Author: Emily

15 May

We Are Safe

Since the devastating earthquake in Sichuan Province, many of our friends have written to make sure that we are safe. Thank you for your concern, and please be assured that we are all fine. The earthquake was far to the west and we live on the eastern coast of China.
Our thoughts [...]

11 May

A Mother’s Proclamation

Today is Mothers’ Day, my first as an actual mom. Last year I was pregnant on Mothers’ Day, which doesn’t really count.
An astonishing number of my friends have had babies in the past year. Ladies, you know who you are, and I hope you are enjoying this special day with your little baby [...]

17 Mar

Artemis at Eight Months

Artemis started crawling over the weekend. It didn’t happen all at once, of course. She has been working up to crawling over the last couple of weeks. She would get up on her hands and knees and then try to lean forward. Then she learned to make little hops. Then [...]

11 Mar

All right, Mr. Rogge, I’m ready for my close-up

Last week we took a weekend trip to Beijing. Artemis spent her first night in a hotel, which did not go as well as we had hoped. We had a standard room, as a opposed to a suite, with a crib set up in the corner. Artemis had to go to sleep [...]