I was going through some videos on my hard drive when I found this gem.  It was recorded many years ago. I, along with my two of my best friends, drove to Ft. Leonerd Wood to watch her Basic training completion ceremony. After the ceremony, they marched for a bit and finished it up with [...]

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 [...]

My sister, Tanya, has been drawing since she was a little kid.  Her and my brother are part of the reason why I didn’t push myself to sketch and draw more when I was younger.  They are much more talented and gifted than I am with the pencil and brush.
Speaking of creativity in the family, [...]

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.