In addition to the increasing tooth count (#6 appears to be trying to push its way in on the bottom right now), Jonathan’s chattering is starting to take the form of somewhat-recognizable words. He says “Mamama” and “Da” and “bite.” Yesterday, playing hide-and-seek behind a blanket with Miriam he said, “Pee-boo!” He also likes to [...]

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Mikaela’s been on a bit of a Candyland binge lately. She really loves playing, and she seems to have gotten past her earlier penchant for cheating (skipping squares so that she moves ahead faster, burying cards that she draws that she doesn’t like) and throwing tantrums when she loses. Yay, maturity! But playing Candyland with [...]

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Mikaela had a great time celebrating her fifth birthday over the weekend. She invited her friends from school to spend the afternoon playing at Eagles Gymnastics with her. As you can see from that picture, they got in quite a workout before it was time for birthday cake and presents. The kids loved sliding and [...]

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A bit of a catch up post here, but Jonathan had his nine-month checkup a couple of weeks ago. He was 29.75 inches long and weighed in at 24.6 pounds. He also finally has some opposable teeth. Those two lonely bottom teeth were rather suddenly joined by his two front teeth (not quite all the [...]

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Several people have called and asked what Mikaela wants for her birthday. So I set up an Amazon.com wishlist of things that Mikaela has mentioned. Here’s her wishlist. Those are just suggestions – if you look you’ll see that most of the things on her list fall into broad categories of things she’s expressed interest [...]

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