Spain Dad, a baby blog

Teo gets his first taste of sugar. Find out if he prefers his birthday cake or a ham sandwich…

Alleke celebrated her 4th birthday on Sunday. There was an 85% chance of rain, and of course we had planned an outdoor party and made 70+ cupcakes…without a Plan B. Watch the video below to find out how the party went… If you have problems with the video, try watching it on YouTube…

Dad and I climbed into his truck, rolled down the windows, and pulled out onto the highway headed towards town. Dad had invited me to ride along with him while he ran errands, which was something the two of us had been doing together since I was a kid. “How do you feel about turning [...]

April, today is your 30th birthday, and you asked me to write something for you. So, earlier this week when I sat down to write, my first thought was, I wonder where we were ten years ago? and then realized we were actually in Spain, visiting for the first time. I found the journal I [...]

Alleke demonstrates how to wrap a birthday present. Let’s just say it involves a lot of tape!

Watch Alleke meets her goldfish. on Vimeo.

Today is Alleke’s birthday, and we got her a goldfish. When April first mentioned the idea of getting Alleke a goldfish a couple weeks ago, I said, “Don’t you think we’ll kill it?” April shrugged. “I guess Alleke will have her first lesson about life and death,” she said. So, there you have it, we [...]

I stopped by the bread shop on Tuesday and told everyone it was my birthday. I’m 29. Everyone cheered, Erica gave me kisses, and Cristina said, “Wait, I’ve got something for you!” She ducked behind the counter and reappeared with a handful of candy bars and suckers. “Here,” she said. “They’re for Alleke.” I left [...]

April’s sister, Heidi, has been living with us since May. She flew back to Iowa yesterday so she could be home for her birthday, which is today, and start her Junior year of college next week. We wanted to celebrate Heidi’s birthday before we left, so we invited a few friends to the park on [...]

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 [...]