Sometimes, things happen or Ali says things that I can’t figure out for the life of me, like that time she said a sentence very urgently all week and I never could understand her. The other day, she handed down another great mystery. Lucky for me, though, this one was solved. Ali had just woken […]
Two Minutes is a Lifetime.
Ali and I were buying her a new toothbrush today, because she has managed to completely mangle hers to the point that it looks like a bird’s nest. They had a Thomas one, so of course she was drawn to it first. It had a button. And the button played two minutes of the Thomas […]
Chipmunking
Ali has recently started storing food in her left cheek. Yes, the left one only. The first time she did it, it was the last bite (or two or three) of her dinner, and I thought she was doing it because she didn’t care for what I gave her for dinner (Sloppy Joe’s, or as […]
Birthday Stats
I have lots of pictures of Birthday activities to share with you once I have the chance to get them all together, but we are quite busy playing with a whole bunch of birthday toys this morning. Chris and I, that is. We’re letting Ali play with one or two, though. For now, here is […]
A Birthday Journey
Happy Second Birthday, Ali!! Here are your adventures up to this point: I absolutely LOVED being pregnant. It was so fun to feel you kicking and squirming! But by Christmas day when this picture was taken, I was ready to have you out of there!!2 Hours Old, January 8, 2007: Deep in thought from day […]
Maybe She Understands TOO well. . .
A couple of people have asked me if Ali understands the difference between Gramamma’s chickens, which she dearly adores, feeds them, and gets their eggs, and the chicken that she eats. I’ve never really known if she put two and two together and realized they were the same thing, or just chalked it up to […]
The C Family Point.
Chris has this quirky habit of when he is pointing to something (especially to something on a piece of paper), he uses his middle finger. I have noticed that his Dad does it too. Chris says that it is more comfortable, especially when moving your hand around large drawings (i.e. at work). A bit weird, […]
What You May Have Missed, and What I’ve Been Missing. . .
Hi, my wonderful readers!! I’m so glad to see you back!! A lot of you have been gone for some or all of the Christmas holidays, but I’ve been as overly chatty as ever (despite the overwhelming echo around here – I’ve missed you all terribly!! **sniff sniff**). So I figured that you probably don’t […]
Everyone Needs A Mischievous Day Now and Again.
Ali is typically not a very mischievous child. She rarely outright disobeys, doesn’t put things in her mouth that aren’t supposed to go there, doesn’t run away from me when we’re out in public, doesn’t spill things, and is very careful in general. For some reason, though, she had a very mischievous day on Saturday. […]
If Only I Had the Ability to Even Come Up With a Witty Title for this Post. . .
I cannot think of a single word that can describe my complete and utter exhaustion at the moment. Why I’m even typing this now befuddles me completely. It was a wonderful Christmas day, but completely full-speed and nonstop. So, I will be back hopefully sometime tomorrow with a full recap of our day. Until then, […]