The First Fudgsicle of the Season

Sarah's first Fudgsicle of the season. It doesn't get any better than this! :-)


A little messy, but definitely worth it!

Today, We Are All Hokies

Today we remember the 32 lives that were tragically lost three years ago. So if you would, please take a moment today to remember these men & women and all of the promise they held.


Go Hokies!

Some Indoor Fun

A couple of weekends ago we took Sarah to Splash Universe, a local indoor water park. We'd been talking about going for awhile so when the weather turned cold & rainy one Sunday afternoon we decided to give it a try. Needless to say, Sarah had a ball!! She loved the smaller water slide into the kiddie pool so much that she kept doing it over & over. It's a rough estimate, but we determined she probably did that one slide at least 100 times!! Another favorite of hers was the "adjustable waterfall" where she could control the flow of the water. Of course, this was a big hit with Daddy too which means we might have another engineer in the family one day! :-)

Here are a few pictures of our day. More pics can be found in the April slideshow on the right. Enjoy!









Here is a quick video of Sarah's favorite slide!

Easter Fun

We had a great time this Easter and Sarah seemed to thoroughly enjoy herself with all of the festivities. She had a lot of fun coloring Easter eggs and decorating them with her Princess stickers! She especially loved the Easter egg hunt at Grams & Grandpa's house as well as the many baskets of goodies left for her by the Easter Bunny! Who knew one little girl could eat so much chocolate!! :-)

Here are a few pictures from Easter Sunday!


Sarah in her Easter dress.


On the hunt...


Still looking...


Believe it or not, she easily found the one hidden under the leaf!

Here's a short video of her egg hunt.

Easter Egg-Stravaganza!

Saturday was Easter Egg-Stravaganza here in South Bend and believe me, it did not disappoint! We started the day with a Bunny Breakfast complete with a "make your own" pancake bar, Easter crafts, live bunnies to pet, and a Easter egg hunt! Does it get any better? Sarah loved loading her pancakes with marshmallows & sprinkles, but she seemed to enjoy the plastic eggs filled with candy from the Easter egg hunt a little better. :-) Can you blame her?

Here are a few pictures of our morning!


Making a bunny hat with Daddy.


Sarah the Bunny!


Easter egg hunt


Sarah with FedEx the bunny!

After breakfast, we headed downtown where they had a bunch of different activities set up. We spent the rest of the day visiting the Easter bunny, getting Sarah's face painted, playing with sidewalk chalk, and scoring touchdowns on the field in front of the College Football Hall of Fame!

Here are a couple more pictures of our day.




Getting her face painted. Pretty sure this is the longest she's sat still in 3 years!


Pretty girl!


Sitting with the Easter Bunny!

As a reminder, here is last year's picture with the same bunny! What a difference a year makes!

Last year's photo! :-)

Sarah's picture even make it into the local paper! Below is a link to their online publication.

http://www.southbendtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Avis=SB&Dato=20100327&Kategori=News&Lopenr=327009999&Ref=PH

Baby Update

We just passed the 21-week mark, so I thought I would give a quick update on how the newest Noto is doing. We had an ultrasound last Friday and everything looks good. The baby was very cooperative and allowed us to get some good pictures to share! We've opted to once again be surprised with regards to gender so for now all guesses, bets, and old-wives tales are welcome!

He/She is moving around lik crazy now and is currently weighing in around 1 lb. This news was a little disconcerting to me given my weight gain, but what can you do? I'm just hoping our gains are not proportional as we go along. :-) Overall, we were very pleased with everything they told us and feel extremely blessed to have received such good news.

It might be a little hard to make-out, but here is one of the pictures they gave us on Friday. This is a profile picture of the little one's head & chest. Enjoy!

Sarah's Big News

I think most people already know what Sarah's big news is, but I wanted to share a picture of Sarah in her new t-shirt. We actually told most of our family we were expecting by having Sarah wear this shirt and it was always fun to see people's reaction when the news sunk in. :-) Our new arrival is due in early August and we couldn't be more excited. While I'm convinced Sarah doesn't have a clue what's about to happen, we're excited for this next phase of our lives and look forward to every sleepless minute! :-)