Christmas Day 2010. 9:00 PM and two out of three kids are still crying trying to get themselves to sleep. Seems natural enough I guess – it was an exciting and full day with presents from morning till night, large meals that were largely ignored for the candy canes and chocolates that seem to be [...]
November 13, 2010
Max’s first steps.
Untitled from David Bowik on Vimeo.
Max’s first birthday – Oct 20, 2010
Max turned one! Max’s birthday was fun for everyone. He got a very special birthday present from the kids Mom! Mommy came and celebrated with grandparents, cousins, aunt Lisa, uncle Bob and godmother Kathy. Mommy brought gifts for the kids – light saber like things that the kids [...]
Sept 20, 2010
The end of September meant that our awesome au pair, Matthias (Matthew), has been with us for a whole year and would have to go home soon. A week before he left, Nicolas arrived to take his place. It was very hard to say goodbye to Matthew. He was part of our family [...]
August 14th and 15th were a big weekend for Max. We spent the weekend in Fair Play with Nana and Poppy and boy did he change! After 9 1/2 months he still had no teeth, and he still didn’t crawl. He would sit happily for a very long time playing with whatever was in reach. [...]
Evan turned three on Sunday. We planned a different sort of celebration for him this year. We noticed at Sophie’s 2nd birthday party that Evan didn’t seem entirely thrilled with a large group of kids in the house, and lately when we are in large groups of people he will tell us he would prefer [...]
On Monday, May 24th, Max became part of our family forever. His adoption day was very similar to Evan’s and Sophie’s. Early morning at the court house with our attorney (and now friend who we have been in constant contact with for 4 years!) Susan Romer, and our parents and family. It has become tradition [...]
happened in May…
Pictures from a couple of different weekends in Fair Play.
Lot’s of things going on every day! Trying to find time to document everything new that happens (a new word, a cute phrase, a haircut) is always a challenge. Even remembering to take pictures sometimes doesn’t happen. Here is a random sampling pictures from the last few weeks that captures a few of the goings [...]