July 7 - Samuel Eugene Brokaar

We are excited - Sarah's cousin came - he was a bit late. Sarah and Samuel were only supposed to be 12 days apart. But with Sarah coming 2 weeks early and Samuel over a week late, they are now a full month apart! The funny thing is that Samuel weighed more at birth, then Sarah at one month! So oh well!! But praise God for a healthy Samuel and we pray for a quick recovery for mommy Liz - What a beautiful baby!

Growing Quickly

These are picks of Sarah with Rachel - Sarah is growing and changing so quickly!

Family Time - June/July 2009

We spent one morning at the park! Lots of fun


okay so they didn't really enjoy this


a bunch of blondies!


Grandpa holding Sarah

The kids had fun playing in the sun - here Alec all wet and definitely outnumbered by the girls!


Molly thought it was fun dumping water on Alec's head -


Aunt Sarah meeting baby Sarah for the first time!

The first few weeks of life - June 2009

Sarah - what a cutie!!


Rachel did some funny things during these first few weeks! Here she loaded all of her toys on a sleeping daddy!

Sarah found her thumb!

Rachel in her boots - yes it is summer time!

One of her first baths!

Rachel and Sarah with Grandma - sporting their new sunglasses from Aunt MaryAnne & cousin Sophie!

Rachel loves her new sister!

Rachel was helping mommy clean the cabinet after a can leaked! Here she is helping the fan dry out the cabinet by standing in front of it!

Rachel is also very good at helping unload the groceries - before we knew it, she had all groceries properly unloaded . . . on the floor!

The Phillips family came to visit - this is Abigal and Mia with Rachel and Sarah

How sweet!


Lydia, Allie & Molly with their cousins Rachel and Sarah - these are the 5 girls my parents so graciously watch!!

Uncle Bob & cousin Elliot came for a visit!

Peaceful - still liking the swaddling

June 6 - Sarah Elisabeth was born!!

At 6 in the morning, we realized that we were going to have a baby very soon! Labor was slow at first, but God was merciful and when it picked up, it went quickly and Sarah Elisabeth was born at 2:45pm. I dialated from 3 to 9 in less than 2 hours! Yeah - the funniest part for me in hindsight is how impatient I got for the dr to arrive. They kept saying I could push when the dr came in and I kept asking - "when is she going to get here, I need to push!!" Sorry to anyone who doesn't want to know these details!! Needless to say, even though Sarah was 2 weeks early, she was ready to come into the world! Praise God for little miracles called babies!


Big sis Rachel got to meet her that night along with her cousins and aunt and uncle who so graciously watched Rachel since grandma and grandpa weren't home from new york yet!!



Going home! 2 days later we were able to get home with our new little baby girl -

May 2009 - Just some family fun!

Rachel's super curly hair!

Don't you like our cowboy hats?

Last pic before the big day!! Didn't know it at the time of course!