We're Alive and Well

You can all find relief now! I'm sure many of you were worried we had disappeared forever since it has now been two months since any sign of life has been shown on our blog. I'm sharing the good news that we are well and you can be comforted now. :)

So since I often seem to be able to easily fill a blog with more than enough text, and it has been quite some time. I'm going to TRY to make this mostly a blog full of pictures and little words. So here goes!

Jon and Koen making valentines to send to our families:

Koen helping Jon tighten some legs of our "new" table! Good-bye card table! Hello space for dinner where we eat!
Koen LOVES fire trucks. We went to the fire station for a play group and Koen became quite shy. It was hard getting a picture of him by a truck at all. But months later, he still talks about what he saw at the fire station.
Koen and I making homemade cupcakes. Mmmm, mmmm good! - Though I was sad to no longer be able to snitch some batter for myself....
We went to Washington DC with Jon for a job training. This is at the metro station.
Playing in a park across from the White House.

At the Smithsonian Natural History Museum.
We found a mean alligator head! No injuries occurred to my head.
Koen loved playing with traditional toys and games.
Jon grew one mighty large antler. (Who says only crazy things happen in the museum at night? -Think "Night at the Museum")
Koen and I on a bus in the Smithsonian Museum for American History.
I think the Space and Air museum was a favorite for both of these boys. They loved it all!
Trying out some stylish flight goggles.
We couldn't pass seeing up the Washington DC Temple. We LOVE to see the temples! And it was beautiful.

Koen and I visited the zoo (which is free!). They have pandas there, which we've never seen before. Koen likes to call them all Fu Panda (Kung Fu Panda). This is the only one that let us get close enough for a picture.
Excitement! Koen spotted something at the zoo that looks amazingly fun!
BUTTONS! and even better yet... M&M buttons! It doesn't seem to matter that pushing buttons never produce any gifts, it simply brings him joy.
Koen's all time favorite part of our DC trip was riding the train. He asked to ride the train every day. He loved waving hello and goodbye to the trains we watched pass by.

Here's my two favorite boys on our last train ride of the trip.

Koen did so great on our drives to DC and back. He loved having his picture taken with his bear in the car too.
We did appreciate the moments when he was able to nap as well.

St. Patrick's day! Grandpa and Grandma Williams sent Koen a giant green button to make sure he avoided any pinches that day.

We spent the day at the zoo. Koen thought this snake was pretty cool.

Koen is doing such an awesome job at going to bed really well; meaning we can now put him in his bed and leave his room without him coming out of his room once! And MOST nights, not get up at all during the night. Sometime ago, bedtime all of a sudden became super hard and it has became common for me to at least sit in his room by the door in order to prevent a long and stressful bedtime. He was praised for going to sleep like a big boy with a surprise one day. He's still doing a really great job! Keep it up buddy!

I think most people who read our blog as already seen this picture. But for those who haven't seen it yet:

Baby Williams #2 is due Oct. 22. Koen understands as well as probably most two year olds can understand. He will hug and kiss my tummy and say "I love you Baby Williams." He'll also put his hands to my stomach and pretend to pull Baby Williams out to hold it and pass it around. When we're done holding Baby Williams, he puts it back into my tummy. I show him pictures of what Baby Williams looks like each week and we talk about how its kind of funny looking right now. And then I show him what Baby Williams will look like towards the end of the pregnancy. I don't know that he understands the term brother yet. But its fun to see him show love to Baby Williams and talk to it. I can't wait for him to be able to actually feel it move in my belly. I imagine things will become much more real for him then.

We hope all is well for each of you. Take care!