A Celebration of Mundanity

While pregnant, I kept a private journal and wrote letters to ε, in that spirit, this is a love letter to my daughter the night before her first birthday: Dear Jana: As I put you to bed tonight, I…

Jana had some friend's visiting her and she managed to see quite a bit of Pittsburgh along the way. Her first trip to the zoo on Sunday yielded a chance meeting with an elephant: Monday was her first…

We've been home for a few months now and it's been a nearly seamless transition to life in the US.  It may have been a different story if we didn't have our house to come home to, full of furniture…

"Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened" -Dr. Seuss I know I've been quiet in this space lately. I've been enjoying life with Jana and noting that my newborn is getting big. I had her…

Sometimes, I really like the photos I capture on my phone's camera. I just wish it took better photos :) Jana at 7 weeks 6 days!

I know this isn't very exciting to all, however, amongst much cheering and excitement this morning, Jana took her first poo in the toilet! Hurray for Elimination Communication! Her signals have been…

(better late than never, belated posting) What a year we have had! Most of which dominated by one event. At the beginning of January, we decided to "pull the pin on that grenade" and go ahead and…

Jana is two weeks old today and she got to experience her first real snow! This is only the sixth day of snow we have seen in England in the four winters we have lived here. Jana is bundled up warm…

Jana has had her first international visitors, her grandparents Z, my parents, are visiting from the U.S. just to see her! We have had a lovely visit and Jana has enjoyed many snuggles (10 days old):