Welcome Dylan Franklin!

On March 22nd we welcomed Dylan Franklin to our family. He weighed 7 lbs 11 oz and was 20.25 inches.

Dylan has been such a joy and Colin has really been enjoying being a big brother. They have both been doing great. In fact, Dylan slept through the night last night at exactly 4 weeks of age so I can't complain about that. Colin continues to go to daycare so it's just me and Dylan at home which has been nice. Overall, he's been a great baby and I forgot how much newborns sleep.

I've been enjoying my time off work. I have high hopes for completing several projects while I'm on it but we'll see how much I get done as I love just holding Dylan and don't want to lay him down.

Brad's achilles continues to heal. He still has to wear a brace for another month or two but can manage getting around the house without wearing it. He has hopes for going turkey hunting yet this spring but we'll see how he's doing.

Happy 2011!

Wow! Did not realize it's been almost a year since I posted on here. Colin is already over 2 years old now. I can't believe he's that old already! He's really been such a joy and he is mister independent these days. He loves to help do anything, especially clean.

Brad ruptured his achilles tendon at Colin's 2 year birthday party in October. He's been in a cast for 3 months and on crutches. He will get his cast off on Monday and then he'll wear a brace for 3 months. We think he'll be able to get around using only a cane for the next 3 months. It has been a long recovery process.

So about the same time that he's hopefully recovered, we'll be expecting our 2nd child. Yep, we're expecting March 30th which is my mom's birthday. We didn't find out what we're having but we're both predicting another boy.

Hope all is well with you and your families and I'll try to update this more frequently.

Karen


Colin this summer


You been farming long?


Helping Grandpa with the harvest this fall.


Helping Grandma and Grandpa