A Minnesota Wedding

Nathan and I took our little lady on her very first plane ride a couple of weeks ago to experience a very special event, our very dear friends Emily and Chris getting married!  We have been looking forward to this trip for a very long time and it just so happens that Annabelle was able to come along and meet so many very special people in our lives!

The first question most people have asked about our trip is how the plane ride was.  Me being the obsessive compulsive and list lover person that I am started prepping for the big day a few weeks in advance.  I made lots of mental notes as to what little Annabelle uses on a daily basis so that I could figure out what we needed to pack.  We also were aware of the fact that for half of the trip we would be crashing in hotel rooms sans washer/dryer/dishwasher so we had to pack more baby gear than we anticipated.  The result was a checked suitcase full of baby "stuff" (it has been quite some time since I have checked any luggage at the airport - we are notorious for packing light) plus this:

Daddy + Baby + All of Baby's Stuff

Let's just say it was great having another body to help carry/handle all of this gear!  We were glad to have a direct flight to Minnesota so that we only had to lug this stuff on and off the plane once.  After heading to the check-in desk and proclaiming that this is the first time we've flown with our baby and that "I have no idea what I'm doing" the nice attendant moved the other person out of our row and explained how we check the stroller at the gate and other details of flying with an infant.  I have to say that the most difficult part of flying with Annabelle was all of the stuff we had to bring with, she was an absolute angel to travel with.  I followed the advice given on several websites and fed the baby going up in the plane and coming down and she just happened to pass out for the couple of hours in between.  Nathan and I were ecstatic to hear other passengers exclaim as we landed that "you two had a baby with you this entire time?"  First plane ride = success!

After a nice dinner out with Grandpa McEwen and a night spent on the farm it was time to head to the cities for the festivities to begin and for Annabelle to meet all of the amazing people in her life!  We met with Kelly first who was gracious enough to fly all the way from Japan in order to attend this wedding!  We had lunch with her and caught up on life and everything going on for the wedding weekend (Kelly and I were both Maid's of Honor in this wedding).  We picked up some last minute bachelorette party necessities (read: inappropriate necklaces, presents, and party favors) and headed to downtown Minneapolis to meet up with the Bride and the rest of the crew!  Nathan met up with Grandma Johnson and they spent the evening hanging out with Baby Annabelle while mom got her first night out on the town with friends!  

The bachelorette party was a total success and was so much fun.  It was probably an experience that no one will ever forget because it was so ridiculous, I mean seriously this is what we did for most of the night:

Kelly, the other MOH, with her "horns"

The beautiful bride!

It's called the PedalPub.  Google it, trust me you will be jealous of the experience we had! A few stops at some of the locals bars along the way and you get pictures like these:

Such a fun time with lots of fun ladies and I'm pretty sure Emily enjoyed it which was the whole point of the evening!  

Friday was spent with some of my favorite ladies from college, Angie and Anabel.  Yes, that's right Anabel finally met Annabelle - I'm pretty sure two worlds collided!  During this visit Nathan also figured out that he needs an accordion thanks to his jam session with Anabel (not the baby, the best friend).  A whirlwind day ended at the rehearsal dinner for Emily and Chris where we ate at Nye's, a delicious Polish restaurant in Minneapolis.  Annabelle got to experience her first "formal" dinner.  Even with her dress on backwards (thanks to daddy, lol!) we had a pretty cry-free evening! We managed to get a family photo in before the sleepy meltdown started!

Saturday brought beautiful weather full of sunshine for Emily and Chris' wedding day!  Everything went perfectly and they made such a stunning couple!  I was so glad and honored to be part of this beautiful ceremony!

Well, the baby is telling me it is time to get her prepped for bedtime.  My goal today was to finish at least one blog post since it has been so long!!  So, I am going to leave it at that, plus a few adorable pictures of Annabelle from the weekend!  I miss all of our friends and family already!

In Defense of Reusables

There are a lot of decision you have to make as new parents.  Breast feeding vs. formula, how to deal with colic, how to stimulate her development... Will your newborn sleep in a bassinet (and drive you crazy all night with the cooing), sleep in the crib (and her cooing just now comes through the baby monitor), or risk the co-sleeping option.  The funny part is that all of those assume that your baby will sleep.  Ha! I kid of course, I adore her little coos and grunts as she sleeps, and she is a great little sleeper.  It's actually pretty hilarious how much noise she makes when she is sound asleep (no pun intended).

