Noak's First Few Days

Noak is doing well. His first few days have included a trip to the doctor's office to see Dr. Farah, a walk with his Grammie Sara, some good rocking and cuddling with Grammy Judy, and plenty of eating and pooping. He also made a trip to his big bro's school classroom for pick-up time yesterday. Kjell was proud as a peacock and couldn't wait to come and see "Baby Bruzzer."

Noak tries to be quiet at night (which is awfully hard) because Daddy has to be up early for school. He and Daddy look quite alike and they are often found in deep conversations while Noak is on the changing table. So far, Noak has peed on himself about 3 or 4 times, which really riles him up. Mommy is not quick enough on the draw with the fresh diapers.

Kjell has been a big helper. He is sharing his toys (including his prized and beloved cars) with his sweet baby brother. He has tried to nurse his stuffed tiger, Growlers to make sure he is fed like his brother. He also has been doling out the kisses and hugs regularly. Yesterday morning he made Mommy's heart melt when he came back to give Noak a kiss before he left for school. It had slipped his mind at first, but he remembered before he got out to the car with Daddy.

Noak's welcome home video

With the arrival of both of our boys, I have created a little "music video" to welcome them home. Kjell's was never posted to the blog, because we didn't know how to post video to the blog back in the dark ages of 2006. Here are both:

Battle of the Hair...

Noak has a mighty mane of hair, as seen in these photos...


But, he doesn't even come close to the hair that his Dad had at birth and 7 weeks. If the wives' tails are correct, can you imagine how much heartburn Grammie Sara had to endure? Looks like I could have donated my hair to "Locks of Love" before even leaving the hospital:

It took Kjell until he was almost 3 years old to be able to compete follicly with his Dad and baby brother:

He's Here! Introducing Noak Milo

At 6:02 PM PT, Noak Milo Osterholme Peters entered the world. Noak is pronounced like Noah (you know, he of the Ark) plus a 'k' sound at the end. He weighed in at 8lbs. 4 oz. and was about 21 in. long. He has a full head of hair that mostly looks red (who would have guessed?). He and Maija are both doing great, but it was quite a chore getting him here. Maija pushed for 1hr. 40minutes. He was head down, but facing forward, which made it hard for him to make it around all the curves.

We're SO excited to have him here. Noak will get to meet big brother Kjell tomorrow morning.

Here are the first photos, from when he was just minutes old (click on the photos to enlarge):

Pushing to start...

Doctor is here. We'll start pushing in the next 15 minutes or so. Hopefully, baby isn't more than an hour or so away.

Getting closer

Maija is progressing nicely. So far, no need for pitocen. She did get the epidural about 45 minutes ago, so she's much more comfortable now. The nurses just measured her at about 8cm. Hopefully we'll have more to announce in a little while.

Wednesday (2/18) is set to be the day

We have a tentative appointment to go in to the hospital tomorrow morning at 8:00 AM PT to have Maija induced. Baby #2 was due on Monday the 9th, but to this point has shown no signs of breaking out on his own. So, if there is room in the hospital, we'll be starting labor tomorrow morning. We'll have pictures and more information as soon as he's here.

No baby yet

We'll try to get news and photos up here as soon as Baby Peters 2 is here, but for now... No baby yet.

Due date is the 9th, so it could be any day, but at this point, nothing seems imminent.

Winter Fun

Here are a collection of photos from our recent snow week. Monday's snow day turned into a full week of no school. Now Christmas Break begins, so we will go 3 weeks without teaching. Crazy! The downside of the extra week off was that we were pretty well stuck in our house and weren't able to plan any extra trips, since we never knew from day-to-day, whether there would be snow. Also included are photos from our trip to see the "Festival of Lights" parade. Kjell threw a fit when it was time to leave the parade - he loved it. Enjoy the photos. Kjell was VERY excited about making a snowman, because he's currently obsessed with Frosty the Snowman.







Kjell's first Christmas, Labon and Katie McCoy gave him two little Christmas toys that sing and dance. He loves them both, but particularly enjoys dancing and singing with the Santa toy. Here's some video:

Halloween and Thanksgiving

Wow. It's been two months since we updated the blog? Sorry. We'll try to make up for it with some photos from Halloween and Thanksgiving.

