almost sitting

Here's a clip of Caleb and Logan almost sitting together. Logan can sit for several seconds before tipping over, Caleb's not quite as steady.

remember

We're remembering Mike's Grandpa Krol today.  He passed away this morning after struggling with his health for awhile.  We're so glad he was able to meet and hold Caleb and Logan.  The above photo is from a visit soon after the boys were born.  We had more visits over the last several months, but I did not take photos as Grandpa just didn't look like the man we knew and want to remember.  The last few times we visited he was still able to hold the boys a bit, and they both smiled real nice for him too - I was so proud of them!  :)

This is a bittersweet day.  Even though we can rejoice that Grandpa is with his Heavenly Father, and be thankful that he is no longer suffering, it is still sad to see someone special go.  He's probably pretty busy praising God, but hopefully he's had a chance to be reunited with Mike's dad after 15 long years.

It wasn't that long ago that Grandpa was still able to joke around and tease - when we would visit and one of the boys would cry he would say that must be a Steenwyk trait...  Before the boys were born he insisted on calling them Claus and Jake (he would say it like Yay-kee).  This past fall when his health was failing and we weren't sure if he would get a chance to meet the boys, we wanted him to know the names we planned on using even though it was a secret to everyone else.  He didn't want us to tell him because he was worried that with all the drugs he was on he would just blurt them out sometime.  :)  So, we just made sure he knew that one of the boys would have Harold for a middle name, and we didn't tell him anything else.

We certainly appreciate the good example of a Christian man that Grandpa Krol has been, and also Grandpa and Grandma's lasting marriage.  The below photo was taken at their 60th wedding anniversary celebration a couple years ago.

name

Just gotta post real quick that we're pretty sure Caleb recognizes his name!  We've been suspicious for at least a couple days and pretty much confirmed it tonight.  I called out to Caleb and he looked over at me, then Mike called out to Caleb and he looked over at him (and he's been responding like that for a bit but we didn't know if it was just the sound of our voices), but then to really test it Mike called out Logan's name and Caleb didn't respond to that at all.  It's so fun to watch them learning new things!

cottage

On Saturday we were finally able to go check out Mike's brother and sister-in-law's cottage that they bought a few months back.  It was a beautiful day for it!  Caleb and Logan floated around for a while - it didn't take them long to get used to the water.  So far so good turning them into water rats.  :)

Even though we've been very busy, I'm struggling to figure out what to write.  Just feel like my brain is a little mushy right now.  I do want to write a post about my not so good day yesterday, but will do that separately.

I'm listening to the boys talk in their room right now.  It's just about time for them to eat and they've woken up from their naps and are just hanging out in their cribs.  I love it that they do that. 

just for laughs

Mike was trying to get Logan going, and Caleb joined in on the fun.

just like heidi

Apparently Caleb wants to be just like his cousin Heidi who ended up like this a couple weeks ago.  Maybe I need to get bumpers for his crib??

first bites

Meant to post these clips a long time ago - guess I'm a little busy.  :)  These are clips of Caleb and Logan's very first try at cereal back in mid-April.  They are very much improved over what you'll see here!  And, the cereal must be working, they look so much bigger already.