Last month we went to Santa Barbara for a visit. Renya had a great first airplane flight and Luka still needed to taste the sand to make sure he wasn't missing anything.
Anissa has just decided to take time off from work and school to enjoy Luka and Renya a bit longer.
Henning is still working a lot and catching up on sleep while on the road.

Happy Halloween and happy fall!

Renya is now 5 1/2 weeks old and looks different from every angle as she grows into herself. Luka is on the road to wearing underpants only! Hooray!
We survived the first 4 weeks with Oma's help, for which we will be eternally grateful, and she, worn out for the next 6 months.

Renya Summer Schymik made her debut 9/6/08 at 8.21 p.m. after a quick hard and drug-free labor lasting about 5 hrs. She was 7.9 lbs. and 20 inches. Big enough, I should say.
We are totally in love with our little angel!
She brought Luka a new bike, making her the best sister ever. We're now trying to figure out how to juggle two kids, so bear with us as the blog updates wane from time to time.

Waiting for Renya...

We are anxiously awaiting the arrival of Renya, Luka's sister...while she could come any day now, we are planning to meet her Sept. 1st! In July we were able to escape the inferno of Denver and spend a couple nights in Winter Park and Keystone.

Luka turned 2 on May 18th! We had a weekend in Aspen, a week in Milwaukee the usual routines of play, work and school for Luka.

Luka is going to have a sister! She's expected to arrive the first week of September.







Here is Luka trying out some new moves...

January took us to Belize for a week. Henning had a birthday, no he's not 26 despite what he'll tell you...he and some friends went indoor skydiving. Luka got a kickbike for Christmas but that proved to be a bit too tall for him and Anissa broke down and bought him a tricycle, which he calls his "cycle." The packer hat and scarf and 1 green boot was Luka's outfit he put on all by himself, honestly.