Our Blog
This is the place to find out what's currently going on in our lives. We update this page more often than the rest of the website, so if you're looking for newer photos of Silas, check here first. You can read the beginning of each blog under the headline...click the headline to see the rest of the post.Welcoming Allegra Grace Paine
We are happy to announce the birth of our sweet baby girl, Allegra Grace! Although any birth is special, Allegra’s was even more momentous…
Posted: Sunday April 10, 2011
Waiting for Baby
With just over 3 weeks to go until the baby is due to arrive, we’re in waiting and preparing mode. Meanwhile, here are some photos of our goings-on in the last two months.
Posted: Thursday March 17, 2011
Halloween Fun
The third time seems to be the charm. This year Silas really got the hang of trick-or-treating on Halloween. Whether it was years of practice, or his mature age of 2-1/4 that made the difference, he finally aced his “grab”.
Posted: Wednesday November 3, 2010
Visit to the Zoo
Our Labor Day weekend activities included taking Silas to the zoo and going on our first family bike ride. Read on for more details, photos and a video!
Posted: Thursday September 9, 2010
Will the toddler in the room please stand up?
Just one day after Silas walked for the first time, he had gained the confidence to stand on his own for several minutes! And I caught it on video!
Posted: Wednesday June 23, 2010
First day of summer...and the first day Silas walks!
Silas chose the first day of summer to take his first real steps! ~Read more and watch a short video of him walking.
Posted: Monday June 21, 2010
To a Wonderful Daddy
As a tribute to Nate on this Father’s Day, as he labors over the house remodel (and still puts in long hours at his day job!), I put together some photos of the past two years of fatherhood.
Posted: Sunday June 20, 2010
Construction Kitties
A lot of people have asked where our two cats are living during the remodel. Both Leo and Yuri are still living in the house! Each cat has adjusted to the renovation in his own way.
Posted: Tuesday June 15, 2010
Double-thinking Disposable Diapers
There are few things that Silas is going through that I haven’t experienced. Yet his sensitive skin is coming in contact much of the time with a petroleum-based, plastic diaper, and I don’t know what that feels like. And quite honestly I don’t want to know! So how can I be comfortable putting a plastic diaper on him all the time?
Posted: Monday May 24, 2010
Visiting our house
This morning Silas and I took the windy drive home, breathing in the fresh, fragrant spring air. It is always such a change to go home to our neighborhood—or rather, lack of neighborhood. Our street is so much more rural than where we’re living now…
Posted: Saturday May 22, 2010
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