My first thought on the past month is: Holy Cow, what have I done?  Juan and I haven’t slept well since Jonas’ birth, and I’m beginning to think we never will. The house is continuously taken apart by a seventeen month old cyclone and the one month old loves to nurse. Loves it. He’ll finish [...]

As if being picked up and carried everywhere wasn’t enough, Izzy has now discovered another form of transportation (or parental humiliation). It all began when she decided that climbing in and out of things i.e. boxes, baskets and such was fun. She has a little cart we gave her for her birthday. The concept behind [...]

An Introduction
I’ve never considered myself a writer. When pressed, I can usually turn out a well written assignment. Writing for fun? Never. However, I’ve realized that our little nuclear family has been separated from the rest of our extended family for almost five years. Weekly phone calls aren’t much of a connection. Izzy is almost [...]

So Juan decided to bribe me by making me write a post in exchange for a couple of books I really want. He’s even looking over my shoulder as I’m trying to write. NOT very nice. That’s right, I’m talking-or writing- to you, meanie! Good, he left. Anyway, you can tell that I’m pretty desperate [...]