Andrea’s Weblog

Last night I had to spend several minutes looking for a dime-sized scab that came off Elizabeth’s knee. She came to me whimpering “boo-boo, knee,” and sure enough she’d rubbed the scab off for the second time. Luckily, this time there wasn’t any blood.
Elizabeth’s knees are covered with road rash. She takes off running so […]

This picture is dedicated to the people who say NOT to nurse your baby to sleep.These people believe that the baby will never learn to fall asleep on her own if they’re always nursed to sleep. Elizabeth, who usually nurses to sleep, fell asleep in her carseat in the middle of the driveway while I […]

Elizabeth got fed up with the rules around here and decided to mail herself to her grandparents who might be less strict regarding m&m consumption and playing outside all day.

Luckily, she changed her mind when we told her Tour de Georgia was coming to town and she might meet some famous people. Well, we didn’t […]

We had a beautiful day for Elizabeth’s first Easter egg hunt, the Annual Stratford Neighborhood Egg Hunt. Well, technically it was her second egg hunt. After hearing from my mom last night that us kids were embarassingly bad at Easter egg hunts, we had a trial run in the living room. I was afraid she […]

Finley’s been having a tough time since he got neutered on Monday. He must have learned not to lick his empty nutsack (Frank’s words) while I was watching. I only caught him licking a few times, but he managed to tear open his wound. By the time I got him to the vet yesterday, licking […]

I knew the time would come when Elizabeth would decide to undress in public. That moment came at this weeks La Leche League meeting. I have to say she chose her moment and setting well, there were about 6 baby/toddlers there and 5 moms sitting in a circle surrounding her when she decided that she […]

Elizabeth has been honing her culinary skills. Recently she concocted an egg salad using an entire container of celery seeds.

In another experiment, she grabbed a kitchen spoon and tried to jazz up Finley’s boring bites. She decided to make him some kibble soup by ladling his food into his water bowl. This dish went over […]

We’ve been working on potty training errr . . . potty learning. I haven’t been pushing it at all since you’re not supposed to start until she’s 2.5 to 3 years old, but she’s been very interested in the potty, and has exhibited the signs of being ready. We’ve just taken the little potty […]