Exciting News!!

Well, Nicolaas and I have some very exciting news!! I am going to be a big brother, just like Nicolaas. We even got to hear our new baby's heart beat at the Doctor on Friday. Mommy was pretty excited! Nice and strong at 150! So we will have to see what this baby's average heart rate is!! Mommy is due right around our big Van Ee reunion! So that should be exciting. July 4! So hopefully our baby comes a little early so everyone can come and visit. Uncle Derek and Aunty Dani will be here from Toronto too. So that will be perfect! Nicolaas says he is having a baby sister, but we will have to see!

Happy First Birthday Noelsters

Well, I have reached the grand age of ONE on December 13! It really is not much different. I don't feel any older, and I still only have ONE tooth!! But I am sure the other ones will pop out soon. I am starting to climb up on things. and I can get on Nicolaas's little yellow chair by myself!! I come off backwards headfirst, but hey, I am learning!! I had a great Noah's Ark birthday party! I got to dig into the cake that Mommy spent hours decorating. Daddy put on an amazing Turkey dinner for everyone, so it was tons of fun. Nicolaas even helped Mommy make all the Rice-Krispie shaped animals! Thank you to everyone who came to celebrate with me. Opa, Oma, Aunty Heather and Great Grandpa, Stefan, Katrina and Tyler Funk, John, Evelyn, Zach, Jenna and Jayden Boot.

Best Buddies

Well Nicolaas wants to say "I love my Puppy". He loves helping out in the kitchen. "Making squished pizza dough" was a hit for a week! It's so fun being brothers. Nicolaas likes to teach me how to do things. I am too scared to climb up the stairs yet, and Mommy doesn't have to worry about me falling down them either. I am pretty cautious. I love to climb up on everything, but I am NOT even slightly interested in walking yet. If Mommy holds my hands to help me, I promptly buckle my knees and want to crawl. It's hard to believe that I will be one pretty soon. I finally got my first tooth a bit ago. Hopefully that's a sign that the rest will be healthy. My favourite trick is to close all the doors. I also love throwing my soother over my crib, and my elephant. Lids are now fascinating, and I try to put them on.. but they never fit right. Hmmmm

The Van Ee Zoo!

The cutest little animals ever. Noel wasn't too sure about having a Tiger on his head, but Tyler and I sure didn't mind. Aren't we all so cute??

Snow Much Fun!

So much fun??? Or is it really? Mommy was excited to get us three boys outside for some snow fun. Well, mistake number one was it was Noel's nap time. He was not impressed with the idea. So by the time everyone was all bundled up, everyone was in tears. So we all went outside for less than one minute. Mommy was worried the neigbours would think we were being mistreated. So we went back inside, all the parphanelia came off, and everyone went to bed. Ahhhh!
But Mommy took me out a few days later and we made the coolest snow chicken. Mommy was aiming at a snow man, but it turned out to be more like a chicken. Tierra thought it was great that we were outside and she raced around in circles the whole time. Before we knew it, she had our carrot too!
When it wasn't too cold out yet, Daddy and Mommy took us boys for a long walk. Noel started by sitting up in the sled, but lying down was much easier. Maybe one of these days we can go out again on all the snow drifts in our back yard! We have an amazing amount of snow!