Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Happy Thanksgiving! We hope everyone enjoyed their day as much as we did. It was great to be together with wonderful family! :)

Friday Danielle and I went to Ludington to do some Black Friday shopping. I was able to get the camera I was after after about an hour and half wait in line - but it was worth it! We also stopped at Dunham's and picked up some camp chairs for the boys. So of course, we had to try them out and take some pics with my new camera!

Bentley in his big boy camp chair

 Craven trying out the chair.

We spend the afternoon playing with the boys and relaxing. Great Grandpa VandenBrink and Sandy are coming over this afternoon to see the boys. We are excited to see them again.

Time to sign off - Bentley decided he doesn't want to nap anymore. He is smiling at us on the video monitor and telling us stories. Good thing he's cute!!!!! :)

Love, Brandon, Kelsey && Bentley

Productive Tuesday!

What a productive day here at the Posma's! I just love days off and at home with Bentley. Especially cold windy days like today, it is great to not have to get out. Among getting many other things done today, I got our Christmas cards ordered! Our very first family Christmas cards - can you tell I am excited? :)

Last week Danielle and Chad stopped over and we had her snap a few pics for us for the Christmas cards. This is our favorite and the one we used on the cards.

We like this one too...

As always, Bentley is a happy boy today! He is getting so big and developing such a personality. Hard to believe he is almost 3 months old already! :)

We are looking forward to Thanksgiving this week and spending the weekend up north, which will include a little black friday shopping in Ludington! :)

Love-Brandon, Kelsey && Bentley

A day with the boys!

Bentley & I spent most of our day with our friend, Hunter, today! His mom and dad wanted to go up to DeVos to see Preston so we spent the day playing together. Both boys napped for a few hours, so I had a bit of chance to relax. We played at Hunter's house for a while and then came here. Hunter played with all of Bentley's trucks - he wanted to make sure they were in perfect working order for Bentley, of course. We got out some "dirt" (pennies) and made a road and dug some "holes." He was showing me how to load the dump trucks and where to dump the pennies. I was pretty proud of the road we built, but have to admit, the grade would not have passed Brandon's approval. :) We had fun anyway.

Hunter also decided he wanted to "hunt for deer" around our living room. The only "deer" he shot (with his fake gun made out of a bolt and a golf tee) was Jayda...but he was pretty proud. He ran over to me and said "I got one, I got one, I shot her tail!"

Preston was moved to DeVos Children's Hospital this morning, and Sarah was discharged to come home. Chase & Sarah will make the long trip back and forth to Grand Rapids until he improves enough to come home, so please continue to pray for much needed rest and patience as they will have a busy next few weeks. Preston is on a ventilator now and Sarah said they will slowly start to turn the oxygen down and get him breathing more and more on his own. Please also pray that this process goes quickly for them so they can take their little bundle home. :) I know we aren't the only ones who can't wait to meet him!

We are really looking forward to Thanksgiving and spending time with our families this coming week. We have so much to be thankful for!

Love, Brandon, Kelsey && Bentley

Bittersweet Excitement

We are so excited to welcome our neighbor and friend, Preston James Turkstra, into the world! He was born at 3 o clock this morning, at a healthy 7 pounds 9 ounces. Bentley is so excited to have another little friend to play with as they grow up together!

Preston is not breathing on his own right now, so we are praying, and are asking for your prayers, that his lungs will continue to develop and heal quickly so he can come home to Mom, Dad and Big Brother Hunter. We are waiting to hear more from Chase and Sarah as far as if he will have to go DeVos Children's Hospital. Hunter had some lung issues at birth as well so this seems all to farmiliar to them, but still doesnt make it any easier.

We will try to keep updates as we can, but please pray in the meantime. 

Love, Brandon Kelsey & Bentley 

Getting ready for Santa!

It's Christmas time at the Posma's! I put up our tree today! :)

Brandon thinks its a bit too early, but I have been wanting to put it up since Halloween, so I couldn't hardly wait any longer. I even bought our first two christmas presents today, so pretty quick there will even be presents under the tree! Let's hope Jayda is over eating all the bows off them this year.

I had a big helper, of course. :)

Love, Brandon, Kelsey && Bentley



Double Trouble

Brandon is quite the kid, at heart, and is always online looking at new "toys" or trucks he thinks he might like. Well he recently stumbled across this remote control truck that looks real - like it has shocks and suspension and the whole nine yards. I keep kindly reminding him that Christmas is just around the corner, so maybe he should wait and Santa will bring him one. Well that didn't fool him. He decided to have Bentley come sit on his lap while he was watching videos of these trucks rock climbing on YouTube. Bentley was totally fixed on the computer. I mean, totally. He was watching the trucks move across the screen and cooing and laughing. Guess what I hear next...

"Babe, even Bentley wants one, see, we gotta order one we can't wait till Christmas!"

Do you think I ever stand a chance to saying NO to more trucks or toys? And to think Bentley is only 2 months old..... :)

Happy Birthday Auntie Jenna!

What a perfect Saturday to stay at home, inside, snuggled up with two of my favorite guys! And I did just that! :) Bentley is having a much better day today, his legs seem to be alot less sore and he is much happier. We are glad to have our happy baby back!

Tonight we celebrated Auntie Jenna's 23rd birthday over some fondue. We had alot of fun, its always fun to fondue and socialize, and good to have everyone together for dinner.

We will try and update again soon. I am working 3 days this week so free time is becoming very precious! :)

Love, Brandon, Kelsey & Bentley



2 Month Checkup

We went to see Dr. Gustafson this morning for Bentley's 2 month well baby check up. He now weighs 12 pounds, 5 ounces and is 24'' long. Dr. Gustafson was very please with his growth - He said "I would ask how his eating habits are but I can already tell he is doing just fine!" He is in the 50th percentile for both height and weight. Everything else checked out great, he is a healthy little guy!

He had to get 3 shots today as part of the checkup. The nurses do 2 at one time, in his thighs, and then the third. I am not sure he felt the 3rd one because he was so upset. It took a minute to get him calmed down, but he did. He's been pretty fussy all afternoon and Grandma finally got him rocked to sleep. 

We are going to celebrate Auntie Jenna's birthday tomorrow night, we are very excited. Other than that we don't have many weekend plans. We are hoping to get our happy smiley baby back sooner than later!

Have a great weekend everyone.

Love, Brandon, Kelsey & Bentley

Dodgeball Tuesday

It's that time of year again...Brandon and the guys start dodgeball again tonight!

They play at 9:15 so Bentley and I will probably have to sit this one out, but we can't wait to go to the next one! Stay tuned for pictures of dodgeball because Bentley will have lots of friends and cousins to play with this year.

Bentley is loving having Grandma and Grandpa Slagh home and he has been spending Monday and Wednesday with Grandma while mommy works. He really doesn't like it there, I mean, he never gets held and they clearly don't spoil him at all! :) Just kidding G&G!!! He loves it there, he said.

We had lunch with Great Grandpa Essenburg and Grandma Slagh today and then of course did some shopping with Grandma. I bought Bentley a new playmat becuase, well, for no good reason other than I thought he needed MORE toys! He loves it so far, he has been talking and laughing under it like crazy!

Time to get dinner ready for when Daddy gets home! :)

Love~Brandon, Kelsey & Bentley

2 Months Old!

Where has the time gone? Our little baby is 2 months old today!

Here are some pictures we have taken that show how much he has grown and changed.

In the hospital, 1 day old

7 weeks old

3 weeks old in the bathtub

7 weeks old

And here is a video - Bentley loves to tell stories, especially to his daddy.

We will try and post again soon. Love you all!

Brandon, Kelsey & Bentley