Look at the moon and imagine someone else, somewhere else, looking at it too
For Happy’s birthday, we asked partygoers to forego gifts. In our desire to celebrate Abram’s culture and his family of origin, we decided to contribute to Ethiopia Reads, a non-profit whose […]
How do you do that baby's hair?
The bad news… I still have not figured out the best way to do my own hair. The good news… it only took us six months to figure out the […]
Random Bits
In the category Sometimes a Lack of Sleep Makes You Terribly Ditzy: The battery in my electronic car key went out. Lamenting to BF, I said, “I guess I am […]
One Year as Us
It was Monday morning, January 26, 2009, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Just an hour or so before we met the other families from our agency who were meeting their children […]
Parenting after the earthquake in Haiti
For the last week, I, like all of you, have just been heartbroken over the earthquake and the resulting devastation – the further devastation of a country where many people already […]
What We've Learned Along the Way
Our first year as parents will officially be celebrated on January 26, 2010. Baby will be 17 months that day. We will have been a family for 12 months, and, […]
14 months old, 9 months with us
The littlest kid is growing and growing and growing. He’s tall; he’s walking; he says daddy and doggie; he mostly sleeps through the night; he’s opinionated and curious, fiesty and […]
as luck would have it
“He’s such a lucky boy.” Baby and I have been stopped by a well meaning town resident who I vaguely know. He’s not the first to say this to us. “We […]
13 months old, 8 months with us (almost)
I’ve been taking a daily snap shot of baby since he turned one. Before having a baby, I never carried a camera; I rarely thought about pictures. The first seven […]
Baby stole my pickle
I had a writing post that I wanted to write for today, but I have the crud (not the H1N1 crud but another crud that has left me bedridden for […]
