Raise your hand if you knew that you saw the pediatrician at 15 months for a well baby check. My hand would not have been raised for that one. So we saw her at almost 17 months for a hybrid 15/18 month check (I’m not-so-secretly thrilled to have skipped out on a well baby check—I […]
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Category Archives: UncategorizedEllie is squirming on my lap trying to get to the mouse. All arms and legs and twisting and irritating. Me: Excuse me, Miss. Can I help you with something? Ellie, stops wiggling, looks and me and says: Yeah. 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 […] Had 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. |
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