Ellie and I have come up with a new game called "Treadmill."  Ellie crawls away from me (especially towards the edge of the bed or the stairs or some other place she should not be), and I grab her hips and pull her back.  She giggles and crawls away again, only to be pulled back to me.  We will continue this until it no longer amuses her, but she ( Read more... )

Every day I say I’m going to update my journal. You can see how well that’s been working. Ha.

Anyway, life is pretty good around here. Ellie’s first two teeth have cut through a bit and are as sharp as the dickens. She has refined her locomotive technique and is now definitely crawling with her belly lifted off the floor. She stands up with ( Read more... )

Life has been exciting recently. But even more importantly, I have taken many pictures of Ellie.


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On Tuesday, Keith and I went out to commemorate the third anniversary of our first date.  Because it was such a special occasion, he left his Blackberry and his work cell phone at home.

He still knows how to set my heart a-flutter!

On Friday, Eliora turned 33-weeks old!  This is a special occasion for two reasons:
   1.  Since Ellie was 33-weeks gestational age at birth, she has now been "out" longer than she was "in."
   2.  If one subtracts the seven weeks that she was early, Ellie has now reached the adjusted age of 6-months.

Whoohoo big girl!


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It's nice that Keith is important at his work... up to a point. He has been pulled into a "day" trip to Brussels this week. Just a quick jaunt to Belgium. I want to go to Belgium. I don't particularly look forward to his flying to Europe for one meeting (he's hardly wild about it either). He's already traveling all of next week to Denver and then ( Read more... )

So... wanna watch the talkative cuteness?

Note: the co-star is Ellie's teething blanket provided by blakdove.



Should I post more videos or have these electrons just lost in the aether?

Yesterday evening, Ellie and I headed out to meet my dad for a late dinner of pho.  Keith's business trip to Westboro had been over-busy, so he was out of town an extra night.  Meeting dad for dinner would be a nice change from being around the house.  I drove Ellie to Pho 79 (our local favorite) and waited for my dad to show up.  About 10 minutes ( Read more... )

Since Eliora has passed the 6-month mark and has started showing an interest in our food, we have started to offer her solids (apples and avocado).  She loves them solids!

While talking to
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