Uncle Ty's open house

Uncle Tyler had his open house this past Sunday. It rained a little right before it started, but then we had a beautiful day. It was a great party--Uncle Ty is well-loved by a lot of people. Notice the pictures of Adelynn smiling. This was probably two hours before the open house started and the last smiles we saw until about 7:00 that night. Adelynn was just so sad at the thought of her Uncle Tyler leaving for Central in a couple of months that she cried pretty much the entire time.

Baptism on Mother's Day

Adelynn was baptized on Mother's Day. We were so thankful and so blessed to celebrate her baptism with family, and it was on Mother's Day. God is so good, and we still can hardly believe that God has given her to us.



Grandpa Great Visser's hat from his baptism.

Great Grandma Dornbos

Adelynn and Mom after Oma Brown helped Adelynn get ready.




The baptismal gown that Adelynn wore at the church for her baptism has been in the Dornbos family for 118 years. She also wore my grandpa's baptismal hat. What special traditions! Because the gown was so old and fragile we put in on in the parking lot.



Busia (both of them) and Aunt Sue

"Great" Busia and Adelynn

Way too much cake...

When my mom and dad got married, my Aunt JoAnn (also my godmother) made her wedding dress. At the same time, she made a baptismal gown for when my mom and dad had kids. This is the gown that Lynn, Dena and I wore at our baptisms. I wanted to have Adelynn wear this gown on her baptism day, too, so we put this on her for more pictures. She also had on the coat that went with this dress at the church.

Great Busia.


The three grandparents on my side.

Bath time!

Adelynn had just taken a bath and looked so cute all wrapped up in her little ducky towel. Mike was holding her, and we were admiring her cuteness when...

Mike realized right after we took the picture that there was something wet running onto his hand, down his leg and onto the floor. This is Mike holding Adelynn over her bath while she finished going to the bathroom. Needless to say, we learned our lesson. Diaper before picture.


Adelynn is quickly growing out of her clothes. Here was her first 3-6 month jacket. She thought she was pretty big stuff in her hoodie.

Adelynn's First 100 Days

Well, first of all, I acknowledge the fact that I am an incompetent blog creator. I went back to work full time the end of April, so that's my excuse. I will attempt to update it a little more regularly now that summer is here.

More importantly, today marks Adelynn's 100 day birthday. It's pretty hard to believe. To commemorate this special day, I thought I would highlight some of the things Adelynn has accomplished her first 100 days "in office."

*Being baptized on Mother's Day
*Smiling, babbling, cooing and giggling
*Rolling over front to back, and back to side (so close...)
*Sitting in her bumbo
*Napping with daddy
*Sleeping through the night (sometimes)
*2 boat rides (power boat and sailboat)
*Pulling toys off of the bar that goes over her bouncy seat
*Putting practically her entire fist into her mouth (forget sucking her thumb, Adelynn goes for the whole thing)
*Swimming in the pool (or just putting her feet in)
*Watching a Memorial Day parade
*Talking on Skype with Aunt Lynn
*Filling up her diaper, several times a day even

Overall, it has been a very successful 100 days. Of course, we're a little biased!


++There were supposed to be pictures here, but I can't get them to upload. Check back soon. I WILL post some soon. I have a lot of catching up to do.++