Natalie's little brother

The big news so far this week is about our new baby that's on the way. We found out on Monday that we're going to have a baby boy! I know that nothing is a sure thing at this point, but there are some pretty convincing pictures of... *ahem*... well, let's just say we're pretty sure from some of the sonogram pictures :-)

We've posted several more sonogram pictures at our website, so be sure to check them out! As soon as we have more news we'll pass it along!

Natalie's First King's Island trip

All the way back in September, Natalie got to take her first trip to King's Island. She wasn't quite tall enough to ride most of the kiddie rides by herself, but there are still plenty of rides that she can go on with us. She wasn't a huge fan of riding on the carousel, but she started to enjoy it when she got to sit in one of the seats instead of on the horses that go up and down. In fact, she hated it when we had to get off of the ride.


She rode a couple of other things, including a little airplane that went up and down. She was nervous the first few times it went into the air, but then she really started to enjoy it.

In the end, her favorite thing to do in the park (besides eating the ice cream) was to just run around in the huge open spaces. Since we were there on P&G day, there was plenty of room for her to just run around and she loved it. She also seems to enjoy pushing her stroller more than she likes riding in it.


We'll be back in the park plenty of times next summer, so we'll see how she likes the big girl rides. It had been quite a few years since Julie and I have been to kiddie land, but I have a feeling we're going to become pretty familiar with it in the coming years.

The Pumpkin Patch

A few weeks back, Natalie got to visit her first pumpkin patch with Grandma and Grandpa Robinson. She got to wander the field in search of that perfect pumpkin, check out some farm animals at the petting zoo, and have a couple of fall treats including apple cider and caramel apples.

As you can see she managed to track down a pumpkin that is just her size while cruising through the field in her hat and sunglasses. She enjoyed watching the animals at the petting zoo as long as they didn't get too close, but her favorite part was definitely the food at the end. Apples are so much better when they're soaked in caramel :-)

The weather was perfect, and we had a great time!

Halloween

Hi everyone,

First off, Happy Birthday Rachel!!!

To avoid further mocking and derision from our loyal blog readers, we will once again make an effort to post blog entries more often. At least more often than every 4 months :-)

So let's start things back up again with Halloween. Natalie dressed up as the cutest little lion ever this Halloween. She did go trick or treating to a few houses, but she's still not a huge fan of meeting strangers. It was a beautiful night and we had a great time. She also enjoyed watching the other kids come to the house in their costumes. Every time the doorbell rang she would run to the front door smiling.

Enjoy the pictures, and we'll see you next week for an update.