Petunia Paige

Happy Halloween from Petunia Paige!!

Have a fun day - here are a few pictures from our Halloween festivities.

First Haircut

We caved in and took Paige to a place this morning to get her "First Haircut". It was quite a funny experience - totally catered to little kids. Paige got to pick out a movie to watch during her appointment and even was offered the chance to sit in a little car for the cut. Of course, she got a little nervous when the time finally came, so we opted to have her sit in my lap. Paige and I looked pretty cool sitting with our matching capes!! She did great - I want to grow her hair out so a little trim and we were all done. She looks darling without the mullet :) Here are a few pictures from the experience....

Not quite sure what to think....

During the haircut

The finished product - and of course, I loved sitting in the car after it was all done!!!

Paige is 16 months!

Paige is 16 months!
Another fun and busy month!! We started by heading to Colorado for a fun week. Mom and Paige went with Mormor up to the mountains for a few days and then Daddy came so we could go meet my new cousin, Maren. We had such a fun time with Aunt Kate and Uncle Brett - I love their dog, Bo! I’m working on all of my molars so I’ve been in lots of pain this month. I also decided to start going through separation anxiety, which is stressful for Mom and Dad! I just don’t want to leave them:) I “talk” a lot now, even though Mom and Dad are the only ones who can really understand what I’m saying! I learned how to say, “brother” and am starting to get ready for him to arrive in less than two months! Hope you have a great month. Love, Paige

Check out my pictures from this past month:
http://web.mac.com/theferwerdafamily/Site/Paige_Elisabeth/Pages/16_months.html

Staying put....for now!

After almost 11 months of driving back and forth from Grand Rapids, we finally decided to take our house off the market in Chicago.  We listed it last August and it just got to be too much.  I was splitting my time between the condo we were renting in Michigan and our house in Oswego and logging way too many miles in the car with Paige!!  We feel a real peace about the situation, although we sure miss Ben during the week when he's traveling!   So, we're home and enjoying getting settled back into a routine.   

Open House

I'm so proud of my dad!  Last week, his law practice had a huge open house to officially open their new building.  About 25o invited clients, community members and family joined to "cut the ribbon" with the Mayor and enjoy the major renovations that were done.  Here are a few pictures from the event.....

The Nyberg Family outside the building

The inside entrance....Lolo was the greeter:)  

The Ferwerda Family

Dirt on her face

For those of you who know Paige, she is usually pretty clean.  My cousin claims she's never seen her dirty and to be honest, having a little boy join our family scares me for that reason alone!  I'm used to a very clean, organized and neat child.  She'll fall on the sidewalk and shout, "uh oh" until you wipe the dirt from her hands.  

Well, it appears we've turned over a new leaf...and this picture is the proof.  We planted a new bush outside our house this weekend and Paige loved being "Daddy's little helper"  She thoroughly enjoyed helping with the dirt, sweeping the sidewalk, and touching all the mulch.  The outcome was pretty funny - dirt smeared all over her face and one very happy little toddler! 

Second Try

Well, my attempt at using our picture website as a blog as well has turned into a disaster.  We have a Mac so I thought using our iWeb would kill two birds with one stone - but no luck.  I have many problems trying to update the site, and I know a lot of my friends and family had said they tried to post comments with no luck.  I'm not completely computer illiterate, but it's just getting frustrating!  With so many friends on blogger, I've come to terms that this is the easiest way!  I think we'll keep our other site, www.theferwerdafamily.com, to update pictures of our family and I'll just provide links when I update them.  I promise to stop changing our website all the time - this is the third and last time!!