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Milestones
Sleeping through the night (HURRAY!!!!) opening/closing doors motioning “come” with hand vocalizing to get people’s attention making silly faces to get a laugh pushing cars/trains
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Photography
Tonight, Tom was away (on an information panel for future missionaries). The setting sun was warm and strong so I bundled Scotland up and headed out to practice capturing Sunflare- the challenge for my Photography club this month. Then after putting Scotter to sleep I sat down to the ever overwhelming Photoshop to try my…
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Happy Halloween!
I don’t have much time, so it’ll be mostly pictures this time. Scotland’s been sick all week with a cold. Hence, the enthusiastic faces in these shots. Fall continues to linger, and I’m loving it. The City of Shaker Heights planted hundered of mums this year. Scotter also cut his second top tooth. I figured…
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Random
I love Craigslist. Yesterday I got three gates and a walker for Scotland- $15.00! A couple of days ago Scotland crawled up the stairs from the basement to the kitchen. Yesterday, was one of those dream mothering days. I can’t really descibe it, it was just a day full of smiles and laughter. (Except for…
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Holden Arboretum
“A Gift for Mom:” This was Tom’s catch, and the winner of the day. After seven years in the area we finally made it to the Holden Arboretum. It’s one of the largest arborteum/botanical gardens in the United States. So while we enjoyed several hours there we only saw a slice. We’ll definitely be going…
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Scotland: 7.5 Months
Scotland- 7.5 months Two teeth crawling on hands and knees- fast! lots of hair growth- both in length and thickness immitating speech- when I say “Say: Babo, babo, babo.” (Daddy in Italian) He’s respond: “ba ba ba.” His favorite, however, “Mamamama!” high pitch experimentation pulling himself to a stand everywhere. He took three steps along…
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Home, Sweet, Home
Last night Scotland and I arrived home from a 10 day visit to see my sisters in Utah. We had a wonderful time, and accomplished some of what we set out to do. There is always more but, as I am slowly learning, having a child severely restricts how much one is able to accomplish…
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Scotland- milestones
Today, Scotland pulled himself up to a stand. He’s been pushing himself into a sitting position since Monday. His first tooth broke through yesterday. Change has arrived!
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Happy half birthday, son!
Today is Scotland’s six month birthday. I can’t believe it’s been a whole half of a year, and yet I also can’t believe it’s only been half a year- time is such a warped thing. I hadn’t realized that the six month mark meant entrance into Parenting 202. Or at least that’s what Scotland signed…
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Thoughts from the Rocking Chair
It’s been a while since I recorded any “rocking chair thoughts.” However, tonight they are too strong to leave unvoiced. So though it’s 2:00 am, here I go. Last week, Scotland slept through the night every night. This week, he’s returned to waking at 1:30-2:00ish and again at 5:00. At first I found myself a…