Many congratulations to Mike and Alison! Little Morris, Pierre, Cletus, Jens Michael arrived safe and sound. What a relief it is that all is well with mom and baby. Mike has been diligent in posting pictures to this album. Mike and Alison, welcome to the land of the sleep deprived ;)
I hope you have got some time. As my friends here say, hay muchos fotos. I got around to posting the pictures from the Utah trip. You can see those here. What a fun trip that was. Alia definitely picked up some Grandpa-isms as she will now burst into a room and yell, "hey guys". Hmm, maybe Grandpa's is more of a "Hi guys"... Alia also asks for chicken rolls on a regular basis. She's no dummy -- she knows the good stuff.
Lastly, I put up some pictures from June and July (I know, I know... way tardy on those). Alia is so funny and so opinionated these days. Our neighbor came over with her granddaughter to see if Alia wanted to play. Alia answered the door with me and I turned to her and asked if she wanted to go play. A half-second after I posed the question, Alia yelled "NO!" and took off running as fast as she could away from the door. Aye, awkward moment. I was then left trying to explain that the blood curdling "NO" was just the default answer for everything now. It really isn't but I had to say something!