Walking!!! (cont)

I did promise a video of Noa's first steps. But... all of us being so busy these aren't exactly first steps but... it's still awfully cute. He is so excited to be walking that once he realizes he's doing it - he falls down. I love this drunkin' sailor stage. He can now take about 10 steps max and is becoming more confident and steady each day. It seems like he put it on hold while we were camping but then really got into on our return.



The camping trip was great - not perfect - but great. Ian was so excited to take the ferry that he was shaking and couldn't finish a sentence as we boarded the ship. He still talks endlessly about it! It's a must do again trip. The campsite was lovely and during the week we almost had the whole place to ourselves. Lake Michigan was walking distance and there were lots of trails to explore. Ian and Noa (but especially Ian) turned out to be excellent campers. We went for a beautiful hike one day (what turned out to be the last day). So that's the good parts. The not so good parts were that Noa had explosive diarrhea which is awkward in a tent (especially at 3am) and we had a few big storms roll through. The last storm was Thursday afternoon and evening, which was a biggy and the one that we struck camp during. The rain was coming down so fast it was an effort to keep the overhead tarp from collapsing on the boys (who were both huddled under it and screaming from the noise). We made it safely to Mary's house that night and spent a nice dry night in a bed.


Other big news is that Noa will be a big brother! Much to our surprise, after having our first two through the miracle of modern science we got pregnant the old fashioned way! The latest Stek is expected to arrive in mid-February. It's because of this that I am behind on posts and photo upload and any other extra activities. I am tired... and now I have to get to work.