We are proud to announce the birth of our second son, Ioan DeWinkle!
He was born today at 12:09 PM, weighing in at 7 lbs. 9 oz., and 20 1/2 inches long. We praise our Lord for His amazing gift of life to our family, and can't begin to say how excited we are!
Daddy and Ioan
Arie Meeting His Little Brother
Arie was interested mostly in 'petting' baby and pointing to his eyes, mouth, nose, etc. So far I think it's fair to say that we are all immensely pleased with our new little guy!
The Arster Here's a current pic of Arie---right after his nap, half dressed, covered in PB&J. Perhaps not at his best, but most definitely a happy camper. Arie is doing well here in Richland. His newest 'thing' is naming items around him to show off how smart he is. Very cute, and he knows it.
We've had a round of seeing doctors for Arie, so there are some updates. Arie's got new AFOs (braces), that are taller than his last day pair, but more flexible. It's a bit harder for him to crawl around in them, so we're working into wearing them for most of the day. We also started using sand bags to help Arie stretch out while he's sitting. It's working pretty well. And, the other update: his eyes. The crossed eye continues to grow stronger and improve with every doctor visit. We are so happy about this, as it most likely indicates increasingly better vision in that eye and also improves his chances of a successful surgery in a few years.
I've been trying to stay busy, and so far I've been finding plenty to do. I'd been wanting to make a baptism gown for our soon-to-appear little guy, and finally *almost* finished it. Everything but all the buttons. I came up a button short, so the back doesn't have all the buttons sewn on. Other than that, I'm fairly pleased with the results. Sewing clothes is not my talent, but I really am pretty happy with this.
The puppies are doing great, and growing so fast. Most of our puppy buyers have been over by Seattle, so we've kept a pair of them here with us in Richland. They're so sweet, and we've been working on training them. They're doing really well with that, and they LOVE to go on our morning walk with us. Arie thinks they're great!
I'll try to post a preggo picture soon. I just need to pose for Dirk... A month to go!
