Ani's Dream

In another phone conversation I recently had with Anneke, she told me of this terrible dream that she had where she and I were at the coffee shop by  her house. All of a sudden, two guys tried to catch her! I was shocked and asked if I ran to save her. She said that I couldn't, however, because I was at the other side of the coffee shop buying a bagel! 

Does that mean something? I wish I could have saved her...

Ani on the phone

Now that I live far away from my family, my form of communication with Ani is snail mail with pictures, skype, and phone. I was talking to her the other day on the phone and said, "I'm glad you didn't forget about me, Ani" and without missing a beat she said "clea, I would nevah fo-get about you". 

that warmed my little heart.

Jonah's First Words

He's been saying "Mama" and "Dada" for a while now, but in the last couple of weeks, he has said "Mo" for more, I assume, "Nana" and just today: "Pop" which sounds a lot like Bop. He's almost 20 months.