Spain Dad, a baby blog

Euro Cup is a soccer tournament for European nations, held every four years between the World Cup. Spain played Germany in the championship last night. We’ve been watching all the games together as a family. We watched one game at home, a couple in a bar down the street, a bunch at the beach house [...]

One of the reasons we use cloth diapers is to save money. I’ve been curious to know how much we’ve saved in Alleke’s first two years, so I crunched the numbers. Cloth Diaper CostsIndian Cotton Prefolds (infant size) – $2.25 x 20 = $45Chinese Cotton Prefolds (premium size) – $2.75 x 20 = $55Proraps Classic [...]

Who would have thought a vacation at the beach would demand so much courage… Watch Courage on Vimeo. For more, see photos of Alleke’s first trip to the beach… …and thanks to everyone who left suggestions on games we could play with Alleke at the beach.

I’ll admit it. I do most of my reading in the bathroom. So it shouldn’t have come as a surprise when Alleke sat down next to me on her little potty, said “book,” and waited for me to pass her some reading material.

Alleke discovers the properties of water. Watch Water Gun on Vimeo.

I pray more than I used to. It’s because of Alleke. Of course I pray more for Alleke, usually while I’m rocking her to sleep at night, but mostly I pray more because Alleke asks me to. I was thinking about this at the dinner table because we had just started eating and Alleke had [...]

“Ee-pa,” Alleke said. “What?” I asked, leaning in. “Ee-pa,” Alleke said, repeating the same word. I frowned and looked at April. “Do you know what she’s saying?” I asked. April shrugged. To clarify, Alleke pointed at Aunt Heidi. “Heidi,” she said, then stuck her fingers in her ears. Heidi smiled. “iPod,” Heidi said. “She’s saying [...]

Alleke stood at the edge of the bath tub and watched as I unhooked the shower head, turned on the water, and rinsed out the inside of the tub. When I finished, she reached for the shower head. “You can hold it,” I said, “just don’t get your clothes wet because we’re going to put [...]

April’s 28th Birthday Party Alleke sat quietly on her mom’s lap when the lights went off and everyone began to sing. It wasn’t until after the cake went up in smoke and the room filled with laughter that she lunged for her mom’s neck. If you had asked me, I would have told you Alleke [...]

Watch Alleke’s Cloth Diaper Instructional Video.