Family of 5

Family Paalman has been blessed with an extra member: our little Simon!

Here is a quick photo of the family as we look now. Thank you for all the congratulations and good wishes. We are well and slowly getting use to more mouths.

Simon is born

Simon have been born at the hospital in Somerset west

A huge boy 55cm long and more than 8 pounds

For his big sister was it a joy to keep him in her arms

License please

How quickly they grow up? The one moment they are having trouble walking, the next their off on their first wheels.

Dutch children in South Africa

In case anybody was worried, Rashelle and Tim are raised with certain dutch tradisions, so that they do not forget their roots. There are the beautiful wooden shoes:

she asks to wear.

And then there is the fact that both my children are addicted to drop (liquirice that does not taste like liquirice at all). They must be dutch.

The pregnant lady

OK, so this is on request. Two excuses before I reveal the picture. One, it is summer and I am really feeling the heat, so excuse the expression. And two, it is a really big baby. The last two scans had my very straight faced gynaecologist frowning: this is a huge baby, he keeps saying. So, expect the worse, and you'll be happily surprised.

But we are thanking God that it also means that the baby is doing well- well fed. And I'm thankful that it will be a ceasarian. The thought of pushing this size baby out, has me thanking God for modern medicine.



Rashelle's friend turns 3

These two friends differ by 10 days, and they truly are like sisters. Fighting one moment, inseperable the next. The beauty is one speaks Afrikaans and the other english, yet they never seem to not understand one another. I'm not suppose to reveal the little girl's name, so excuse the secrecy. But she was beautiful on her birthday, she felt like a real princess.

So thankful for all her gifts.