Category Archives: Stuff

A Drawer Full of Money

I love Adria’s imagination.  This, truly, is one of the joys of parenting…hearing the fruits of an innocent 3-year-old mind expressed through the filter of her grasp of the English language (which is impressive, but hardly perfect).  Let me set … Continue reading

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Here’s Looking At You, Looking At Me

Adria had “her” camera out the other day, and I had mine out too (taking pictures of her in her Christmas dress and the bump near her eye).  We had a fun moment where we snapped pictures of each other, … Continue reading

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Gentle Exploration

I had Austin in his jumper the other day, and I was sitting on the sofa watching him play. I noticed that he had the little butterfly (who we have affectionately named “Limpy”) by the cord and was tapping him … Continue reading

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A Chicken and A Turkey

I just finished creating my blog book for 2011, and sent it to Lulu for publishing.  The title is “A Chicken and A Turkey,” and it weighs in at 625 pages.  You can preview the book (and order it, if … Continue reading

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Antibiotics All Around

Boy, this cold hit us hard.  Adria had her stomach thing, and a little sampling of the cold, but she has been well for a week.  Amanda, Austin, and I have lingered on.  It seems that Amanda is finally getting … Continue reading

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Austin’s First Real Food

On January 7th, we started Austin on solid food, namely some bland oatmeal paste.  Tonight, we graduated him up to “real” food…pureed apples and prunes.  I think this is typically something done after the 6-month checkup appointment, which is in … Continue reading

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Telling Time

We have started to introduce Adria to time — specifically to clocks — in a very limited way. This is not her first experience with time.  For years now (hah…amazing that I can say ‘years’ for anything to do with … Continue reading

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Trip to Calistoga

On the weekend of January 14th, we drove up to Napa to visit Amanda’s parents.  Amanda was also helping to throw a baby shower for her cousin Jill, so we had lots of good reasons for a drive up north. … Continue reading

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Taking A Drive

Last video post of the night. Tonight after we got home from an outing, Adria started strapping Elmo into Austin’s car seat and saying that they were going for a ride. Adria started asking us where they could go for … Continue reading

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High Water Mark

Wait, that’s not water…

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