Daddy loves his little boy

Fatherhood, wow what an adventure. Trek has been amazing, and I miss him everyday that I have to leave for work. Mom has to go back to work this week as well, and so Trek and I are continually praying that soon we will have a way that mom can stay home. Mom goes back to work on Thursday, and so dad gets to hang out with his son just the two of us all day on Thursday.

It has been such a joy to watch Trek grow. It is amazing to see how God gives life and allows for us to develop. It has been such in increase in my life to see my son and his mom interact as well. What an amazing thing I am blessed with. Things were very busy in the begining of his life with working at the church and my regular job and keeping up around the house. I was so missing being able to spend quality time with my little boy and beautiful wife. So as of two weeks ago now we have actually resigned at the church for a season to allow me to be home more with my family and be able to spend focused time when I am home. It has been so rewarding and relaxing. One of my favorite things to do is to go in and pray over my son each night as he sleeps so peacefully.

Also I am looking forward to a relaxing summer, and we are praying about where God will take us next. I am saving up now to be able to take my family on some camping excursions and some fun day trips on the weekends or on mom's days off. So I just thought I would sneak in a little blog here since it has been so long since I have typed. I am so proud of Heather though as she has really learned this blogging thing, and enjoys doing it. I hope all you that keep up with it are enjoying. Myself, I am trying to find time to work on the lawn and the house, and also doing a fair share of bike riding and racing. Little slower than last year however. Hope to be back on blogging again soon, and please all feel free to comment on our blog or send us any e-mails or stop by for visits.

Trek's truly a gift from the Lord!
These are just some of our favorites,
but if you want more Trek, click on the albums to the left!
He's now smiling and cooing...ahhhh so fun!

Friends Alex and Shelby Oren

ha ha ha alex is having fun!look at me mom...i'm sitting up!

thanks aunt dawnie for having mom and me over to play on tuesdays!
and thanks for letting me nap in shelby's crib!

Easter with Family!

What a good lookin' Family!The Babes: Me...Carly Jo...Samantha Jo

I love my Grandma Brinsko

Uncle Russ, Aunt Loni & Samantha Jo

crazy pirates!

Thanks for traveling from WI and SC for Easter everyone!
...we miss ya'll so much!
Check out the Easter photo album to the left for more Easter fun!
love, Trek

Alice...my cute cousin

Hanging out with Laura & Alice

The Scheff's

We love Stephanie & Peter!

Grandma Porter

Visiting Uncle Terry

Grandpa Sandberg

Thanks for coming Grandpa!

Mom and Me

Hanging out with Dad

My name is on this bike!

My very first bike ride

Reading time...

i love to sleep!

Aunt Monica and my cousin Carly Jo came to visit and it was so fun watching Carly giggle and move around! She's 5 months old and I can't wait to play with her when I'm a little older! Thanks for coming Aunt Muffy and Carly!

Grandma & Grandpa Schinke

Thanks for visiting Grandma and Grandpa!
We love the food Grandma Schinke and Aunt Monica made for us and thanks Grandpa for helping Daddy pick up and install our new washer and dryer...good thing we have it now since I've added to the laundry these days!
We love you...

Hi, I'm Trek....

Can you believe I'm 4 weeks old already! We've been pretty busy feeding, sleeping and changing diapers, so finally we have some time to tell my birth story...
Mommy's contractions became pretty intense around 1am on Valentine's morning and by 3am her contractions were less than 3 minutes apart! Daddy rushed us to the hospital and we checked in around 3:45am, but they had to still fill the tub for our water birth and wait for the mid wife. Our nurse Christine started hooking Mommy up with a monitor so she could make sure Mommy and I were doing ok! She said Mommy was dilated to almost a 6! Mary our mid wife finally arrived, but had to get more info on us before we could move into the water. Well, Mary checked out Mommy again and she was at a 9 1/2 which had happened within 15 minutes! Mary told Mommy and Daddy that I was coming very soon and there wasn't any time for the tub...or drugs! So Mommy started pushing and with the help of oxygen (she had a really bad chest cold) and Daddy's awesome coaching, I came at 5:05am! Daddy cut my cord and I was put on Mommy's chest right away...ahhhhh I was so comfy and I loved all the kisses I got from Mom and Dad! We stayed in the hospital till Friday afternoon..it was nice to be taken care of by all the nice nurses and it gave Mom and Dad some time to rest and eat free meals! Many visitors came to meet me, but I kept my eyes closes for most of them! It was really nice to finally go home and see my new room...where now I sleep in my crib every night almost more than 4 hours at a time!
I hope to meet everyone and keep checking in to see our updates!

