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We’ve had a lovely visit with my family, which has included lots of snow, food, and chocolate.
We took family portraits.

We built an impromptu snowman after taking family portraits. (Photo evidence might suggest “we” actually means Matt and Austin built the snowman.)

My mom and I attended a joint baby shower, at which we blind tasted baby [...]

Over the last couple of days of our relaxing holiday here in snowy Kirkland, we have successfully migrated our entire photo album to our new zenphoto engine at http://ajmatt.com/pictures. We also adjusted all the 2008 blog entries to reflect the change, but posts previous to that will stay broken. There are just too [...]

Despite the incredible, unheard of week of snow in the Seattle area (it’s still coming down!), Matt and I managed to make it into town in Christmas Eve, and our plane even landed early. We were lucky, because here’s what the world looked like the next morning:

We had a wonderful Christmas, indoors and out. The [...]

Podling. Billy Mac. Anabelle. Cletus the Fetus. Lil’ Hart. Alien baby. Bean.
Since saying “it” never sounded right, our baby has been referred to by some creative names over the last three months. But as of last Monday we have something new to call her.
Her. Did you catch that? We’re having a girl!
Every time Matt and [...]

It’s been a busy latter half of the year, as many of you can probably tell by my almost complete lack of posting on our blog. I thought it might be wise to post an update before I go back to my draft posts from January and March and try to actually get them [...]

… and it looks like we’re going to meet our guest blogger in early May!

We’ve had a beautiful fall here in the D.C. area. While it usually seems like leaves are red one day and gone the next, the fall colors have stayed at their peak for weeks.
Earlier this month, I dragged Matt out of the house, forcing him to take a break from his midterms and get some [...]

I’ve been blog tagged for the first time. Seven interesting things about myself? That’s a daunting task. I’ll start with my party-game standard.
1. I grew up without a TV, which means I have a pop culture gap that spans the 1980’s and 1990’s. I started paying attention to pop culture around 2003, and now have [...]

When the news is to depressing to bear, where does one turn? To the past, naturally. While surveying my LibraryThing account, I noticed I’ve recently toured: the plague years, frontier life, and the Great Depression. For free entertainment that will lift your spirits, head to your local library and pick up:
Company of Liars by Karen [...]

Yesterday I did one of those things that residents of the D.C. metro area never do: I went to a free local event. And kicked myself yet again, because it takes 30 minutes to get from my front door to the National Mall. 30 minutes! That includes driving to the metro, parking for free (all [...]