Sorry for the out-of-order post, but here are photos from Oona’s visit to Belmar the weekend before last, when she got to meet the Belmar relatives for the first time. She’s already a proud Belmartian.

Here’s Juliette with a ‘Wolf Eyes’ dogwood we planted in Wynnewood. Around here, it’s better known as “Baby Tree,” but in [...]

Today Oona is five weeks old — such a big girl already, and getting close to smiling. Here are pictures documenting her first visits to restaurants, Pizza Rustica in West Philly and Ruby’s Diner in Suburban Square.

Juliette’s dress is from Aunt Mary, and Oona’s pants are from Kathleen, who originally gave them to Juliette.

Baby in [...]

It wasn’t quite the Fourth of July, but this past Saturday in Wynnewood Valley Park was a nice outing for Jeff, Juliette, Oona, and me.

Juliette found a blue ribbon tied to the swing set — it made her day.

Jeff figured out how to put Oona in the Baby Bjorn, which made his day.

Juliette and I [...]

Yesterday Oona’s belly button stump fell off, meaning 1) Jeff can now change her diaper without cringing at the sight of the dried-up umbilical cord and 2) she got to have her first big baby girl bath. In the pictures, she seems to be enjoying herself, but that’s just proof that photos can be deceiving. Juliette used to hate [...]

Our crazy little pooch turned 7 today. 6 years ago he was found roaming the streets of Philly and the fine folks at the Morris Animal Refuge took him in and cleaned him up. We knew he had some issues when we got him, and that’s probably why we took him in. “Issue” dogs need [...]