Blog Update: A Long Time Coming!

Hi Everyone!

I apologize that this update has been a LONG time in coming! I can't remember the last time we updated our blog, so - sorry!

We hope all of you had a wonderful Christmas and New Year's, Valentine's Day, St. Patty's Day and you and your families are doing well!!!

We are doing well out here in Southern Maryland, still adjusting to everything.

Our biggest news is that Judah will be a big brother in July! On Noah's birthday (March 2nd) we found out that Judah will have a little sister, which was also very exciting. He likes to wear his "I'm going to be a big brother" shirt often now, and I think he is excited about the concept of having a sister. He has even said that when the baby comes, he is going to share some of his toys with her, and has been helping me work on getting the baby's room organized (along with playing with all the baby toys! haha). What a sweet boy! He has also felt the baby kick several times and thinks that is the coolest thing!

Baby's due date is July 20th, but we will see how things go. The doctor says that according to the 20-week ultrasound, I am 10 days ahead of where they originally thought. But they are not changing my due date. I'm not sure how that works, so we'll just have to wait to see when the baby is ready to join us! All in all, I have been feeling well - just tired, which is to be expected. The baby has been keeping me up at night (she is super active!), so sleep is a very valued commodity! :)

Noah's job continues to go well. He has still been working 50+ hours per week, but he has had several weekends in a row off of work, which has been great!

The weekend before Easter, we had the opportunity to meet Noah's brother Paul in Washington D.C. and see a few sights. We stayed in a great place right on the Potomac River, went into the city to see the National Museum of Natural History, and had lunch at a local brew pub. Paul's fiancee, Maria, joined us on the way home, and we stopped at the Goddard Space Flight Museum. It is a small air and space museum, but it's pretty interactive for kids, which was fun for Judah. Click on the link for some pictures:
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Paul and Maria will be getting married in May, and we are all preparing for the big day! Noah is the Best Man, Judah is the Ring Bearer, and I will be playing piano for the wedding. We recently tried on Judah's tux. It was a steal... $8 at a consignment sale last Fall! And it fits perfectly!!! What a handsome boy:
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We hope all of you had a great Easter weekend! We're sorry we missed all of you and the festivities. But we did have some festivities of our own. Thursday we had an Easter egg hunt/pot luck with the moms group, which was a lot of fun. Saturday we had dinner with friends. Sunday we went to church, and then went to one of Noah's co-workers' houses for Easter lunch. She also had an Easter egg hunt for everyone, but everyone ended up having a good time helping Judah find all the eggs. We came home with a nearly full paper grocery bag full of plastic eggs filled with candy!

During a normal week (using the word "normal" very loosely!) we usually visit the library, park and have a playdate. But this week, we went to Nature Time - a program put on for younger kids by the State Park & Rec. At one of the local state parks, they have stables and we got to learn about horses and how to care for them! The kids all got to take a turn brushing and petting a horse, and we made "horse tails" afterwards! A great time was had by all. Here are some pictures!
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I think that's about it for our family updates! We'll keep all of you in the loop about the baby, and I'm sure I'll update the blog before then too. Hope all of you are doing well! Please keep in touch. We miss you and love you!

Noah, Krista, Judah and Baby #2