Dawn and Ed Go USA

I guess we sort of got busy and forgot that we had our own website that needed updating. Sorry about that.

Callan Mathijs Claessens was born April 1, 2009.

He weighed 7lbs and was 19 1/2 inches long. We have been so busy watching and enjoying every second of him grow that time has just gone by so fast. He is now 8 1/2 months old. He had his first Thanksgiving recently and his first Christmas is just around the corner. He has 7 teeth and is crawling all over the place. He has mastered crawling and was shortly onto pulling himself up standing and exploring everything. He is just a happy little boy.

Hello world!

Callan just a few hours old.

Callan with daddy. Just a few days old at home.

Our sleepy baby boy. A week or so old.

Dawn decided shortly after Callan was born that she wanted to stop working and be a stay at home mom. She started up an in home day care to help supplement the loss of income and quit her job back in July. She currently has five kids in her care, plus Callan. Some days are harder than others, but she is loving staying at home with Callan everyday.

Our handsome little man.

Callan exloring his world.

Callan's first Halloween.

In June 2009, we had a tornado that hit 2 miles from our house. It hit the shopping area near the house and threw some things around pretty well. It uprooted trees and plants, smashed lots of windows, tossed air conditioner units, torn down garage doors and small buildings, tossed a few cars into some buildings, caused gas leaks and lots of scares. With the tornado came a big hail storm and our roof, along with pretty much everyone else in our neighborhood, took enough damage that we had to get a new one. Luckily our insurance company paid for all of it except our $1,000 deductible. The roofing company that we choose got the job done quickly despite the snow and cold weather. Dawn actually took on the owners daughter for day care, so it was a win-win situation. We got a new roof, and they found day care for their daughter that they are happy with. Here are some images of some of the damage that it caused.

Golf ball sized hail

This trailer was picked up from the Lowe's parking lot across the street and landed here next to these town homes.

This garage door was torn down due to the force of the winds.

We are hanging in there right now with the poor economy. We are loving being parents and spending time with our happy, loving Callan. He is growing up way to fast and we don't want to miss a thing. Oh, we are planning a trip back to the Netherlands next year sometime, if we can get our air miles issue worked out. We are very excited for Edmond's family to meet Callan.

I will try to keep up the postings.