backups

We have about 473 backups.  Backups are the folks that you have named to the agency as babysitters and supports.  They go through a background check, they are interviewed by the agency, they are trained in first aid and cpr.  They are allowed to watch your child when you can’t. I was kidding, of course, [...]

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Andrew and Blitzen, a conversation

All in all, Blitzen is getting much better at talking about difficult things.  It used to be that when we asked her how her day was and it hadn’t been good, there would be instant drama – anger and crying and stomping.  It was hard and a little confusing for us because we were really [...]

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Christmas Highlights

#1)  After Blitzen opened a handful of presents from us, she wanted to give us a present.  Instead of artwork or a note, she decided to read/tell us a story.  Not just any story,  A Visitor’s Guide to Ancient Rome, which had been presented to her by the author the day before.  Blitzen’s lively version [...]

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Notes from the Midwest

I’m in St. Louis, celebrating my grandma’s 90th birthday with family.   Carrie and Blitzen are home, getting ready to attend our agency’s holiday party, upon which Blitzen has projected oversized hopes.  She’s pretty sure she’s going to be given a Baby Alive doll, and sing and dance in front of a large, adoring audience.  Not [...]

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Day Two

Wow.  Spectacular, exhausting Day Two.  It’s midnight and Carrie is still trying to pet Blitzen to sleep. No way to cover the day comprehensively in a single post.  Luckily, there’s no rush — we’ll be here for a while.  (Same reason Blitzen doesn’t have to go to the library, Chuck E. Cheese, every park in [...]

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