A Happy Father's Day

Father's Day was great - I got to see my dad, visiting from Oklahoma, and spent a lot of time with the kids that made me a dad. Jennifer took a red-eye back from her conference in California to be back in Virginia bright and early on Father's Day. Of course, she wasn't in much shape to do a lot of minding, but she made the whole day. Afterall, I couldn't be a dad without her, either.

Veronica played very well with Natalia and all the other kids, and they all played well with Alexander. Even the adults played well with Alex!

Double Trouble

Greetings all - I wanted to toss up a quick pic to let you know we are all healthy and hale. We have misplaced our camera these past couple weeks, so our activity is a bit down with the blog. Alexander is doing well and recovering (still) from ear infections. It looks like it has been the same ear infection that has been lingering for weeks now, so he is heading for ear tubes in the next few weeks. We don't relish having him go under for the operation, but we know from experience with Veronica that it will be a dramatic improvement on downtime from being sick. One of the many drawbacks to daycare - we are definitely back in the viral soup that seems to make us all so human (miserey loves company, eh?). Veronica has been nothing but healthy and is really happy the water is warm enough to swim in. Mommy and Daddy are going through the normal throes of living - seems like a pretty constant and quick hamster wheel, moving from one appointment to the next. We know there's a future out there, we just need to take a break now and then to get it back into our sights before jumping back o that wheel. Slowly but surely.