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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We all have irrational fears.  Zak is absolutely terrified of falling down the sidewalk grate in the city and will go way out of his way, bumping into countless people to avoid putting a foot on the metal grate.  I worry about running out of mousse and make my dad purchase it by the case […]

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I finally got around to getting the holiday cards in the mail this morning and included this blog address on the back of the photos.  Hence, I imagine we’ll be getting a few more visitors than usual over the next week.  So, let’s talk about passing gas! 1.  My mom and I were have a […]

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1.  Zoe:  I want THAT over there.  (THAT was Ellie.) 2.  Zak:  YAY!  GO ELLIE!  YAY!  LOOK AT ELLIE!  YAYYYY!!!  (Ellie had just taken a few steps.) 3.  Zak: Is Ellie’s swimsuit in your bag? Me:  No. Zak:  Well.  Then.  It looks like I forgot to pack her suit.  I guess she’s going commando. 4.  […]

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About three weeks ago we noticed that Zoe was going potty a lot.  At least a bit more frequently than normal.  As the days passed she started going a lot more frequently.  At least once a half hour. She said she felt fine and was in no pain.  She hadn’t been drinking more liquids than […]

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Over the past few days and weeks Ellie has learned a whole array of new tricks. She now waves like mad.  At everyone of any interest to her.   And it is just so darn cute.  It’s quite likely is the most enthused dramatic wave one has ever witnessed.  It’s up and down, side to side, […]

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