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Caleb is now 3 weeks old and he is adapting very well to our all boy family. The boys still adore him and love to sit and talk to him or poke him in the face.  Overall I would say that the adjustment period has gone well and we are now into what the boys would call normal days.  It feels as though he has always been a part of our family and I have a hard time to remember the days Before Caleb. Of course, everything was easier...  I could sleep at night, we could go outside to work during the morning time even if it was only 30 degrees outside, and I could eat dinner with two hands. But that doesn't mean that I ache for those long lost BC days, no rather, I am enjoying this time of having yet another newborn child. A beautiful child made by God, and I am daily reminding myself that this time is short and in just a few years all of the boys will be outside helping me with our "mini arboretum".  In fact, life continues even as it starts.  It is amazing to see that even though I am always tired; it is not always time to sleep, and even though we just had a new baby and are in a slowed down atmosphere the world continues to speed by us with their clocks and schedules. I was reminded of this very fact when Caleb was only 1 week old and suddenly we found a skidder in our yard...

You see, BC, Tyler and I had started planning to turn part of our backyard into an open farmland area for fruit trees, maple trees, christmas trees, blueberries, bees and anything else we wanted it for. We talked to a few loggers about selling the wood that we currently had so that we could pay to rent an excavator and turn the land into basically a field. If their is anyone looking for work you may want to consider logging, because if anyone is working right now it is the loggers. These men that we have contacted have been so busy that they had not been able to start working out back. Then one day we drive home from church and low and behold there rests a very large skidder right behind our house.  Nat (the logger) started work on our "field" the very next day and finished this past week. Now we have a very many things to do before winter and suddenly find ourselves very busy with the land. So as you can see life has not stopped, but continues to blaze by as I watch. In fact, the whole household had a blast watching Nat fell trees, and load logs onto his pulp truck. Needless to say I am excited to put on some chaps, use the chainsaw, and help clear up the field area in preparation for Tyler's little arboretum.  

 This activity that seems to go on all around us as we sit dazed in new baby nation has, I believe, helped our family transition into a 4 boy family easier.  The boys have been able to find entertainment in the activity even as they are not able to go outside for very long due to the weather, and it has also brought a sense of normality back to our days.  All things said and done this great new baby season has brought a little less outdoors time, but a lot of great entertainment and the start of something yet to come.