It's official! We have seen the evidence!!

Hello all! We are pleased to announce to you that we have seen the gender of our sweet elusive baby! First, before telling you the fun and anticipated news, we should tell you that the ultrasound technician said everything looks as it should be. We watched the 4 chambers of the heart move, we saw the brain, we saw the intact spine, the stomache, the kidneys, everything. It was incredible. The best part was seeing the baby in motion - a bundle of legs, arms, knees, elbows, fingers, and mouth - esp. the fingers in the mouth!! We really had a great time watching.

And now for the much awaited answer ... you will have to scroll through the pix below (of course we couldn't give it away too quickly now, could we? We want to make sure you see how cute the baby is!!).

Here we go!




IT's A BOY!! ... And quite the active little boy - almost like Fred Astaire ... his little feet were kicking all over the place - quite pleased to be seen and perform "on stage."

So are you excited? We totally are. Looking at the pictures again makes me fall in love all over again! Let us know what you're thinking!! We'd love to hear from you ... initial reactions, thoughts, etc.

Love you all,Pat & Molly ... and baby BOY Rank ... aka little "he-rank; or "little p-rank"

Just thought i'd add a pic too- Chicago New Years

ps... ask Ken about the little ticket situation for Cirque Dreams... How did we get in to the theater on saturday, when our tickets were for the past thurs??? Way to go Dad- he always has his ways.

Hi from freeeeezing MN!

Hey all! i thought i would write on this little blog because it seems noone has in a little while.
Well, just FYI, it is freezing in minnesota right now- it was -2 for a high today i think! Tonight ryan and i and other people played broomball outside for a while. It is sooo fun! i actually am on two different club teams for bethel, so thats what my Mon-Thurs nights have been consisting of during J-term so far. I am taking Creativity in the Fine Arts (a required class) from 1-3:45 every day, with class events in the night time. We have to go to different theater, art and music events through out the class. So we saw the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Peer Gynt at the Guthrie Theater and we visited the Minneapolis Institute of Art. All 3 were very interesting!
Second semester starts Feb 4, so then starts the tougher classes (organic chemistry and biology classes...). I like being busy, so that will be fun! I also nanny for a family up here on tuesdays. It always is fun to see them!
Its so nice to hear from you all- from different parts of the US! way to go, uncle tom, for setting this up! Keep in touch! and stay warm and cozy where ever you are!
Love, Caitlin
ps... people should write more often, i love hearing from you and im sure everyone else does too!

Hello from Vancouver!!

Well hello there! I hope your weekend has been good so far. We enjoyed relaxing some, and getting some things done too. We had a date night last night with our friends Bruce & Nicole, without their 2 year old daughter Rachel, which was really fun. We saw the Great Debaters and ate at Claim Jumper in Clackamas. If you haven't seen Great Debaters, I highly recommend it. A good inspiring movie.

I am back at work now after having been off for 2 weeks now ... it's hard going back! But I feel good having a larger repertoire of maternity clothes! Mom, thanks again for shopping with me! I got a lot of things done around the house and for life in general. You might be interested in knowing that I updated our Shutterfly site so that it is up to date to Christmas! That means I added 5 new albums. Enjoy if you're interested. (http://www.warankphotos.shutterfly.com/)

I am attaching a picture of us in front of our Christmas tree. It was neat to use the classic-style red & white lights. We took the picture right before taking the tree down the next day. Next week's the matchup between the Green Bay Packers and the Seattle Seahawks. It will be a telling game! Go Packers! Andy, I think we have to win. It would be so great to have a Superbowl engagement in Favre's "last" year.