Ellie’s first birthday and celebrations were filled with fun and laughter!  Her birthday was a crazy busy day starting with a speech lesson for Zoe at 8:20.  Elle and I spent the half hour relaxing in Starbucks.  After a quick morning snooze my mom came out and we went to a local gymnastic club for […]

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January 7th, 2008.  A fabulous day.  Zoe and I went to Starbucks.  We split a muffin, she had ice water, and I had a fun coffee drink.  It was a pretty warm day.  We walked around downtown LaGrange and made our way to Y and Z Kids.  It was just the two of us.  I […]

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It’s 100% official!  Ellie is a walker!  She now actually prefers walking over crawling and moves in a vertical position at least half the  time.  I guess this is a good thing, but it kind of makes me sad.  I know that over the next few days and weeks the crawling will continue to decline.  […]

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We didn’t really have exciting plans for New Year’s Eve.  Let me restate that.  We didn’t have exciting plans for New Year’s Eve.  Just put the girls down and order in from a nice Italian place. Ellie had another idea. Late, late Tuesday night, she came down with a fever.  We gave her Tylenol and […]

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Zoe is at a great age for the magic and mystery of Santa.  Throughout the entire season we talked about how he was going to visit while she was sleeping and she needed to be a good girl to make him happy and where he lived and everything about him.  We made a visit with […]

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Ellie recently had her one year check up and all is great with our almost-not-a-baby-anymore.  She’s reached all the necessary milestones and is thriving in nearly every aspect.  NEARLY every aspect.  There’s the whole teeth issue.  In spite of her grand ability to eat everything in sight, she has yet to get a tooth.  Fortunately, […]

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