Lainey's Birthday

We are happy to announce that Lainey has made it through her first year. Quite a start. On December 9 Lainey turned one year old. To celebrate we threw a birthday party on December 8 at Grandma and Grandpa Troast's house. Lots of friends and family came to celebrate with us. Lainey recieved lots of cool gifts and she has already figured out how to tear wrapping paper (look out for Christmas). Lainey also had a lot of fun eating birthday cake.
Lainey is doing some standing on her own. She will take some steps with help. She currently has two more teeth coming in, coupled with all the one year shots and vaccinations it has been no fun the past couple of days. She is approaching 21 pounds and is ready to graduate to a new car seat that faces forward.
Sara has been busy doing some Christmas baking, shopping, chasing Lainey, and helping out with church stuff.
Josh has had the interim tag lifted and is now the permanant office manager of the pain clinic in Holland.
We still have our condo for sale. It has been a little slow through the holidays, but hopefully the market will pick up in January. We are ready for some more space and are excited about the possibilities that a new home will offer. We are looking forward to spending some family time together around the holidays.
Wishing you all the best and Merry Christmas.

It has been a busy couple of weeks for our family. Lainey had her first Halloween. She dressed as a Lady Bug and went trick or treating at her grandparents houses. The next day we all drove to Chicago, boarded a plane and flew to Phoenix Arizona. Mark and Flora Troast welcomed us with open arms and extended some awesome hospitality. In Arizona we went to the farm, Jerome, Sedona and many other cool places. Oh yea, Josh snuck in a couple rounds of golf with Mark. We had a great time.
Lainey is continuing to grow bigger and stronger. She now climbs stairs and is attempting to stand on her own. She is 30.5 inches and is in the 90th percentile for her age group. Quite a change from a year ago. She keeps us very busy and we sleep well at night. Next month Lainey will be 1 year old. Sara is busy planning the Birthday party.
That is all for now. Have a Happy Thanksgiving.

Tis' the season for...Hand ,Foot, and Mouth

Hello Everyone!!
Well its fall.. and that means the leaves are changing colors, the days are shorter, the weather colder... and a breeding ground for Hand, Foot and Mouth. YUCK!! Laine has had quite a week. Last Wed. I noticed small spots in her bottom area, and by sunday there were spots on her face and all over her belly. I took her in on Monday and the doctor said she had blisters in her mouth as well. She was diagnosed with hand foot and mouth. She has had a fever and would not eat. also last week she had her flu shot, and then she cut her first tooth on friday. then this morning she cut her second one both are on the bottom. She looks so cute!! Its been a busy, cranky and basicly rough week. We are both contagious so we could not go anywhere. I think its comming to and end... She was in a fairly decent mood today. Laine has learned how to crawl up the stairs, yet the concept that she cannot sit back and turn around mid stair... well we are working on that one:) She keeps us so busy... she goes and goes and goes... maybe a nap and then goes and goes some more. Luckly by 7:30 she is ready for bed. :)

Lainey also gets to go for her first airplane ride in one week. Josh, Laine and I are going to go to Goodyear, AZ to visit josh's brother and sister-in-law. They have lived there three years and this is our first visit. We are looking forward to our first family vacation. Any airplane riding advice would be great. Hopefully laine does well.

troast family update

Hello fellow bloggers!!

Im trying for the first time to update this blog. Josh usually does it but today im giving it a try. Laine is getting so big. she is over 19 pounds and is crawling and pulling her self up on everything. She is saying dadda and she is completly smitten with him. she adores just sitting in his lap and just looking at him. she is a true daddys girl. On saturday october 6 laine, daddy and mommy went out to mellema farm in Nunica to get pumpkins. Laine had so much fun,she tried a dounut, had a dirty, smelly pig lick her hand, she went on a hayride and with daddy and mommys help she picked a pumpkin from the patch. Hopefully i can get the pictures on here. If not just be paitent with me... i ll get it soon:)

ok its a mess...sorry

hi again,
alright, i was able to figuare out the pictures... but they are all over the web page, now the side, in the middle.. but im going to leave it for now. enjoy!!

Here are some new pics from Norm's family. On Mother's day Lainey got dedicated at church, it was a special day. Uncle Mark and Aunt Flora were in town from AZ and got to spend some time with Lainey. Lainey is growing she is pushing 14 lbs. and you can see the changes. She has discovered her hands and likes to suck on them. She also enjoys vegetable, especially carrots.

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