Baby Livia

Livia Grace Koethke

Born August 4, 2009 at 2:19PM

7lbs, 5 oz, 20.5 inches long

Perfect baby girl!

Brand new...what a miracle child birth is!

Doing one of the things she does best

Hudson meeting his baby sister...he is doing great with the change so far! He wants to love and kiss her and help feed her and then when she doesn't do anything interesting for a few minutes he goes back to wanting to play trains.

Mommy and baby...my mom says she looks a little like I did when I was born.

Our first family photo

Big brother and baby sister

Ready to head home from the hospital...check out those chicken legs!

The first little dreamy smile

A Song for You

One of Hudson's favorite songs lately is "The Lord's Army". I just can't help but smile when I hear him say words like infantry, cavalry and artillery....too cute.

Livia's Room

Here are a couple pictures of Livia's room. I finished the quilt a while ago but finally got around to doing the flowers and polka dots on the wall last weekend. I think it's pretty stinkin' cute!

Here's a close up of the letters that my sister-in-law Janeil did for Livia. They are so great...and they match the bedding perfectly!

Shoes for Baby

I have been on a serious sewing kick the last 9 months or so. This is the latest project...shoes for Baby Livia. They were super easy and took only scraps of fabric....this girl is going to have lots of shoes! How fun is that!?!?

Belly Photo

After 6 months of "You don't even look pregnant" I'm now getting the comment that I'm "obviously pregnant". So for all of you not close enough to enjoy the view here's a belly photo for you at about 31 weeks.

To The Beach!

We've now been home from vacation for a week so I guess it's time to post some photos. On Sunday the 30th we drove down to Salem to spend some time with my sister Christie and her husband. From there we went to the Portland Zoo Monday morning and then headed to Long Beach. We spent Monday evening through Friday morning in Long Beach and enjoyed hanging out & relaxing as a family, catching up on some sleep (thankfully Hudson cooperated with that one), eating and marveling at God's creation.

On the way down we stopped at Multnomah Falls. It was all well and good until Hudson fell down and majorly skinned both knees - bummer of a way to start the vacation.

Hudson checking out some kind of big fish at the Portland Zoo.

Seeing the baby elephant was one of the best parts of the zoo, well that and the sea lions. I was a little disappointed with the rest of the zoo as there were several exhibits under construction and a lot of other animals that we couldn't see.

Petting the goats - that didn't last very long...

Hudson's first real beach experience...he thought the sticks were pretty cool...

until he got to the water.

He was a little apprehensive at first but by the time we left he was in up to his

waist and wanting to go further out.

I think he figured if he stood behind Christian or I like this then he was

less likely to be pulled out to sea.

My favorite guys in the whole world :)

I don't think anything beats a sunset over the ocean

One of the days we were there we ventured up to the tiny, old town of Oysterville and discovered this pretty little church.

Inside the church

Outside (obviously!)

Ahhh, the beach

The limitless sandbox....what more could a little boy want

Some random statue in Long Beach....I just thought

the expression with the gun was hysterical

We found this HUGE playground in Astoria.

I think Hudson would have spent hours there if we had let him.

Parts of the playground were modeled after the city of Astoria...it was pretty neat.

Mommy and her little boy...he's getting so big!