Before Arctic Blast 2008, I was well on my way to being excited about Christmas for the first time in YEARS. I don’t know if it was because of Signe or because we were going to my parents’ house for the holiday for the first time in a few years or what, but I was […]

These days, the only question I get more often than “Is she sleeping through the night?” is “How is Niles doing with the baby?” The truth is, Signe and Niles are just now starting to notice, and, it seems, like each other. They were pretty oblivious those first few weeks, but they seem to have […]

Red Velvet Whoopie Pies

One of the drawbacks of being on leave for three months is that my snack drawer at work is a barren wasteland of dusty teabags and baggies of Tylenol and multivitamins. So while I was out buying myself lunch today, I also bought a bag of Salt and Vinegar Soy Crisps. I’ve tried both the […]