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It’s a boy!

February 21 st

As usual, there was much curiosity about whether we’d bring home a Mini Minal or Mini Ben come summertime.

Last week, we got our answer: It’s a boy.

Despite my desire to wait until delivery to find out the sex of our baby, I knew Ben wanted to know beforehand. And when confronted with the opportunity to find out, I caved to temptation.

Now I’m dying to know which physical features he’s grabbed from each of us and what his personality will be like. One surprise may be out of the way, but there are so many more in store.

Halloween 2009

November 1 st

We were armed with about $50 worth of Halloween candy — yes, overzealous indeed — but had the chance to treat only three trick-or-treaters from our neighborhood. It was so disappointing.

Two hours passed with us idling around, snacking on Snickers bars, waiting for something to happen. But, no dice. Just when we thought our Halloween was a bust…

Lewis
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Music to My Ears

October 25 th

For the past couple weeks, I’ve been trying to teach my 1-year-old nephew Ian to say my name. It’s admittedly not the easiest to say, like “Ben” (who is known in the family as Uncle Bunny), but because of its uniqueness, I’d like to think mine is a fun name for kids to pronounce.

This past Friday, my sister-in-law, Marilyn, e-mailed me a surprise. Have a listen.

Ian and Marilyn