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Lia says, “Go Sens Go!”

Yesterday ranks up there with our wedding as one of the best, happiest days of my life. If my memory were a camera, here are the photos I would show you: My radiant daughter in her handknit christening dress, sitting in Shawn’s lap in the pew (with many thanks to E and N for loaning […]

One of the exciting things about parenting Lia is watching her make strides in her development. In part because of her great foster care, she was on-track in her verbal and small motor development, but she was also somewhat delayed in her gross motor skills. When we first received her, she could not sit up […]

Everyone who knows our cat asks how Samantha and Lia are getting along. In a word, fine. At least until Lia begins to walk. At first, Sam was so happy to have us back that she tolerated Lia’s presence, skirting around her outstretched arms and disappearing during any crying spells. Now, I dare say, she […]

This week we were treated to a visit from my brother Kevin and his wife Jacquie and their three wonderfully precocious children, Brendan, Lauren and Nicole. Unfortunately for the kids, the canal was more suitable for swimming than skating, but we enjoyed ourselves by walking to the Market (Beavertails!) and visiting the newly re-opened Museum […]