more micah...

a new voice in the world....

Micah David was born on January 15, 2008 at 7:51 in the morning. He weighed 7lbs 10oz and was 20". He is so adorable and has a lot of dark brown hair.

the new mom and dad:


Grandpa and Grandma Zwiep

enjoying their first grandchild

Uncle Matt and Aunt Mindie!

happy new years

rachy cutting some limes










matt and i









the boys

shortly after midnight....

a winter wonderland

(don't ask)

christmas chaos

our christmas was quite busy this year.....check it out!

christmas with friends

mangers and gingerbread houses

christmas with the zwieps (12.24.2007)

christmas day

a birthday and a birthdate

a birthday and a birthdate

mom turned 50 yesterday. she still looks great. we celebrated her birthday with a wonderful steak dinner complete with some amazing birthday cake.

amy had a check up yesterday and everything looks great. the doctors scheduled her c-section and now micah has a birthdate, january 15th at 7:30am. we are so excited!

we also celebrated christmas with the 6 of us.....

matt zwiep got lots of tools this year thanks to us women battling the black friday crowds.
he was like a boy in a candy store.


dad got crafty this year. he bought a picture frame and framed a few pictures of matt and i and matt and amy. mom had no idea he could be so crafty!



dad will always be a little boy at heart.....he got a table top hockey game for christmas. there was some (or a lot) of assembly required, and we don't have all the right players, but he is still happy with the gift.


finally it was time to play....


look at that concentration!

christmas day

christmas day was a low key day that matt and i spent with mom and dad. matt and i opened presents and mom and dad each opened one. and then we took a christmas walk in the woods.


merry christmas!




modeling the soft shell matt got me!



the goonies and a fm transmitter for the i-pod




mom got a knife block and dad got some tools



sanctuary woods in holland:

christmas with the zwieps (12.24.2007)

after a wonderfull weekend with the wiechel's matt and i headed over to holland to spend christmas eve with my dad's family. as always dinner was amazing, and the table settings were beautiful. we even ate outside! the schram's enclosed their porch and blasted in the heat.

once dinner was over, we headed inside and opened gifts, which only took 1 hour and 45 minutes this year, a fairly speedy time for us!

Grandma and Grandpa
Grandpa with three bottles of wine and a loin cloth.....hmmm

matt and brian
me and nathan
sisters brothers
caitlin and grant
christian, what a crazy kid cousins
dad practicing being a grandpa!