Ellie began signing and saying ‘outside’ this week. Every day the ‘outside’ becomes clearer and better (in the beginning I could only get it because she was also signing it [badly, it’s a hard sign, but a poorly signed sign and a poorly pronounced word together create understanding). It’s an important word for her because […]
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Monthly Archives: June 2011Had a really rough night with Ellie so I had a 5 hour energy this morning on an empty stomach and without thinking carried on to have my normal cup of tea. 5 hour energy + tea + empty stomach = no good apparently. I feel like I’m going to throw up, pass out, die […] Hi kitty. Ellie’s first true two word phrase. Last week in Seattle. The next day she added ‘hi mommy’ to her vocabulary, but the kitties got it first. Damn cats. She adored them. Ellie, if you catch a star you get to make a wish. Like ‘I want to marry a baby just like Ellie.’ Will, in a reverent whisper to Ellie. He has been saying a lot that he HAS to marry Ellie when he grows up, because he doesn’t want to marry a stranger.  The kids and I are back from 15 days in Seattle, and settling back into our summer routine. I’m not working very much this summer, and trying to compensate for that by doing lots of Good Mommy things like walks and tea parties and craft projects and picnics in the backyard. Here are some random […]  It made my dad worry that he was on some sort of Make a Wish tour, but my sister and I asked if we could get our boxes of childhood stuff down from above the garage, sort through them, and take most of it home. I was in search of my American Girl doll, since […] |
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