That was Summer??

Fall has officially come to New England.

Leaves are changing, Halloween decorations are up at all the stores, apples are in season and Alise is already contemplating painting her stomach to look like a jack o' lantern... What does all this mean? Well, in almost exactly a month, we'll be celebrating our 2nd anniversary and Alise may be just beginning to feel the little flutters as our baby moves around.

 At that point, we'll be rapidly approaching the halfway point in the pregnancy and things will be even more 'real' than they have been... Seasons change quickly in New England. One day you're blowing off errands to go to Water Country, and before you know it, you're shoveling 4 feet of snow out from around your car at 7 am trying to get to work. It makes us realize how quickly this baby is going to be coming into our lives, even though we often feel like the process takes forever.

The leaves are just starting to change, but autumn comes and goes quickly. Soon the trees will be bare, Thanksgiving will be over, and we'll be getting ready for a visit from Alise's sister at Christmastime. Though it seems like only yesterday we found out about the pregnancy, it's already been nearly 4 months. Before we know it, we'll be bringing this whole new person into our lives. And probably not blowing off errands for water parks for a while...