Some fun new pictures up; we've been enjoying all the nice weather around here. It's raining now, and we probably won't get out too much this weekend; but Spring shall persist nonetheless!
I'm looking forward to a trip to Fargo to see LOTS of family; followed by a trip to Oregon to see Jodi F. & fam, and Jodi A. & fam (new and improved with brand new baby!) Brandon, meanwhile, will be homebound and busy with end-of-school and graduation parties.
Friday, April 23, 2010
Friday, April 2, 2010
Vetter update
We're back from Mexico, and gearing up for an Easter weekend. I have tons of great stories from the mission trip - but won't take the time to get them all down here. You can call me and get them in person; but first check out the pictures, videos and blog by following links at www.dwu.edu/campmin. Or the picture slideshow below! Ok, one quick story: we just heard this week that the family whose house we started building has already moved in and gotten settled! We broke ground for them on our first work day, and had things about 3/4 completed in just 4 days of hard work. Now Maria (18), her husband Rodrigo (21) and their kids (2 & 15 months) have a home - just in time for baby 3 who's already on the way. Copy this link for Mexico pictures: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpAQYeh-Nuc
Being back home with Miranda is great too. She's a little jabber-box these days; learning and using new words everyday. The weather has been nice, so we've had lots of walks and trips down the slide - which she calls a 'wheeeee'!
Here's a fun video of 3 girls. They hail from Mexico, Mitchell and My house; but little girls everywhere know how to sing and dance, giggle and play!
Being back home with Miranda is great too. She's a little jabber-box these days; learning and using new words everyday. The weather has been nice, so we've had lots of walks and trips down the slide - which she calls a 'wheeeee'!
Here's a fun video of 3 girls. They hail from Mexico, Mitchell and My house; but little girls everywhere know how to sing and dance, giggle and play!
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Walking and Talking
Not a lot of time to post, but lots going on around here!
Bullet points:
- Vicky has the 30 Hour Famine tomorrow; 30 hours of juice fast, dozen middle schoolers over night at church, 6 awesome 'Tribe' games. Good fun - but lots of work. Had to laugh last night when an 8th grader told me she had $103 already! She had been going table to table at supper, so I asked how much she had before tonight; '$3!'
- Pastor Brad from church passed away last week. Funeral and prayer services were this last weekend. Hard time; be praying for his wife Joan and son Aaron.
- Brandon and Vicky leave for Mexico in 16 days! The trip is payed for, and most all plans made - vamanos!
- Miranda leaves for Bismarck in 15 days to stay with Grandma, Papa, Grandpa Ed, Great Gr & Gr, various friends, and dog Abby. I think they've got the babysitting thing covered!
We got a new video camera since our old one was wigging out. It's very different, but I think it'll work out. Here are the inaugural videos - some walking and talking from our toddler!
Bye for now,
Vetters
Bullet points:
- Vicky has the 30 Hour Famine tomorrow; 30 hours of juice fast, dozen middle schoolers over night at church, 6 awesome 'Tribe' games. Good fun - but lots of work. Had to laugh last night when an 8th grader told me she had $103 already! She had been going table to table at supper, so I asked how much she had before tonight; '$3!'
- Pastor Brad from church passed away last week. Funeral and prayer services were this last weekend. Hard time; be praying for his wife Joan and son Aaron.
- Brandon and Vicky leave for Mexico in 16 days! The trip is payed for, and most all plans made - vamanos!
- Miranda leaves for Bismarck in 15 days to stay with Grandma, Papa, Grandpa Ed, Great Gr & Gr, various friends, and dog Abby. I think they've got the babysitting thing covered!
We got a new video camera since our old one was wigging out. It's very different, but I think it'll work out. Here are the inaugural videos - some walking and talking from our toddler!
Bye for now,
Vetters
Monday, January 25, 2010
Video Download Day!
We finally got some videos off the camera! First, the much anticipated...first steps! This was filmed at Christmastime, and really was Miranda's first walking session! She only took about 3 steps before Uncle Eric was on the camcorder and catching all the action.
She's been practicing her walking all month now, and is much more stable and strong already.
Next up; Miranda watches herself in the viewfinder.
And now, a baby's day in the office.
We had two other kids over that night, and they were watching cartoons, but Miranda just had a few loose ends to tie up at work.
A few short clips of fun at Christmas: Miranda got rides in the laundry basket, and care of Papa Pete's floor sweeping game!
This last video is a game Miranda played for nearly 20 minutes one day. After she had done about 10 rounds of this (put bears on the chair, climb up, hug bears, throw them off the chair) I decided to film it for awhile. We have about 5 minutes of this footage, but here's the condensed version. This was before Christmas, so she was 14 1/2 months old.
