Is it always this way with youngins’?  Do they just pick up a new task and run with it?  In the past few months, Izzy’s capabilities for learning new things has dramatically increased.  She learned clapping in moments along with what “ouch” means.  Not only does she learn through repetition and teaching, but she now [...]

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 [...]

One.  12 months.  Wow.
I’ve watched her grow from a little blob to the crawling, babbling, smiling little kid that she is today.  I’m amazed at how much she grew, mentally and physically, in the last year.  Months ago I was holding a this little infant that really lived only to eat and poop.  No smiles, [...]

Here’s the little monkey trying to eat, destroy, or otherwise disrupt everything in sight – or at least reach.
I was actually trying to get her to talk, but she had other plans.

Destruct-o-baby from Juan O on Vimeo.

I swear, if my plant isn’t getting pissed on by dogs, it’s getting eaten by cats.   More recently, the poor plant was toppled over by a crawling adventurer, who then saw it fit to stuff handfuls of dirt into her mouth.
I didn’t even think the plant was within range of her crawling, but when [...]