Spain Dad, a baby blog

“Cerrado por obras” means “Closed for construction” in English. I won’t be blogging for the next six weeks so that I can focus my efforts on finishing up my book proposal, which is the book based on this blog. I will be on Twitter in the meantime, so feel free to follow my updates: http://twitter.com/kellycrull [...]

Our friend Kelly who lives across the street brought back a suitcase from the US full of baby clothes from her sister. Thanks Kim! So, we’ve been having fun playing dress up with Alleke. She even has a leopard-print dress now. Need I say more! Watch this slideshow in fullscreen. Flash Slideshow Alleke’s complete photo [...]

Hey, just a note to say I updated my Favorite Sites page this morning. I’ve officially compiled a complete list of the coolest people on earth. Except, of course, if you’re not on the list, in which case you’ll have to leave a comment and tell me just how cool you are and where to [...]

I hope you like the new design. April took the header photo of Alleke and I on the street in front of our new apartment, so (at least to me) it reflects more accurately our life now that we’re back in Madrid. Anyway, I’ve moved a lot of things around in this redesign. I hope [...]

Hi. My name is Kelly. I write about being a dad. I’ve been married for ten years to my best friend, April. We have one daughter, Alleke, who is three, and our son Teo was born in Nov 09. I’ve been living in Spain for seven years. Most of that time I’ve lived in Madrid [...]

These are the blogs I read when I have time. Family Monica and Jeff Droog Friends in Spain Kelly Wills – trying to avoid getting pooped on by a pigeon, again. Heather Cady – proud member of the National Sarcasm Society Troy Cady – reads Aquinas for fun Amy Swacina – the belly dancer Abha [...]

Most people I’ve talked to have never heard of a “third culture kid.” Well, April and I are raising two of them! In a nutshell, Alleke and Teo are third culture kids because they aren’t completely American because they don’t live in the US, and they’re not completely Spanish because they have American parents. Their [...]

RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication. It’s a technology that gives you a simple way to keep track of the latest articles and headlines from your favorite websites. In the old days you had to bookmark the websites you liked and return to them from time to time to see what was new. With RSS, [...]

Naps – pregnant women sleep a lot Baby Food – pregnancy cravings are an excuse to get husbands to cook Pesto – men have pregnancy cravings too! First Doctor’s Visit – our first doctor’s visit Seeing is Believing – our first ultrasound Optical Illusion – our first ultrasound (second pregnancy) Our very own Valenciano and No [...]

Here are a handful of stories from our second trimester: Sorry, Honey, I’m Getting Dumber – pregnant women get forgetful Carrefour – can pregnancy be romantic? Sunrise – feeling the baby move Popcorn – feeling the baby move again Poco a poco – April’s belly starts showing Encarna – our landlord tries to name our child [...]