First adventure

Well, Anna is taking her first adventure in stride. We had a major storm come whipping through the region last night. We had thunder, lightening and 70 mile per hour winds. It was Anna's first trip to the basement in the middle of the night. I think I saw a report that 400,000 people in the area are without power. So...newborn+no power+100 degree temps forecast=hotel room. We are all hanging out at the Residence Inn. Caroline is watching a Winnie the Pooh video. Anna is cool. Mommy can lay on a comfy bed. There is free wifi for Daddy. Everyone is happy. God was gracious to us.

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Big Sister

So adorable. This is Caroline with "her" Anna.

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A new Koller

Anna Beatrice Koller joined our family on June 22, 2012 at 2:00 am on the dot. She was 6 lbs, 15 oz; 19 3/4 inches. She was kind to her mommy in labor, is healthy and as you can see below is particularly adorable. We are home now and adjusting to being a family of four. Caroline is enamored with her (though I think a little disappointed by the amount of sleeping). Caroline calls her "my Anna." Precious.

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You wish you had a stylist this good

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Kites!

One of Jack's good friends from college was in town with his family today. So we met up with them on the mall and had a picnic. Afterwards we went and got two kites up in the air. They did pretty well flying even though it wasn't a super windy day. The family is from Alaska so when it is windy it is generally too cold for kites. So they didn't think their girls had ever had the chance to fly kites. Our last attempt (with a very cheap kite) had not gone super well. So this was really Caroline's first real kite flying experience. Caroline is the pink dot at the bottom of the picture (she is looking up).

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Fun morning

There was an incident this morning at our building so no one could get in for a bit while that got cleared up. So Caroline and I decided it was the perfect time to go play at the Jefferson memorial. We saw the water, talked to the ducks and I tried to explain that Thomas Jefferson wasn't actually a giant it was just a big statue of him. (That conversation was hilarious). Here are some pictures of our little adventure. After an hour it was back to school and work, but it was a fun diversion.

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Cute father daughter moment

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New portrait

Seriously, could this kid get any cuter? I mean really she's adorable. (I recognize I am a little biased, but you have to give me that this is a cute picture).

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Happy (early) Father's Day

Since Father's Day is three days before my due date, it seemed unfair to wait till then to celebrate Father's Day. Besides, it was a GORGEOUS day and the Nationals were playing yesterday. While we didn't really need an excuse to go to a game, it was a fun way to celebrate an early Father's Day. There were three home runs and the Nationals won. Hooray! Caroline's favorite part was the music and she had a great time dancing in front of ER chair and clapping at all appropriate times.

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Fun friends

We are so excite that our good friends are moving closer to us (from 15 minutes away to 3 minutes away). Yesterday their two kids came and played at our house while their mom did all of the things moms need to do between closing on an existing house and closing on the new one. They had a blast getting as dirty as possible in the sand at the playground, running around the house and putting baby dolls to bed. The funniest part was listening to them sing songs where each of them would get an occasional word wrong (hosanna in the skyest is Caroline's favorite) and then correct each other.

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