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Ellie is really smiling, laughing, and babbling right now. She is successfully grabbing her toys and starting to put them in her mouth. She is rolling to her side, but hasn’t ever made it all the way over. She really wants to sit up! Many times, it looks like she’s doing crunches because she is seriously trying to pull …
Read more →I can’t believe Ellie is big enough for cereal! Or for teething! She’s growing and getting so big. We started Ellie on cereal last week, but I haven’t been very diligent about giving it to her every day. There are usually so many other things going on, cereal just doesn’t make the list. She seemed to take it fairly …
Read more →This little girl keeps me on my toes. She is learning so much these days that I’m often amazed. On our way home, we drive by a golf course and small lake. There are usually geese, ducks and squirrels around that we look for. She also looks for frogs, but I haven’t ever seen a frog there. A few weeks ago, we didn’t see …
Read more →Oh boy, what a day! We decided to brave the crowds and head over to Atlanta last weekend to the Georgia Aquarium. Samantha watched Finding Nemo on the ride over so she’d be ready to find all of her fishy friends. First, we toured the Tropical Diver with its coral reef exhibit. The colors were phenomenal! Samantha found …
Read more →Ellie went to the doctor last week for her 4 month check up. She is looking good! She’s up to 12 lbs 11 oz, which is about the 30th percentile. So, she’s still small, but definitely catching up. Previously, she was in the 10th percentile, so the doctor asked if we were doing anything differently. We’re not! He still …
Read more →I have found it. The perfect chocolate chip cookie recipe. And I have made (and tasted) MANY chocolate chip cookie recipes. This one rocks it out. This was originally posted on Erin Cobb’s blog (my internet friend – yes, I’m a blog-stalker) in March. I’m just getting around to giving it a go. I’m so glad I did. Yum. …
Read more →Last night on the way home from ballet, Samantha said “bucks and man.” Or at least, that’s what I thought she said. She said it several more times before I realized what she was saying. Turns out, she was saying “Books-a-Million.” We were driving by one of her favorite play places! She loves to go there to play with …
Read more →I got a letter in the mail today (well, technically, Brian got it, which still gets my goat*) from GM about a condition on some 2006 Pontiac G6 vehicles. The electric power steering goes out. My car has had that condition for several years now. I crank up the car, the car beeps for a few seconds, then a display on the …
Read more →Samantha has been so excited to start ballet class this fall. We have been talking about it for a few weeks since we registered. She got some ballet shoes and tap shoes at the dance store. We’ve tried on several leotards to make sure they fit. The first class was upon us. Samantha took a great nap after her rough …
Read more →After a rough day at the babysitter’s house, she told me that Samantha was exhausted and surely she’d take a good nap. Sam certainly looked it, so I hoped for the best. One thing after another, she didn’t go to sleep until 4PM. Normally, I don’t keep her in the bed that long, but each time I checked on her, she seemed …
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