Month: May 2008

Pottery Barn

Zoe was just talking to herself, not realizing I was listening in on her conversation with her doll, Emma. Here’s what I caught: I like Pottery Barn. I love Pottery Barn. I want shop Pottery Barn. Wow, Pottery Barn. Nice stuff, Pottery Barn. Zak is not going to appreciate this, but I think she has […]

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Pedicure

Last Wednesday was a rainy day so I decided it was about time to paint her toes for the first time. I explained what we were going to do and that we had to wait until Ellie took her morning nap. I knew I couldn’t deal with a crying baby and a toddler who couldn’t […]

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4 Month Appointment

Ellie’s doctor’s appointment last week went great!  She’s 25.5 inches long (90th percentile) and 15 pounds, 12.5 ounces (95th percentile).  Also, her head circumference is 40 centimeters.  We got the go ahead to start rice cereal, but we’re in no hurry and will probably wait until she’s closer to six months.  She screamed and screamed […]

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Garage Sales

There are two things I just don’t do. I don’t do nature. And I don’t do garage sales. Neither is up my alley at all. That being said, here’s a whole post about garage saleing. We spent Friday night at my parents and it happened to be Mill Creek garage sale weekend. Zak was simply […]

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Mother’s Day

A really, fun day was had by this mama! Zak and Zoe made fabulous French toast with orange infused syrup and bacon. [singlepic=7846,350,250] After breakfast we headed out in the pouring rain to the Garfield Park Conservatory. [singlepic=7854,350,250] [singlepic=7889,350,250] [singlepic=7891,350,250] [singlepic=7868,350,250] [singlepic=7896,350,250] [singlepic=7862,350,250] [singlepic=7877,350,250] We then went to Margie’s Candies in Bucktown for lunch and […]

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