On April 7th my maternal grandmother will turn 90. Today, Easter, we are celebrating this milestone at her house. She has outlived my grandfather, her husband of over 60 years, and my mother, who died in 2003 at the age of 54. She raised nine children with my grandfather. My grandma is the glue that Continue reading
One morning, while getting ready for work, Brian and I heard a “knock” at the front door. It wasn’t a normal knock though. It was more like a constant pecking. So, of course, we went down to see who was at the door. No one. Hmm. Soon the “knocking” started up again. So, this time Continue reading
People always tell me that Ethan looks just like Brian. It’s true (not to mention lucky for him). I think he looks mostly like Brian but I can spot a few of my distinctive features – like the dimple he has on his right cheek. You can only see it when he makes certain expressions Continue reading
Now that Ethan has become mobile we’ve had to put the “doggie gates” back up. Okay, so technically they are baby gates but before we had Ethan they were doggie gates. We took them down after we lost the dogs and didn’t think we’d be putting them back up so quickly. Ethan is now crawling Continue reading