Visits & Good Help

We don't have a lot of family that lives in town. In fact, the only family we have close by is my mother in law, Rhonda. Otherwise, everyone else in our immediate family lives at least 2 states away.

But, that hasn't stopped us from having visitors & great help with Anders!

Anders' first visitor was Grandma J, in the hospital, about 2 hours after he was born. It was very special to have her there waiting to meet him.

The second visitors, not far behind Grandma J, were Opa & Oma Hagen all the way from Wisconsin. They got to meet him at about 7 hours old. This, too was special to have them in town. They were a great help the first few days home from the hospital. I'm looking forward to another visit from them in October.

On September 13, Grandma J came and stayed with Anders so Joel & I could go to church. That was a great gift. A little tough for me to leave him behind, but a very nice break!

This weekend we had yet another family visitor, Aunt Aimee (my sister), from Virginia! It was a great weekend. When she first booked her flight, I was a bit sad Anders would already be 3 weeks to a month old when she came--seemed like a long time after he was born. But, in the end, it was providential. God knew we were going to need some help this weekend. She was awesome--changing diapers, helping in the wee hours of the morning, holding him, helping me run errands & even playing fetch with Haiku. Haiku has a new best friend. It was a great visit and I am so grateful she could come.

We love all our family & can't wait for everyone to meet Baby Anders!