Monthly Archives: March 2012

She’s Playing! She’s Talking! She’s Better!

I am so grateful to report that Ellie is definitely getting better.  We’ve now gone 36 hours without puking and she’s feeling so much better.  Her nose is still running and she has a pretty deep cough.  But she’s clearly … Continue reading

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Movie Time!

I just found these videos from a few months ago so I thought I’d share them with you. First, Ellie at 13.5 months – this was one of her favorite things to do with those cups and I always knew … Continue reading

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Wow! Really? I didn’t know a post about Leap Year would be so disappointing.

I just got this comment on my “Leap Year (#2)” post that I put up last week for my brother, Jon: The next time I read a blog, I hope that it doesnt disappoint me as much as this one. … Continue reading

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I Make Her Work, Even When She’s Sick and Teething

Ellie’s still sick.  I clearly spoke too soon yesterday.  We had more puking last night and an constantly runny nose/congested sinuses/cough today.  She’s really pretty miserable.  We had a few good minutes this morning so I decided to take advantage … Continue reading

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Sick, Puke, Sick, Laundry

Feel free to skip this post if you’d prefer not to read details about sickness or if talking of puking makes you a bit squeamish.  I won’t mind.  In fact, I’ll never know! On Friday, I was sick.  Really sick.  … Continue reading

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February Sewing: A New Skill and Project

I’m part of a team of fabric artists** who are creating banners to hang in our church for Easter.  I’m not going to say much more about the project because I don’t want to ruin the surprise/celebration effect when they’re … Continue reading

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And So It Begins

Ellie has certainly started to assert herself and to tell us when she doesn’t approve of what we’re doing.  For example, if I don’t give her something that she wants (because, perhaps, it’s very dangerous), then she marches off, throws … Continue reading

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5:00 Shadow?

I’ve been working Ellie to the bone, having her use our printing presses to make copies. I figure that it’s not really forced child labor if she has a 5:00 shadow by noon. Either that, or she’s just addicted to … Continue reading

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