We’re on two wheels, baby!

Back in New Orleans we’re finally able to return to our primary mode of transportation: the bicycle.  Ah, but how to get Mose on a bike?  We looked online at a bunch of different child seats and finally decided on the iBert, a front-mounted green plastic contraption.  As it turns out most bicycle accidents with [...]

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The long and winding road

After five and a half months in Cambridge, Massachusetts, we packed up our car–us, two dogs, a cat and Mose–and headed south.  New Orleans was our destination, but we took a leisurely trip with stops along the way to see family and friends.

The major stops were in Princeton, NJ (B), Charlottesville, VA (C), Pinehurst, NC [...]

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Only in New Orleans

Not so much about Mose as it is about the city we’ve chosen to raise him in (although also “only in New Orleans”: we could take him to this!):
From the New Orleans Times-Picayune religion section: “Speak to address racial harmony: Walter Bonham of the Archdiocese of New Orleans’ of ice of religious education and a [...]

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Mose 2.0

We hit a huge milestone a couple of weeks ago: Mose took his first steps.  A little wobbly, yes, but unassisted.  We captured the event on video at my Grandma Helanie and Grandpa Lew’s house–something I imagine they’ll be able to lord over the other grandparents for some time to come.

Mose’s early walking efforts also [...]

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First Mother’s Day

It was some time ago now–getting ready to leave Cambridge, the drive back to New Orleans and getting ourselves settled here ago all conspired to derail the blog for a while–but we did celebrate Edie’s first Mother’s Day with a day out that would have made Anna Jarvis proud.  We took a a great little [...]

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