8/10/11: C sleeps & L's gone

I can't believe it. after at least a week, i think more, of C taking up to 2 hrs to fall asleep, he fell asleep with minimal crying tonight. Yipee.

Today, C also pulled himself to standing at the music table and then very slowly pushed the table all the way to the couch, all the while standing. My little baby is all too quickly becoming less baby-like :( I keep wanting to pause all these moments in time because I know I'll never get them back!

In other news, why is it that I totally miss L & feel this complete void and she's only been gone a couple hours? At least I know my princess is having a blast & being loved by her auntie & uncle :)

8/9/11: L & the dermatologist

Elodie went to her 2 week follow-up appointment at her dermatologist, Dr. Casey Gallagher, tonight. Dr. Gallagher had originally said she had pediatric plantar dermatitis (kid foot rash), but tonight said that she has Dyshidrotic Dermatitis (which I get occasionally on my fingers) and said that he's never seen it this bad in a kid. So we're supposed to keep applying the steroid ointment twice per day and see if she's improved at all in a week.

8/5/11: naps

what's wrong with this picture? my 4 year old is taking a nap (which she rarely does) and my 10 mos old is still crying (off & on) after i put him down an hour ago. at least the day L decides to take a nap is the day she'll be out late on a special date with her daddy to the Rockies game!

Grammie's L story about L's rememory

Here's an email my mom wrote, recounting a story about L:

I asked Elodie what she wants to be for Halloween this year and she said an alien- she said they would have to make her a costume (I asked Liz about it and she said she’s not sure where that came from!) It was funny because when I asked her what she was last year she said she was a ballerina- she remembered that because she had fallen down and skinned her knee and put a hole in her tights, but it didn’t take long to heal. I said, “That’s right I remember that. You have a good memory!” And she said, “I have a good memory, mommy and daddy don’t. I have a good memory because my memory gets charged every day so I remember lots of things!” I got a real kick out of that. These kids are so much fun!

Both Sara and Elodie love to call me on Skype when they can’t get each other. Liz and Katie say the girls spend hours talking and playing with each other over the computer. Liz and Dave were gone for 3 days while I was there at a home schoolers’ convention, including on Elodie’s birthday, so we planned a Skype tea party for the girls for her birthday with their tea sets and crowns with real cupcakes. They had a lot of fun!