Summer Ben

Dear Friends and Family -- and Ben,

We apologize sincerely for the lack of photos in this space for the last... oh, no, is it really about SIX MONTHS?  See, a few things happened:

1) I had minor surgery on my neck.  No worries -- I had a benign fatty tumor that was mainly a problem cosmetically.  Many people have helpfully shared that their DOGS had the same kind of tumors.  I strongly recommend to anyone in their early thirties who is feeling old: grow an ugly benign tumor on your neck and then have it removed.  You will feel like the sexiest thing in the universe (for a few days, anyway). 

2) We bought a house!!!!  In Evanston, IL.  But, before that, I was traumatized by having a different house fall through at the inspection.  That trauma curtailed my blogging activity last spring.  Sorry.  And then, buying the house in Evanston and moving in made us super busy.  And, it resulted in a messed up connection to our external hard drive where Noah stores our photos.  I was technologically PREVENTED from posting any photos (at least the ones on the hard drive) for several months.

3) We got pregnant again!!!!  And, Baby Bear sapped any energy that I might have had remaining after the move.  And now for the big reveal: Baby Bear is a BOY.  In April, Ben will become a proud big brother and we will kiss goodbye any hopes of low grocery bills for the next 18 years.

So, without further ado, here is an amazing collage photo created by Aunt Jessie's boyfriend:

 

And, here's a link to some more adorable photos of Ben from Summer 2010: http://picasaweb.google.com/alevybrown/Summer2010?feat=directlink

Enjoy!