Marijka - Marijka Danielle Octavia Fraser Kuipers

And because one is just not enough we decided to let things roll. The need to keep the population growth at least at steady state, the need for grandparents to have more than one kid to brag about, and especially the need for in situ sibling rivalry caused us to throw caution to the wind. We've had another nice wee little person this recent equinox - namely a Marijka Danielle Octavia Fraser Kuipers.

Marijka is a sweet little gal who showed up about 3 weeks early and is willful and willing to scrap about most things but when she's on, she's the cutest little girl in the world.

The names? Marijka was selected by Todd's Beppe and is pronounced Mar-eye-kah, with the possibility of Rijka, Ika and Ike (though Beppe doesn't like this one - and Mary is right out) as nicknames. Danielle was chosen by Sue because she likes it, not purely to mollify Dan in being left out with Gus naming. Octavia is a nice wholesome classical name which coincidentally is also the family name of Augustus. Fraser again is a fairly obvious choice.

Photo galleries are now available.

Week 0 - Week 1 - Week 2 - Week 3/4 - Week 5/6 - Week 7/8 - Month 3
Vacation 2007 - Month 4 - Month 5&6 - Month 7&8 - Month 9&10 - Month 11&12
1st Birthday - Vacation 04/08 - 13-15 months - 16-18 months - Vacation 09/08
Vacation 10/08 - 19-21 months - 22-24 months - Vacation 03/09 - 2nd Birthday
25-27 months - 28-30 months - 31-33 months - 34-36 months - 3rd Birthday
37-42 months

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Gus - Augustus William Niklaas Fraser Kuipers

Because we are shallow folks, shameless followers of fads, prone to leaping astride any and all wagons with bands, we have decided to have a baby. Herein is the projected narcissistic shrine to Augustus William Niklaas Fraser, where we will detail his sleeping patterns, cute little grimaces, his oh-so-very stylish diaper shirts and, of course, the colouring of his poop.

Gus is just a swell little chap, fulla fun and pretty low maintenance all told. You're welcome to pop by anytime and visit, though if you're coming for Gus time, pre 7:30PM tends to be the best.

The names? Augustus was what we felt was our best choice for a name that gave us Gus and had some flexibility for future names (Augi, Aug, Gustus, August, Gusoline, Guster, etc.). William was suggested by Dan as a solid Dutch-Scottish cross-over name. Niklaas is a play on Todd's grandfather's name, Klaas - at one time people assumed that Klaas was short for Niklaas so they ended up calling him Nik (there is no connection to Sint Niklaas). The choice of Fraser is fairly obvious - as is Kuipers.

You can peruse the highly extensive photo diary below.

Week 0 - Week 1 - Week 2 - Week 3/4 - Week 5/6 - week 7/8 - Month 3
Month 4 - Month 5 - Month 6 - Month 6 (2) - Month 7 - Month 7 (2)
Month 8&9 - Month 10&11 - Month 12 - 1st Birthday - 13-15 months - 16-18 months
Xmas 2006 - 19-21 months - 22-24 months - Vacation 2007 - 2nd Birthday - 25-27 months
28-30 months - 31-33 months - Vacation 04/08 - 34-36 months - 3rd Birthday
37-39 months - Vacation 09/08 - Vacation 10/08 - 39-41 months - 42-44 months
Vacation 03/09 - 46-48 months - 4th Birthday - 49-51 months - 52-54 months
55-57 months - 58-60 months - 5th Birthday -

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