Beautiful Day
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...
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Derwin Kitch
Aug 29, 20081 min read
New additions to our family
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...
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Derwin Kitch
Aug 28, 20081 min read
The sweetest thing
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...
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Derwin Kitch
Aug 25, 20081 min read
Sad
On Saturday afternoon, my mom went back home. After over two months with us, she was part of our everyday life. Kirsi loved going...
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Derwin Kitch
Aug 23, 20081 min read
7 straight hours
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...
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Derwin Kitch
Aug 22, 20081 min read
Cirque du Soleil
Amazing, fabulous, awesome, incredible. Just a few words to try to describe our experience at our first Cirque du Soleil performance. ...
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Derwin Kitch
Aug 16, 20082 min read
It’s raining, it’s pouring
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...
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Derwin Kitch
Aug 9, 20082 min read
Attempted kidnapping
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...
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Derwin Kitch
Aug 9, 20082 min read
Time is flying by
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...
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Derwin Kitch
Aug 2, 20082 min read
Official Chilean
Aidan is officially Chilean. His birth is registered with the government and he has his national identity number and card. Today we...
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Derwin Kitch
Jul 30, 20082 min read
Lots of firsts in our house this week
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...
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Derwin Kitch
Jul 27, 20083 min read
Starting a new routine
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...
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Derwin Kitch
Jul 21, 20081 min read
One month old!
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...
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Derwin Kitch
Jul 20, 20082 min read
Santa Cruz
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...
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Derwin Kitch
Jul 20, 20081 min read
Memory Tag (from Giftieetcetera)
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...
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Derwin Kitch
Jul 12, 20082 min read
Enough bad news for this family for a while
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...
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Derwin Kitch
Jul 8, 20083 min read
OUCHIE!
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...
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Derwin Kitch
Jul 2, 20083 min read
First doctor’s appointment
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...
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Derwin Kitch
Jun 29, 20082 min read
First shopping trip
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...
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Derwin Kitch
Jun 25, 20082 min read
First Days at Home
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...
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