Evelyn and Olivia are actually eight months, two weeks. Mom fail. I have now been in Phoenix for just under two weeks though, so I have been a bit preoccupied… Eight months and we are mobile! Army crawling and scooting all over the place. Evie has been sitting for quite awhile and Olivia has just recently joined her. Seeing them sit on their own is kind of a surreal experience, especially when I walk into the bedroom and see them …

I have been home from work for the past three days.  I caught a terrible stomach bug.  A stomach virus with nearly no stomach is about as painful as it sounds. True to form, I spent the first two days retching and trying to get over it and now I am bored out of my mind.  Today I did laundry, cleaned, watched several episodes of Bones, started a Pinterest board, went through my computer hard drive, shaved and showered, did …

When I met Rob I never hid the fact that I was a Christian.  We didn’t discuss it at length for several months for two reasons.  One, I was in a rocky place with my faith and didn’t really feel like sharing.  Two, I never wanted Rob to convert for me.  I never wanted his faith to be a byproduct of my faith.  Rob was raised quite secularly, in a manner that many American Christians find astonishing but is very …

If our to-do list before the move seemed insanely long, it is nothing compared to our current list. Settling back into American life seems to, so far, involve a lot of paperwork and waiting in lines. We made it through immigration fine. There was a snotty immigration officer that tried to inform us that our American wedding was illegal. You mean to tell me that our lawyer didn’t notice, the UK government didn’t notice, the Departments of State and Homeland …