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Sophia’s first camping trip

Sleeping after a long day by the lake

Sleeping after a long day by the lake

On Father’s Day weekend we went on Sophia’s first camping trip with 3 other couples and their families from our small group Bible study.  We only travelled an hour west of Jackson to Fort Custer State Park in the Battle Creek area, so it wasn’t too far away.  It would be what Ade and I call “cushy drive-in camping”.  The weather ranged from a severe thunderstorm Friday night (Sophia slept through the entire thing), to hot and humid to beautiful and breezy down by Eagle lake.  All in all, it was a nice weekend except for the mosquito invasion that we encountered. We found that the mosquitos weren’t bad down by the lake with the breeze, so we spent a lot of our time down there chatting, playing in the sand and swimming in the water.  We all were in charge of preparing a meal and we enjoyed s’mores around the fire on Saturday night.  Sophia did wonderfully and slept really well in between us in the tent (nice and cozy!) in her Snuggle Nest on top of our sleeping bags.  We can’t wait to take her on her next camping vacation…hopefully near one of the Great Lakes or up to the U.P. Continue Reading…

Posted July 1st, 2010.

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Sophia Margaux’s Baptism

Mom and Dad and the Jesus window

Mom and Dad and the Jesus window

“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!” ~ 2 Corinthians 5:17 (NIV)

On June 13th, we celebrated the baptism of Sophia at the 10 o’clock service at ULC (St. Luke at University Lutheran Chapel – on U of M’s campus).  Pastor Scott Giger performed the baptism.  Kim and Zac were her sponsors and we/she was surrounded with family and friends and her extended Christian family.  It was a wonderful service. We had a brunch  in her honor upstairs in the old “parsonage” after the service, complete with some egg casseroles, coffee cake, bagels, yogurt and muslei/granola, fresh fruit, punch, Caribou Coffee and a phenominal cake from The Cakery at Jefferson Market (Thanks Molly for the referral!!).  She wore a beautiful old family heirloom (entirely handmade) baptismal gown (and coordinating slip)  that several people have worn previously on Ade’s mother’s side of the family (~17+ previous family members).  It was made by Sophia’s Great-great Aunt “Ummie” Emma Scheiffler Spiegel,  the sister of her Great-great Grandmother Clara Scheiffler Eberle. Continue Reading…

Posted June 29th, 2010.

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Isabelle’s last postpartum doula visit

Doula Isabelle & Baby Sophia

Doula Isabelle & Baby Sophia

Our doula for the birth (although she ended up through a series of events not at the actual delivery), Isabelle Yingling, and Bradley Birth Method Mentor and Educator came for our last postpartum visit (we had two prenatal planning sessions/visits and two postpartum “checkup” visits). She is a local Bradley Method Course Educator and has been a doula certified through DONA for nearly the past 20 years.  She spent hours before the birth answering questions about natural labor, focusing on relaxation techniques, birthing positions and helped us to complete our birthing and baby care plans.  She also helped me to focus on natural healing postpartum and provided me with specially brewed concentrated herbal healing tea baths and peri-washes.  She talked through our birth experience with Ade and I to help us piece together our birth story experience.  She also invited us to speak and share our birthing story with her current group of couples  enrolled in her Bradley Method Course when Sophia was 3 weeks old.  It was a neat experience. Continue Reading…

Posted May 29th, 2010.

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