Author: molly
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Weekend in Monterey
Justin, Eli, and I played tourist this weekend in Monterey! I had a work gig on Monday, so we all hung out on the king-sized bed for a couple of nights. Although I think Eli had plans to claim it for himself … We did all the cool stuff, including being kept awake all night…
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Halloween 2008: Elephant attack!
Ok, first, let me just say, Eli totally gets this Halloween thing. It’s all about the spoils. Unlike last year, when he was too sick to even get in his costume, let alone trick-or-treat, this year Eli got dressed up in his little elephant outfit like a champ. (He has a stuffed elephant that he…
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Funny things Eli says
Eli has amazing powers of pronunciation. He can be incredibly precise in his little sentences, like this morning’s “I want my blanket” and his most complicated sentence yet: “I want to wash that.” (Seriously. He’s pretty amazing in the talking department.) He tries words over and over until he says them just right. But I…
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Eli likes ice cream
And it’s a good thing, because it’s a good reward for yet another disastrous haircut experience!
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Our life: a toddler-hood sitcom
Eli has entered toddler-hood. This means, in essence, that he’s almost completely uncontrollable, has absolutely zero sense of self-preservation, is lethally curious and almost just as lethally clumsy, and has a temper that’s as quick and unpredictable as a rattlesnake. It also means that I frequently find myself in situation where I think I must…
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Words
Ok, I’m trying to get a more complete list of the words Eli currently says. Forgive the repeats! This is just the easiest way to count. 🙂 No Yes (this is extremely rare) daddy up down cat quacka (cracker) apple (almost constant usage) hot (he will also use “num num num” to ask for food)…
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Not tired
Eli has a pretty good bedtime routine going. Round about 7:20 p.m., we make him a bottle, which he happily takes, and then we brush his teeth, then sit and read a book or two (or sometimes the same book four times), snuggle a little, and he’s happily in bed by 7:35 or thereabouts. Not…
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I am not making this up
We are sitting at the dinner table eating peaches (Eli’s new favorite food, by FAR — he calls it “apple,” which is his word for all fruit. He goes, “apple! apple! apple! apple!” as soon as he sees it), and Eli finished his slice. He reached out to Justin, I SWEAR, and said, “uh-wan nuh…
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Tahoe vacation!
We just got back from our fabulous week in North Lake Tahoe, where we rented a super-plush vacation house with Marc, Elaine, Atticus, and Solomon. All of us had a fantastic time, and Eli was all grown up, running around on the beach with his bucket (just like daddy!): He played just about equally with…
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Haircut and the month of June
Yes, Eli’s first haircut was an epic, Titanic-like disaster. But after he was mistaken for a girl three times in the same day, his daddy insisted that we try again to do something about this spectacular mop (and yeah, he’s wearing daddy’s shoes. Did I mention how freaking cute he is right now?): So I…