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The rib bone is connected to…
We’ve been busy. A one-year-old leaves very little time for the things we were used to doing. This was made abundantly clear during our recent WEEKEND OFF!!!! (Thanks Mom). More on that some other time maybe. But we had a great time and realized that we’d neglected many other areas of our life including here. [...]
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Some advice for inducees
A year ago today we were getting settled in the hospital and Amanda’s induction had began. We’d been trying to get her on the induction list for the past three days so when we called (at 5am) and they said they had space we made the mad dash to the hospital and skipped the part [...]
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Breakfast Chatter
Ijah’s chatter is taking on new and interesting shapes. He’s making noise all the time now and although he hasn’t advanced beyond his vocabulary that we recognize, some other words are starting to seem like maybe… On our trip it was “elevator”, this morning it was “diaper”. He’s going to be able to make some [...]
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The "f" word
We don’t use the “f” word in our house. We haven’t been able to for a while. We discovered some time ago that Elijah understands it and responds to it. To some degree we’re really, really proud that he’s able to discern word meaning and association, in the other; it’s a little difficult when we [...]
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We've moved
Amanda and I finally moved into what is an (obviously) incomplete but far more comfortable home on WordPress. We’ll be doing a lot of cleaning and remodeling but for now I just wanted to say hey and all that yahoo. If you were subscribed to the site at our old home you may want to [...]
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Mergers and Acquisitions
Elijah’s new skills are appearing at an alarming rate these days. I remember “back in the day” when we could sit and watch him do _________ for hours or days and talk about how great it was that he learned _________ so quickly. Now he’s going through skills like diapers and piling on two or [...]
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Baby food
Watching a baby eat was never something I enjoyed. I’ve never been a person who found messy food faced babies cute. Even with Elijah it can be a study in patience and just being present. But thinking that he’s learning how to eat makes that all go away.
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So it begins…