Me and My Friends Are Friends of Mine

That’s the title of Naiah’s latest ditty.
Me: Naiah, I’m so glad you love your friends.
Naiah (age 3): Yeah.
Me: And your brother and sisters. . .
Naiah: And Mommy and Daddy. . .
Me: And Grammie and Papa. . .
Naiah: Well, of COURSE Grammie and Papa!

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Doh!

Ella just tried to walk.
She stood up, put on a determined expression, leaned forward slightly, and fell on her face.
Poor baby.

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Nine Months

A few of Ella Jo’s favorite things:
Crawling after siblings
Holding two objects at once
Waving
Daddy
A bottle of water in bed
Blanket
Standing unassisted as long as possible, then falling down and trying again
That baby in the mirror (I think she suspects!)
Slings
Slippers
Cords
Naps in the stroller
Goldfish
Bouncing, as much as ever

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Spaz

Nothing to see here. Just a baby. Gnawing a cucumber. Move along, now.

Aaaaaaannd. . .
FREAK OUT!!

P.S. I met my protein, calcuim, AND caloric goals today! I couldn’t have done it without milk. It does a body good.

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Bits

We’ve been busy. And I learned something:
Ella can get along all right without me.
At eight months! I guess it’s a side effect of being a Daddy’s girl. I was away from her a total of seven hours last weekend, including one bedtime and a naptime, with nary a whimper (on her part). I feel so [...]

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