Joanna Evelyn--first 10 days.

Here are a couple pics from Joanna's first 10 days of life. I can give more details on the birth, etc. later. No time now!

Both kids cuddling with Daddy.

Joanna resting on Daddy. She has socks up to her knees in this pic--Rudi didn't want her to get cold.

Playing outside

Snoozing after an afternoon snack

Samuel putting stickers on baby sister

Joanna's first bath

Dad holding both kids.

eating a popsicle outside

tried to duplicate Samuel's newborn photo at home. Didn't turn out too badly.

The birth announcement, in case anyone looking here didn't receive it by email already.

April pictures

Easter Sunday outside of church.

At a Navy sponsored egg hunt.

At Asan Beach park. This is where the Marines landed when they took the island back from the Japanese in 1944. Over 1,700 Marines died here, over 6,000 were wounded, and over 18,000 Japanese were killed. This pic is out of order....see below.

East Sunday AM. 33 weeks prego.

Samuel "helping" Daddy put together his uniform for an inspection. I think the inspection is the only time that he has worn his white uniform that I can remember. I thought it was so sweet how Samuel was concentrating on what Daddy was doing, and I struggled to get a good shot of what was going on.

Samuel and me at 'Underwater World.' I am 37 weeks pregnant in this pic. Underwater world is a big aquarium in Tumon. There are also activities for the kids there. We just purchased one-year passes to go thered--a wise move since sometimes Samuel only lasts for 15 min. there and then wants to go home. He is obviously ready to go home in this pic!

Samuel waling around at Asan Beach park.

one of Samuel's favorite activities---drawing on our driveway with sidwalk chalk! He and Rudi got into the habit of regularly drawing planets. Samuel now says, "draw Saturn, draw Jupiter," when we go outside to draw. I was particularly impressed when Samuel decided to draw Saturn and "Saturn's rings." (see below: the blue and yellow circular scribbles are Saturn, and the yellow lines that kind of intersect the blue scribbles are Saturn's rings. Rudi's artwork is the better-looking Saturn in the corner of the pic).