These are some rough stages both the girls are at.  Examples: 1.  My mom and I were are lunch today with the girls.  Zoe’s milk carton manages to open up and leak everywhere, including down the entire front of her dress.  This caused her to start screaming and crying extremely loud.  And then she cried […]

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I love the stages both girls are at.  Examples: 1.  Ellie is all about giving hugs.  As soon as she’s picked up she immediately throws her arms out, ready to embrace.  It sure seems like she’s screaming in her head, “Hug!!!!!!  Hug!!!!!!!!!!  Hug!!!!!!!!”  She then wraps her body around my neck and cuddles for a […]

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Up until last week, my sweet Ellie needed to be rocked and soothed and ever so gently coerced to sleep.  Usually the process would last less than a half hour, but occasionally we’d spend the better half of our evening attempting to get Elle to sleep.  It was rough.  So we decided the time has […]

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We started the day at the Brookfield parade. [singlepic=9029,350,250] [singlepic=9025,350,250] [singlepic=9031,350,250] We then headed out to my parents’ for a little Fourth of July BBQ. [singlepic=9040,350,250] [singlepic=9044,350,250] That evening Zak, Zoe and I went to the Batavia fireworks. [singlepic=9050,350,250] [singlepic=9059,350,250] (Our camera has a firework setting and this is the kind of picture it took. […]

Read More Fourth of July (a little late)

Zak was gone at a class all week long and life around here was a bit crazy (but a lot of fun). Zoe must have thought that I was really close to losing my mind. Each time I went to the bathroom, Zoe shouted (extremely loudly) the following commands to me from another room: 1. […]

Read More Helpful Zoe

M:  What do you want for breakfast?  Toast or a pancake? Z:  Pancake.  With syrup. M:  Cheerios with blueberries? Z: Yes.  (pause)  AND LETTUCE!!! M:  Lettuce?  Like a salad? Z:  No, just lettuce!!  I want lettuce! M:  Umm…ok. Z:  Milk.  Milk too.  I want cheerios, milk, pancake, syrup, and lettuce.

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We had a fabulous Fourth of July weekend.  I’ll tell you all about it when we get the pictures posted, but here’s a quick story. After the Brookfield parade, we stopped home to pack up the car for a weekend getaway at my parents.  We told Zoe she could pick any two toys to bring […]

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If you’ve followed Zoe’s thumb sucking situation, you know that Zoe is determined and self motivated. Well, Zoe’s had a hard time falling asleep for quite a while now and Zak and I would go into her room countless times, trying to get her to relax.  We realized that Zoe was using us to put […]

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