http://www.flibbs.com Mon, 30 Nov 2009 03:38:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We are winding down from a busy Cleveland trip. Exhale. And I'm nerdily testing blog software on the iPhone while Alec clicks away on his laptop. (whoa, that was a lot of thumbing) Anyway, I'm thrilled to report meeting and holding all of my nieces and nephew since my last post. ... http://www.flibbs.com/2009/11/29/happy-thanksgiving/ I'm so proud to report that Holden and Milo have three freshly-minted baby cousins. All healthy. Baby Kate is the eldest (born in June) and has already had a visit to the seaside. She lives in England with her mummy Kristyn and daddy Paul with visits from her handsome brothers Matthew ... http://www.flibbs.com/2009/09/09/exhale-3-fresh-cousins/ Ok, seriously, I know I just dumped a whole truckload of photos on you guys, but did you see this one of Milo from May? How can you not want to eat him up? He probably tastes like chocolate cake since he just stuffed his face with it at this ... http://www.flibbs.com/2009/08/25/totally-cute-tuesday/ It happens every year, right? The days start to get shorter and big kids head back to school. We've been mercifully protected by this phenomenon being in a year-round preschool program. But only kinda. Each year around Labor Day, the staff takes a few days to rearrange the school, adjust classrooms, ... http://www.flibbs.com/2009/08/20/transitions/ May started out with a sad trip back home to my Grandma H's memorial service. I spoke at her service alongside Chad. I think I said something about squirrels, hummingbirds, and green beans. We miss her so much. Upon my return, it was a flurry of birthday month activity. Holden turned ... http://www.flibbs.com/2009/08/17/looking-back-on-may-and-june/ Hey friends. I'm working hard to post all the pictures that Uncle Chad has been requesting. In the process, we realized our site was woefully outdated so we did a five-minute redesign. Funny thing is that he just had his own little baby yesterday, so I don't know when he'll find ... http://www.flibbs.com/2009/08/13/did-yall-see-the-redesign/ Last year was our first family holiday in Berkeley. We missed our extended family terribly but thoroughly enjoyed the low-hassle no-travel aspects of this experiment. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="450" caption="Three of us on a holiday carousel; I'm a little bit frazzled in this pic"][/caption] Ho ho ho. Merry Christmas. Santa brought ... http://www.flibbs.com/2009/08/12/merry-christmas-of-last-year/ {present day news for those of you getting thrown about my all the time-shifting} Holden is about to enter is final year of preschool at a place down the road from us. We love this place for encouraging kids to be kids and teaching lessons of respect and kindness. And we ... http://www.flibbs.com/2009/08/11/robot-skeletons/ Hi there, its me again. Three times in one week. Yep. And I'm not stopping until I'm all caught up. I posted pictures from August and September a few days ago and now, the long-awaited collection from October and November are here. Some days, I swear it feels like all we ... http://www.flibbs.com/2009/08/06/heading-toward-the-holidays-of-2008/ I don't know if its worth going through all this memory lane stuff almost a year after the fact, but I can't help myself. I just posted some pictures from August and September 2008 so I offer a brief reflection. We enjoyed a family adventure vacation out to the Adirondacks ... http://www.flibbs.com/2009/08/04/fall-2008-11-months-late/