Baby Andrysczyk has arrived!

We have all been waiting for quite some time for Russell's sister Becky to have her little boy. Well the wait is over! Ayden Michael Andrysczyk has finally arrived!!! He was born late October 17th and is 8 lbs 10 oz and 20 inches long. We are so happy to have a new member of the family!!! You can check out pictures as they are posted on their blog (see Blogs we visit in the right hand column and click on "Kyle Becky and Ayden"). Welcome Ayden!!!

Three months old

Here we are at three months old already! The boys are growing and changing all the time... They are now talking and laughing up a storm and like to be awake and play after they eat. They have found their fists and love to suck on them - sometimes at the expense of their bottle! They are working at lifting their heads up off the floor and they even roll over from their stomachs to their backs from time to time. It continues to be tons of fun to watch them. We are looking forward to getting into our new home soon so we can all be together again! In the meantime, we're having a great time in St. Louis hanging out with my family.

The Fabulous Five

We have shared a special bond with the Ballards because of Russell and Jeff's seminary experience, Alison and Kristen's work together in the physical therapy department at Lake Forest Hospital, and of course the unique journey of a pregnancy with multiples. Of course we couldn't leave Chicago without a trip to meet Benjamin, Luke, and Abigail and see their parents one last time! It was hard for Russell and I to believe that our boys were that small when they came home from the hospital! How time does fly... Here are some pictures of all FIVE kids...

A Night of Goodbyes

For those of you who may not know, we have recieved a call to serve in a church in Manhattan, Kansas. We are so excited to see what God has in store for us there! A couple of nights before we left Chicago, many of our friends and family came to visit and say a final goodbye. We had a blast! (14 kids age 5 and under sure makes things interesting!) Thanks to everyone for all your prayers and support during our time in Chicago. It has really meant a lot to us. We look forward to hearing how God continues to work in your life in the coming years.

The triplets have arrived!!!!!

For those of you who don't know, good friends of ours, Jeff and Kristen Ballard, have been expecting triplets. Well, the wait is over because Luke James, Benjamin Erik, and Abigail Paige were born today!!!!! For more info and pictures you can check out their blog at:

http://jeffandkristenballard.blogspot.com/

Congratulations Ballards!

We're 2 months old!

Well, we have been busy growing and trying to sleep a little more at night over the past month. Mom and Dad are enjoying spending more awake time with us. We have decided to start blessing them with smiles and we keep our eyes open a lot more now too! We're also working on holding up our heads on our own. We had our two month check up today and wanted to give you an update on our official statistics:

Caleb 22 inches, 10 lbs 2 ounces
Joshua 22 inches, 9 lbs 15 1/2 ounces

As you can see, we have been eating as much as Mom and Dad will give us and it shows! Mom said she was putting up some of our latest photos for you as well... hope you enjoy our cute little faces.

One month old!!!

Here are some long awaited pictures of us. We apologize for Mom and Dad - they've had their hands full taking care of us and haven't had time to blog for awhile. We're trying to let them get a little more sleep though - we gave them a five hour stretch last night! So here are our one month statistics:

Caleb: 7 lbs 2 1/2 ounces, 19 3/4 inches long
Joshua: 6 lbs 11 ounces, 20 inches long

As you can see, we've been busy growing and trying to put on a little more weight. We're actually growing out of the preemie clothes Aunt Nora bought us and working our way into the newborn things... although everything is still a little wide on us. Hope you enjoy the pictures of our cute little faces!

P.S. In case you can't tell us apart yet, Caleb is in brown and Joshua is in blue!