Back again

It's been a long while since we've posted and it would be tempting to try to update you on everything you've missed in the past several weeks, but to save time and in an attempt to avoid boredom, I'll just give you a brief summary:

• We had a great visit to the Allen Homestead (aka, "the farm") in upstate New York to celebrate Aunt Emily and Uncle Matt's wedding. It was a beautiful, intimate wedding and a really wonderful weekend for all of us.
• Happy has been asking about October, Halloween and his birthday for the past several months and now that October is finally here, he cannot get enough of spooky stories, pumpkins and ghosts. In fact, he is wearing a blanket and "whoo-ing" right now.
• Chubbles is talking more and more all the time. She entertained us all tonight by counting up to 10 then racing herself around the living room...many times. The more times she did it, the fewer numbers got counted "count again? one... three... GO!" and off she runs.
• We got our family pictures again a couple weeks ago by a very talented photographer friend. They're not finished yet, but she did send us one preliminary proof:

I'd like to direct your attention to my mid-section. Now normally, I'd never purposely invite you to stare at my not-so-muscular middle. This time however, you might have noticed it as soon as you saw the picture (That's certainly the first thing I saw!). So I'll save you the trouble of not asking--yes, it is a larger-than-normal belly and yes, it will continue to grow for another 6 months until we finally welcome its current occupant into the outside world. 

Here's to number 3, due April 12th, 2013.