A child's eye view

Levynn took that photo - of a cup on her placemat, with our realtor in the background - with a neat gift from our friend John. He's a toy man at VTech, and he gave her the company's kids' camera, the Kidizoom, a couple months ago. It's predictably low-tech but does the job just fine for her.

She breaks it out now and then to snap some shots, and Dad decided to finally download them to the computer today. He stumbled upon the below photos, which Levynn took during our life-changing drive from Louisville to Chicago on the first weekend of December. Pretty cool!

Don't worry, these won't be the last you see.

We're still here!

We've been experiencing some frustrating Internet problems since we moved into our new apartment (Comcast is horrible!), but we seem to be back online for the long haul now. So we'll update this baby (with a bunch of goodies) very soon.

Our snow angel

Looking through our 31st-floor windows today, we thought the snow would accumulate fast as it came down hard for hours. But it was a little too warm for that, apparently. Nonetheless, Dad and Levynn bundled into winter gear new (his boots, her snowsuit and hat and mittens) and old and walked to the park to play in the snow.

Lev made a snow angel.




We built a small snowman together.



And we threw snowballs at each other.




Oh, and isn't she beautiful?

Somebody's watching me

Big city girl

Mom and Levynn left our downtown high-rise at 7 a.m. today to meet the movers at our new apartment on the North Side, where we'll be living next week. Dad and Lincoln joined them at the apartment after the movers finished early in the afternoon, and we all drove back downtown. We then headed to Navy Pier to eat dinner and take advantage of a free evening at the Chicago Children's Museum.

At the end of the day (which was a long one for the girls), we realized that, along the way, Levynn had traveled by cab, by train, by bus, by foot, by car, by stroller and by trolley.

She's probably a little small for a Segway, and the horse-drawn carriages are pretty expensive here. But those are about all she didn't use in her travels today. Wow.

We're not in Louisville anymore, Toto.

Christmas, Part II

Merry Christmas to the few we were lucky to see and to the many we wish we could have seen at this crazy time in our lives.

Christmas, Part I

We were happy to welcome Gram, Papa and Uncle Dan to our temporary home above the Windy City for an early Christmas celebration.


Lincoln experiences wrapping paper...

"What's this, Dan?"

"Oh, slippers! I love these slippers!"


Yes, we're geeks - or at least Dad is a geek. But this is one gadget that a lot of us, not just Dad, should be able to enjoy.


That's actually the back of a photo of newlywed Aunt Rachel, but the words hold meaning for all brothers. Remember that, little man.

Who needs batteries?

A prime example of simple playthings that don't light up or make siren noises. Perhaps just a variety of laundry baskets for Christmas?

The view from the sky

Don't blink

... or you'll miss the moment. Lincoln can actually hold it a little while longer than this now, but watching him lurch forward is (sorry) more entertaining than watching him just sit!

PS: doesn't he look like a little frog in that outfit, sitting there?