Saturday, August 13, 2011

One month old and growing...

Sweet little Haven officially turned one month old this week complete with visit to see Dr. Ball at Elizabeth pediatrics. We love Dr. Ball! Anywas, little girl was measured and given the healthy seal of approval. Dr. B was really impressed by her head and arm strength too (just look at those neck muscles). Here are her stats at one month.
Her weight was 9 pounds 12 ounces (67%) Length 21 3/8 inches (91%) and head circumference was 14 3/8 inches (38%). Way to grow Haven, it's been a busy month of eating and sleeping for this little bundle.

Meet and Greet

Last weekend some dear friends threw a "sip and see" baby shower for Haven. We waited until after she was born since her gender was a surprise. We also thought it would be special for her to attend and meet folks and throw a really big cute factor into the party. It was such a fun party and we felt so loved by all in attendance.
Big Sister was there to help with the opening of the gifts.
Our gracious hosts.
And, this is not a picture from the shower but it does fall under the theme of the blogs title "meet and greet." This is Uncle Peter who got a chance to meet Haven this week in Charlotte. It was great getting to see him and introduce him to his newest niece.

Friday, August 5, 2011

The fun continues...

Here are some more pictures from the last month. Haven (along with all of our children) had some jaundice that needed to be treated in her first few weeks of life outside the womb. Henry was sweet on this particular occasion to join her in her medicinal lounging in the sunlight.

Our dear friends from Berlin are currently in the States and made a trek through Charlotte on their journey across the US. We enjoyed some Chipotle and much needed catch up/ fellowship time with them a few weeks ago. And, of course they got to meet Haven!
While Grams and Dog were here, Henry got to go on a special all boys trip to see some cool Nascar cars and learn the ins and outs of racing.
I know these are random but I had to include this picture of Maggie holding Haven. I had to take a picture of her after I rigged her up to hold Haven all by herself. I left the room for a few minutes and this is how I propped them up. I mean I may have gone a touch overboard here.
While we had our special visitors from Kansas we got ourselves a brand new deck. Dog and Tyler worked "dog" hard in the back yard making us a new hang out zone. It looks great, thanks so much Dog.
Here's our sweet little bundle a week or so ago.

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Grandparent love

We are so thankful for helping hands, especially during those first two weeks of new baby transitioning. Grandma came up for the first week and served us oh so faithfully, she cooked, cleaned, shopped and played like only Grandmothers can. Thank you Grandma for coming and all of your help and love.
She gave Haven her first bath.
And, then the second week we brought in more recruits this time all the way from Kansas. Grams and Dog continued the diligent effort of making life easy and helping us around the house with all kinds of projects and grandparent love. We are so thankful for all of their help and don't know what kind of state we would be in this week without all of the help given to us these past few weeks. Love you all!



Saturday, July 16, 2011

Sunday, July 10, 2011

Sweet Haven

(We are moving to zone defense.)

Haven is here and we are so excited! And, you blog readers were correct, she is a girl. How in the world did you know? We are glad you were right because now we have our tie breaker. Girls will now rule (as if we didn't already) in the Dirks home. She is absolutely beautiful and such a blessing to us already. The Lord is so good and we are so grateful to Him for the good work He has done in our family through this little miracle. Come on over and meet her when you get the chance. She is extremely sociable, and would love to cuddle. Thanks for your prayers and thoughts.
Love the Dirks Five!

Saturday, July 9, 2011

Baby Haven Is Here!

"When a woman is giving birth, she has sorrow because her hour has come, but when she has delivered the baby, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has been born into the world." (Jn. 16:21) First of all, God is good! We are so thankful for little Haven! Secondly, Carrie is amazing! My wife has always left me awestruck, but she is now officially my hero!Big brother spending a little quality time with little sister.
Maggie is giddy with excitement about Haven! Maggie has big plans for this new little princess!
Maggie and Henry meet Haven for the first time!
Tyler with two of the most beautiful women who have ever lived!
Haven Katelin Dirks. Born 7/8/11. 7 Ibs, 8 oz. 19 3/4 in. Thank you God!