Happy 2nd Birthday

Our 'little' girl celebrated her second bday on Wednesday 28th November.

We had a small gathering of family + friends.

All had a 'hootastic' time.

Hootabelle cake and owl themed foods.

                                                      Party guests enjoying the food

                                                                  Blowing out the candles

                                                          A tired birthday girl cuddling elmo

 Very spoilt. Thankyou to everyone who came and to those who sent their well wishes to our princess.



best big sister

Isaiah receives soooo many smooches!



6 weeks.

Yes thats right, its been 6 weeks old already!! Cant believe how fast every single day is going.

Isaiah is very content baby, (now that he has got his feeding pattern sorted out.- thankyou very much :D)

His nightime sleeps are getting there, he roughly does 8pm-1am and then goes till 4 oclock, so i am starting to catch up on my sleep and feel some what human again.

Sophie loves talking to + giving Isaiah kisses, and she more then anyone else, is often greeted with a massive smile!

We had a health checkup yesterday and at 6 weeks, Isaiah weighs 4.94 kg and is 56cm long.

"A healthy, thriving beautiful boy" our nurse rekons.

And now i will leave you with an overload of photos from the last month (while i go load the rest on my computer hehe)

 sleeping beauty

 (3 weeks)

 so tiny in his cot! (week 1)

  First smiles (roughly 3 weeks old)

 mum + kiddies (one week old) All dressed up for Oma Pines bday.

 Posing in his tonka truck!

 Talking to Sophie

 Love this photo. Looks like Isaiah is screaming for help, because 'Cyclone Sophie' is on her way!

Our 2 beautiful children. Feel so blessed to have them in our lives. (week 5)

Getting the hang of this smiling thing (about 4 weeks old)

So wrinkly and cute (2 weeks)

Dad + his kiddies

We did this pose when Sophie was a week old (on the left).and thought it was so cute we would do it with Isaiah too (on the right - also a week old).

Baptism.

Isaiah recieved his covenant blessing on Sunday 27th october.
We were blessed to have Rev.Wildeboer preach a thought provoking sermon on showing compassion. 
Isaiah was a cherub, sleeping happily during the service, right through the endless amounts of hand shaking all the way until we got home and were able to quickly snap up a family photo.

We shared the evening with Isaiah's Opas + Omas, Uncles + Aunts with soup and sandwiches.
We then quickly snapped some more photos. Sorry for the quality. Everyone wasnt really in the mood, and it was quite late so i had to use auto settings :(
But i am glad that Isaiah will always have these as a reminder.

opapa + omama pleiter

opa + oma hidding

oma pine

opa + oma huizenga

huizenga clan

hidding clan

photo dump

Just some photos from Isaiah's first days.

First family photo.

this is one of sophie's first cuddles.

She promptly started singing "holy, holy, holy"

first bath and loving it.

our 'big baby'

cuddles at home.

A very spoilt baby! Thankyou again to everyone. For all the congratulation, the presents, the cards, the visits. It is very appreciated.

Bundle of Blue.

'Isaiah Max Hidding'

Entered this world on Thursday 18th October, at 2.43 pm.

He weighed 3.670g (8.2 lbs) and was 51cm long.