Sleeping…again This is not becoming a baby blog, I promise. As in the photo above, he spends a lot of time sleeping, recovering from jet lag and oodles of new experiences that have obviously tuckered him out. And, truly, I haven’t had the energy to take photos during our play […]
The things dads do
While he was sleeping We didn’t know how big the little squirt was going to be when he arrived. As a precaution, anyone who’s been giving us clothes (mostly Grandma) has started at 12 months and gone up from there. He’s an average-size baby, though, so what we really need […]
Sleepy boy…and sleepy parents
To tide you over Yesterday is both a blur and a frame-by-frame experience for me. The blurring probably started at about 1:00 in the morning when Devin, thinking he was still in Korea, figured that being up and about was the norm. At the same time, my eyelids were drooping […]
What can brown do for you?
Don’t worry…I vacuumed off the fuzz You know the old-ish adage that when you go on a trip, you’ll always forget at least one thing? Well, compound that by the power of ten when that trip is bumped up a few weeks. As we’ve been prepping for Dev’s arrival this […]
42 hours and counting
Juliette gives her approval of Devin’s room When given a very tight deadline, on top of the reality of becoming the mother of a seven-month-old who’s going to look to me to protect him, care for him, and have my shit together, I can accomplish amazing things. Like hanging valances […]
Photo-less
Tracy in stripes — from last weekend With all the craziness engulfing the household this week, I haven’t used my camera once. Others have. Kev borrowed it last week, although his photoshoot fell through. And Sonja snapped pics of me unwrapping stuff last night. I’ve resigned myself to my first […]
I guess I’m not so good at math
Based on the timeframes from my agency, I ballparked Devin’s arrival for early November. Well, I was off. Good for us — Devin’s coming home eight days from now. He’ll be jetting from Seoul to Tokyo to Detroit on October 19th! So now we’re scrambling around the house, trying to […]
Go, Matt!
Yet another Rochester Hills pic We’re attending the Grand Haven–Grandville football game tonight. I haven’t been to a high-school football game since…well, since I was in high school. We’re going to be rooting for the Buccaneers and Matt Wade, varsity footballer extraordinaire. I’ve known Matt since he was eight and […]
He’s approved!
Snapped in Rochester Hills Sorting through the mail today, I spied an official-looking letter from Citizenship & Immigration. Finally! We’d been waiting for Devin’s visa approval. That’s the big step when the U.S. clears him for travel into the country and then forwards the approval to Korea. So, we’re hoping, […]
It’s not a diet, it’s a way of life
It’s that time of year again I was diagnosed with low blood sugar, hypoglycemia, about five years ago. I suspected I had it for a few years before that, though. You just never wanted to mess around with me when I’d gone too long without food. It was a bad […]
Bread pudding
I won’t quit my day job to become a food stylist, that’s for sure. This Sausage, Apple and Onion Bread Pudding smelled (and tasted) oodles better than this picture could possibly convey.