Last day of summer

We are very sad to see Summer head on out.

Noah's laughing

About two weeks ago Noah started laughing, loudly. He smiles all the time, but now he giggles.

Sleeping baby

As Tyler says, "All Noah does is sleep". Tyler is looking forward to the day when Noah can play.

Fun adventures

Since this will likely be the only time I ever have the entire summer off, we are taking full advantage and making sure to spend lots of time doing the things we have so little time for otherwise. We took Tyler to Dutch Wonderland amusement park, we've been swimming daily, we went to the Philadelphia Zoo, day trip to the beach, lots of shopping, lots of day trips here and there and lots of playing out in the yard. Jeff and I also took a drive to Maryland to get steamed crabs one afternoon and we've had lots of friends and family over for swimming, dinner and hanging out.

It's been a busy time, but we are enjoying spending so much time together as a family.

Noah James Werkley

Noah James Werkley arrived June 24, 2009 at 1:47pm. He's 9 pounds, 1 oz and 20.25 inches long. He's eating like a champ and mom and baby are doing well.

Mickey and Minnie

Tyler had a blast at his friend Emily's birthday party on Saturday. Mickey and Minnie came to play and he couldn't help himself joining the birthday girl in her photos. He was so tired with no nap and all the excitement that he fell asleep in the car about a block after leaving the party--and this is a kid who almost never sleeps in the car. It was truly a fun day for the kids and all us adults got to enjoy good food, good company and excellent weather.

I think we are going to have to consider a trip to Disney in the near future. . .

Award

Jeff keeps telling me I need to toot my own horn more, so I agreed to put up this article from an award I won recently. It's been a really great year and I was very humbled to be honored by this Business Woman of the Year award. The organization, Women's Referral Network of Chester County is a great place for professional women to network, socialize and grow their businesses. I served on the board for many years and was its President for 2 years. It has really been a great place for me to get business and meet some remarkable women. Here is the link. And the pic on the website for the newspaper didn't come out too well, so here is the actual pic that was in the paper.

http://www.dailylocal.com/articles/2009/04/30/business/srv0000005207979.txt