Monday, May 22, 2006

Does this outfit make me look big?


Here is Bennett just before church yesterday. What a stud!
We have survived the first 2 weeks and so far things are going really well. This coming Sunday we are going to be celebrating his baptism and have a lot of family coming to share this with us.
Grandma and Grandpa Swager are flying in on Wednesday. They are eager to meet Bennett I hear. Then on Friday Grandma and Grandpa van Leeuwen are coming with Bennett's auntie Megan, uncle Greg and Auntie Julie along with his cousin Emily. Should be a fun weekend!

Saturday, May 13, 2006


IT'S ANOTHER BOY!!!!

Noah Jonathan was born to Evelyn and Jonathan early this morning. Bennett is very excited to have another cousin.

Wednesday, May 10, 2006

This has been a week to remember! Bennett Dale Swager was born on Sunday afternoon May 7, 2006. He was almost 3 weeks early, so he was somewhat of a surprise. He weighed 6lbs, 11 ounces and was 21 inches long.
We are all home now and learning to adjust to the new life and the new surroundings. We are all a little tired, but are coping quite well. Grandma and Grandpa van Leeuwen got here Monday afternoon and left, sadly, this afternoon.
The first pic is of Bennett getting ready to come home from the hospital. He is wrapped in a blanket that was made for his daddy by his great grandma Van Foeken.

Bennett....
He is quite little and everything seems so large on him, like this hat:)

Monday, May 01, 2006



Okay, so here I am at 36 weeks. Not too bad, I suppose I could be bigger, although I feel huge! Dale said to me "Holy S*** that thing is huge" refering to my belly. I don't know what he is thinking I was going to look like:)

We only have a few weeks to go and things are looking like they should fall into place somehow.

Exciting news of the weekend, we got a tree! Friday morning before all the rain started we managed to get a tree spade into our front lawn. It really adds to the boring treeless and grassless neighborhood.... hopefully the rain will stop long enough to dry everything up so we can get our sod laid.