Our First Blog...

Hello family, friends and loved ones. This is our attempt at staying better connected with you and sharing information about what is going on in our lives! We especially want to show off Grant and how he is growing, so we'll be posting pictures as often as we can remember.


Grant is 6 weeks old and is just about to grow out of his newborn clothes and diapers. He's not really chunky, just very long! He measured 24 inches at the doctor's office this week, meaning he's grown an inch every week since birth! (Can you imagine if that continued?) He's beginning to smile a lot more and fix his gaze at things particularly Mommy and Daddy's faces. He's also much more talkative. Mommy could not keep him quiet in church this morning, and everyone got to hear him go poo poo!

John and Emily are adjusting to parenthood fairly well. Except for the plaster of paris hand print incident, we are all smiling and having fun. Slowly, Emily is getting a bit more sleep, and John gets to help with feeding from time to time.

The whole family went for a walk yesterday down to the pier and back. Lot's of people, surfing, fish and fun! Today, after the worship service, the wonderful people at our church threw us a baby shower! Grant made out with all sorts of cute new outfits, a baby bathtub and much more! We're so blessed by the people we've met here in California.

More soon on John's work and Emily's exciting days at home!