ajmatt blog http://ajmatt.com/blog the lives of allegra, matt, and eva Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:44:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Spring vacation in February A week and a half ago, Eva and I bid farewell to the five foot pile of snow in our front yard and headed West for a balmy vacation in Seattle. Matt flew out and met us a few days later.

The Pacific Northwest is having the warmest winter on record, which sounded more appealing than [...]]]> http://ajmatt.com/blog/2010/03/07/spring-vacation-in-february/ Read this: Dispatches from Haiti Did you know there are Christmas decorations hanging above the ruined streets of Haiti? That is what I learned this morning while reading the most recent entry from my friend and colleague Cindy’s blog, Dispatches from Haiti.

Cindy is in Haiti for four weeks working as a communications officer for a not-for-profit called HelpAge. She [...]]]> http://ajmatt.com/blog/2010/02/25/read-this-dispatches-from-haiti/ Snowbound for five days After our second historic winter storm you would think we would get a break. And we did – for one day.

Yesterday a blizzard dropped 10 inches of new snow. A storm that I agree actually was a blizzard, and I’m picky – I’ve read The Long Winter multiple times and have a literary sense [...]]]> http://ajmatt.com/blog/2010/02/11/snowbound-for-five-days/ Aftermath It is a clear sunny day and I am still Blackberry blogging. We don’t have a yard stick, but I would guess we have the same amount of snow as Reagan National airport – 18 inches.

I know that doesn’t sound like a lot, but this was actually the fourth largest storm recorded in DC, and [...]]]> http://ajmatt.com/blog/2010/02/07/aftermath/ Snowpocalypse’s revenge: Snowmageddon We’re at the tail end of a record breaking snowstorm. It has been snowing for almost 30 hours, and we have at least 18 inches of snow.

Wait, you might ask, didn’t you already blog about this? Good question! This is the second snowstorm this winter to make the top ten list for storm accumulation. We’ve [...]]]> http://ajmatt.com/blog/2010/02/06/snopocalypses-revenge/ More clapping Eight months is an exciting age. We’re finally getting to milestones that are concrete – not as much wondering, “Is that a laugh or a cough? She can sit! No wait… she can’t. Is it a new tooth or a cold?” Finally Eva has coordination with some intelligence behind it, and we’re starting to see [...]]]> http://ajmatt.com/blog/2010/02/01/more-clapping/ Happy Holidays from the Captain

February is not far away and I find I am unable to write a traditional Christmas post. Perhaps it’s because we have a paltry 207 pictures chronicling Eva’s first Christmas. I might be a little overwhelmed.

Instead, I present one tiny theme from our Christmas week. I give you… Captain Eva!*

It all started with an innocent [...]]]> http://ajmatt.com/blog/2010/01/13/happy-holidays-from-the-captain/ Record breaking snow weekend Over the weekend the D.C. area was hit by biggest snowstorm we’ve had in years. And in December – it’s virtually unheard of! It started snowing last Friday night and continued steadily through Saturday evening for a total of more than 16 inches in 24 hours. We live close to the city, which means we [...]]]> http://ajmatt.com/blog/2009/12/21/record-breaking-snow-weekend/ A techie snow day We’re housebound by a foot and a half of snow, so I spent my Saturday giving our blog a much needed upgrade. It hasn’t had one since we started it almost three years ago – and now that I help other people build their websites, it seems like mine should look more modern.

We picked a [...]]]> http://ajmatt.com/blog/2009/12/20/a-techie-snow-day/ Thanksgiving in Seattle We flew to Seattle on Thanksgiving morning – it was wonderful to have a relatively quiet airport experience and fly on a half full plane. If you look at our pictures, it looks like all we did that weekend was bathe and feed a baby… well, maybe that’s kind of accurate.

There were so many [...]]]> http://ajmatt.com/blog/2009/12/12/thanksgiving-in-seattle/