Spain Dad, a baby blog

Click To Play Maybe you noticed this the first time, but if you watch the video again, you’ll notice that when Alleke isn’t covering her eyes with her hands, she’s blinking at the camera. She started blinking at us last week. She does it all the time. Obviously she’s trying to communicate something to us, [...]

The woman at the far side of the room got up and walked over to see what I was doing. My chair was pushed back, and I was leaning over a restaurant table trying to figure out how to attach Alleke’s portable high chair. The woman bent over and looked under the table. “I don’t [...]

Alleke stood next to the couch and watched the computer screen as Grandma blew a kiss for her into the camera. She clapped her hands and squealed, pulling at the couch cushions like she was about to start a riot. Grandma and Grandma had visited for two weeks earlier this summer, and Alleke seemed happy [...]

Madrid shuts down in August, and many shop owners hang signs in their front windows that say, “We’re on vacation. We’ll be back in September.” So, we thought it was time to ditch the city ourselves and travel some. We’ll be in Hungary for a week at a conference and in England for a few [...]

Alleke toddled over to the shelf of DVDs next to the TV. She stood on her tippy toes and reached, just able to pull one off the shelf. The DVD tumbled to the floor. She picked it up with both hands and looked it over like it was something worth keeping that she had just [...]

Alleke scooted across the floor and stopped in front of the front door. April and I watched from the couches. It was four o’clock in the afternoon according to the clock sitting on the book shelf, and we were still in our pajamas. It was our day off, and we had no intention of leaving [...]

Alleke made up this game all by herself. Click To Play

“What smells?” April asked. She looked around the living room, putting her nose in a water glass, a pair of tennis shoes, and a vase of wilted flowers, searching for the culprit. Then, she stopped to look at the sippy cup she was holding in her hand. Alleke grabbed April’s pant leg, pulled herself into [...]