But in truth there is a plethora of decisions you have to think about, research and agree upon as parents.  When we made a couple of those decisions that went against the norm, our friends and family were supportive. Although, I think some folks were either hesitant to see the overall value or reasoning in the decision or just thought we may not follow it through in the end. The biggest of these decisions I think was reusable (cloth) diapers and wipes.  People called us crazy or just laughed it off and said "we'll see how long that lasts."  Well we are three weeks into it and I am proud to say that we are still cloth diapering and loving it more everyday.  Pictured is an example of the diapers we are using.  No pins, no giant linen cloth, just a giant adsorbent pad and velcro fasteners. Diapers have come a long way in the last few years.

Now you just like many others may ask, "why would you put yourself through that?"  A very reasonable question considering nearly everyone uses disposable diapers.  The main factor involved in this decision was environmental.  Around 27 billion diapers are purchased each year in the United States alone; more than 90% of those diapers end up in landfills.  Thats a whole lot of waste! Another thing that we learned and only made sense in retrospect was that you are actually supposed to dispose of any fecal matter in the diapers (any diaper: cloth or disposable) via the sewage system.  So instead of wadding a disposable diaper up and tossing into the regular garbage, the city would prefer you spray off the poop in the toilet and then throw it out.  How many of us really do that?  It makes sense though, as if landfills aren't smelly and toxic enough, why let babies add to the stench?  Adults aren't allowed to dispose of our fecal matter that way either!  There are hundreds of other good environmental reasons not to use them but I won't get into it here.  Let google quench your curiosity if need be.

Asleep on Dad

The second deciding factor was overall health of our little Annabelle.  The only reason this is not first is that she would grow up just fine with disposable diapers, but there are additional newborn health benefits that warrant cloth diapering.  Many folks have seen less diaper rash and general irritation of the skin by using disposable diapers.  Personally, we actually haven't seen any rash or irritation at all and we are not even using any of the ointments or creams yet.  I think this is a two fold explanation.  The first being that the reusable diapers are just less irritating to a newborn because is soft cloth without chemicals.  The second being that we are going to great lengths to wash them in the best way possible.  Babies skin is extremely sensitive to all kinds of stuff; this is why people have special soaps and detergents used especially for babies.  The thing that perplexed me though was if all these soaps are "simpler" and "contains less chemicals," why the heck does it cost more than?  After a little research, I found an old recipe for laundry detergent.  It turns out people washed their clothes before Tide was invented, who knew?  The homemade detergent is easy and ridiculously cheap to make; best of all, it works great! The ingredients are borax, washing soda (NOT baking soda), and feels naptha soap. (Recipe for it is here.)  So yes, I will openly admit, we now make all our own laundry soap.  A little hippy-ish I know, but it saves us a bunch of money and it does our little one wonders.

The last reason was just a bonus, because at this point we were committed to the idea.  As it turns out, the overall cost of cloth diapering is a fraction of what it would cost to diaper a kid over the two or so years they are in them.  Average cost of diapering a kiddo is in the range of $1000 per year per kid. So call it 2k for 2 years.  Cloth diapers have a start up cost, but then that's it, you're done.  There are many types and brand of cloth diapers to go with and after a couple months of research we decided on the All in One systems from bumGenius. The XS size will get her to around 14 pounds and then we can switch over to the convertible ones that will take her all the way through potty training.  Right now we have 12, but can run low.  18 is a more reasonable number for emergencies or if you forget to include the wet ones in the last load.  You can get starter kits of 12 for about $200, but once again, thats the only cost of diapering.  So after two years you are at 10% of the total cost.  That was a nice little bonus when decision time came.  The other great part is that if and when the next kiddo comes around you already have all the diapers, so each additional kid diapers for free (assuming they are far enough apart in age).


The Logistics.

Changing:  If you followed the diaper link or studied the first picture above, you can see that cloth diapers are not what they were 30 years ago, or even 5 years ago.  Again, if you are picturing a giant white linen sheet with comically large safety pins in them, then you couldn't be further from the truth. They are amazing little pieces of engineering.  They hold more moisture than a disposable diaper while not letting your kiddo feel as much of the wetness and if they leak it's mostly because we didn't put them on well enough.  In the hospital we used the regular disposable ones, and after three weeks of changes under my belt I can report that cloth diapers are just as easy if not easier to change.  The only caveat is that when she poops then you have to take it to the toilet and spray it off using something like this sprayer that we installed, but technically you are supposed to do that with any diaper.  It really isn't a big deal with the sprayer.  Just 5-10 seconds of spraying and it's ready to be washed.

