Yearly Archives: 2008

Every day, when arriving at Sofiya's, the kids all greet us with a loud and happy "BABY WALKER!" and they run over, crowd around him and offer their favorite toys as if they are paying homage to the King. He's been called Baby Walker since they day he arrived. And it's important to point out

I've noticed the passing of time is very different since Walker joined our family. Time would be marked by the movies we saw, something that happened at work, or the books we published. But time chugged along at a fairly steady pace. But now, time speeds by and is jam-packed with a bunch of new

Dear Mommy. It's my first Mother's Day and I've spent the last few weeks reflecting on what it means to be a mom. It sounds so cliche to say that it's the hardest but most rewarding job but I suppose it's the most accurate way of describing what I feel. My life has changed so

I got many, many comments about last week's photo of Walker sleeping on his feet. Not having significant experience with babies, I didn't realize just how odd this behavior is. I wrongfully assumed that every baby fell asleep in various contortions. But given the incredulous reactions of friends and family, I now know Walker is

Walker turned double digits this past week. Yes, he's the big 10 months. What a big boy. And this big boy has started a new way of sleeping. He goes to bed and decides he's not quite ready to nod off. He sits up and plays until he can't keep his little eyes open. And

Walker is just starting to put together the moves necessary to crawl. He's getting on his hands and knees and teetering forward and back, forward and back. He's also started sitting up all on his own. He's been so close for so long. He reclines on his side like a decadent ancient Roman politician waiting

Habits can be easy to start (unless of course, it involves exercise or dieting) and so very difficult to break. We've been spending a lot of time with Walker trying to replace some habits with new ones and in the process, we've noticed some changes in our own habits. As for Walker, it's hard to

Walker has been outside as long as he was inside. He's growing up to be quite a nice boy. It's funny to think about the time before we knew him. And when I think about his personality now, I realize it is similar to how he was inside (just a bit more pronounced). During the

Walker loves his keyboard. And today, he played his keyboard like he has done so many times before. But today, yes today, he added clapping! Hooray! He clapped on his very own. I've been trying to teach him for so long. We've been playing patty cake and we clap when we make "all gone" with

Walker took Mommy and Daddy on a vacation to see Gigi in Boca Raton, Florida.     We had a wonderful time and Gigi went gaga over Walker. We arrived on Saturday night in Miami. Walker was amazing on the flight out. We received all the standard advice but the best thing someone told us