Welcome baby Penny!

I apologize for being MIA since the last post but soon after that post, things got interesting around here. "Little sister" decided she wanted to come 7 weeks early. She weighed in at 5 lbs 7 ozs and was 17 inches long. She has been in the NICU since her arrival that evening but only for reasons of not being able to maintain her own temperature and eating. She is strong and healthy now, weighing in at 5 lbs 14.8 ozs and 19 inches long. She is taking all of her bottles now and is almost out of her isolete she is in. She should be coming out of it tonight and probably come home tomorrow night or Monday. She is such a great baby. We can't wait to get to learn more about her. We can't wait for her to come home. Just in time for momma's birthday!

Mr Smarty Pants

Well, hurricane number 2 came through here this past week. Tuesday everyone stayed home, work was telling us to stay home and we weren't about to take Noah to school that day. It was a pretty uneventful day that day considering the weather.

Every day I am amazed by what Noah can do. He repeats everything we say now, not perfectly but pretty darm close. He knows Nemo from the Finding Nemo movie. There's this one particular book he likes to read at bed time called The Very Busy Spider. This book has different animals and has their sounds you can do with them. When I was sitting in Noah's room when Travis and he were reading this week, Travis would ask him, "What does the horse say?" "Neigh" is what Noah would answer...and he was able to do that with the cow, the duck, the dog, the cat, the rooster and the owl all with their associated sounds they make. He just amazes me how he picked that up so quickly!

Remember me mentioning before that Travis bought a Roomba to vacuum? Well, that is also one of Noah's favorite things now too. Whenever we get home from school, as soon as we walk in the door, Noah says, "Roomba?". He likes helping dad place the Roomba. I was thinking about it the other day, he probably knows more than 60 words, and a dozen phrases. He knows where the ears, eyes and nose are, and likes to point them out on everyone. :) He knows when the cats have done something wrong and likes to point it out when they do. He points at them, shakes his hand up and down and says, "No no no no no".

As for the rest of us, Travis and I are doing alot of home improvement stuff every weekend. There seems to be so much we want to do before "little sister" gets here. I am 33 weks along. Pretty much all stomach from what almost everyone is saying. Kind of nice to get those compliments. I have had a few people tell me from behind I look normal, but once I turn to the side, it's a whole different story. :-)

Hope everyone is having a great weekend!