I took Andy for his 18 month checkup today. This one was particularly notable as it was our first visit to our new pediatrician. Dr. Staats ...

Andy loves his dogs, but do you know about them specifically he loves? Their tails. Seriously, it comforts him to sit or lie with them and f...

Tonight we found another inexpensive toy - shoes. Andy spent a solid 15 minutes taking Bjorn's dress shoes and playing with them. He wou...

The good news is that Andy has a favorite book. The bad news is that said favorite book is in Swedish. Seriously, I try to read other books ...

With all the rain the past few days, the sandbox flooded - in part because I didn't think to close it all the way. I spent time today an...

Andy's vocabulary continues to grow although the words he comes up with always amuse me. This week, he picked up "milk" which ...

After the diaper-free incident in the crib earlier this week, all of Andy's bedding had to thoroughly cleaned, including his two dogs th...

Here's a picture of Andy and his bath. Note the letter 'D' floating in the background. That's the kind of letter I was talk...

I have a set of foam letters in the bathtub. Andy likes to take the letters once they're a little wet and place them on the inside of th...

I was out of town all weekend at a work trip in surprisingly hot northern California. Sonoma was an odd place really. There was lots of supe...

We went to the playground last night. For those keeping track at home, we went to Laurel Ridge Elementary that has a newer, nicer one than d...

A friend e-mailed me this picture of Andy back from December. I swear December wasn't that long ago, but wow, he looks different now. Hi...

Wow. What a weekend. With my parents here, the party last night and a rash of birthdays, it's been a non-stop party this weekend. I'...

It's almost 10 pm and people left less than an hour ago for our party that was over at 7 pm. Thankfully, we ran out of beer in the outsi...

We took Andy to his first baseball game. Everyone seemed to have a great time, but boy am I tired. I actually watch alot of the games at hom...

It's two days to the World Cup and like the rest of the world, I'm totally psyched. However, is America psyched? Not so much. I have...

Computer problems persist so I haven't been able to upload photos the last few days. I did catch a great picture last night that I'l...

My computer is infected. I've got adware, spyware, you-name-it ware popping up as I try to do anything interesting. I've tried a new...

My cousin has been figuring out her digital camera and her son is just too cute not to share his picture. Also, take a good look at what he...

Today was the Race for the Cure in Washington. It's a fabulous experience actually to see all these folks united against cancer (althoug...