She's been practicing her walking all month now, and is much more stable and strong already.
Next up; Miranda watches herself in the viewfinder.
And now, a baby's day in the office.
We had two other kids over that night, and they were watching cartoons, but Miranda just had a few loose ends to tie up at work.
A few short clips of fun at Christmas: Miranda got rides in the laundry basket, and care of Papa Pete's floor sweeping game!
This last video is a game Miranda played for nearly 20 minutes one day. After she had done about 10 rounds of this (put bears on the chair, climb up, hug bears, throw them off the chair) I decided to film it for awhile. We have about 5 minutes of this footage, but here's the condensed version. This was before Christmas, so she was 14 1/2 months old.
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
New Pictures
Sarah and Chris visited us from Kentucky this past week! We had a super great time catching up with them, hanging out in the frigid North, playing games, sharing meals, watching Miranda, and passing around a nasty cold amongst us all. Well, that last part wasn't my favorite - but the pictures that Sarah took ARE my new favorite. Check them out on Picasa, and if you live in Kentucky, seriously consider hiring this girl to shoot your next event; she's got skills!
Friday, January 1, 2010
Christmas 2009!
We had a great Christmas celebration in Bismarck this year! We spent all our time with family and friends, bouncing between houses despite the enormous storm and large amounts of snow. You can see all the fun in the pictures on Picasa, link to the right. Here's some teasers...
Fun games at Grandma and Grandpa Petersons!
Hanging out with Great Grandma and Grandpa and their dog Tug.
Miranda got lots of hugs and kisses from everyone...Grandpa Ed gave double doses!
She really liked the whole trip to the mall to visit Santa, and seeing all the other kids, and all the pretty decorations...however, didn't like Santa himself one bit! She does like Santa's alter-ego Pastor Kermit under normal circumstances.
Lots of Family Fun with Peterson's and Vetter's!
We had four Christmas celebrations all together. Immediate Peterson family (with Scott, Lisa & Alice joining via Skype), Extended Peterson-Westgard family, immediate Vetter family, and Extended Vetter family! All four were super fun, full of toys and cute clothes, and marked with laughs and hugs and love (and of course tons of food!)
Miranda gave us a great gift in taking her first unassisted walking steps on our last day in Bismarck. We're working on the video...but there are some glitches, so it may be a little while. I'm sure she'll be a professional walking girl before I'm able to get that posted. Sorry!
Fun games at Grandma and Grandpa Petersons!
Hanging out with Great Grandma and Grandpa and their dog Tug.
Miranda got lots of hugs and kisses from everyone...Grandpa Ed gave double doses!
She really liked the whole trip to the mall to visit Santa, and seeing all the other kids, and all the pretty decorations...however, didn't like Santa himself one bit! She does like Santa's alter-ego Pastor Kermit under normal circumstances.
Lots of Family Fun with Peterson's and Vetter's!
We had four Christmas celebrations all together. Immediate Peterson family (with Scott, Lisa & Alice joining via Skype), Extended Peterson-Westgard family, immediate Vetter family, and Extended Vetter family! All four were super fun, full of toys and cute clothes, and marked with laughs and hugs and love (and of course tons of food!)
Miranda gave us a great gift in taking her first unassisted walking steps on our last day in Bismarck. We're working on the video...but there are some glitches, so it may be a little while. I'm sure she'll be a professional walking girl before I'm able to get that posted. Sorry!
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Christmas gifts
Miranda is at a totally fun age, and things keep happening all day and I think 'remember that to tell to people, it was funny!' Because she just learns something new everyday, and does something surprising every hour. So, here's a list of some new tricks our 14 1/2 month old has pulled out of her Christmas bag.
- Miranda tries to put on her own socks by placing the sock on top of the foot with lots of intensity and often grunting.
- She grunts a lot, to show she's really working hard. Sometimes she'll do it purely as a joke; move something that moves easily but grunt and fuss about it - just to be funny! Then laughs about how funny she is.
- She 'fake sleeps' when we lay her down in her crib. Lays down really quickly, and cuddles in the blanket, then pops her head back up and giggles at you as if to say 'see, I know how to do it! Watch, I'll do it again!'
- She can now say, w/ intention and meaning, Mama, Dada, NO, no, no, and Ball.
- She often says, but doesn't understand yet, 'Yesh'. We're pretty sure she's quoting Michael from 'the Office'.
- She's getting pretty good with a spoon; fed herself her entire lunch today, between using the spoon and fingers. The picture is from this weekend, when college kids were baking in our house.
