Merry Christmas Everyone

Merry Christmas Everyone!

See you in 2008!

Love, Emily

Kids Playing

The video didn't turn out that well but thought you would get a kick out of it

Reunion

We had such a great time the other night. Thanks to every one that braved the weather and made it out. Keiani had such a great time "playing" with all of her friends. We can't wait till the next reunion when all the kids will be scooting around.

If any one is interested in taking the signing class with us I think it will be alot of fun let me know and I'll get you some info about it.

Hope everyone is doing well can't wait to get updates and pics as the kids grow. Take care and Happy holidays!

Happy Thanksgiving

We wanted to wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving.

Emily is doing great and is looking forward to seeing her friends in a couple weeks! With the babies "talking" now, the adults may not be able to get any words in!

See you all soon!

4 month Update

Keinai had her 4 month check up the other day and she is growing sooooo fast! She weighs 16lbs 10oz and is 27.5 in long! She continues to amaze us every day with how strong she is and how smart she is getting. Its hard keeping up with her sometimes :)

Keiani also recieved her shots and did much better than her 2 month shots. She was a bit fussy for about 10 minutes but by the time we got to the car she was all smiles.

I hope everyone has a wonderful Halloween and I look foward to seeing you all at the reunion on the 2nd of December.

Nova Scotia

Keiani did wonderful on our trip! She hardly made a sound on the plane. Everyone was so impressed on how well she did (I think we were in shock more than anyone else) take off and landings didn't even seem to faze her, I think she actually liked the loud sounds when the plane is gearing up to take off and during landing. The only thing we had a problem with was the 4 hour time change since she wanted to stay up untill 2am for the first few days.

We had a wonderful time and the week went by soooo fast. It is nice to be home though and sleep in our own bed.

We do plan on going back this summer so we will see how fun it is with a 1 year old on a 8 hour flight!

Hope everyone is doing well look foward to seeing everyone soon!

Emily 2 Months

Emily had her 2 month appointment this week, which included her next round of shots. Emily did great! She cried initially, but stopped shortly after Peter picked her up. (Mommy's tears lasted longer than Emily's...). We expected her to be more fussy the night and days following her shots, but if anything she slept more.

At 9 weeks, Emily is 10 lbs 2 oz and 23 inches long.

Reunion

Hey just thought we would volunteer for the next reunion. We have a nice big common room at our Apt. that would work great for a get togehter. Let me know when works for every one and I will reserve it. :0) What was every one thinking? A month 2 or closer to Christmas? I would love to make our own baby food if any one else is interested maybe we could do a little "cooking" party next time.

Reunion Pics

It was so great seeing everyone again! Our babies "played" so nicely together! Thanks for the wonderful time of sharing experiences and good eats. We are looking forward to getting together again to see how our little ones have grown.

Big Girl!

Keiani had her 2 month check up today and she is sooo big! she is weighing in at 14lbs 4oz and is 24.5in long. Shes in the 99th percentile for her height and weight. She was in the high 80s for her head size. The doctor was suprised how big and strong she was and how well she did with her shots. She only cried for a few minutes before she calmed down and fell sleep.

A tip for every one going into this we were told to give her some baby tylenol (check with your doctor for dosing it goes by weight) and we made sure she was clean and had a full tummy with no burps. we also brought her warm blanket to snuggle up in after wards to soothe her. She's doing well so far we got home and she ate and is now sleeping peacefully hopefully the rest of the night goes smoothly and she doesnt get upset.

Thanks again to Reiko and Peter for having us the other night it was fun and we really look foward to seeing you all again soon.

Reunion- Sunday @ 3:30 PM

Looking forward to seeing everyone this Sunday at 3:30 PM.
It will be great to share experiences and meet the new babies!
Hopefully the weather will be nice so we can enjoy the last bit of summer outside.

Reunion

Hey the 26th is good for us too! We can bring pasta salad. We are excited to see everyone! Just let us know what time you have in mind and if you need us to bring anything else!!
Chris, Meghan, & Cate
360-738-6660

Reunion

The 26th works just fine for us. Any time is fine. We can bring a dessert or two.

Ed and Kathleen

Reunion

That sounds great the 26th works for us since Andrew has that day off. Is there any thing you would like us to bring? How about we bring the salad? Let us know what time you are thinking and we will be there! Hope you are all doing well can't wait to see everyone.

Reunion (first one)

Hello. So - how does next weekend look for everyone? I think we originally chatted about the 25th or 26th. A few people have commented the 26th works best. If next weekend is bad for others- we can always put it off until the first part of September. I'm hoping this will be the first of many 'reunions'.

