Tommy loves hats. Most days he sports 3 or 4 at different points in the day. Today he found out that Lizzie has 5 or 6 hats, too! He insisted on trying them all on her. “like a fireman!” “Mommy, why is Izzie sad?” “She is happy now!” “She did spit up all over.” “She […]
Category Archive for 'Elizabeth'
Elizabeth at 9 Months
Posted in Elizabeth on Feb 13th, 2010
Once again, her check-up isn’t for another week or so, but here are pictures from today! (If you look really carefully, you can see her little lower left front tooth in this one!)
Saying Ba-Ba
Posted in Elizabeth on Feb 11th, 2010
This morning Elizabeth said “Ba-Ba” to Tommy when she joined us all for our morning snuggle! We all agree that she meant to say “brother.” I tried to dress the kids up for a Valentine picture, but Tommy was uncooperative. So just enjoy Elizabeth’s sweetness!
When the weather’s particularly yucky, like today, it’s fun to have play dates planned with friends. Dana and I didn’t know about the snow storm when we planned to go to the Field Museum together today, but it ended up being great! I was the only fool braving foot-high drifts to get downtown, and we […]
Real Women Put Up Safety Gates Themselves, and Today's Adventures
Posted in Elizabeth, Friends, Homemaking, Tommy on Feb 8th, 2010
Derek’s out in Phoenix for work, and this is what I woke up to: And this is what I took 3 hours putting up by myself last night (with lots of phone help from my dad!): And this is what happens when you leave the box of Cheerios out: And this is Tommy at the […]
When Elizabeth’s banana got everywhere, we decided it was bath time!
Yesterday was lots of fun–Elizabeth attempted to crawl several times… …Tommy actually fell asleep during Quiet Rest Time (on his Bible, no less!)… …and today both kids have been cheerful and helpful as we ran a zillion errands before heading to the Simpsons’ this afternoon, made two batches of muffins (Whole Food’s 365 gluten-free muffin […]
The First Tooth!
Posted in Elizabeth on Jan 28th, 2010
I was so excited to realize at lunch time that Elizabeth is getting her first tooth! I saw it just under the skin in her gum as I was feeding her, and I was quite surprised that she hasn’t been fussy. Welll…… It’s definitely cutting through now (as in the past hour). My little girl […]