Ben's first hike

We've been enjoying the great weather and getting outside a lot. I wanted to include some pictures from the garden that was, well, already planted thoroughly when we got here!

But for the stuff we've planted, we've got carrots, beans, garlic (now about 8 inches high!), cilantro, oregano (our last one did not like the -30c too much), basil, tomatoes and some flowers. Today Christy made Strawberry/Rhubarb crisp, with fresh Rhubarb from the garden. It was yummy!

We also took Benjamin on his first hike to Pinnacles Park. It was a lot of fun and Jayson enjoyed being 'the keeper of the binoculars'. Emily got a little tired, but Jayson enjoyed his mama's stories about bears, wild animals and Grandma Donnie's cottage.

At the moment, Benjamin is sleeping soundly in my arms while I'm trying to type, and Christy is making up a square for us to have a night-time snack. mmmmmm......

~Wes

Last Moments at the Hospital

This may be embarrassing to Emily when she gets older.....but I tried to stop her....

Baby Pool Results Tabulated.....

Drum Roll Please.................

The bragging rights are presented to Auntie Anna, for guessing the date and closest to the time!

With honorable mention to Auntie Jen, for guessing the date, and Auntie Teri for guessing the gender and the closest to the weight!

More photos of Day 1

Introducing, Benjamin William Linde!

Hey!
Yes it's been a long beautiful day, because Benjamin is here! Yes our third born came into this world at 8:57am today, May 3rd, 2009, weighing 8lbs 1oz! For now, I'd just like to share some pictures and update you on some more later.
Enjoy these with us!

~Wes~

Counting down the days!

Hey so DH here. I'm getting excited for the DB to come along. I hope my DW doesn't think I'm a dork for using these abbreviated blog words.

Baby is coming soon! We've got most of the planning done and are pretty much ready for the baby to come. I'm really excited, especially to see what he/she looks like. I really want to know what the gender is, but I know I can wait.

Yesterday was an amazing day out in our back yard. We really love it. We planted a whack-load of garlic, cleaned out some garden beds and racked leaves. This past week I also ripped apart a partial fence that was keeping us from seeing our children play in the backyard. (It used to be there for privacy when the previous owners had a hot tub... which unfortunately they took with them!

I love playing with the kids. We played fireman and firetruck today and we were putting out fires... fake ones. Emily laughed every time my fireman fell off a cliff... again, a fake one.

We had drizzle today and Quesnelians were complaining quite a bit. We had not had much rain since the snow melt, so we could not complain. I've had so much time to get out and work in the yard lately, it's felt really good!

Class is going well (guitar class). I'm learning a lot. It feels weird though when you mark an exam and you can see students not try... and get a poor mark. It reminds me of how I was in school.

Anyway, thought I'd blog to not let DW run away with all of the posts.
till later,

Daddun.

Baby Pool Final Draft

Jayson: Boy, 6 lbs 0oz
Grammie Lee: Girl, May 2nd, 7lbs 6oz
Auntie Anna: Girl, May 3rd, Big, 1:02pm
Jen the Auntie: Girl, May 3rd, 7lbs, 7:00pm
Daddy (Wes): Girl, May 6th, 7lbs 1oz, 1:03pm
Papa Linde: Boy, May 7th, 7lbs 3oz
Uncle Rob and Auntie Karin: Boy, May 7th, 10 lbs!
Grammy Parker: Girl, May 8th, 7lbs, 1oz, 8:01pm
Granddad Lee: Girl, May 8th, 7lbs 2oz
Rod Heppell: Girl, May 9th, 7lbs 1oz
Rebecca B.: Girl, May 11th, 7lbs 13 oz, 12:34 am
Granddad Parker: Girl, May 12th, 8lbs
Teri the Auntie: Boy, May 12th, 8lbs, 2oz
Uncle Mark: Boy, May 15th, 6lbs, 7oz
Uncle Jonathan: Boy, May 20th (his birthday), 7lbs 11oz

And just for fun:

Baby Jayson, 6lbs even, 11 days early:


Baby Emily, 7lbs 9oz, on her due date: