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Today is a gorgeous day here in Chile. It’s blue skies and warm air all around us. Der and Kirsi went to the beach today; they’re...

In the past 2 1/2 months, we’ve had three additions to our family. Aidan was born June 20th. Then Travis, Der’s brother, and Rhonda...

Tonight, it was my turn to put Kirsi to sleep. While I was laying next to her pretending to sleep, I heard her making kissing noises. I...

On Saturday afternoon, my mom went back home. After over two months with us, she was part of our everyday life. Kirsi loved going...

7 straight hours of uninterrupted sleep. It was glorious! It has been months since I had slept for that long in one stretch. During my...

Amazing, fabulous, awesome, incredible. Just a few words to try to describe our experience at our first Cirque du Soleil performance. ...

Today is a national holiday in Chile (Assumption of Mary) making this a long weekend. We had big plans for Mom’s last weekend here – we...

Derwin got an email from someone at work which warned us that her friend had had a scary incident happen to her. Apparently, she was...

It’s so hard for me to believe that Mom is going to be in two weeks. It’s been so great having her here with us. Seeing her with Kirsi...

Aidan is officially Chilean. His birth is registered with the government and he has his national identity number and card. Today we...

We have had a great week of firsts in our house. Aidan is almost 6 weeks old and he’s smiling now!! His first real smiles were on July...

Thursday, Der went back to work so that meant the start of a new routine for us. Granted, my mom is still here but it’s one less set of...

Aidan is one month old today. Wow! In some ways, it feels like he’s been part of our family forever and in other ways it’s so hard to...

On Monday, Mom, Kirsi, Aidan and I headed south to Santa Cruz, a little town a couple hours south of Santiago, for a little getaway. Mom...

Memory Tag!! 1. Add a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn’t matter if you knew me a little or a...

This past week has been a rough one for our family. First, it was Der having “bitchy bowels” as he calls it. He’s over it now but it...

I’ve got mastitis and it sucks!! I had it twice when I was nursing Kirsi but it was nothing like this. I had a very sore breast and it...

Aidan had his first appointment with Dr. Ronco today. All went well at the appointment and our little guy is doing well. He gained 165...

Today, Kirsi, Gramma, Aidan and I made our first shopping trip together. We wanted to pick up a couple gifts for our doctor and midwife...

We’ve been at home for 2 days now and things are going well. We left the hospital on Monday at noon and it was a welcome change, believe...