As this blog begins year six, Eleanor began ballet class. You couldn’t convince her she isn’t already a ballerina, but now we have the shoes and leotard to go with the attitude. That was a story in itself. I found out around 10 am Friday morning that we were, in fact, registered for the class. [...]
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More about this later, on another page, once I figure out how to solve a little technical issue, but Eleanor had a great time at Build-A-Bear today. And in this picture, he’s not even stuffed yet.
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This is more “now-ish” than strictly now. Tonight, as Eleanor was trying to help us forget she needed a bath, she found a hula hoop in our neighbor’s garage. She was really hoping to hide, but couldn’t keep her delight in the discovery. She yelled for me to come see her and the “hoopaloop.” It [...]
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In an effort to clear the cobwebs around here, I’m going to sweep everything into a big ol’ pile (not a steaming one, but a pile nonetheless). Since last we chatted, on Eleanor’s birthday, life has been nothing short of insane. My calendar is a mass of entries and so many colors I can’t see straight.
Here [...]
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Here’s my post from three years ago tonight.
So I’m sitting here on the sofa, waiting to have a baby. I’m scheduled for induction tomorrow, sometime between 3am and 7am. I could get a phone call as early as 2am, or anytime after that, and I’m expected to arrive at the hospital within an hour of [...]
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After nearly five years of being a parent I know my instincts about my kids are nearly always reliable. It’s something I discovered a few years before, during a difficult hiring situation at work. I knew who to hire. Everyone else was pushing me to hire another guy. I caved to the pressure and it [...]
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I tweeted extensively about Eleanor’s recent vision issues (bilateral amblyopia and extreme far-sightedness) but haven’t blogged about them. Though she’s doing fine, I’m still having a few issues. I am mostly over the whole, “Why didn’t I know? I should have noticed something.” part. Various sources have convinced me that we figured it out in [...]
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Haircuts and kids are always an adventure. Oliver has gotten better about it over the years, which is a very good thing since his hair grows fast and looks best very short. Eleanor mostly gets hysterical when I even mention cutting her hair. We’ve done a few bang trims at home without much of a [...]
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Two years ago Eleanor had just mastered sitting up on her own and was rocking the turkey bib. She may have had a tooth or two but the turkey came out of a jar. I’m pretty sure she was still preferring her mum’s milk and yogurt to turkey back then.
Now, she’s still not eating much [...]
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On Friday I saw Eleanor for about fifteen minutes. Total. She was asleep when I left for work in the morning, and Mr C and I left for the symphony right after he brought her home after work. She was also howling when we left. I felt awful.
Today wasn’t much different. This morning I took [...]
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