Dec 21, 2015 | Cora Marie, Family, Issa Brooke, Life in Mexico, Motherhood, Travel
Last night before we walked out of an empty basketball arena, we had an idea. Let’s get a picture of Issa crawling at half court, we said. It was a reference to a photo from 2012, when Cora was about the same age, and we were in a different basketball arena,...
Dec 14, 2015 | Issa Brooke, Motherhood
Dear Issa, Tomorrow you will be nine months old. You’ve been back and forth from San Antonio to Cancun two times over the past month, and were a trooper like always. You learned how to say “Mama”, “Dada”, wave goodbye, clap, and give...
Nov 23, 2015 | Cora Marie, Haute Tip, Issa Brooke, Motherhood, San Antonio
Whether you live in the area or not, the San Antonio Zoo has added a new attraction that will make you want to drive from near or far to take in the experience with your family. Cora, Issa, and I got a sneak peak of the freshly completed giraffe feeding pavilion that...
Nov 20, 2015 | Motherhood, Travel, Uncategorized
One of my favorite teachers in high school had a sign in her room with the famous Mark Twain quote: “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.” That has always stuck with me over the years, purely because I think it is so...
Nov 16, 2015 | Issa Brooke, Motherhood
Dear Issa, Yesterday you turned eight months old! You may as well be 15 already, because you are this close to walking and you learned how to give high fives last week! WOO! Granted, they are the slowest high fives in the world, but darn it they’re cute. ...
