2 Weeks Old

It is hard to believe Mathias is already 2 weeks old. My how time flys! So far everything is going well. He is a little gasey, but cute. He still sleeps a lot. The boys are enjoying him, especially Jeriah who is always hugging him and saying, "What's the matter baby" or "Its ok baby."
I managed to successfully tote all 3 kids to a doctor appointment and a children's program at church on Wednesday, by myself. The true test of my mother of 3 status, however, will start Sunday when Eric goes to California again for the week. I covet your prayers.
Sarah

Baby has a name

Yes, he finally has a name. We could have stayed in the hospital a few more days trying to decide if they would have let us and if I could have put up with more "yummy" hospital food.
Here he is :
Mathias Kanoa Therkildsen, born Wednesday, February 11, 2009 at 601am after a very quick and natural delivery-finally! I guess 3rd times the charm!
Mathias means "Gift of God" and its origin is Hebrew and Greek. Pronunciation: (mah THY ahss)
Kanoa means "the Free one" and its origin is Hawaiian. Pronunciation:(kah NOE ah)
We are home and doing well. The Clayton and Jeriah are enjoying their "baby"
Sarah

Baby #3 is has Arrived!

We found that baby living in my wife's uterus yesterday at 6am (EST).
It was a BOY!!  8 pounds 8 ounces and 22 inches long.  That makes boy
number 3!!!  We are still working on the name...

I have also learned from my 4 year old that the baby currently wants
to eat chicken and he will never want to play with "big boy" toys
because he is going to stay a baby and only sleep, not play with
toys... interesting.

Eric

Photos:Eric making an ice rink (though it is suppossed to be 35-40 degrees again next weekend!)
Sarah at 38 weeks pregnant
Grandma Hokenson with Clayton, Jeriah and cousin Olivia

Not too much to report right now. Just waiting for baby to "pop out" as my children put it. Jeriah just had his 3rd birthday on friday. We had fun playing at Bounceland for a couple hours.
Clayton is really enjoying sledding and Eric just taught him to play "King of the Mountain"
If all goes well, maybe we will see some of you during spring break--we'll see.
Sarah

MERRY CHRISTMAS

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!

Crazy Michigan Life!!

Here are our going away Maui pics.

Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. Yes it is cold here in Michigan; and dry, dry, dry. Yes I am kind of missing the 85 degree balmy Maui climate. If I were not sick the last 2 weeks I would not notice as much. We actually exited the airplane in Grand Rapids, MI without a jet bridge, which meant walking off the plane into the lovely snowfall of the day--it actually felt quite nice at that moment and was very pretty. The boys asked, "It's Christmas mommy?" Then shorlty after Clayton asked, "Where is the baby?" :) I guess our timeline of moving and having the baby are not quite understandable by a 2 and 4 year old, but they got it pretty close (Michigan, then Christmas, then Jeriah's bday, then the baby).

Life has been crazy here trying to adjust to the climate; living in my parents house and getting the attic ready for Eric and I and the baby; and trying out a complex (glucose/cassein free) diet for the kids!! We had to test for mold in the attic and tear out old ceiling tiles and carpet so I am waiting for the guys in my life to get together and get it finished up. The carpet will be in next week but some of the ceiling tiles and insulation need to be replaced before we can put in the carpet. Eric can help when he gets here but i dont know when that will be--probably next week. He flew from Maui to California last night for work again. When he finishes up there he will fly to Michigan. We miss him a lot!! We have been apart 3/4 of the last 2 months :(

Clayton started school this week so I am getting a little more rest now--he does not nap anymore. So far he seems to like it and enjoys riding the big bus. I dont know if I can get Jeriah in preschool here since he is not potty trained yet. Hopefully Eric and I can work on that when he gets here--I do not have nearly enough patience, energy or fight left in me to try that on my own right now!
Needless to say, it has been difficult to prepare physically, emotionally, etc for a new baby and even for Christmas so rapidly approaching. Hopefully the next couple weeks will change that.

In case I dont get on here again soon, we wish you all a very Merry Christmas. Please give us a call if you are in southwest Michigan!! We would love to see you!

First Fight

This was a few weeks ago, but we thought there first fight/hitting match was pretty funny so here it is!

Here are also 2 videos of the boys doing my Hula workout video with me. They are pretty good at it!

UPDATE

As for the rest of this crazy life, we are on the home stretch now for moving to Michigan. The boys and I leave next Saturday the 15th. Slowly but surely i have been packing the house since Eric was gone for over 2 1/2 weeks this month. He is home now though and his parents are here helping. This weekend we are all taking a little vacation to Kauai and then we will come back and finish the packing and other details. See you soon, Michiganders. :)