Happy 2nd Birthday, John Ross!

With the impending birth of a sibling, we decided that we should celebrate John Ross' second birthday a little early this year. On Saturday, September 13th, we turned our backyard into the "Malter Fairgrounds" for a County Fair themed birthday party. Almost all of John Ross' aunts, uncles, cousins and grandparents came in for the event. And even a few of John Ross' friends were able to join the fun.

Aunt Daphne set up a table for face paintings, Daddy blew up a bounce house for the children to jump in and Mommy took photos of the party goers' faces poking through a fair backdrop. Later Aunt Bec helped Mommy serve up some yummy fair food that included corn dogs, nachos, jumbo pretzels, popcorn, cupcakes, snow cones and cotton candy. As John Ross likes to say, "num, num"! We're still not sure who had a sugar crash first - the kids or the adults!

Happy Birthday, John Ross! We love you so much.

Baby Malter - 2 Weeks to Go!

Cortney had a final ultrasound on September 11th and everything looked wonderful. Based on the technician's calculations, the baby is already weighing in at 7 lbs. 14 oz. With at least two more weeks to go, we may have another chunky monkey on our hands! During the ultrasound I was trying to keep John Ross entertained from my lying position on the table. I kept pointing to the screen and asked him what he saw... he replied "giraffe". I don't think that is likely, but will be a cute story to tell his little brother or sister one day. Stay tuned...