Hey, Jenna. You’re turning 10. Or, rather, you did last weekend. I wrote your post that day, but getting photos onto my computer is hard. Whatever. Anyway. I want to tell you a couple stories that you haven’t yet forgotten, but that maybe will be fun to remember in a few years. We were at …
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Brian is Six
Hey, there, Bud. You’ve actually been six for weeks now, but it’s been a wild month and I didn’t have words to do justice to your you-ness. I still don’t, actually, but I have the space to try, anyway. You learned to read this past year. It was funny, because I expected that to be …
my fourth baby’s fourth birthday
Lilly, you are four today. The older you (and I) get, the less likely it seems that there will be a fifth baby, so each time you leave a phase behind, it’s a little bittersweet. Is it a lot of pressure, sweet girl, to carry all my baby nostalgia? I’ll try to keep that in …
Katherine turns eight
Hey, K. You are spectacular. I really love seeing you grow. This morning, you and I went for a run. (You were on rollerblades.) We had gotten about a mile and a half into our 2.5 mile loop and you started snagging dandelions. I’d run, you’d stop in a glorious yellow patch for a few …
Jenna turns nine
Hey, sweet girl! Happy birthday to you! …but I actually want to talk about something that happened on your most recent UNbirthday. You and I both hit a milestone yesterday. (Weirdly, your last birthday post was also about an unconventional milestone.) Well, I hit a milestone. You probably care less about hitting the milestone, because …
a little boy turns five
Hi, Mr. Brian! You’ve been really hard to parent this year! There are all kinds of behaviors that alarm and baffle me. But more than that, you are delightful. Even when you’re in trouble, there’s a sweetness in you and between us that makes me worry a lot less. You’re so generally full of joy …
remembering Elchanan
I met my nephew three years ago today. Amber had been in labor more than a day. After he was born, she called to see if I’d like to come meet him. It was about 10pm, but I hopped in my car and drove the ten minutes to the hospital. I think I called a …
Jenna turns 8 (and hits a MAJOR MILESTONE)
Hey, J. You’re eight today. And this is where, especially with you, the oldest, and Lilly, the youngest, I get a little misty and sentimental about how fast time flies and stuff. And it does fly. And it takes me by surprise even though every single person from the generation before me has told me …
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Baby Brian turns 4 (and loses just a little bit of innocence)
Hey, Brian Levi. We’ve had a bunch of bath products sitting in the queue to go… somewhere… for while. We inherited several bags from a friend who was moving around the world on a short timeline. I went through and grabbed what we could use, but I wanted to do something helpful with the rest. …
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Katherine turns 6
Hey, spunky girl. I love you to bits. You know that, right? The sprinkle of freckles on your nose that you got from me and I got from your Grandpa. The resentful, huffy way you put your glasses on your face. The songs you make up when your baby sister goes to bed. Baby Lilly, …
grace enough 