I am starting this blog so that all our friends and family can keep up with us way out here in Illinois. We had such a fun summer and the highlight was our baby boy, Owen Nickolas, joining our family in July. Maggie is a natural at being a big sister. She loves holding Owen and "helping" mommy with all his needs. He is very fond of her too. He watches her constantly and always turns to her voice. It is really cute. Maggie has had lots of visitors to keep her company the past few months so that has been a huge help to me. She also spent alot of her summer playing outside with friends. We are now getting ready for fall/winter and are so excited for Maggie's 2nd birthday coming up.