Ski Trip 2012

Ellie and I enjoyed our second annual mother daughter ski trip. Such adventures really highlight Ellie’s gracious spirit. 4am wake up calls, long flights, long car trips, and an abundance of adult conversations brought no complaints from her. She just rolled with the punches. We skied two days this year and spent a night in [...]

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Healthy As Can Be

Ellie’s well visit this morning confirmed that she is the epitome of health. I also only had one question for the doctor, which reveals how little concern I have about her. We know how fortunate we are to have such a healthy and lively child. Here are her growth stats: Weight: 41.6 lbs. (62%) Height: [...]

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Birthday celebration

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Ellie’s 5th Birthday Letter

2/27/2012 Precious Ellie, on your 5th Birthday: What a bittersweet year. The countdown is on until you start Kindergarten in August and we have begun to see clearly how quickly time has passed. You are now twice as old as your brothers and you don’t appear to have memories of your life before they joined [...]

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2 1/2 Years-Old

Just like most of the previous stages, life with two-and-half year-olds presents challenges and advantages.  On the plus side are expanding communication and vocabulary, an increase in comical conversations and situations, independent or cooperative play, and budding independence.  On the negative side are battles of will (now that they can ask us for things, we [...]

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