Boys Singing to Anna

James Singing to Anna

David Singing to Anna

Cousin Marcus Singing with Anna

2010 Family Picture

Christmas Girl

More Anna Smiling

November 2010

The boys adore Anna

Snow "Storm" in November!

Great-Grandma and Grandpa visited for Thanksgiving

popcorn boys

What a cutie!

Bath, Birthday and Beautiful Baby!

Full Tub

Cousins - Macey and Anna

David's 6th birthday dinner - waffles at the park!

At the farm

Little Smiles

James and Anna

September Busyness

We celebrated Jonathan's birthday at breakfast with candles in Jonathan's pancakes and of course, the boys wanted one candle each, too.

Proud grandparents. They finally have a granddaughter now!

Proud oldest brother. David loves Anna and is very helpful with getting things that I need when nursing or have my hands full. Benjamin is also a good helper and likes to let Anna suck on his pinky when she's fussing. James is amazingly gentle with her and goes over to her when she cries. He asks about her in the morning when he doesn't see her since she's in her crib.

The boys got into space shuttles and astronauts when they watched a video about them. Benjamin decided to build a space helmet and wore it along with his "space"boots.

The first day of Kindergarten for David - September 6th! We are loving homeschooling. The material we use is a great, Bible based curriculum called My Father's World. We supplement the math with Math-U-See - a great hands-on, verbal and visiual curriculum that David really likes. We started Kindergarten the second week that Jonathan was home after Anna was born.

Anna loves her swing! She's doing really well with sleeping and having good awake times during the day. She nurses usually two times in the night which is pretty good for her little tummy. She sleeps in the crib in the baby room now with all the boys in the big room (James on the bottom bunk, Benjamin on top and David on the single bed).

David with Anna Video

Right After Birth

Baby Anna!

Anna Michelle McNicol arrived at 12:01 am Sat., Aug. 28th. She weighed 6 lbs. 15 oz. and was 19 1/4 inches long. Everything went well with the birth and we're excited to be home enjoying our beautiful baby girl! Praise God for the miracle of a new life, our own baby girl!

My first words when she was born were: "It's a girl?" I was just making sure!

Anna is a great nurser. She latched on right away when she first tried.

Grandpa Kim took care of the boys during the day and they had fun with lots of treats - including Krispy Kreme!

David is very interested in holding Anna, looking at her and talking to her. Benjamin is somewhat interested and James hardly at all.

Anna's cousin, Macey, was born 16 days before Anna. She and Aunt Erica (who's birthday Anna was born on - the 28th) visited us at the hospital.

Aunt Erica decorated outside with lots of pink balloons. It feels so good to be home! Jonathan is taking two weeks off which is a huge blessing!

Oregon Coast Brandt Trip

At the Tillamook Cheese Factory (where ice cream was a hit).

Anna and Bradley announce they are expecting their first baby Feb. 4th!

Some Serious Chess

Portland Trip

Jonathan's work had him down in Portland for a 4 day week and the whole family got to go. While Daddy worked we had fun visiting the rose garden, riding on the zoo train and going to the OMSI (Oregon Museum of Science and Industry).

Church Fishing Cookout

Our church had a cookout in the country with a stocked pond. The boys had a great time catching little fish. James got to be pretty good casting the toy pole. Thankfully, there were two nice guys who helped the boys put the worms on, cast, catch and release the fish!

Mt. Rainier

Some family time at the most beautiful mountain! Jonathan's mom and grandpa joined us. The most interesting part for the boys seemed to be the little stream near where we ate lunch.

Cubbies Awards

Our two proud Cubbies! AWANA is like a boy/girl scout club where kids learn Bible verses to earn patches. The boys love it and will be going again this fall - this time Benjamin in his second year of Cubbies and David starting Sparks.