Spain Dad, a baby blog

Our good friends Kim and Rodrigo recently got married at Plaza Mayor here in Madrid. Kim sent me a link to their wedding photos, and I found this one with the following caption: It’s your wedding day–what are you doing? “Looking at Spain Dad!” I’m feeling the love, Kim. That’s hard core! Here’s a picture [...]

We were in Castellón for a few days this week (the city where Alleke was born), and Alleke got to go to the beach for the first time. She wasn’t too sure about the water (see the video), but she did like eating the sand. Maybe this was her subtle way of telling us we [...]

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At Heather’s request, we have more photos of the girls.

April says I taunted her for monthly to grow a belly. She says it’’s because I’’m a visual person, and I have to see something to feel right about it. It’s true. I wanted to see her pregnant belly. Now that I’ve got the belly, I’’ve decided I’m going for the pregnant belly button too–you [...]

This past weekend we were in Madrid (again). We got on the metro Friday night, and there was nowhere to sit. The car was packed. A man sitting in a seat in the back corner looked at me, then at April, then got up, walked past us, and stood next to the door. April looked [...]

Sunday our landlords, Damian and Encarna, invited us over for the afternoon. We had a delicious Spanish lunch and afterwards they gave us a baby gift—our first baby outfit. We’ve been missing our family lately, so it was great to feel a part of their family for an afternoon. We all took naps in lawn [...]

I’ve been in Münster, Germany for the last week working with some friends there who are starting a church. They’re participating in a conference in May, so I helped them put up a new website, design some posters, and redesign their logo. Usually when I’m gone I think April gets the short end of the [...]

We had our second doctor’s visit today and are happy to say we have a healthy, growing baby.