Posts from — December 2007

And as it’s nearly Jan 1 of 2008, we wish you all a wonderful New Year. Me, in addition to hoping for a little heart-filling action in the beginning of the new year, am also looking forward to watching my little boy grow, stumbling our way through the first year of parenthood with his lovely mother, and generally (as in most every year) trying to figure out what the hell we’re all supposed to be doing here. oh, and hopefully celebrating the election of a democratic president, no?

Archer says Happy New Year!
(I’m translating roughly from “ngee oo guh!”)

I’ll also say, and surely not for the last time, that for as difficult as these past few months have been, the rewards Amy and I have received not only from simply having our son but from so many people around us has restored and renewed a lot of our faith in humanity. We’ve probably never felt closer to family and friends — old and new, close and far away — than what we’ve experienced since Archer came home with us. And what better note could I ask for to start a new year?

*a special note for “santa’s elves” and their lovely, over-the-top, though much appreciated gift that made amy cry and made me realize, though I knew it already, that we have some of the best friends we could ask for looking out for us and our little boy: I hope that I am able in some small way to let you know that we would do the same for you in a heartbeat and will do so in future if the need ever arises. And if only you weren’t so anonymous in your giving, right this minute you’d be looking forward to some fat wet kisses (mostly from the dog) and repayment for life in the form of puerco pibil and biscuits and gravy.