It’s the Dawsons!

And we’re back once again!  Hopefully it will be for real this time.  It’s amazing how life can get in the way of your best intentions.  Our new year’s resolution to post more often and keep this site a place where updates are always close at hand quickly fell by the wayside.  No great excuses (some decent ones)but we’ll just ge back to it.

So while we’ve been gone, we’ve been busy.  We’ve built a deck on the house and landscaped.  Kari got a job at McDill Design, didn’t really care for it and found a new job at Real Racine.  Elliott continues to delight and amaze all who come in contact with her.  She’s a happy, healthy 20-month old who seems to learn a new word every day and leaves us wondering who replaced our little baby girl with this adventurous toddler.

Speaking of being busy - we’ve got some more exciting news - our family is going to be growing by one!  Kari and I are expecting Baby #2 in late May of 2011.  We’re so excited to give Elly a sister/brother and still have moments where we look at each other and think “holy shit - we’re going to have another one of these running around here?!?”  The pregnancy has been rough on Kari so far but we keep telling ourselves that it will all be worth it even if Baby #2 comes out half as great at Elly.

Both Kari and I intend to update this page and our personal pages more in the coming weeks and months.  We’ve both got plenty of Elly stories saved up and more seem to be written every day.  Hope you all enjoy as you rejoin this blogging journey about the Dawson family.