nathan and audrey

N: A New Adventure — Drawing

nathan — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:52:38 +0000

For quite some time I have desired to learn how to draw, and thanks to my lovely wife, I now have a really cool book to learn from. The book that I will be embarking upon this journey with is “Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain,” by Betty Edwards. This book focuses on [...]

A: Growth Spurt

audrey — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:12:25 +0000

My kids have both recently undergone growth spurts. I’m almost 29 weeks pregnant, and Lito should be about 2.5 pounds. Dude. Banzo just grew significantly and is actually fitting into clothes that are his “suggested” size. He’ll be two soon, but at least he was in his 18-24 month pants for part of that time [...]

A: and our lives will change dramatically for the second time.

audrey — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 15:50:01 +0000

Nathan and I are expecting a second child. Oh boy. Things are about to change dramatically. But we are incredibly excited! The pregnancy is progressing much like my pregnancy with the Banzo Bean. I had some “evening” sickness until about week 12, and I’ve just started to feel the baby move. Our families are ecstatic, [...]

A: Things My Son Is Learning To Do.

audrey — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 07:19:33 +0000

My son is learning life skills with a gusto that ceases to amaze me. At nearly thirteen months, he can: Cram up to eight cheerios in his mouth. (Without choking!) Remove his own pants. “Hide” from Mom by holding a blanket in front of his face. Pretend to offer Mom or Dad food, almost deposit [...]

N: My Son is One

nathan — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 21:45:10 +0000

Today my son completed his first year of life! I generally have an indifferent feeling towards birthdays, but this one is worth distinguishing. It has been a year full of the wildest ups and downs. The most challenging and also the the most rewarding. I’m very proud of him, and all that he has learned [...]

A: lullaby.

audrey — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 11:22:57 +0000

Our son is getting big. At nearly a year, he is pulling himself up, standing, and taking steps with the aid of furniture or mom and dad. He is starting to look like a boy–no longer a baby–and I would be lying if I said that I don’t get mushy and sad at the thought [...]

N: Mousetraps, Teeth, but No Blizzard

nathan — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 16:02:45 +0000

Hey All! We had mice… yesterday. Today, hopefully we have none. That is because last night I set up some mousetraps for the first time. It was a bit weird. I have never done anything like it and felt kinda bad for the little guys, but alas they were threatening to eat us out of [...]

N: Cold Weather Biking Checklist

nathan — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 21:21:18 +0000

Learning from mistakes is really exciting isn’t it? Well today I learned a valuable lesson: if you want to ride your bike after some extended time in weather such as this photo make sure everything works. Last winter I underestimated, or rather didn’t know, that in the midwest metal rusts, fast, especially bike chains. I [...]

N: Plachinta Redemption

nathan — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 03:02:03 +0000

Okay, so I went home for the holidays and attempted to make a family favorite plachintas. Well, for some reason the whole thing was a mess. I couldn’t get the amounts of the ingredients right and the thing just didn’t work. At that moment I committed myself to overcoming my failure and make amazing plachintas someday. [...]

A: chili/chile

audrey — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 17:28:06 +0000

This weekend, we had a chile/chili showdown! Actually, it wasn’t so much a showdown as an opportunity for me to explore another version of chili and to provide some tasty green chile chicken enchiladas to my friend J who had 1) never heard of green chile, and 2) never heard of enchiladas! (Oh, what a [...]