Let's try this again...

Some time back we attempted to have an online journal to update family and friends on how Noah and the family was doing. Well, that wasn't kept up as well as we would have liked. So, here we are attempting this one more time. There is so much going on right now and rather than send everyone an email constantly, we figured - let's try this journal thing again.

Updates:
Noah just celebrated his 16 month birthday on July 1st. He weighs about 26 lbs and is about 33 inches tall. This keeps him in the top percentiles of the charts. He's going to outgrow us in no time. :) He is doing incredible. He runs all over the place, he is especially curious about everything, he is repeating alot of what we say. He is great at following directions most of the time "Bring that here. Put that up." etc...He is enjoying his school (he goes to a Montessori school) very much. He goes every weekday and is quite the little student. Attached are a couple of pictures of Noah, one of him in his swim trunks on Splash day at school, another with mommy.

BIG Update:

For those of you who do not know, Noah will be a big brother come the end of September of this year. We were initially planning on waiting, at least another 6 months or so, but apparently that was not meant to be. This pregnancy has been much different than the last one. But, hey, aren't they ALL different! We have been able to see this baby multiple times - we have had 5 ultrasounds so far. And we have confirmed at least 3 times that it is a GIRL! Before you ask, we aren't giving away the name. Same rules apply as last time :-) Everyone finds out at the same time. Although we may play a little game towards the end to have people guess. We are trying to introduce Noah to the idea of having a little sister. When I read to Noah at night before bedtime (we alternate), Noah will sit on my lap and "read" to sister and then hug and kiss the belly and say "nite-nite".

So, those are the big highlights going on in our life right now. Work is fine for both of us, nothing special. We are just doing the usual day by day thing waiting for "little sister" to get here. I will do my best to have at least one update a week. Maybe Travis will even make a surprise update or two!

-Alison