Welcome Ellie!

Ellia Elizabeth was born this afternoon! 2:02 PM on January 8 7 pounds 10 ounces 21 inches long 34 cm head circumference She and Molly are both doing wonderfully. She was able to stay with us right from the start after scoring an 8 and a 9 on her APGARs. I got to hold her […]

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One Difference

When I was expecting Zoe, I drove around with her carseat professionally installed by a trained Brookfield police officer for at least a month before she was born.  Well, we took it back out yesterday, I washed it up, and Zak spent a few minutes (without being able to find the instruction manual) figuring out […]

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Breakfast Conversation

We were out for bagels this morning and for some unknown reason Zoe started to say “night night poop” over and over again.   Zak quickly reminded me that we’ll be dealing with dirty diapers at all hours again in just a few days.  Are we really ready for this?  I have to admit I do […]

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Chit Chat Zoe

First, no baby yet. It’s been about three weeks since Zoe started speech therapy and the improvement we’ve seen has been remarkable.  Ms. Cathy really whipped Zak and I into shape and our expectations of Zoe are so much higher, which has just motivated Zoe to no end.  She had never said any two word […]

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