Adding to the Family

The day before we left to drive to Utah, our mating pair of cockateils, Victory and Triumph, laid two eggs. While we were gone, they laid three more. Last night Mika and I were calculating the possible hatch date. We figured it could be anywhere from today through Tuesday-ish. Well, this morning I woke up to Mika five inches from my face screaming in his loudest possible stage-whisper, "THEY'RE HATCHING RIGHT NOW!!!" Normally, it takes me about 45 minutes to open my eyes all the way and actually start forming sentences after I wake up. NOT TODAY!

As I write this, one baby has for sure completely hatched. Victory is still sitting on all of them to keep them warm, so we don't know how many have actually come out yet. The proud new father--Mika, not Triumph-- is pacing through the house reading The Cockateil Handbook, preparing food, calling anyone who's awake, and asking me a million questions he knows I can't answer. I've never seen him so nervous!!! Uh-oh! He just got the camera!

He'll probably have called all of you long before you ever get a chance to read this post, but he'll "play it cool" when he talks to you. So, I just wanted to make sure you got an accurate representation of this wonderful moment in our home. I'm sure we'll be posting pictures soon.

We miss you guys!

Jessie

Picture 064

My favorite group picture is definitely picture 064. First of all, I don't feel like I'm playing "Who's Not Finnish?" (see picture 084) Also, in picture 064, it looks like Paul and Jake are smitten in love and Jorel can't quite figure it out. Laughed till I almost cried...

Jessie

As promised...

Here are the pics from the reunion. Enjoy!

http://paulpeltekian.com/fotoalbum/ifr2008/

Love, Jaana

Favorite Pic from the IFR!

Uh, Krista - you may want to enter this into some Cute Baby Photo contests or something! More pics coming soon...
Love, PB & J

Dave and Janel Christofferson

Hey guys -

I'm sure you all saw our cousins' blogs, but thought I'd mention it here to. Dave and Janel just had their 5th beautiful baby! Here's the info:

Born: September 3rd 2008

Time: 6:00 PM

Weight: 9 Lbs 1 Oz

Length: 21 3/4 Inches

Name: Linkin Gary Christofferson

And photo of course (see more pics on Amy's Blog - they are sooo cute!):

Mom is getting technical!

Hello Everyone!

I wanted to let you know that I have started my own blog - I suppose it will grow on me as I go. So if you want to check it out the address is riittanugent.blogspot.com. Stay patient - my life is not all that exciting but I think I will recognize more and more things to amaze over as I get going. See you on the blog!!

MOM

If the Shoe Fits...

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