10 Months

Kina baby, Happy 10 months!  I’m simultaneously amazed that you are almost a year old, and shocked that you haven’t even been with us that long.  I can’t believe how big you’re getting and how much you’re learning. Your little … Read More

9 Months

Sweetie c,I feel like a bit of a broken record, but you really are the happiest, sweetest, smiliest little baby there ever was.  This month, though, you’ve started to suddenly seem like a little bit less of a baby and … Read More

Daddy

I tend to make a big deal out of things.  I kind of hate that about myself, but I do.  I get antsy and stressed and am a bit of a perfectionist.  The saving grace is that this comes 100% … Read More

Creeper Creeper

Oh, Father’s Day weekend, you delightful little thing, you.  And we’ll get to that soon enough. But it’s late and I’m tired from baking and REbaking (after…forgetting to add half the flour to my cookies…) and so I’ll just share … Read More

Summer Latelies

Summer’s in full swing and we’ve already kicked into some fun little travels. Pittsburgh First up was Pittsburgh to visit Dan’s brother and his family.  It had been a while since we’d seen them, and oh, did we have fun.  … Read More

Belated 8 Months

Kina girl, You’ve learned so many tricks and fun things this month.  There is so much personality stemming from that little body and big smile! It seems the physical stuff is finally happening for you this month and it’s coming … Read More

Five

One Sunday evening a few weeks ago, I looked up from my perch on the couch to see Dan heating up some milk.  I entitled-ly and ungratefully told him that it was well past hot chocolate season and that I … Read More

Mama

Growing up, there were probably a lot of things I took for granted about my mom.  Moving across the world to a country where she didn’t yet have a firm grasp of the language (and then getting the hang of … Read More

Seven Months

Dear kina girl, Pretty sure we’ve all just become even more smitten with you this month.  I mean, that little smile!  That personality!  We just cannot get enough. Your babbling has really taken off this month.  It is so fun … Read More

Belated 6 Months

Sweet baby c, This month marks your first cold, and the longest communal family illness in the history of earth and perhaps the universe.  We’ve all been fairly miserable, but fortunately, you were the least affected, with only a couple-day-long … Read More

5 Months

Sweet baby c, Good heavens, but you are just the best baby there ever was.  I know I’ll think this of all my babies, but right now, it’s all about you, sweets.But really.  You are just the sweetest little thing … Read More

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