Do’s and don’ts with babies: Welcome Juan Lorenzo!

Congratulations Chris & Mona!

Evangelista? Matteo?

Here are some instructions of what to do. Or not.

Link: Do’s and don’ts with babies :: Hilarious pics

Comments (1) Jan 27 2008

Mai Boi

So one of the constant debates of the Graus is what, or rather where to go. When. Why? How? There is overwhelming desire to have house ownage. or rather, mortgage, which leads to ownage. But the feasibility of that seems…. not all that feasible in the UK. but some of those little towns are sooooooooo cute. but the town we’re in now, the youth are mainly chavs, which in american means little punk-ass trouble-makers, so that means we double don’t want Bennet to be seeing these guys as influences, it’ll be tough enough getting him past the bad influence of me.

But I am in america this christmas, staying with my parents, now with a family of my own, and that’s really something I miss. In the UK, we’re pretty much out there on your own, even the people we do know in London, well they’re in London, and we live out in dirty ol Slough, which is still a train ride and then some away. But having family close by like this, this is something else, something irreplaceable. I just wanna say, it nice to be home for the holidays.

O yes. Ahem:
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!!

Comments (4) Dec 25 2007

Further Life with New Things

Right. Well we don’t have no internets, so you don’t get no blogs. But the shorts: everythings has somethings going on with it. We would’ve had internets by today, but the Virgins Medias cancelled our installations. Our previous landlord was a little unfriendly towards the end. Our current flat has a plethora of move-in issues that are unresolved, and I’m not sure that the landlord will resolve them. We’re working towards making it a livable home, as it was supposed to be when we moved in! Commute from the new place is a little more sucky-ducky. Shopping is not next door as it was in Ealing.
The baby… is a baby, doing the things babies do. what a sweet little baby. He started off only crying, but now he makes little sounds, sqeaks, grunts, snores, and of course the full out wail.
Now I’m back to work, yay!

Comments (2) Sep 25 2007

Welcome, Bennet Alexander Grau!

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You were a bit early, guy, and then took your own sweet time to finish the journey out, but you seemed pleased enough to be here– we’re glad to have you! I’ve never felt anything remotely as intensely as when I saw you pop out of mommy’s pootie and let go that first wail (probably first of many) and I know we’re gonna have some great adventures together!

10th September 2007, 5:18pm
53cm (20.8 inches)
2.94kg (6.4 lbs)

Comments (10) Sep 11 2007

Introducing… Fluffy!

This..! This is an overdue post by about 2 weeks, the ultrasound image of the fruit of my loins, our little gender-to-be-determined-later bundle of joy: Fluffy. May 19th, we gonna find out the yin-yang in the crotchial region, and then Fluffy gets a better name. If we can find one. Milena’s all looking at names like Mo’eshuiqua, and I’m like, ‘Bob.’ Actually I’m gunning for Maximillian Alexander, a name for an emperor.

Comments (8) Apr 23 2007