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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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Thoughts
It’s gray and chilly (52 degrees), I haven’t written a blog post in over a week, my baby’s asleep, and my mind is a racing. Be warned this might be a long one. Fall: I’ve been looking forward to fall for a couple of weeks now. Mostly for silly reasons. The bulk of Scotland’s wardrobe…
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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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Labor Day Weekend with Myrtle
Scotland and Myrtle a few months ago A blog I read mentioned that fall begins in two weeks and then it’s the holiday season and the year is up. His quick way of rolling up the year was unsettling to me, perhaps for that reason we’re making the most of our extended weekend. Yesterday, we…
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Cleveland Air Show
Yesterday, we decided to make the most of the last few weeks of summer and spend the day in the “feels like 100 heat” that was Cleveland, to enjoy the airshow. We met up with Steve, Mary and Lydia and had a wonderful time. The highlight of the afternoon was the Thunderbirds’ performance. The six…
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Plenty
I love this season, when my window sill looks like this: and I bring in basil like this:
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Mmmm- Peaches
Why is it that when I go online to look up recipes to fill my meal plan for the week, all I end up printing are dessert recipes? A few weeks ago I checked out a Turkish recipe book and made food from Turkey all week. I think peaches might be the food theme for…
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Charisma
I recently read this article from the NYTimes. Zachary Woolfe makes the argument that charisma is the spark that great performers have that can’t be explained. The article left me wondering- Do I have charisma? (Here I go tooting my own horn, but this is my private blog, you all love me right?) I think…
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Sigh
I have a splitting headache. The kind that hurts so bad I feel nauseous. Maybe carrying Scotland in the backpack while mowing the lawn and watering the flowers isn’t the best solution after all.