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Lila’s first climb up a ladder!
This file is 680KB, so it may take a little time to load. (You also need Flash Player 6 to view it. You can get the free player at Macromedia.com.) You can imagine Chey’s reaction when I showed her this! 😉
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Big sis’ coming through; Chey wrapping up the thesis!
Lisa, my older sister, came down and stayed with us for a little over a week. She helped take care of Lila while Chey was finishing up her Masters thesis. She was a tremendous help; I’m sure that Chey would not have her completed draft (80 some pages, not including appendices) had it not been…
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Lila and Ethan at Johnny Rockets
We comb Lila’s hair. Really. To no avail. Also, note the devotion with which Ethan sucks down his drink. Or maybe it’s brain-freeze, I’m not sure.
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No broccoli, no ice cream!
We seem to have hit another phase of parenting: the battle of the wills. Yesterday evening our plan was to get together with some friends and walk down to an ice cream shop together. But, as we were wrapping up dinner and getting ready to go, Lila refused to eat her broccoli. It was just…
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Weekend at Higgins Lake
We spent Memorial Day weekend up at Higgins Lake with some friends from church. Here are a few pics.
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I was told to relax
So Chey, Lila, and I were cleaning up our house this morning. Lila, about 2.5 years old, walked up to me and held up her pointer finger. It had a grey smudge on it. “Looks like you got a little dirty,” I said to her. “Yeah,” she said, and started to wipe her finger off…
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Pics from Indiana Here are
Pics from Indiana Here are a few pics of Lila in Indiana.
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I am alone.
Okay, so that’s a little dramatic. Chey and Lila are down in Richmond, Indiana for a week and a half. They are staying with some friends of ours (they also have a two-year old). Chey is on spring break (she teaches at Lansing Community College), and she is taking this opportunity to hole up in…
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We’re expecting, by the way…
For those who haven’t heard yet, we are expecting our second child. Due date is August 10th. We’re scheduled to go camping up north the week before that, so that could be an interesting trip.
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“Go kitchen. Cook food.” Lila,
“Go kitchen. Cook food.” Lila, my two-year old daughter, and I were sitting on our couch a couple evenings ago while Chey was out. Lila, tired from playing, rested her head down on a stack of clean clothes and pointed to a blanket. I tucked her into the blanket. “My sleeping,” she said. Then she…