we have moved

Some of you may already know this, but for those who don't: we have moved to PA. Ryan is starting at St Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary in a couple of weeks. We have also created a new blog that you may want to check for updates on our new adventure. It can be found at http://birchpost.wordpress.com/. There may still be occasional updates to this blog, but it is likely that the new one will be more active for a little bit.

gregory at almost 25 months old

Weight: 24 lbs 7.5 oz
Height: 2' 8.75"

Ephrem playing soccer

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gregory at 18 mo

Weight: 23 lbs 13 oz
Height: 30.95 inches

gregory at 15 mo

Height: 30.71" (78 cm)
Weight: 23 lb 9.4 oz (10.7 kg)

gregory's first year pictures

1 month

2 months


3 months

4 months

5 months

6 months

7 months

8 months

9 months

10 months

11 months

gregory is one!

 

on kings

Elijah's heard quite a few fairytales about kings.  He also would really like to be a prince, and for that reason likes to pretend that his parents are a king and a queen, especially since his dad's name means "little king."  The following conversation will make more sense in this context.

Elijah: If you are in a country where there is a king and you don't obey the king, do they kill you like they used to, or do they now just punish you?
Daddy: Depends on the king.
Mommy: In some countries there's a king but you don't have to do anything he tells you.
Daddy: That's true.
Elijah (after a pause): Daddy is that kind of a king...