Spain Dad, a baby blog

Alleke may still be a little young to understand Christmas presents, but April isn’t. She spent hours playing with her Christmas gift after she opened it… Here’s a video of April explaining how her Hoppediz baby wrap works… Watch April got a baby wrap for Christmas on Vimeo.

April walked into the office this morning with Alleke in the baby wrap and our little friend Peaches from the UK in her arms. “What do you think?” April asked. I shook my head. “I think you want another baby just so you can wear two baby carriers.”

I had just arrived at staff meeting when Troy told me April had called. I called her back on my mobile phone. “I locked myself out of the apartment,” April said. “I’m at Victoria’s with Alleke and Grandpa and Grandma. Can I meet you somewhere to get your keys?” I hesitated. “I don’t have keys,” [...]

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, [...]

Earlier this week we helped our friends Phil and Lydia move into a new apartment. At one point I was carrying a couch cushion past the kitchen, and I had to laugh because there among the open cardboard boxes was Alleke sitting on a blanket playing with toys while April emptied the fridge into a [...]

Babies turn the world up-side-down. They smile at us. They invite us to be children again. They beg us to stop and look each other in the eyes. They make it possible to jump over the moon. April and I needed a break from unpacking boxes, so we strapped Alleke into the baby carrier and [...]

“Here, put this on,” April said. She was holding Alleke in one arm, and with the other, she reached for the baby carrier slung over a chair, and held it out to me. I looked at it. “But I thought…” “I thought you wanted to wear Alleke in the baby carrier,” April said. She looked [...]