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Daddy Time

IMG_0489, originally uploaded by griffey. Eliza got to spend 9 whole days with Daddy while I attended a workshop in Florida. I’m sure she stopped asking about me at some point. They did lots of fun daddy-daughter things, like a … Continue reading

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Eliza hugs

IMG_0465, originally uploaded by griffey. I think Eliza is going to have her mom’s sensitivity to others, which is both a blessing and a curse. We were watching an episode of Yo Gabba Gabba today, and there is a character … Continue reading

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OMG, What a huge sandbox!

IMG_1250, originally uploaded by griffey. Eliza saw the ocean for the first time when we spent 4 days at Rosemary Beach, Florida. Although it exhausted her (in a good way), she absolutely loved it. She had no fear whatsoever, even … Continue reading

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Eliza profile: seventeen months

Eating icecream, originally uploaded by griffey. She is almost a year and a half old! To celebrate, and because she has been feeling terrible with a fever and sinus infection, we took her to a local ice cream place. She … Continue reading

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Let's Get Physical

IMG_0420, originally uploaded by griffey. Eliza has started catching up with her playmates in terms of physical prowess. Suddenly she wants to climb onto anything and everything: stairs, chairs, boxes, computer monitors daddy leaves lying the floor. It’s a little … Continue reading

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Not much smaller than this panda

IMG_1137, originally uploaded by griffey. I forgot to blog about her checkup the other day. She is enormous. 97th percentile for height (!) and 90th or a little higher for both weight and head circumference. And while the average for … Continue reading

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More reasons why we should put her in a bubble

IMG_1146, originally uploaded by griffey. She has had a runny nose and watery eyes for almost three weeks now. And yesterday she was extremely cranky at daycare, so I finally took her to the doctor. It doesn’t seem that anything … Continue reading

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National Cornbread Festival

IMG_1086, originally uploaded by griffey. Took Eliza to another festival this weekend, and she seemed to get more attention than all the cornbread. Wherever we go, people want to talk to her and touch her. Or we hear them talking … Continue reading

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Turtles and chickens and llamas, oh my!

IMG_1030, originally uploaded by griffey. Eliza got to go to her first “petting zoo” environment this weekend at a local festival. She had absolutely NO fear whatsoever and picked up the turtles with an ease and grace that astounded me. … Continue reading

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Eliza profile: fifteen months!

Favorite hobby: talking, talking, and more talking! She now says 2 and 3 word sentences on a regular basis. The funniest so far? When a program we were watching on the TiVo got to the end and stopped, she said … Continue reading

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