Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Karis is One!!!

I can hardly believe the words that I am typing now, my daughter is ONE. It does not seem like a year since she came into our lives. I think having kids, not just getting older, makes time go by so so much faster! This first birthday for my little girl was wonderful! We had cake and several varieties of homemade ice cream! We celebrated Monday night (before her actual birthday I know) with some great friends and family. My mom and step-dad were able to be here which was so nice! We had our old neighbors from our seminary apartment come over, and then lots of folks from our church. There was a house full for sure! I know Karis won't remember it, but with pictures and videos she will be able to look back and see how cared for she was on her first birthday! We are so thankful for everyone that was able to come celebrate, and wish that all our friends and family could have been there with us. For those who couldn't be there, here are some sweet pictures of the birthday girl at her party!






We are so excited to see what the Lord does in our little girl's life! I already see such a fun little personality, and such a friendly spirit within her. She loves people, and I pray that the Lord will use her as a mighty tool for His kingdom. He formed her, He is sustaining her, and He has the plan for her life. We love Karis and are daily blessed by her. It's hard to believe that on her 2nd birthday she will have a little brother or sister! Crazy! God is so good!

Also, for video Friday......

check out this link to a video of Karis enjoying her birthday cake! My mom videoed this for us while Karis was trying to figure out the whole eating cake thing! It's cute!
Click Here!!

Friday, July 3, 2009

New Video

We have this awesome little flip video camera that my step-mom so graciously gave us to use, so we have been able to capture some GREAT videos of Karis in this first months of her little life!  I have loved posting some of these already and I want to get into a better habit of putting them on here.  So, with hope, I am going to try to make Friday's video days here on our little blog.  I know there are some times that I do better than others with posting, so maybe this will help keep me accountable to putting stuff on here!  

So, for the first video for Friday videos.....

I have been meaning to post this for a little while, it is so funny to me!  Karis has discovered a new ability that she really only does when she eats!  It's so funny, hope you enjoy!


Thursday, July 2, 2009

Our New Adventure

Well, at the end of my last post I made a comment wondering what the next adventure in the life of the Hollanders will be.  I knew at that moment (although no one else did) that our newest adventure was already beginning.  I found out around June 1st that Blake and I are expecting our second little baby!  We are very excited, but I still have some nervousness about it all as well.  I feel like I have life pretty well figured out with the one little girl.  She's on a great schedule, loves to go out and about, and is really a great easy baby.  So, I just don't know what to expect when the next little Hollander comes around.  I do rest in the fact that this is the Lord's timing and His perfect plan for us.  Children ARE such a blessing from the Lord, and I am so honored that He would see fit for us to prepare for baby number 2. 

I am having all the wonderful first trimester fun with nausea and tiredness, but hopefully it won't last too much longer!  I am coming in on being 10 weeks along now, so we are close to the second trimester!  Crazy!  I am noticing with this pregnancy how often I forget that I am pregnant.  Karis keeps me busy during the day and half the time I don't even think about the new little one growing.  It was ALWAYS on my mind the first time around, so it's kind of funny now.  We were able to have an initial ultrasound to verify pregnancy a few days ago, and there was a little bean there!  That made it quite real!  It's one thing to take a test at home and a totally different thing to actually see the growing baby!  So exciting, and overwhelming!  We are praying for a healthy pregnancy and a healthy baby.  We are trusting the Lord to sustain life and provide for us all the things we need.  I'll keep things updated more on here as things go along!  Looking forward to it all!