same faces, new site.  www.glimpseofgetz.blogspot.com -- it's time for a change!

we finally made a snowman at the last snowfall.  h & i had to grab casey to help us, b/c i got a little too carried away with the size of snowballs i was rolling....and didn't dare try to pick it up to stack them.  casey did a great job-- complete with a leaf toupee. 

so sad...henry was heartbroken when he found out his new friend couldn't come back inside with us.  to top it off, some mean neighborhood kids kicked the snowman over a couple hours after we made it.  he was pretty much freaking out--and was finally okay with realizing he could make a new one the next time it snows.  (though i really hope the snow is done now!) 

one morning as henry was eating his toast he started laughing and goes, "look, mom-- it's daddy!"  such an artist.

henry loves the extra uncle siah time he gets during this time at trinity....

he just learned how to master the rock climbing wall at the playground...

we celebrated grandma "cow-man's" (carmen's) birthday this past weekend.  it was fun to have her & dad over for dinner-- henry was very excited to get an excuse to help blow out some candles.

we received this picture from kara last night-- she just got back from a trip to disneyland and was sweet to wait in a line of kids to pose & send this to henry.  he pretty much freaked out when he saw this....and yells, "ca-queem!" (mcqueen) 

henry then went on to make elaborate plans..."we'll go & pick up kara & go there!  daddy can come....momma can come....henry can come....and we'll go there!!"  and the wonder of disney continues!

i'm into my 3rd trimester now.  measuring great with everything appearing to go well.  casey finished up his midterms this past week, so he's onto the 2nd half of the semester.  this time is going so quickly now-- it's starting to feel like we barely have enough time to get everything done that needs to get done before june. 

* loads of schoolwork (for casey)

* prepare baby room...henry's going to move into a big boy room upstairs next month- and he's very excited about it!  

* prepare our home for sale -- we're hoping to put it on the market soon after the baby arrives

ooh, since the last time i posted, we also were given the amazing gift of a spring break.  the lourias let us stay home for a week-- it was a wonderful time of relaxing, studying (poor seminarian), and connecting time.  we were able to get some time in with friends, visit our church plant small group, and just get rested.  we both came off spring break feeling like God really used that time to keep getting us more excited for the work in Berlin with the church plant-- I can't wait to see what God has in store there.

henry continues to develop into such a little talkative & creative guy.  one of my favorite things to do is ask him about the bible stories he learns at sunday school, mops, and cbs.  his perspective on them are so great--here are a few of the recent bible stories he's been learning, see if you can guess the real story through henry's summary...

"lady's hair was on jesus' toes" 

"guy coming through roof...falling...going 'boom!'" 

h is also having fun learning his letters & numbers-- as well as drawing them.  most of his letters look like little c's -- it's really cute.  potty training is in full swing as well-- we discovered that we have a very achievement-oriented boy.  the sticker chart with prizes as he finishes up an entire line has done amazingly well!  we've got a bit of a hump to get over at the moment, b/c the poor kid has an illness that is complicating the process of making it to the bathroom on time.  i'm impressed he's made it to the toilet as often as he has been (about 2/3 of the time), considering how volatile this has been.  poor guy-- maybe when he heals up from this we can dare to start venturing into the realm of undies.  i've got to run-- suspicious sounds are coming from the kitchen....

ps. here are the answers from the above quiz....the woman who washed jesus' feet with her hair & the story of jesus healing the paralytic who was lowered through the roof

 

most of you know this, but i realized i hadn't yet posted it here.  there is a very good reason why i have been so behind on blogging this fall-- it's called pregnancy.  we're due to have a new getz baby arrive on june 11, 2009.  very exciting!  when i look back at the past few months, they honestly are just a hazy pregnant blur-- i spent most of my time sleeping or laying around trying to beat morning sickness.  in the past week i have officially transitioned to the wonders of the 2nd trimester-- morning sickness is subsiding & life is starting to feel a bit more normal.  the "pop" of the belly happened last week as well-- much earlier than last pregnancy.

henry's been a very inquisitive toddler these days-- so much fun.  he wants to know the reasoning behind almost everything.  here are some questions he had for casey yesterday, as they were watching some fish in an aquarium...

"dad, why fish-- 2 eyes-- on head--looking at me?"