I was thinking we have everyone over early/mid afternoon, chat about experiences, eat/drink, etc.... We'd be happy to BBQ hamburgers. Perhaps each couple can bring over a sidedish to share?

Post comments as to your thoughts for date, time, food, etc....

Directions to our house (google maps - 910 north shore dr, bellingham, wa) - http://maps.google.com/maps?q=910+north+shore+dr,+bellingham,+wa&sourceid=ie7&rls=com.microsoft:en-US&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&um=1&sa=N&tab=wl&oi=property_suggestions&resnum=0&ct=property-revision&cd=1

We are the the 2nd house down the alley (on the left).

Peter, Reiko and Emily
738-3908

7 Weeks!

So Keiani has reached her 7 week mark! I can't believe ho wtime flies and how big she's gotten! We have her 8 week check up comming up and we'll finally see how much weight our little piglet has put on. I'm really not looking foward to all those shots though. It was hard enough when we had to get her heal pricked in the hospital. Once she gets her shots though we can leave for our vacation. We're going to Nova Scotia this fall to visit Andrews Dad. I'm really looking foward to the trip just allittle worried how well Keiani will do on the plane for so long. I guess there is only one way to find out. :)

Are we saving birth stories for the reunion? I didn't want to post anything and jump the gun if it was something every one wanted to wait for.

If any one does my space I have an acount and we have posted tons of pictures and info if you are interested it is http://www.myspace.com/shanaguest

Dagny Galen Kruger

Hello All!

Sorry for being so late with our posting. We don't own a computer, so we're a bit behind the times. Dagny Galen Kruger was born July 18th at 9:31 am. She weighed in at 8 lbs 13 oz and was 21.5 inches long. She's already broken the 9 lb mark, and added another inch to her height....growing so fast already! Her favorite activities to date are showering with us (she loves it!), going for walks in her baby bjorn, and of course eating. On Monday, the 13th, she'll be taking her first sailing trip!

Its looking like we may all be out of town for the end of the month, so if we miss the reunion we'll have to check the blog to catch up on details.

Hope everyone is doing well!

Jess, Karl and Dagny

Sorry I forgot to post our little ones name, We named her Keiani Jarie Guest

Hi every one we had our little girl on June 24th at 4:37am she was 8lbs 12.6oz and 19.5 in long. She is now 6 weeks old I cant believe how the time flies! look foward to seeing all of you soon and sharing birth stories!

Baby Tanner

Hi Everyone! Hope you guys are all doing well. Just wanted to show you some pics of Tanner. Can't wait to see you all at the reunion and share our stories! See you soon.

Breathe Baby, Breathe!

Hi everyone. Reiko gave birth to Emily Marcia on July 18th @ 7:08am. Little did we know the breathing exercises would extend to our baby as she wasn't positive she was ready to be out of the womb and breathing air on her own!

Reiko is doing great. Baby Emily is amazing. It will be fun to trade birth stories and soon Mommy/Daddy stories as well.

We too saw another couple at the birth center. Hope everyone is doing well. May need to sneak in a pre-Aug. 26th get together...

- Peter (and Reiko and Emily)

Oh BABY!!!

Hi everyone!Just wanted to let everyone know that Meghan gave birth to Cathryn McLean Carlson at 7:52 am on July 11th. It has been pretty wild around here as you can imagine! We got to room just a few doors down from Kathleen and Ed so that was exciting to see them there! We also loved the nurses and everyone at the hospWe are excited to hear from everyone else soon and we hope you are all doing well!!! Can't wait to see everyone again soon! Here is the hospital link for Cathryn.http://www.newbabynews.net/hospitals/stj5/public/stj5birthannouncement.pl?babyID=h5-9266

Baby Announcement

Hi all,

Kathleen had the baby on Tuesday morning at 11:44. We named her Sydney Erin Harri.

Everyone is doing well. We came home from the hospital last night. We'll save stories about the process until everyone has had their babies, but we can certainly say that the nurses and doctors at the hospital were incredibly kind and treated us very well.

Also, we saw someone else from our class there! But we'll let them have the pleasure of their own announcement.

Here's the link to her St. Joe's announcement with the pertinent details.

http://www.newbabynews.net/hospitals/stj5/public/stj5birthannouncement.pl?babyID=h5-9256

Hey all,

Best of luck to everyone in the coming weeks!

Here's the class picture from our last class.

Kathleen and Ed