Drew’s father, Tom, is celebrating his 60th birthday today, so Drew and Asher jumped in front of the camera to send Tom special birthday wishes. Lots of love, and many happy returns!
Entries from December 2009
December 23, 2009
Season’s Greetings!
Last night, Grace came to us and asked if she could be in charge of our Christmas greeting this year. She said she had been working on a little something and she was sure that her fresh take on our usual Christmas card would appeal to Drew and me. It took a lot of [...]
December 22, 2009
And so the shortest day came…
The winter solstice is one of my favorite days of the year. It’s a quiet passing of the shortest day and the entrance into a sleepy time of year, but it is also a time to celebrate the coming light. I grew up reciting Susan Cooper’s poem, The Shortest Day, for most of my childhood, [...]
December 19, 2009
So…when do they call it a blizzard?
Would you believe me if I told you that we woke up to 18 inches of snow this morning and it’s continuing to fall at a rate of 2 inches an hour? Well, that is the honest truth…we are blanketed in snow, and the news just said that the last time Charlottesville had anything close [...]
December 7, 2009
ok, babies in sweaters are pretty cute.
We’ve had a quiet weekend…Drew’s been working and I’ve been going about the business of life with a 12 week old. 12 whole weeks (though interestingly, he won’t be 3 months until Friday?) of life with this child…can you believe that that little guy up there was inside of my body 13 weeks ago? I [...]
December 5, 2009
It’s beginning to look a lot like…
We took a look at the calendar and realized that between Drew’s work schedule and company, we had exactly one day to get a Christmas tree unless we wanted to wait until the week of Christmas. So…
Here’s a look at some old and new Christmas ornament favorites…
And on this snowy day, a whistling tea kettle [...]
