Spain Dad, a baby blog

Hey, just a note to say I updated my Favorite Sites page this morning. I’ve officially compiled a complete list of the coolest people on earth. Except, of course, if you’re not on the list, in which case you’ll have to leave a comment and tell me just how cool you are and where to [...]

Last night Alleke and I were sitting on a park bench in the square near our house. Alleke was sitting on my lap, and we were watching the dogs–chasing after tennis balls, lapping water out of the fountain, and running circles around their owners looking for attention. I got thinking about last year at this [...]

I mentioned two weeks ago that Alleke took her first steps. Yesterday she took some more and I got them on video, so now you can see for yourself.

April and I decided to walk home from the park today. Alleke fell asleep in the baby carrier on my back, and I could feel her little nose nuzzled in between the straps and my shoulder. Alleke needed a nap. She had played hard in the grass, stumbling back and forth between mom and dad, [...]

Yesterday I walked into the living room, and April was cleaning and singing, “They’re coming to take me away, ho ho, hee hee, ha ha, to the funny farm.” She caught me smiling, then realized she was singing. “Maybe we should put on a CD,” she said, smiling too. She walked over to the CD [...]

auditorium stage, originally uploaded by stu_spivack. Saturday night I had this dream. I was swimming with my friend Ryan at the public swimming pool, and in walked our high school choir director, Mr. Schonewill, wearing a suit and a bow tie. Mr. Schonewill was a very likable guy, but for the moment he looked frazzled, [...]

Alleke learned to wave goodbye this week, and the disturbing thing is we didn’t teach her how. She just did it herself, without even asking.

Last Thursday we decided to go to the zoo with Alleke and Grandpa and Grandma. Cha chaaaan!Photo by JuliusTheCat. The DolphinsWe sat at the edge of our seats, saying “Did you just see that?” to each other and pointing at the dolphins jumping through hoops and bouncing beach balls on their noses. We all wondered [...]

Yesterday Alleke played with power tools. She sat perched on Grandpa’s knee and watched carefully as he helped her squeeze the trigger on the drill, the motor whining as the screws turned into the end of the wood plank sitting on the living room floor. They were building a shelf for our DVDs. Grandpa had [...]