Pre-school

Aubrey was very confident on her first day of pre-school. She was simply very excited to be going to school and meeting friends. T was the nervous one, waiting at the hospital with Leland to hear about the big day.

First Day of Pre-School

Aubrey with Papa and Nana

Aubrey and her teacher

Orientation Day Last Week

Hurricane Irene

Leland was born right before Hurricane Irene arrived. The three of us at the hospital feel as if we "missed" Irene, as the view from the hospital room did not have a single tree to indicate the strength of the wind. Aubrey stayed at the house with Papa and Nana and survived 30 hours without electricity. Many are still without electricity. Here is their visit to the hospital...

Family Photo

Leland content in Big Sister's arms!

Nana Sandy

Papa Max

Proud Big Sister

Aubrey and Leland

Leland Michael

Leland Michael
August 27 at 5:46 p.m.

8 lbs. 9 oz and 20 inches

Update

T woke C at 7 this morning reporting contractions. Things progressed quickly as C made last dash preparations, with Papa Max's help, for the coming hurricane. No, not Baby Boy, the real deal. It looks like the Hurricane Irene will pass just west of us Sunday morning, bringing wind damage and flooding.

T and C did make it safely to the hospital this morning. Things progressed nicely but have slowed of late. T is taking a nap. By the the looks of things, today will be Baby Boy's day.

There was a lot of hurricane talk over the past 2 days as we awaited the arrival of Hurricane Irene. Aubrey had many questions for us last night and wouldn't go to sleep until she had a headlamp so she could "find mommy when the electricity stopped". We're thankful Nana Sandy and Papa Max are home with Aubrey during the storm. Someday, this will be quite a story to tell!

Dinosaur State Park

Mommy - Aubrey Day

Another Visitor

Papa D just happened to be driving by and spent a night at our new house. So exciting to have another visitor.

Driving the Truck

Pizza

Anticipated Addition

Baby brother could arrive any day. I think Aubrey is excited to be a big sister. Here is her depiction of our family.

Visitors

While preparing for the move, we talked about having lots of visitors at our new house. One day Aubrey burst into tears and blurted out "What are visitors?" I imagine she was envisioning monsters invading our house. Now she understands that visitors are friends and family from WI/MN and she couldn't be happier than to host visitors. We got to host our neighbors from Madison!

Togetherness

Mystic Seaport