I was looking through old pictures for today’s post and found this one: That is a toddler Ane (19 months old) with a baby Little Cousin, in either late July or early August of 2005, which was shortly before Tad was born. I love how it looks like Ane is talking to Little Cousin – [...]

Ane was really the only child who knew and understood that I was going in for surgery.  I think Tad had an idea of it, but I don’t think it bothered him terribly.  It might have if I hadn’t come home that night. We left at about 10 am for the hospital, and came back [...]

Hi, everyone! I am doing much better than I was 48 hours ago, let me tell you. First things first – the surgery went perfectly.  Completely laparoscopic, no loose stones blocking any other bile ducts, and I was out of surgery in the predicted amount of time.  I had a hard time getting the anesthesia [...]

Well, today’s picture comes from over four years ago, and I’ve decided to call it “Herding Cats, or The Impossible Dream of Having Everyone Look at One Camera.” In the rest of the pictures I have of this attempt, Belle is crying, Little Cousin keeps waving her lollipop around, and Tad is never in the [...]