- I changed her diaper today after Brandon had watched her for awhile, and the whole waistline was packed with graham crackers! This was sure a mystery to me, as she was wearing a onesie and didn't have access to her diaper to fill it with stuff - nor has she EVER done something like that before. She thought my shocked expression was DElightful and laughed and laughed as I cleaned them out. Brandon's only comment 'oh, you know, she was kinda itching her belly after we ate'. My guess is she was putting them inside her shirt from up at the neck! Crazy baby.
- Yesterday she was playing in the bathroom while I was using it. She saw the tp in my hand and asked for it. I gave it to her, because I'm a push-over. She took it and immediately started wiping the back of her leg/bum. How funny is that! Miranda is ALWAYS watching...guests beware!
- She figured out she can't reach the Christmas tree ornaments from sitting, or up on her knees. And she can't yet free-stand in the middle of the room. So she gets her walking toy and pushes it over to the tree so she can swat as the colorful bulbs.
- I love to see how she's problem solving now. Today she decided both of her crib blankies should come visit the living room, so she'd grab one and drag it up in front of her, than go back and get the other and drag it up to the first. Then she tried to stuff them both inbetween her legs and crawl/push with them for awhile. It took a long time, but she got them both half-way down the hallway. Meanwhile Mom farmed on Facebook and supervised the project!
- She's learned to tickle you back. She doesn't do it often, but when she remembers it she'll find some exposed skin and move her fingers really gently and say ki-ki-ki then laugh and laugh.
- She LOVES to stand up and reach down to pick something off the ground. She'll support herself on the couch or me, and repeatedly throw something on the floor just to pick it up over and over. Every third or fourth time she'll punch the object up in the air in a victorious celebration!
All in all, Miranda is entertaining her parents and we're loving this stage of postbaby/pretoddler. She's not quite walking on her own yet, but getting close now. Today was perhaps the most fussy, frustrating, tantrum-filled day she's ever had; and I STILL love her at the end of it, so we're doing good there! What new wonder will she have in store tomorrow...
- Miranda tries to put on her own socks by placing the sock on top of the foot with lots of intensity and often grunting.
- She grunts a lot, to show she's really working hard. Sometimes she'll do it purely as a joke; move something that moves easily but grunt and fuss about it - just to be funny! Then laughs about how funny she is.
- She 'fake sleeps' when we lay her down in her crib. Lays down really quickly, and cuddles in the blanket, then pops her head back up and giggles at you as if to say 'see, I know how to do it! Watch, I'll do it again!'
- She can now say, w/ intention and meaning, Mama, Dada, NO, no, no, and Ball.
- She often says, but doesn't understand yet, 'Yesh'. We're pretty sure she's quoting Michael from 'the Office'.
- She's getting pretty good with a spoon; fed herself her entire lunch today, between using the spoon and fingers. The picture is from this weekend, when college kids were baking in our house.
- I changed her diaper today after Brandon had watched her for awhile, and the whole waistline was packed with graham crackers! This was sure a mystery to me, as she was wearing a onesie and didn't have access to her diaper to fill it with stuff - nor has she EVER done something like that before. She thought my shocked expression was DElightful and laughed and laughed as I cleaned them out. Brandon's only comment 'oh, you know, she was kinda itching her belly after we ate'. My guess is she was putting them inside her shirt from up at the neck! Crazy baby.
- Yesterday she was playing in the bathroom while I was using it. She saw the tp in my hand and asked for it. I gave it to her, because I'm a push-over. She took it and immediately started wiping the back of her leg/bum. How funny is that! Miranda is ALWAYS watching...guests beware!
- She figured out she can't reach the Christmas tree ornaments from sitting, or up on her knees. And she can't yet free-stand in the middle of the room. So she gets her walking toy and pushes it over to the tree so she can swat as the colorful bulbs.
- I love to see how she's problem solving now. Today she decided both of her crib blankies should come visit the living room, so she'd grab one and drag it up in front of her, than go back and get the other and drag it up to the first. Then she tried to stuff them both inbetween her legs and crawl/push with them for awhile. It took a long time, but she got them both half-way down the hallway. Meanwhile Mom farmed on Facebook and supervised the project!
- She's learned to tickle you back. She doesn't do it often, but when she remembers it she'll find some exposed skin and move her fingers really gently and say ki-ki-ki then laugh and laugh.
- She LOVES to stand up and reach down to pick something off the ground. She'll support herself on the couch or me, and repeatedly throw something on the floor just to pick it up over and over. Every third or fourth time she'll punch the object up in the air in a victorious celebration!
All in all, Miranda is entertaining her parents and we're loving this stage of postbaby/pretoddler. She's not quite walking on her own yet, but getting close now. Today was perhaps the most fussy, frustrating, tantrum-filled day she's ever had; and I STILL love her at the end of it, so we're doing good there! What new wonder will she have in store tomorrow...
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