The last month had been spent busily preparing for yesterday! It seemed like there was a lot to do this year, more than I remember from last year, although last year at this time I think the focus was on settling into our new house and preparing for the new baby. This year perhaps I [...]
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I think finally we may be back in the swing of school routine! I had two great drop offs with Ella in a row, where she just went and played, didn’t need to be held by the teacher while I left. Today was great…there was another little girl there that Ella was ecstatic to see. [...]
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We got back last night from our visit to Ohio with the Martin side of the family. We gathered at Cousins Steve and Jen’s for our yearly potica baking and book exchange festivities. Usually we meet in WI in January, but Steve and Jen’s was a great place to meet for our first summer baking [...]
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Yesterday (while she munched away on a cheese stick dipped in applesauce): EJ: “Daddy and Ella having a picnic” Me: “Sure are…” (Then we talked about vacation for a minute) EJ: “Ella and Uncle Jake have a picnic?” Me: “on vacation?” EJ: “Yeah!” I grabbed the flip, and this is the conversation that ensued. As [...]
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At some point during the holiday season we acquired a candy cane. Innocent enough right? Except, EJ saw the candy cane and then saw me put the candy cane on top of the refrigerator. She didn’t mention it all the time, but every so often she would point to the fridge and say “candy cane?” [...]
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I broke down and bought a new camera a few weeks back. My main reason being that with an “active” 2 year old like EJ, it’s tough to get her to sit still long enough to take a picture. Subsequently, most of our picture were of a blurry EJ. The newer camera takes pictures really [...]
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My first day with the girls went really well! Ella woke up early and did great for Harper’s first feeding. We watched Dora and Ella ate some dry cereal. After Harper ate, we all had breakfast at the dining room table (Ella finished up by putting turkey sausage between her toes-crazy girl!), then spent some [...]
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Like so many other people in the midwest, today was a snowday for The Fords. The girls started the day off by sleeping in. LP till a little after 7, and EJ until nearly 8:30am. I was anxious to get to work clearing out the driveway and walks, so when Harper woke up at 5 [...]
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