Nolan Dirk Godfrey
Born: March 24, 2009
Weight: 7 lbs 15 oz
Length: 20 Inches Long

I couldn't have asked for a better labor and delivery: virtually pain free (you bet I get an epidural) and pretty enjoyable. Like I said when Lucas was a baby "there is something so sweet about having a newborn around". Nolan is so so sweet and just another witness to us that miracles do occur.

My little brother and sister, Shane and Keona, made the trip out to entertain two kids for a few days while we were at the hospital. These two were machines: cooking, cleaning, playing, washing, entertaining, reading, laughing, and doing everything in between without ever being asked. We were so thankful they came.

We find delight in the beauty & happiness of
children that makes the heart too big for the body
~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Just as I begin a lot of journal entries: gosh it's been a while and so much has happened. Over the last couple of months I turned 28, Lucas turned 2, Dax finished another set of swimming lessons, I got my first pedicure and loved every minute of it, we've had record breaking cold (30-40 below 0) and record highs (45), Greg has been really busy with school, really busy with school but has fit in constructing a toddler bed for Lucas and a marble run mostly in our front room, we've been to the doctor 12 times, Greg had an away rotation for 4 days, Dax wants to know when he can wear flips flops and eat watermelon because the snow is melting and the sun is shining but it's not warm yet, Greg and I had our 6 year anniversary, and we're all anxiously awaiting our baby boy!

Lucas at 2 loves milk, fruit snacks, mints, juice, talking, sleeping with his bear, squirrel, giraffe and blankets, and wants to do things himself. Some achievements: he's potty-trained, has learned about 100 words in the last 2 weeks and puts 2 words together. Lucas is quite the character and makes us all smile. For his birthday we took him to the fire station as he thinks "war wars" (fire trucks) are just great.