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The fact that we have gone from posting once a week to once a month says enough! Life continues to clip along here- Ada's vocabulary is growing by leaps and bounds, school just closed for the break, and K is getting bigger and bigger. Things are good and we are looking forward to seeing a number of family and friends as we take a long road trip through the mid-Atlantic states over break. Despite all the hubbub, K and I still managed to spend the other evening drinking eggnog by our (lit and decorated!) Christmas tree.

Happy Holidays!

Time is zipping by- It is hard to believe that it has been a month sin we last posted! Ada (along with the six other on-campus babies born her year) was a gnome for Halloween. We failed to get a great picture, but I am sure that we could have made millions selling the idea to Travelocity for their commercials!

Fall has been gorgeous in New England. We were unsure about the quality of the fall foliage with such a dry summer, but we have been surprised with glorious fall colors that have lasted late into the season. We have made several trips up to the Mancoon this fall and are happy to report that our little stream has completely filled back up! Several weeks of steady rain have helped to replenish the area lakes and streams.

Kara continues to get bigger. She is once again feeling well and having a healthy, uneventful pregnancy. At 26 weeks pregnant, she has less than 100 days until her due date! We have just one week left of school before our Thanksgiving break!

Its been a while since we have posted a video so we thought we would share this clip of Ada showing off her knowledge of the A-B-Cs.

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No real need for a caption... just lovin' the fall!

K and I had the chance to go sailing off the coast of Maine last weekend. Her college outing club sponsored an overnight with the Outward Bound base out of Wheeler Bay north of Bath. We sailed on open boats that were modeled after the old whaling boats. We sailed until after dark, anchored and cooked on the boat, slept on the boats, and then took turns doing a “night watch” to make sure the boast wasn’t drifting or a storm wasn’t coming in. The skies were clear and we were treated to some of the best stars we have ever seen! Despite being a frigid morning, I took a dip and then K proceeded to ‘captain’ out ship for the rest of the day before finally guiding us back to base.

It was a great mini-trip and it was fun to reunite with OB. In addition to getting to see how another base and field operates, we had fun trying something totally new. Knowing that the heritage of the OB lay in sailing made the experience that much more special.

Holy Smokes time has been zipping by! It is hard to believe that it has been a full month since we have posted last... school is in full swing and ada is operating at top speed! We promise a more detailed updated soon- but in the mean time we thought we would share this picture from a recent ultrasound. The picture is the new baby's profile (looking up). Kara is 20 weeks now and is over half way through the pregnancy!

Summer is coming to an end for us. We are spending the holiday weekend home and are taking advantage of the extra time by turning our monster harvest of tomatoes (90 at one time!) into sauce and the wild Maine blueberries from earlier in the summer into jam. School actually begins for us on Monday so we are happy to enjoy the cool mornings, free time, and relative quiet before our new crop of boarders arrive!