Monday, June 30, 2008

Wacky week...

Last week was quite the week. Ella was sick with a cold then was better, then was running a fever, then was better, then both of us spent an evening vomiting, then were better, then Ella started with another cold and now is a little better. Work has stared to get busy because I finally have the ability to bill insurance companies so am now seeing patients on my own. I've also begun seeing patients with inoperable live cancer that one of my docs can treat. Managing those patients is a bit like primary care so there's quite a learning curve there. It's made my half days in the office a bit longer than half days. I don't know what I'd do without mom and, as of last week, my brother to help.

Ella love having a house full. She cries for "Mama," then "GeeGee," then "Unka." We're trying to teach her "Unka Will" but she's quite have with "Unka." She gets great pleasure out of pointing a naming all of us. She also gets quite angry when she goes looking for "Dada" on iChat and it's only her grandfather. At that point she usually tries to slam the laptop shut.

Ella with Unka Will and his girlfriend, Liz

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Die, die...

I frequently chase the flies in our house with a flyswatter while telling them to "die. Ella got ahold of the fly swatter and decided to chase the dogs. It took Rob and I awhile to realize she was saying "die" as she was swatting at them.


Our first conversation

Today Ella and I had our first REAL conversation, albeit a short one. It went something like this...
Ella- "Mama, Mama!"
Mama- "Yes Ella?"
Ella- "Go!"
Mama- "Where?"
Ella- "Out!"
Mama- "To Jamie's?" (daycare)
Ella- "Nia, Nia!" (child at daycare, said with nod)

I know it wasn't much but, it was an actual conversation! Yeah!

Friday, June 20, 2008

Thursday, June 19, 2008

Paddington Bear's boots

We just returned to from a visit to my parents and while we were there Ella became enamored with Paddinton Bear and his boots. They weren't a perfect fit but she sure tried.




Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Brusha, Brusha, Brusha!

If one was going to brush ones teeth wouldn't they do it in the sink?


Tuesday, June 17, 2008

New words and such

Today my father told me that toddlers can learn five words a day.

Today's appropriately used new words were
1) blueberry
2) bucket
3) out (of the highchair)
4) home
5) bull (of the bovine ilk)
6) no (Thanks Gracie!)
7) Spiderman

Ella's almost got eating with a spoon mastered.



Monday, June 16, 2008

Mischief

Ella's continuing to climb but now she has GOALS. GOALS are anything that she shouldn't be touching. Here are some photos of Ella and her GOALS.


1980s




Last week was my high school reunion. It's been a twenty years! UGH, I'm old!!!!

Somehow it seems appropriate that I post these photos of my preparation for an 80s party I attended last month.

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Sunday, June 1, 2008

Spatial Relationships

The crate for Gidget, our 9 pound cat, was sitting out after a trip to the vet. Ella decided it would be a great place to visit until she got stuck and Rob had to rescue her.



Animal sounds