a sigh of relief

It's so good to be home. The girls and I were blessed by four safe flights, and our time in the middle was well-spent at a dear friend's wedding and Grandma and Grandpa's house. The airport experience was…noteworthy. Expect a nice, long blog about that soon. Maybe even with pictures.
Between the stress of moving and [...]

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high and low

In three days, the girls and I will be flying to Michigan for a week to visit my in-laws. The primary purpose of the visit is to attend the wedding of my good friend Adam and his fiancee, Lauren. I'm excited for them and look forward to the wedding (scheduled to be at his grandparent's [...]

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I did, I do

On this day five years ago, two madly-in-love college students exchanged vows of love and devotion. And today, they celebrate!
Theirs was a whirlwind courtship. After over a year of serving together, making music, lamenting about their separate disasterous relationships, becoming great friends, and having no idea they were meant to be, the door was [...]

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heads up

Well, after measuring (and re-measuring) Ellery's head circumference *many* times at the neurologist's office today, it seems she's at 44 cm, not 42. Which is such a relief. She has this weird, lumpy skull (due to her cephalohematoma's healing patterns) that some people measure around or over or something. It's not immediately obvious, unless you're [...]

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when size does matter

Over the past few weeks I've noticed that Ellery's head has seemed small. It didn't start out that way–when she was born, her head was big for a newborn. But lately, her body has grown (read my last entry for proof) and it seems her head hasn't much. While at the doctor's last week for [...]

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She's a giant!

I took Ellery to our new doctor here in Pittsburgh for her “four month” well baby visit (she'll actually be five on the 9th). I was shocked to walk into an *empty* waiting room and be quickly ushered into a patient room. The staff (all two or three of them) were very friendly and child-sensitive. [...]

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