Folie A Deux

V was encouraged to wear her Halloween costume to day care today. She was pretty thrilled about being an elephant for the day. I don’t understand how the entire day care staff

I’m thinking she’s going to flip over her first cardboard box.

Dear Violet Today you turn 11 months old. You are almost not a baby anymore. You’ve got four teeth, and a bit of straggly hair, and you’re starting to lose your baby chub. Yesterday you stood up by yourself and took a step. I was so thankful to be there to see it, because I [...]

This is the way the bathroom looked when we left for ABQ – all dressed up for our rental ad. Doesn’t look so bad, but what you can’t see is the nasty grout and cracked tiles. The water here is iron rich (at least from our rusty pipes) and it had turned the grout from [...]

It’s been another very busy week for the Petersens. Mostly we spent our time looking for the battery charger so that I could download these adorable pictures of Violet. But we also went to the pediatrician for V’s “well baby” checkup. I put “well baby” in quotes because we (Violet and everyone she touches) have [...]