• Babies,  Life @ Home

    Happy Easter!

    Well, Easter was a couple of days ago already, but we haven’t had time to write. We had a lovely day! Phoebe had her first bath at home (a sponge-down over the bathroom…

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    Good Friday

    It’s a chilly Good Friday here in Lafayette. Dave has the day off, so I get to share parenting duty—a welcome relief after four days of going it alone during the day! The…

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    Tulips and Daddy Time

    Last night was the first band rehearsal since Phoebe was born, and as typical Katie came over for dinner. One of the perquisites of parenthood is that people often bring dinner. Last night…

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    New Rules

    We were enjoying some fantastic lasagna with the Brinkmans last night, and the subject of blog comments came up. We were lamenting that we get rather few comments, but that’s in part due…

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    Morning Snapshots

    Last night had its ups and downs…Phoebe and I got up, I tried to put her down, we got up again, etc. She had a bit of a sniffly nose and couldn’t eat…

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    Almost a Week Old!

    Little Phoebe will turn a week old in the wee hours of this morning. She’ll probably be awake to mark the anniversary! We had a Good Night last night (Monday)…I know this because…

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    Printable Phoebe

    Wow, I can’t believe the first weekend at home with the ladies is almost over. I’m going to cook up some of Jess’s homemade macaroni and cheese recipe tonight. It has some jalapenos…

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    More Baby Pictures

    Jess and I thought you all might enjoy a few more baby photos. It was pretty busy in the mom and baby unit here at Foothills Hospital. Our nice visit from Marin, Kelli,…

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    A New Day

    Well, it’s already day two of little Phoebe’s outside-the-womb life. Those tiny heels that were so often making circles under my right rib cage are swaddled up in a clean blanket printed with…

  • Babies,  Life @ Home

    Welcome Baby Gribble!

    On Sunday, Jess had a horrible stomachache pretty much all day (“It was like a hard knot of pain,” according to Jess). It seemed to have gone away on Monday when she had…