Modern Day Grandparenting

Although we don’t love being halfway across the country from our families, we do love that modern technology helps bring them closer. We try to do regular video chats with the grandparents so that they can see Poppy in action. We send/share plenty of photos and occasional videos, but something about the real time nature [...]

The Meeting of the Minds

Poppy and her cosmic twin, Alex, finally got the chance to meet over Christmas. There was much wiggling and drooling (by the babies) and lots of cooing and oohing and aahing (by the adults). All in all, their first introductions were pretty uneventful… at least for them :)

The Grass is Always Greener

Things we missed about Brooklyn while in Chicago: Our cats Really, really hot water for showers and diaper laundering City water (vs. smelly sulfur well water) The convenience of babywearing (Omg, suburban car life + a baby = teh suck) Warm weather (relatively speaking) Our regular diet and the ability to cook for ourselves freely [...]

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