Here’s a basic rundown of what’s gone down in the past month or so:
- We went to America. Saw Seattle and Bellingham in Washington, Portland and Corvallis in Oregon, Victoria in British Columbia (okay, so that’s Canada and not America), Denver (and surrounding cities) in Colorado, and Norfolk, VA. Nico fulfilled Christian’s goal for him to make it to ten countries before his first birthday.
- Nico started walking. This occurred the day after we arrived in America, at my mom’s house. My mom missed it as she was ordering Chinese food. At first Nico was pretty set on not repeating the performance, but over the past month, he’s gotten more and more comfortable and now lurches about like a drunken sailor.
- I turned 27. As was the case last year and the year before, I was sick for it. We did, however, eat some awesome Ethiopian food.
- My tv career began as my first episode aired. So far as I can tell, only Chinese people have seen it. Comments have run along the lines of, “You were drinking tea!”
- Negotiations have resumed over Nico’s lack of a sibling and rectifying that situation.
- Nico turned one with a giant birthday party, loads of presents, and three cakes.
- We became the proud owners of an espresso machine.
Now, unfortunately, in the latest of our photo woes, our camera seems to have forgotten how to communicate with all computers, leaving all evidence of these events stuck on said camera’s memory card. So images are hopefully forthcoming.