Births | Peninsula Clarion

Births | Peninsula Clarion

I posted this from the Kenai newspaper; Irene's birth announcement. There was a button to share on blogger so I pressed it and it worked. Her picture is on there too if you "next".

Over Roll

A couple of years ago we were obsessed with Evangeline almost rolling over. Now:
Me to Kyle: You know Irene can pretty much roll over, right?
Kyle: Really? Cool.

Irene Mietzner's 4 month stats:
14 lbs 12 oz
25 in

Mostly happy during visit, very minimal crying during shots. Did not fall asleep after. Med student doing peds rotation wearing black leather jacket.

I LOVE SPRING

Seriously. I love spring. I discovered that a bunch of stuff I thought was dead wasn't. I successfully grew a cutting from a grape vine. Cool stuff. Evangeline thinks so too.

I was trying to take a picture of the peach buds.

What do you do with all your empty wine bottles? Simply cut the bottom off and use as a cloche for your peas.

Don't let your beer bottles go to waste.

We added another animal to the mix. This one can be controlled while sitting in a rocking chair.

Katie's mom instincts have kicked in with the chicks.

Fears Confirmed

Yes, your little sister is chewing on your tutu while you nap.

cute girls

Whats cuter than a baby with a chick?

A baby with TWO chicks.

Four Months/Choose Your Own Blog Pic

Thanks everyone (hi Aunt Punk!) for humoring us in our obsessive picture-taking and choosing photo #1. This girl's a real cute one, that's for sure.

Here's Irene's 4 month picture. We totally can't decide which one is best. Please vote in the comments for the one you think should be Irene's Official Four Month Photo. You'll need to tell us why. Then we'll take the rest down. Thank You.

We also bet you wish you had after-dinner entertainment half as good as this:

Chicks

Evangeline and I went to the feed store to get some more feed today. They had chicks, so of course we bought some. How can you not? $2 a piece. We couldn't afford not to get them. We got a Dominique (to replace you know who), a Barred Plymouth Rock, and a New Hampshire Red. The plan is only to keep the Dominique, but I have read that Barred Rock and New Hampshire Reds make good meat birds. So... we will see if I can kill them when they get big enough. First I have to keep their vents unpasted.

She wailed in the car for a whole 25 minutes on the way home with the chicks in the front seat.

 We also went to Aunt Betty's funeral in Lenoir today. The babies were pretty much the best babies in the world for the whole time we were there. Presbyterians are very clean looking. We will miss Aunt Betty, though she now safely waits for the resurrection. I always thought that she was Queen Elizabeth. I know this doesn't make sense. Deal with it.

Grandaddy, Carol and Evangeline make small talk at the repast.