oh, the places we`ll grow.

Saturday, June 6, 2009

november 4th was a special day for two reasons: the US elected its first african-american president and jesse and kaedra had a baby girl! both will change the world.

zossima walsh (no middle name yet) was born at home in boise at 11:44am on tuesday, november 4. she weighed 9 pounds and was 21 3/4 inches long. she has thick, jet-black hair and looks nothing like jasper! she came about a week early and she came fast--after just about 5 hours of hard labor and only a few pushes. kaedra and jesse loved their midwives and had a wonderful experience birthing at home. jasper was playing with a friend while his little sister was born and was happy to meet her when he came home. he gives her lots of kisses (and is enjoying big-boy treats like muffins and a new train set). and the whole family made the trek to the voting booths later in the day!

zossima is named for father zossima, the lovely priest in dostoyevsky's the brothers karamazov. he is very wise with a heart full of love. let's pray little zossima will be the same!

"Love children especially, for they too are sinless like the angels; they live to soften and purify our hearts and as it were to guide us." --Father Zossima, The Brothers Karamazov

please write or call to congratulate jesse and kaedra! they'd love to hear from you. their address is 2413 N 26th Street, Boise, ID 83702. Phone: (208) 345.8036

and if you're interested in sponsoring a homemade meal to be delivered to jesse and kaedra in the coming weeks, please be in touch with rosemary scott-fishburn. she can be reached at scottfishburn@yahoo.com

peace to you all,

jess bandstra, for jesse and kaedra

p.s. check back soon for pictures!

Monday, October 8, 2007