Dear Zevry,
Today is your first Christmas and I thought I would take a moment to tell you how much it means to me to spend this day with you and your Daddy. Your Auntie Kathleen, Uncle Ryan, Grandma Jo, Grandpa John, and Daddy are all in the other room, we just talked to Nana and Grandpa David, Auntie Kristin, Great Uncle Jim, and tried to get in touch with Grandpa Jim and Grandma Betty, and Auntie Heather, and I sneaked away to write you a letter.
There really are no words …

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Zevry started eating some basic food yesterday. His weight gain continues to be slow, so the health visitor recommended we supplement his feeds with one formula feed a day, but I did a little research and found it would be better to start him on this banana/rice puree stuff. It doesn’t taste too bad, but it certainly wouldn’t make my top ten.
Michael asked if he could be the one to give him his feeds, since he is just getting the one batch per day, and I welcomed, nay relished in …

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Being an international jet setter, Zev insisted on visiting 2 continents during his winter holiday. We got home from the US on Tuesday, had a nice long sleep and woke up bright and early to catch our train to Scotland. As usual, Zevry was a champion traveler, and was generally really good on both 5 hour train rides.
As you get close to Scotland, the scenery from the train is spectacular – lots of farms and rolling hills which give way to cliffs and an amazing view of the North Sea. …

When we arrived in London from Phoenix, we had to go through Border Control, where they check your passport and make sure you are a valid visa holder. I am the visa holder for our family, and Michael has a sticker that shows he is my “visa dependent.” Apparently, Zev needs one of these stickers, too, because when we got to Border Control they wouldn’t admit him to the country! We had to sit in a special area for awhile while they got the supervisors involved, as they needed to …

2 weeks ago we got on a plane and took Zev to Phoenix to meet his Arizona friends and relatives and visit his house. In a nutshell, the trip was great! Zev was just amazing on both plane rides – he slept 90% of the way, and when he was awake, he was either laughing, smiling, or staring at his fellow passengers, much to their delight. Of course he whined once or twice, but it lasted less than a minute and was easily solved (as usual) with a boob in …