Andrea’s Weblog

1. Babies are born when they want to and as fast as they want to. 2. Drug-free birth is awesome! 3. Babies can put themselves to sleep. 4. You can move a sleeping baby without her waking up. 5. It is possible to sleep through a 60 mph car accident. 6. Sleeping most of the [...]

Until now Elena’s hair has been manageable, but suddenly it’s developed a life of its own. Overnight, it decided that it will no longer stay down. We think she just wants to take after her daddy.

It’s been quite a roller coaster of a spring, with one thing happening after another, and now the shootings at VA Tech hopefully top off our string of stressful events. Frank spent 5 years of his life at VA Tech, which I think is about as long as he’s lived anywhere until now. We often [...]

Elena is definitely a happy, smiley baby. She especially loves it when her sister plays with her. The other night, we were all in the tub and Elizabeth started splashing. I said “stop splashing, I don’t think Elena likes that” only to look down at Elena’s beaming face followed by a baby giggle. Elizabeth proceeded [...]

I don’t think I ever mentioned that last November we joined the mini-van club. We bought a Honda Odyssey when we realized that if Frank’s mom came out for the birth, we would have to take 2 cars everywhere because nobody could sit in the back of the Saab with the 2 carseats. Plus, there [...]

From now on our annual trip to see the Easter bunny will be to Petsmart and not the Augusta Mall. After observing kids visiting the Easter bunny while eating her lunch, Elizabeth was quite excited to go over and meet him. She got about 4 feet away and totally froze–dissing his outstretched paw. She said [...]

It’s a strange universe where one day you find a cat and a few weeks later you lose one. Our big fluffy calico darted out the door last Sunday. She usually hides in the front bushes or somewhere in our yard and comes inside a few hours later, but this time she never returned. I [...]