Happy Sixteen Month Birthday, Siena! You had a well child check-up this past week, and here are your stats:
length – 31 inches
weight – 20 pounds
I’m including some pictures of you at your appointment. (Click here to see pictures from earlier doctor visits.) For my own memory, here’s a snapshot of your development. I’ll use the [...]

Four years (and about one week) ago today, I had just met HawkInWinter in person for the first time.  We met on CatholicMatch.com and had exchanged lengthy emails and telephone conversations, but it was early February of 2006 when I flew to his state to visit friends and cousins, and met him “for reals.”  Before my [...]

Can you believe…
that from these pictures…
taken at her six month vaccinations….
to these pictures today at her seven month vaccinations…
she gained nearly two pounds and a full inch??
Me neither.
Then I realized it was actually two months ago that she had her last measurements taken, since last month was just vaccines. Here she was at five months:
So [...]