Spain Dad, a baby blog

Merry Christmas to Us! Some acquaintances of ours in Madrid will be moving back to the U.S. They have lots of baby stuff and maternity clothes that they are leaving us. What a gift. (Once again I’m talking about getting free stuff from people!) April was looking through the maternity clothes last night. It’s still [...]

“Actually, I can’t tell,” the doctor said. She took both her hands and pressed gently on April’s stomach. The baby on the screen wiggled, even yawned, and settled back into a comfortable position. The doctor scratched her face and looked at the screen. The baby was resting comfortably. Wombs are a good place for a [...]

Hey friends. We need your advice. We’re in the process of making a list of the things we need to get before the baby is born. We thought it would be fun to hear from you and learn from your experience, so feel free to leave us a comment with your list of 5 things [...]

On Monday I told Kelly Wills that April and I had gone to fnac, a large bookstore in Madrid, to flip through baby name books. “I’ve learned that it’s not a good idea to tell family or friends your baby names,” she said, “I have two baby names, and I made the mistake of telling [...]

Happy 26th Birthday April! Love, Kelly

Sunday our landlords, Damian and Encarna, invited us over for the afternoon. We had a delicious Spanish lunch and afterwards they gave us a baby gift—our first baby outfit. We’ve been missing our family lately, so it was great to feel a part of their family for an afternoon. We all took naps in lawn [...]

April’s friend Seda was telling her about one of her PhD friends who was pregnant while she was trying to finish her doctoral dissertation. Her friend said, “I get dumber every day and there’s nothing I can do about it.” Sunday when we were at Damian and Encarna’s for lunch, April was too tired, so [...]

At a recent family press conference April announced that her official summer pregnancy food will be gazpacho. So far she’s a woman of her word. She went to the store the next day and got a few boxes, and she’s been consistently stocking the fridge ever since. What is gazpacho? It’s cold soup. It’s basically [...]

I’ve been in Münster, Germany for the last week working with some friends there who are starting a church. They’re participating in a conference in May, so I helped them put up a new website, design some posters, and redesign their logo. Usually when I’m gone I think April gets the short end of the [...]