Kjell was an alligator for Halloween. He was mostly intimidated by the whole "trick or treat" thing. We only went to three houses, and then he wanted to go home and give out candy. He much preferred to give the candy than to take it. His pumpkin is a little hard to make out in the photo, but it's Thomas the Tank Engine. Live everyone else in Kjell's demographic, he loves Thomas.



Thanksgiving was also very nice. We had a very nice crowd for the festivities. Jamie's parents, Grammie and Boppie, came up from Roseburg. Maija's mom, Grandma Judy, came over from Astoria and our dear friends - Allie, Brian and their boys Jeffrey and Thomas came to join us. We had entirely too much food, but loved our wonderful company.




While we had everyone in town, we also went to get our Christmas tree. Then we went to the Salem Carousel, where we waited for Santa's arrival.... BY TRAIN!! Kjell was quite excited to see a train from up close and Santa was just a nice little bonus. Of course, when Santa got off the train and came over to give Kjell a pat on the back, our little boy recoiled in fear.

Boys oh Boys!

Maija, Kjell, Jamie and Grammy Sara went to the OB's office yesterday for our second ultrasound. While there, Kjell learned that he is going to have a little brother! His initial reaction was disappointment. He had convinced himself that there was a girl in mommy's tummy. So, when we said "Kjell you are going to have a little brother", he replied with a loud, "NOOO!!! SISTER!". Today he is much more comfortable with the idea of having a little brother. Good thing he has until February 8th to get used to the idea.

More NC photos

North Carolina Visit

We had such a good trip to Charlotte. It did our hearts good to see all of the friends and family out there. Kjell and his "brother" Cade as he now calls him had so much fun playing together. We got to meet Tyler and Nate and had such great visits with our friends. These few posts showcase just some of the fun we had.

Jamie Graduates and gets a j-o-b

We're a little late with this news, but I've finished my MAT program, received my master's degree and even lined up a job for next year. I received my license in the mail this week, so now I'm official. Since I'm a new teacher, I have to start back to work a week before the rest of the teachers (Aug. 18th). Kids start the day after labor day. I'm excited to have lined up a job in the grade level and subject that I was targeting. I'll be teaching math to middle school kids (mostly 6th graders). I'm sure that I'll have lots of good stories to tell. In the meantime, here's a few photos from my graduation.

Mini-golf in NC

We have lots of good stuff to share from our trip to Charlotte. So much good stuff, that we'll have to post it in stages. To start, photos of Cade and Kjell playing in the first annual mini-golf extravaganza. A little history.... When Jamie and Cory were young, we would visit Poppa and Penny P each summer for about a month. On the last night of each annual trip we all would play mini-golf as one last fun event.

Penny thought it would be fun to start the same tradition with her grandsons. It was a lot of fun. The boys wore matching putt-putt t-shirts and we all had fun. Kjell's version of playing golf was to hit the ball once (in some random direction) and then pick the ball up and drop it in the hole. Cade's version of playing golf was running full speed all over the course while his parents did their best to keep up.

Enjoy the photos!

Who's the king of the mountain?

A few weeks ago, our good friends D'mitri and Kara came over for dinner and brought their two boys Andreas and Athan. We caught a funny little moment on video when the boys debated who was the king of the mountain. Enjoy!

a few more pictures from the spring

March and April Adventures

We have had such a great March and April. We've had visitors galore and many good photo opps.
We've had Auntie Anna and Grammy Penny, Grammy Sara and Bop, and Grandma Judy all visit with us. Most recently, Cory, Leslie, and Cousin Cade made a visit and we all had a really awesome time. The boys are now so big and they played nicely together--unless Kjell was expected to share. "Mine" is a new word in our house. Kjell is now also using a lot of sentences. We've heard "dinner done cooking Mommy," "more broccoli please," and many sentences using colors and descriptions of various and sundry automobiles like "blue car, Mommy"...etc. Kjell had fun talking with his cousin Cade too. He would mimic all of Cades noises and words back to him. It was so good to see the two boys play and love one another. They shared lots of kisses and hugs and pats. Cade was practicing patting the "baby." We look foward to catching up with all of our family and friends soon---maybe the day after school is over!

Easter Egg Hunt

Kjell woke us up early this morning. We started our Easter Egg Hunt prior to 7:00 AM (ugh). Kjell really enjoyed it and was pretty speedy at finding the eggs. Looks like the Easter Bunny will need to do a better job of hiding the eggs next year.

Kjell being goofy