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Celebrating our daycare transition

Dominic started at the new daycare this week. We celebrated. Nathan and I spent much of the previous weekend contemplating the opportunity to enroll Dom in this new daycare. As mentioned, we had been on the waiting list for about two years. It was a comparison of two good things: his current daycare and this …

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Today: accomplished

It was a long day at work: one day, but it felt like an entire week. Let's just say an English degree doesn't really help with software design. The neurons in my brain hurt. But... Several people on my project team took a lunch time walk up to the cemetery in Research Park. We actually …

Celebrating Christmas (Part 1)

Christmas. We did a lot. We took a lot of pictures. We saw lots of family. We took even more pictures. There is a lot to say and a lot to share. Prepare yourself. Let the Christmas 2013 Blog begin: A few nights before Christmas, we had some cousins over to celebrate with Dominic before …

Halloweeeeeeeeen (and some random other pics tagging along for the blog post ride)

Dom's first Halloween. Epic. Daycare called me on Halloween to pick him up early. The culprit: a rash. Poor guy can't get a break. He was still in good spirits, though, despite the skin irritations, and we continued on with our celebrations. He briefly donned a C3PO costume, but his bat costume really stole the …

A Visit With Auntie N

Yesterday evening, Nathan was at class until a little after 9:00 p.m. so Dominic and I were on our own. We went on an outing together. We went to visit Aunt Natalie, our Auntie N. The problem, though, was that she wasn’t really there. When we first arrived, a friend of hers was just inside …

Laboring for Labor Day

We’ve been doing some work on the condo, but I’m saving that for a later post. Due to this, we spent a lot of time working on that over Labor Day weekend. I even have pictures… for later. So despite my title, which I could change, but I just don’t feel like it, I’m going …

Surviving His First Campbell Family Vacation

Ah, yes, Flaco. What a loyal horse he was, standing so still for our little family picture. We set the camera up on the stroller, saddled Dom up on Flaco and said cheese. Turns out, when there isn't anybody behind the camera making goofy noises or doing jumping jacks, Dom tends to look elsewhere. He …

Sitting, Smiling, Bathing, Tubbing. Birds, Pogi, and Plenty of Fun!

With the Independence Day holiday this last Thursday, I took advantage and made it into an extra-specially long weekend by taking Friday off from work. It was the best! On the 4th, Nathan was blessed with lots of homework so Dom and I left him at home with Pogi’s help while we went to the …

Dog Days of Summer: A Few Thoughts

Tomorrow, July 3rd, marks the beginning of the “Dog Days of Summer.” Who here can actually tell me the origins of that phrase? I like it because it paints a picture in my head of a big dog, exhausted and hot from the sun, collapsing into a kiddie swimming pool filled with chilly hose water. …