Wiping:  If you are going to go (especially green), go all out.  So we decided to do reusable wipes too.  We bought 18 of these wipes, this wipe warmer to keep those wipes nice and toasty and have been making our own wipe solution from water, baby soap and olive oil.  The wipe warmer isn't really necessary, but when we went from regular, cold diaper wipes to warm cloth ones the difference to Annabelle was night and day.  Annabelle almost doesn't cry at all when wiping her because the warmer keeps the wipes at the same temperature of her skin, so it just feels like a regular warm cloth.

Washing:  Once the diapers are sprayed off we keep them in a wet bag and then just toss them in with a regular load of baby laundry and they come out clean on the other side.  Sometimes they can stain a little, but if you hang them on a clothes line for 30-60 minutes between the sun and the composition of the cloth, it bleaches out naturally.

Okay, so this post is like a short novel and you may be thinking, "that seems like an awful lot of work."  But after three weeks I would have to disagree with that statement.  You have to do laundry for the kiddo anyway, and since everything she/he owns will never fill up even then smallest laundry machine, washing diapers isn't any more work than washing clothes.  Making the wipe solution, soaking the wipes and stocking the warmer takes less than a minute total.  Think of all the planning that goes into grocery store trips or special trips just for disposable diapers. What if you run out in the middle of the night? What if the store is out of your brand or size? I should mention that we weren't completely sure of how this was all going to pan out in the beginning either.  So being planners and nearly always over-preparing we bought one package of diapers and one box of regular disposable wipes.  I am proud to report that both are happily unopened.

So if you have a kiddo in diapers and are looking for a greener solution, having trouble with diaper rash, or just want to save some cash consider cloth diapering!  It's easy and as Laura always exclaims, "she looks so cute in her diaper!"

If you have any questions about cloth diapering or just want to learn more about it, there are tons of resources on the internet.  If you just want to chat about it give us a call or shoot an email our way, we would love to answer any questions about it. We love to advocate for the things we believe in.

As always, thanks for reading!

Be well,
Nathan (and Laura)

From Brown to Green...

Alright, for those of you that read the title and were expecting a detailed, chronological photo-journal of Annabelle's bowel movements, you will be sorely disappointed.  This post will only be tangentially related to our little one.  Mostly it's about a lot of hours spent over the weekend making the backyard more cohesive and inviting.

So we are little ashamed to admit that over the last two years we have basically let our dogs act like a horde of pillaging vikings in the backyard,  which gradually turned our lovely, green grass into what looked a raving lunatic systematically killed all the grass in the center of the yard as some sort of political statement for government satellites watching his every move. Okay well maybe not that extreme, but all the canine romping around really took a toll on the grass.

The previous summer we had spent the better part of a month designing and building our 2000+ gallon koi pond and water garden, but whenever you go in the backyard all you ever looked at was the giant patch of gray Florida "soil."  Thanks to our well-behaved infant and the extra help in town, we decided to finally tackle this project.  Since Laura "just gave birth," and Annabelle proved to be less than efficient with a shovel, it was up to my Mother and I to accomplish this.

Since Florida "top soil" is a mix of mostly sand, shells and discarded pieces of Disney rides with unacceptable fatality rates, we were forced to buy top soil to supplement.  So for everyone in Minnesota who is laughing right now, yes I purchased soil.  Two yards of it was dropped off in the driveway which I carted to the back in a wagon, by hand.  That might not seem like a lot, but it was a little wagon and two yards of top soil weighs about 4,000 pounds. I have no idea why we wait until the middle of the summer in Florida and choose to do these projects.