Stay up to date with our little guy

Hey everyone stay tuned into our Blog, and check out the new pictures we just posted of our little guy.

See the albums to the left. We have added some more to the original album and another album.

He is doing great and is such a little stud, and mom is doing well too. He changes so much everyday. If you want a specific picture you should be able to click on the picture in the album and look on the screen and there will be an option to download the full picture.

Thanks for looking and please keep us in your prayers as we continue to learn to become a family of one more.

BABY ANNOUNCEMENT!!!

Introducing:
Trek Severan Schinke

Born: February 14, 2007 - 5:05am
Stats: 8lbs 11oz - 21.5in long

Check out all the pictures from the hospital in the slide show to the left.



Check back often for a more detailed story of the birth, and more of my first days as a Schinke.

Trek's first days of life- VIDEO

Baby Schinke is a' Comin'!!

Ya know, I just don't think there's anymore room for our little guy to grow! We're mid 37th week, have experienced some Braxton contractions, have our bags packed and are just waiting for the thumbs up from him! I have become pretty uncomfortable these days having the "shelf" to contend with, as you can see from the most recent picture in the belly shots album! I mean really, where did that come from all of a sudden?! I used to laugh at women who said they eventually couldn't see their feet or had to have their husbands help them put on their socks and shoes...yep, that's us!! ...and shaving my legs, that's a story in itself! Amongst all the complaints and "i can't wait to get him out of me so i can breathe normally again's", our appointments have gone well and our midwives tell us we're all healthy, lookin' good and right on track which is most important! Ben and I are squeezing in as much "just us" time as we can and appreciating the quietness of our little home before life throws us a curve ball! But that little curve ball will be so amazing...like my sister Anna says, waking up to her new little daughter is like Christmas morning every day! Reality will hit once the breasts are sore and the crying and poopy diapers take over, but God is good and we know we'll ROCK as parents!! Atleast that's what we keep telling ourselves and praying for! We plan for our little guy to be born through a water birth, but we know ultimately we're not in charge...we just pray for a healthy little boy regardless! Ben (and myself once I'm up and functioning again!) will keep our blog posted so be sure and periodically check us out as our family of 3 becomes 4 (we're being typical dog people and including Maiah!). Thank you for all of your thoughts, prayers and support throughout these past 9 months and we look forward to family and friends visiting and meeting the newest Schinke!

Christmas '06

I'm a little slow on this blog thing so forgive my belated updates! Christmas came and went quickly, but we had a blast having our friends Matt & Julie over for food and games Christmas eve! The four of us are huge Lost fans (for those of you who don't know, Lost is a tv show that has sucked us in) and we attempted to play the Lost board game...take our advice, do NOT waste your time...we were completey LOST trying to figure it out! Molly and Josh joined us later and we had a white elephant gift exchange, then topped off the night with a game of Scattegories! We woke up Christmas morning and Ben prepared a breakfast spread for Molly, Josh, Loni, Russ and me...ahhh I just love eating these days! Loni and I are experiencing pregnancy together as she's just a little over month behind us so per Mom Brinsko's orders, we were to take a "belly" shot together...so there you go! Ben and I spent the rest of the day relaxing, opening our stocking gifts to each other and realizing how blessed we have been in '06...our marriage, our love, our son on the way, our home, our jobs, our friends and family, our health, our Husky Maiah, and most importantly our gracious Lord! We pray the new year has had an awesome beginning for you all and stay posted as we'll be announcing our little Schinke's arrival soon!