TIMES NEW TAMER

We’ve fallen behind on our baby posting! On September 30th we came together for Myrella and Theodora’s entrance into the Church (traditionally done at or after 40 days) and for Dora’s Baptism. Up until that point they were both staying at home bonding and recovering. Prayers for their entrance into the church. Her Godparents Gabriela Continue reading

We made it! It’s pretty amazing to think that it’s only been a month with Theodora and that we have many, many more to come. It’s technically been a month and 3 days but we’re on baby standard time. She is getting better with naps! We are realizing that we have to really encourage them Continue reading

At the beginning of the month Theodora had her naming prayers. Father Gregory (the priest not Myrella’s Dad) came to perform the short service which solidified her connection to her patron saint, St. Theodora of Sihla (sheela), a Romanian saint from the 17th century. In the Orthodox Church each saint has at least one Troparion, Continue reading

Theodora has been keeping us on our toes in these late summer days. We’ve entered the period of “Purple Crying”. This is a term used by pediatricians, I didn’t make it up. The period begins at 2 weeks, peaks at 6-8 weeks and ends around 3-4 months. Babies are just extra unreasonable during this time. Continue reading

Myrella was coming up on 42 weeks when we went in for her check in on Wednesday (16th). We decided that it was time to induce her. Stanford is a great hospital with a few annoyances such as construction right below us from 6:30 to 2PM which prevented any rest during the day. That first Continue reading

Glory to God! On August 14th Myrella was received into the Orthodox Church via Chrismation on the Dormition Feast for The Theotokos (Virgin Mary). Myrella had been praying and planning on this decision for over a year and with the coming of our daughter the timing couldn’t have been better! Myrella took the name of Continue reading