Ironman

Zander has always been a picky eater. Although he did start solid food with quite the taste for pureed squash and carrots. That ended when he got his first nasty cold at 8 months old.
He decided he would rather have a bottle, which I figured was a comfort thing. He [...]

The search for Carl

Zander has never said mommy or daddy. And it’s always bothered us. Other toddlers say it! Why doesn’t our toddler say it? It’s something we have longed to hear.
A few weeks ago I realized that whenever Zander was crying and asking for us, it sounded like he was saying “Carl”. [...]

Valentine’s Day Eve

Carlos and I have always celebrated on February 13th instead of February 14th. It’s a tradition that started 8 years ago, and was henceforth dubbed “Valentine’s Day Eve”. Yes, we made up our own holiday. What’s wrong with that?
It all started on February 13th 1998. Carlos dropped by my apartment to [...]

Bad Dante

Logan has just recently started to “talk”. I think we have the Prevacid to thank for that! His favourite things to say are “bababababa” and “dadadadadada”, and my personal fave “aguh aguh”. Sometimes his rants go on forever.
The other day we were all in the kitchen. Zander was eating breakfast and [...]

Logan: Part 2 – The Aftermath

We knew something wasn’t right with Logan when he was still in the NICU.
I was pumping and feeding him expressed breast milk by bottle, since he was so small and weak – he had problems nursing. My husband and I noticed that he seemed to be uncomfortable when he was eating. We thought [...]

The Power of "Wow"

I was just looking at my blog, and realized something.
I inadvertently started each post about my boys with the word “Wow”. How appropo!

Logan: Part 1 – An Introduction

Wow. This going to be tough. There’s a lot to tell.
Logan was due July 13th, 2006. However, he had other plans entirely. We thought Zander’s entry into the world was a great story….
It was the night of June 1st. I had just finally gotten Zander to sleep after an all-out [...]

Why the long posts?

Wow…do you think I could write more? I guess I feel like I should get anyone reading this blog up to speed on my life and the special people in it. Might be a waste of time. Who knows. But this way if I post about having to use toupee tape [...]