March 26, 2009

Hi Everyone,

We just wanted to thank all of our Wisconsin relatives again for putting on such a wonderful shower on March 14th! I had a wonderful time, and it was great to see all of you again!!! And we were so blessed by all of the gifts. I know that showers were originally started to "shower" the mother-to-be with gifts for the baby, but the best part of the shower for me was seeing and spending time with all of you. I was so excited to get to celebrate with you, my family, and share this special time with you! And the gifts were the cherry on top of the sundae. :) We're looking forward to sharing the celebration with Noah's family in Springfield, IL around Memorial Day weekend for the next shower.

Here is a link to some of the pictures from the Wisconsin shower. Enjoy!!!
http://s187.photobucket.com/albums/x219/nkbrown81/WI%20Baby%20Shower/

Other than that, not too much has been going on down here in St. Louis. We are enjoying some nice warm weather lately, and I finally got to take some walks outside. I've been waiting for that all winter! :)

Baby is growing a mile a minute and kicking a LOT! We joke that we are going to have a little soccer player. We still don't know the sex of the baby (and not planning to find out - no, we are still going strong!). I know it's more fun to buy gender-based stuff, but we are looking forward to a surprise! We do have names picked out that we're pretty solid on, but not sharing them with anyone yet. Sorry... this is really no fun for anyone but us, is it? haha!! Well, we aren't going to apologize... ya'll will probably know more the second time around. ;) But Baby Brown absolutely LOVES his/her daddy... the baby responds to Noah's touch and they "communicate" through pokes and punches. Sorry Noah... I think it's SO cute!!! :) You are going to be an awesome daddy!!!

My boss is doing well with her pregnancy as well - yes, she is about 3 weeks ahead of me, due June 8th! We plan to try to bring the babies into the office. We'll see how that goes! I think they'll be best buds and it'll be nice that they have someone to keep them each company!

Work is going well for both Noah and myself. You may have heard that there have been some layoffs at Boeing, but they don't affect Noah, which we're thankful for. My job is going well too - no problems here. Business at American Family is being affected by the economy, but it's mostly the Insurance Agents seeing that impact, not the managers' offices where I work.

Noah's still working on his Master's degree. He's ready to be done with his 2 classes this semester, and not sure if he'll take one this summer or not. He may just wait until Fall and take one then, and then take one in Spring semester and graduate in May 2010. We'll see what happens!

We hope everyone around the country is doing well - wherever you may be! Blessings to all of you.

Until next time...

Love
Noah, Krista & Baby Brown