After we spread that and evened out the soil, I fertilized it with Milorganite and mixed it all in.  Luckily we got about an inch of rain that afternoon, so it we got to skip that step.  The next day the pallet of sod arrived.  After moving all the dirt the day before, 2,500 pounds of sod seemed to go very quickly.  My mother was kind enough to help in all this, so I took the mule job and she arranged the pieces and watered as I carried them in.  Once the sod was laid, we decided to finish the project that day and completed the rock path from the patio to the fire pit.  So off to the Home Depot I went to get 30 bags of rock.  And later that afternoon there were two very tired people desperately in need a hose-down to get into the house to shower:

But the backyard turned out great and now looks like this:

And after all that work, my mother was kind enough to get us a stone bench and bird bath! Thanks!

We have been exceedingly happy about the change and couldn't be more thankful for the help involved.

Side note: we are working on a Flickr account because we have had many requests for more and consistently updated baby pictures than is appropriate for the blog venue.  We will keep you posted on that and hopefully that will be up and running shortly. 

As always, thanks for reading!

Nathan (and Laura)

Oh okay, I'll post one more baby picture... :-)

I think this look is Blue Steel.

At long last...

Annabelle, only a couple minutes old, with eyes open

alert and searching for the voices she recognized.

Thursday night Laura started having stronger, more consistent contractions.  She had a feeling that this round that was about to start was the start of early labor and she was right.  She had a restless night trying to get sleep in bouts but not with great success.  Around 4am we were both up for the day.  The contractions were strong enough that she had to breathe through most of them and focus specifically on mitigating the pains.  At 5:30am they were around 5-6 minutes apart and we called our doula.  The doula arrived an hour later and we continued the birthing day with our normal routines for relaxation to help the labor progress: walking, birth ball, taking baths, resting when possible and general distraction.

At 12:30 pm the contractions were around 3 minutes apart and starting to get very strong.  We decided to start heading into the hospital as it was a 45 minute drive.  After some unexpected traffic jams we got to triage at 1:30pm.  The triage nurse wanted to make sure Laura was "actually in labor" because she was dealing with the contractions so well that they weren't convinced that she was dilated enough.  The astonished nurse announced after a examination that Laura was 8cm dilated!  The nurse couldn't believe it and immediately led us to labor & delivery.  We were there for 4 hours before the heavy pushing started, 30 minutes after that and our daughter was born at 5:56pm, Friday, July 15th. She was 7lbs 6 oz and 20 3/4 inches long.

Annabelle was born completely naturally; Laura did nothing but an absolutely amazing job.  Even in the throws of the final transition stage where people lose their minds and wish people dead or worse, she was polite and thankful to the doctors and nursing staff.  Although, we won't speak of the brief cursing bouts.   Even in the hardest, strongest contractions the cursing wasn't directed at anyone it was just an expressed out; she just needed to use a little sailor's tongue.

Her first swaddle.

Since the moment she decided to leave her liquid world, Annabelle has proved to be a wonderfully content baby.  We are trying to implement all the things we learned about newborn care in books such as "Happiest Baby on the Block," and other similar texts.  And so far so good.  She hasn't had any crying fits at all, not one.  Each time she wakes up all she does is get a little vocal just a "coo" or related quiet whimper.  Then we:

Feed. Swaddle. Swing/Sing to sleep.  Repeat.


After two nights in the hospital with every check perfect and every nap a solid two or more hours, we were discharged Sunday morning with many compliments to the baby's great temperament.  I would like to think this is more behavior from us, but I have a strong feeling that so far its a nice mix of nature and nurture.

I am sure there will be frequent updates to come but for now I am just going to finish the post with some more pictures  (I know that want you really want anyway) and try to get some sleep!

Thanks for reading,
Nathan (and Laura)

Cutest baby ever?

It may be Grandma's third grandchild, but I think she likes this one too.

New Grandpa.

Three Generations of McEwens

24 hours old and picking up her own head to look around.

New mother, enamored with her new daughter.

Finally all packed up, discharged and heading home.

Maybe the best picture of my two girls. :-)

Love this little girl.

The countdown continues...

So, here we are.  We made it until the very end of this pregnancy!  It is amazing how your prayers change from "stay in baby, stay in" to "come on out little lady this world is ready to meet you!"  We are so grateful to have gotten this far in the game with no complications and a perfectly healthy little baby that is going to grace our lives any day now.  I believe that this is the first true test of patience as a parent.  You try to fill the days with the mindless odds and ends that need to be complete before baby gets here and as my mother-in-law puts it "make sure you do something fun each and every day," but in the back of your mind you are constantly thinking is today going to be the day that my life is going to change forever?  Am I going to be woken up at 2am and shake Nate awake saying that it is time?  Well it didn't wake me up last night and even after a long walk this morning in this "awesome" Florida heat our little bean is still all cozied up in the wonderful home we've created for her for the last 9 months.

