There must be a black hole around here…

Where are all of Leah's pacifiers?

At some point we had a couple of dozen of those things laying around but I'd guess we have like three left. We lose them in the car. We lose them in the diaper bag. We even lose them when she's sitting right in front of us.

And tonight, we lost one on our walk. I swear she had it while crossing the street and then I looked down 100 feet later and it was gone. Darcey even went back to look for it but couldn't find it.

The way things are going, we're going to have to cash in Leah's college fund about 18 years early to buy enough pacifiers to get us through the first year.

So if you see any of our lost Nuks please send them back so she can go to college.

Thanks.

-Sefton

I had two quick thoughts today that I wanted to get posted.

The first is that today was the first day since Monday, Jan. 12, that I haven't taken care of Leah from morning to evening. We kept her out of daycare that day and I stayed home with her. We went to the hospital that night and I ended up working half-days the following week. It was strange to not have her with me this morning, but it was nice to actually have my hands free to do some light home repair. I miss doing the work around here and part of me looks forward to her being able to help with the work by handing me tools or whatever else will keep her occupied while I'm productive.

The other thought I had came today around noon. Regardless of what anyone thinks about his politics, abilities or character, the inauguration of Barack Obama will make it so that all the children of Leah's generation will never know a world where the highest office of this nation was always held by a wealthy, middle-to-late-aged white male. His confirmation to the office of president reaffirms my belief that in this country, if you work hard enough, you can accomplish any dream you have. I just hope that she will one day understand what this day meant and that I can accurately describe these feelings of hope and joy to help her learn that lesson.

-Sefton

Finally

So I've had the idea for this blog since sometime around the day Leah was born. I thought it would be a neat way to chronicle my experiences raising a daughter while at the same time providing friends and family a way to follow her growth and development.

I finally had an excuse to actually start the project today and you will see the reason in the post below. I hope to keep up with this and post at least once a week so you all will have to bookmark the page and check back regularly.

I hope you enjoy it.

-Sefton

Leah has a new trick

Leah has been working on this new move for a while now, but she finally figured it out today. I guess it's the first step towards taking her first step…so to speak.

I hope you enjoy watching!

-Sefton