Only Read This If You’ve Had Your Shots

January 2, 2012

On Wednesday Annie had a fever and was congested. We poured Tylenol down her throat and hoped for the best. On Wednesday night Mike threw up. He chalked it up to eating too many Christmas cookies. On Thursday night the lingering cold I’d had since our anniversary came roaring back with its friend, chest congestion. [...]

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Princess Potty 4000!

December 28, 2011

Annabel has started telling us with regularity when she needs a new diaper. It’s usually something like, “Mama! Annie diaper wiper!” Or “Mama! Annie poop!” (sidebar, is the third-person thing a normal toddler habit, or is this some effed-up Elmo influence? Discuss.) I usually reply, “Awesome, baby! Go tell daddy.” I like this new development [...]

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Christmas Passed

December 27, 2011

I couldn’t wait for Annie to go to bed on Christmas Eve so Santa could come. She had other ideas. My cousin Leah and her boyfriend Ted were staying over, and Annie thought this was the GREATEST! THING! EVER! She was wired and it took her forever to come down from the thrill of having [...]

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Sticky Situations

December 22, 2011

I have never been good with dirty, sticky things. I remember I once said that exact sentence to a friend and she said, “Well, good luck with kids.” At the time I think my reply was, “well, I just won’t LET my kids get dirty or sticky.” I must have been a know-it-all teenager when [...]

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Magical Twinkly Lights

December 21, 2011

Yesterday we had dinner, then we all put on warm jammies. Oh yeah, and hats. All four of us piled into the car for one of my favorite holiday activities – looking at Christmas lights. We all sipped hot chocolate (well, not Rigby) and ooh’d and aaah’d over all the twinkly lights. Annie reacted EXACTLY [...]

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Where’s Baby?

December 20, 2011

Mike and I brought Annie back two mini baby dolls from Lake Arrowhead…clearly we had guilt leaving her or we would have remembered that she is about to get a ton of tons in five days. One baby came in a crib and one came in a bathtub. Because both are super fun, Annie (hint, [...]

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