Truth be told my body has definitely been preparing for the exciting upcoming event even if it feels like it is taking forever to get here!  I also need to remind myself that she isn't technically due until Saturday so she isn't even being fashionably late yet.  As my doctor put it this past Tuesday for my weekly check-up: "Your body is completely ready to have this baby, you just need to start those contractions!"  What she means is that as of Tuesday I am 3-4cm dilated, 80% effaced, and the baby is at a -1 station.  For those not in the medical field that means that she is basically knocking on the door to the world but doesn't have anyone pushing her through the door yet.  As of this past Sunday I have stopped working for fear that my water will break while I am passing my morning meds to them, and I felt like working 12 hour shifts until I was 39 weeks pregnant was long enough.

Here are some answers to the most common questions I've been getting:
How are you feeling? Great, considering I'm 9 months pregnant in 95 degree crazy humid weather :)  I honestly can't complain, this baby has treated me well up until the end!

Are you scared?  Can any women say she's not scared going into the most life-altering event of her entire life?  I guess you can say that I'm scared but feeling as supported as I could have ever imagined.  Have you guys met my husband?  He is the most amazing, involved, compassionate, patient, and dedicated person I have ever met.  He is the one that is going to carry me through this and with him I have no doubt in my mind that this experience is going to be amazing!

Do you feel the baby moving?  ALL THE TIME.  This little baby is quite the acrobat.  She keeps me up at night reminding me that she is still around and she likes her little home :)

What are your dogs going to think?  We actually bought a crying baby doll a month back to test the waters.  Besides a few cocked heads, and a couple of whines that's about all the reaction we got from them which is great.  We are sure that with a few sniffs and licks they are all going to be amazing close "sisters."

So, that's the update of the moment everyone!  We will be sure to post something when our baby finally decides to make her debut!  We appreciate the support we've received from this blog and are so excited for you to meet our latest addition that has been hiding out for the last 9 months, we are so close!!

Laura

Annabelle Tenora, Warm, Cozy, Not Quite Ready for Non-Amniotic World

Crib and glider, complete with gliding ottoman with
nursing step.  

We are officially t-minus 14 days until the due date.  Considering that is "calculated" from a best guess based on a hunch, it could be any day now.  Laura was dilated to 3cm on the 20th and keeps having "cramps" occasionally, especially at night.  We are keeping up the calm environment at home like we always do and making sure we both get plenty of rest for the inevitable, adorable visitor.  Last night I made over a gallon of our new favorite homemade pasta sauce.  Most of it is now residing in our freezer, for future sleep-deprived consumption.

We we vigorously working on the nursery a couple months ago and got the room to about 95% just in case our creation decided to drop in early.  Over the last few weeks we have been completing the final 5% of detail items.  These have been the small but important items like placement of the wet bag, strategic shelving, and organizing of all drawers, shelves and closet space.  Laura has all the clothes hung on tiny hangers, separated by size and labeled just so.  I'm surprised they aren't color-coded to be honest! :-)

Changing Table, Lofted Books and a Bouncer (the kind
without a tight black t-shirt)

Take a very good look at the changing area, this is as organized and clean as it will ever be!  Laura has (of course) sorted and stored all the necessary changing equipment in bins at arms reach.  We will be cloth diapering as well, so that adds a little fun and eco-sense into the whole diapering endeavor.  Right now we have 12 newborn cloth diapers and a few dozen reusable wipes.  Spray extra off into where is normally goes, rinse, wash and repeat.  Nothing to it...  Right...  No gagging involved, I'm sure...

We are committed though, despite all the crazy looks and the not so optimistic comments when we respond to the "Huggies or Pampers?" questions.

The books shelved above are mostly Suess, but there are more on the way via Amazon.  Some Eric Carle, some other board books, but at my behest there is a comprehensive book of American Poetry that I will be supplementing in for Sneeches and Oliphants as well.  You can only have so much "Good Night Moon" before two paths need to diverge in a yellow wood, or it should be many and many year ago in a kingdom by the sea.

Our baby book, selected by the lovely Laura, arrived via post the other day.  We began filling it out the other night.  The questions were relatively easy until it asked Laura what her favorite fashion trend was and what my favorite sports team was...

