. How about never?"
Child: "Aunty, can you spare me some leftovers?"
(bang! double-smash!)
Aunt: "No...I don't even like you"
Alas, the happy ending.
Our buckling goat, Bingham, was brought to a happy adopting home yesterday to a family that is going to bottle feed him. His mom, Kelly, nursed him for a few days, but then decided that brother, Boyd, could eat but that Bingham could not. Bingham's aunt, Kate, never really cared much for Bingham either. We had been keeping him nourished by putting Mom and Aunt on the milk stand and letting him take what he could get. Bingham's desperate attempts at eating were starting to disrupt nursing for everybody, because if Boyd or cousing, Hully, started nursing, Bingham played opportunist and caused Kelly and Kate to jump away.
We'll miss Bingham, because since he didn't get along well with either his mother or aunt, he was the most personable towards people. I think that the new arrangement will go well for everybody, though.
(crack! smash! [the sound of a head-butt])
Mom: "Not now. How about never?"
Child: "Aunty, can you spare me some leftovers?"
(bang! double-smash!)
Aunt: "No...I don't even like you"
Alas, the happy ending.
Our buckling goat, Bingham, was brought to a happy adopting home yesterday to a family that is going to bottle feed him. His mom, Kelly, nursed him for a few days, but then decided that brother, Boyd, could eat but that Bingham could not. Bingham's aunt, Kate, never really cared much for Bingham either. We had been keeping him nourished by putting Mom and Aunt on the milk stand and letting him take what he could get. Bingham's desperate attempts at eating were starting to disrupt nursing for everybody, because if Boyd or cousing, Hully, started nursing, Bingham played opportunist and caused Kelly and Kate to jump away.
We'll miss Bingham, because since he didn't get along well with either his mother or aunt, he was the most personable towards people. I think that the new arrangement will go well for everybody, though.
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