This next question was referring to a fish that was resting on an underwater castle...."why fish on time-out?"

henry loves christmas music, with his favorite song being jingle bells.  he'll run around the house yell-singing it.  the other day he started singing away in a manger for the first time-- his mixed-up line that he kept repeating was so great.."the stars in the manger laid down their sweet head." 

we're off on christmas break in just over a day.  we all couldn't be more excited.  great family time to come, a giant indoor waterpark, a week on the beach in the dominican republic, a couple weeks of living in one home, and time to get rejuvenated.  many pics are sure to come.  have a wonderful christmas. 

okay, this autumn flew by too quickly.  i have a bunch of catching up on our last 1.5 months...so i'll just dive in.  kara and jon came to visit in mid-october.  SO fun to see them & get a lot of good time hanging out with them in.  kara brought rad rainboots for henry...he's sporting them in his typical half-nude fashion. 

homemade pretzels...so yummy.  might have to become a tradition!

henry's first golf trip.

on that trip, we caught a caterpillar.  henry wasn't comfortable with having a caterpillar so close to him...

many hours have been spent at the playground this fall.  he's so much bigger than he was in the spring...now he gets frustrated if we don't go to the parks with the huge slides.

at the end of october my cousins & aunt came down for a quick visit.  it was allison's bday-- aunt sharon treated everyone with a coldstone cake.  it was amazing!

our tree out front once again dumped it's beautiful leaves....

it was such a hot day...70+ degrees.  henry ended up running around like this...it was great.

sadly, this was the only trick-or-treating pic i got.  the jingsts came with us-- henry was overjoyed to be able to do it with eli.  it was really fun!

crazy nap hair.

last weekend we went down to morton and spent some good time with the getz family.  friday night was our getz family christmas....

we can't stop dressing them the same...it's just too fun.

the next day was micah's 1st birthday party.  he's such a cutie-- always smiling!  it was hilarious-- henry would coach micah with the pics & stand back and say, "micah, go cheese!"  too cute.  poor henry got sick this weekend...so he barely smiled for the camera himself.  he was so tired most of the time.

casey loves tickling micah-- his deep belly laughs were making us all laugh so hard!

henry found some great flowers in the neighboring greenhouse...he kept sneaking off to sniff them.

henry's decided to help me stop biting my nails.  when he catches me doing he sternly says, "stop biting your toenails, mama!"  can't seem to get him to understand the difference b/w fingernails & toenails....i guess nails are just for toenails.

the adventures of potty training are beyond words.  here's the latest...note: i'll do my best not to gross out anyone too much with this story-- but bear with me, because it was really gross!...this past weekend i gave henry an ultimatum, warning him that if he kept going #2 in his undies he would have to start helping me clean them out.  saturday it happened-- he once again soiled his undies with grossness-- so i got to work having him help me after i cleaned him up.  he and i were at the toilet, and he was NOT at all interested in helping with the cleaning process.  after much stern encouragement, he gingerly grabbed the soiled superman undies with two fingers...and carefully dunked them in the toilet water.  he was, in fact, so careful with his delicate cleaning process that not much cleaning was happening...so i got my hand in there and helped him out.  i decided it was time for new water, so i grasped the undies with one hand and flushed the toilet with the other.  immediately after that henry decided to relieve the itch in his eye...with HIS SOILED HAND. that got a quick NO!! from me as i grabbed his hand to get it out of his eye...which then inspired him to nervously put his other hand IN HIS MOUTH.  i immediately grabbed both of his hands in an effort to save him from himself.  at that moment we both looked down into the toilet to get one last glimpse of the superman undies before they disappeared forever. 

i was then overtaken with the situation and moan/yelled a loud NOOOOOOOOOOO!!! ... i was envisioning the future expression on casey's face (scheduled to arrive home in about 10 minutes) as i would attempt to explain why i had clogged the toilet with underwear.  this scared henry beyond all reason, and his naked little body sprinted to the other side of the house to find grandma...complete with flailing poopy hands.  i chased him, pleading with him to come back & NOT TOUCH grandma, who was in the kitchen making breakfast.  insanity.

major lessons learned:

1) henry learned that when you poop in your undies the penalties can be quite high-- you not only have to clean those undies, but you might even lose them forever. 

2) toddler undies are small enough to flush down a toilet.  no lie!  i flushed that thing 5 more times afterwards, just to check.  in the end, it wasn't so bad...one less nasty scrubbing experience.

here's h a couple of weeks ago sporting a band-aid over his owie.  it was a bad ingrown fingernail that really hurt- so it helped that bear got one, too.  yes, that stuffed animal is named Bear.

note:  if you ever put a band-aid on a stuffed animal, use cheap band-aids.  i still have not been able to get the band-aid off poor bear.  i haven't yet decided if he'll just have an owie forever or a shaved paw-- for now we're just letting bear's owie have lots of extra healing time.

nakedness is henry's new obsession.  i'd love to post my pics of this stage, but this blog is just too public.  email me if you'd like some, b/c it really is so cute.

h continues to love to help with cooking.  last night he helped us make some wonderful wheat pizzas-- spinach, fresh mozzarella, feta, fresh tomatoes, peppers, & ham-- a conglomeration of all the pizzas c & i love to order.

he even reads the recipes....

today was arts & crafts day at our home- decoupage pumpkins.  h was a pro. 

after a few minutes of doing it henry was like, "painting... ith fun!"

next we'll be onto real paint.....