wordz

goggles RULE

the too-big-ultra-cute-dress from A. Caroline/sitter/buddy

methinks molars are acometh...

LOVES her skirts

I have to share this one--

E has said some new words in just the past coupla days!

for D--"book"

almost "morn" for morning

figuring out how boxes work

for me--"row" (row row row yer boat)

and "who who" for the owl :)

Exciting stuff. Other than that, it's been a hectic week. Much ado about working with E trying to avoid sleeping. She's right now sitting with her Einstein dragon, repeatedly pushing its belly to keep up a steady stream of Twinkle Twinkle. We're going on 10 minutes now... me smash Daddy!!

Eating mostly better, understanding more, climbing the stairs, carrying full pints of water, holding her fork, trying to brush her hair...just don't try to get her in the shower. omgz Hate.

have a great weekend xo

Dinner with Ezra and his folks last week, Ashley and Gabe (not in pic this time!) Ashley was kind enough to read for us all after dinner

letters!

so fast it's crazy

Not that E is fast. Well, she can get from point A to point-I-said-not-to-touch-that in .3 seconds, but that's not what I mean.

I mean the time. E is growing growing growing and her personality is developing into such a neat-o little (high maintenance) person it's super cool sauce.

I'm about to head to bed, but as I sat there rocking her for the 2nd time tonight, so many of these thoughts went through my head. Bed head.

So on my trip to dreamland, just posting some pics from the week, then I hope to chat more about it all in another post.

lady godiva...

I'm so fired...up

bear rug snoring

can you hear the giggles?

reading to us? herself? the cats?
jammin'

bacon!! o the joy!! D coulda sworn teh angels sang when E went "MMM!" for bacon last week.

Hi all, sorry there's been a delay. You see, D and I had 3 entire days off at the SAME time last week! Craziness.

Not that we did anything. But that was actually super nice too. Except the laundry part. eh, it'll come around again, don't say I didn't warn you!

ME hasn't really done much in the word department--got the word "yes" down which is hilarious as it is preceeding 'no' so far. She just bust it out last week in response to something I said. D was my witness!

She walks backwards for mmm at least 2 weeks now, I can't recall if I mentioned that! She'll even do it on request like a good little one-gloved popstar. Without the glove.

E has been pretty consistent in her inconsistency towards sleeping--some nights & naps are gloriously easy: still takes a good holding to fall asleep. She'll go in the crib after snoring, then varies on 3 seconds to 4 hours before she wakes.In that time, I tend to surf the net and then lay supine in my lumbar spine's favor for a while.

(she stacks and puts things INTO other things now)

Nursing is down to nightfall only, and I try to keep it to a minimum...she has this initially cute (aren't all habits?) thing where she'll hum with increasing intensity when she's on the pacifier and wants teh boobsauce. Fretfulness follows. Can't find a way to shake this. So I guess it's up to time and patience. ew.

She does play by herfself for spats of time, then will run up for hugs. Chews on the furniture and everything--I think she's getting molars? weird.

Lessee what else? She's obnoxious, spitting out food one moment and throwing it, to eating it up and going mmmmm!!! for food and milk. She wants to play, bulldozing us and knocking us over. ME will imitate her daddy, doing a "softshoe"pairing that I'm not allowed to tape (boo!). a visit to Auntie Kristy's new office was cool

She can find her bellybutton, but still often points to her noggin in general when asked eyes/ears/nose! (sometimes she gets those right)

And tonight! She figured out the accordian doors in the bedroom (cue future screams of being stuck).

Everyday, it's something :)

I started fieldwork today which is 4 weeks of observation/interning. It's ok, at a mental ward...and should prove interesting in the longer run. Today? just super long geez wow.

ME did not approve of my absence, I've been informed.

which makes it harder. sigh. ok tears now for bedtime, perhaps more photos later!

(added afterwards:)

guided tour as requested by Gram! South Loop Acupuncture soon to be opening! yup, shameless plug for my seester. deal. no reason...just she LOVES the skirts that go foof

hee

in brief...

flying high with Caroline Friday

the zoo with Cindy yesterday

ME indeed! (clicky for giggles)
Tonight, we ended up clicking on links and having fun with the ole Muppets :) My paper turns out to not be due until Wednesday, so that gives me another night to angst about it and time right now to play with ME!
woo hoo!! (last night)

readin'

So she says to me she says....asglkjas;lktjalgajakakaka!

what, me study?

today, running with my yarn measuring tape...
and then trying to eat it...does this say "knitter" or "engineer" to you?

The Mistress sleeps. IN the crib, for the 3rd nap-day in a row. Huzzah. I think she's getting better rest now, given the heat.
I'm sure she'll disagree.

Anyway, quickie photo post here!
yesterday, with a common theme of "up"
FINALLY figured out this thing. Since she loves to smack stuff, she's loving it.

the heat is on

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last Saturday, staring at the wind in the trees

wow what a week of humidity + grossness. The upside is we had fun exploring E's new summery outfits! (<-from Ann C.) The other downside is she ate less and got rashy. ouch. Rash on upper arms, chest, and back. Not elsewhere, which makes me think it's just heat related.

Anyway, new stuff!! E now stacks her cups, blocks, magazines...and tosses em all about. But it's super fun to watch her stacking over and over again. Really it is. Totally.

Daddy's lap

She has discovered the word "up", although she uses it for random things. Finally, she'll indicate when she's done eating, when prompted, by flinging her right arm back and forth kinda like I showed her...but not. this toy is going nowhere...


She said Kudra a few times, which is cute, and the cat takes it as a cue to run and hide as petting/beating is on its way. mmm not much else verbally, that I can remember. Sorta making a mm noise for milk. sneakin'
On the trauma side, I've been trying to put her in the crib more, and nursing has halted for daylight hours completely. E is not amused, but she's dealing in her own screechy way. Soon, I may have her in the crib every night for at least half the night...(note: last night's intro to this was NOT fun, and D went to work in a comatose state. Send coffee.) swishing her feet on her lion blanket Friday
Not enjoying foods, really, and strawberries can screw themselves according to ME. This is sad, as the love affair was sweet to watch and I think she was on the verge of saying strawberry. Not anymore. gnaw-icky face-spew. Sighs by us.

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E will dance at any mention of the word, even when in the midst of crying in the crib. heh. Her hair is a mess, and she's learning to blow it out of her face like I do (pshoooo). Oh yeah, and she did succeed in climbing on her stool and getting back off of it (she backs up like ole MJ, sans glove on a regular basis) and no misshaps have occurred yet. E accomplanied Grampa on the keyboard while he sang to her over webcam a few nights ago...hilarious. ME also enjoys running amok with her puppet (from the bathset from Libby) and going meep-like noises with it, and poking at the cats through the grate in the kitchen with its fuzzy head.

Ok If I think of more, more shall come! enjoy the random clips!