Since Laura's answer might have been "sweat pants" and mine would have been just as relevant to ask me about my favorite Russian Cosmonaut, we both crossed those off and hand wrote "Music" above them.  Then when we both felt awkward writing "Tears for Fears" in the blank space despite it so desperately wanting, we just provided our stalwart answers that daren't embarrass us years down the road. I "Beatles, Modest Mouse, and Death Cab for Cutie;" She "Ani Difranco,    ."  I believe the space left in the line represents all the bands, singers and songwriters she'd rather not divulge or have a written record of having listened to.  In my mind, this space might have been filled with New Kids on the Block, 98 degrees or Michael Buble.  But in reality there is just a space that begs for more.  In her defense she shares my love of Jeff Buckley, Ben Folds and Beck, and that speaks volumes to her good taste.  Just one simple man's opinion though.

Looking forward, and knowing our shared love of camping, sleeping bags and long, drawn out adventures, but contrasted with our detest for hot, humid environments there is no telling what a poignant experience our little half-and-half is having in utero.  Decisions and determination aside, she will be with us in-arms sooner than later and we are prepared and ready as we will ever be.  We have sponged up all the information that is reasonable for a diverse amount of resources and now yearn to put it into practice.

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood...

Thanks for reading,

Nathan (and Laura)

All Things That Grow

Hello and welcome,

I was recently thinking that we have been posting mostly about our little one on the way, and thought that it wasn't a representative cross-section of our lives right now.  Although sometimes it seems that we are consumed with getting ready for the baby, we are still keeping up other hobbies and other things we enjoy.   

It seems that a lot of our hobbies relate to nature and tending to things that grow. To the right is a picture of the second flower of the season off of our bird of paradise.  We had this plant in the natural soil in the ground for almost two years without a single flower.  About four months ago I grew impatient and finally dug up the plant and potted it in some real soil.  For those non-Floridians, Florida soil is about 1" of top soil (at best) and the rest is sand or sandy loam.  Not very good conditions for anything except palm trees. Good soil yields good flowers. :-)

For those that haven't been to the house, above is the top portion of our pond system.  Since Koi are basically pigs with fins, you can't keep any plants out in the open with them or they will eat them.  But it's important for the water quality, oxygen levels and the over all micro-ecosystem that you heavily involve plants.  Our solution was to have two separate sections, one with plants (the upper section) and one with the Koi (the lower section).  So our water is pumped into a small waterfall at the back of the upper section and cascades into the the lower Koi section.

Shown above is our little aquatic swine.  Their feeding rates are determined by the temperature, so in the summer in Florida they can eat 5 times a day! This section was a bear to building because I built it with straight walls.  Long story short I built a heavy duty wood frame and had to lug it into the hole before lining it. Pain to do, glad I did it, ecstatic I don't have to do it again.

Gardens of all sorts

About a month ago we decided to start an herb and vegetable garden.  I was planning on a building a window box type garden and fasten it to the fence post for the herbs.  We have had great luck growing tomato plants upside down in the past, and Laura had the great idea to grow herbs on top and tomatoes on the bottom.  I altered the design and it has been working terrifically.

The cilantro has been slow to start but the basil is out of control (top left).  We have been trimming it regularly but it just keeps pushing through.

The tomatoes are growing out of the bottom, both already have flowers and one even already has a tiny green tomato on it!

We started a traditional vegetable garden in the corner of our yard.  Right now we have two types of squash and peas growing.  The cucumber seeds never made it out of the germination stage.  Oh well, we'll have plenty of squash.

The last is just a recent pet peeve.  I recently just restarted my love affair with avocados.  In the last month or so, I have been eating at least one a day.  I feel so wasteful when I throw out that big, wonderful seed. So as you can see, I am going to grow them into trees.  Not sure what I am going to do with them all, but at least they don't end up in the trash or compost.  Seems so silly to just toss them!  If you have done this before and have tips please post in the comments section.

That being said, if it works and you are reading this, you should probably start looking for a spot where you can plant your 10 avocado trees I am going to give you.

Thats all I have for now.  We did finally finish the nursery to 100%, so look for a post about that in a couple days.

As always thanks for reading and all your support!

 

Go well and be well, 

Nathan (and Laura)