I'm going to make this a quick one and rip it off like a band-aid. The crib we spent hours researching for Jacob in the summer of 2004 to be the safest, most comfortable (and prettiest) sleep arrangement for our precious baby went up in the attic this week. Jacob and his siblings occupied this crib pretty much consecutively for 12 straight years. One child outgrew it, the next baby came along. Repeat. Repeat. But as you may know already, Ellie outgrew it by being able to climb out of it! So we're in the process now of trying to get her a nice new, safe bed but it's taking some time. Right now she's comfortable in a temporary set up. I'll keep you posted.
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| The four "babies" who used the crib. |
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| Ellie holding her own with her cone. |
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| A wonderful sand/water table gifted to Ellie. She loves pouring the water and splashing! |
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| She has a lot of fun with this. |
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| Summer is a time for puzzles at our house. Ellie got her own one going thanks to Julia's help. I didn't notice the word she'd spelled until I took the picture. Ellie does have the "key" to a lot of stuff around here. Our hearts for sure. |
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| Julia in her corner. |
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| Jacob tends to not leave the table until he's done so his was finished pretty quickly. Xavier getting started on his. This table is part of our school set up so it was nice to move it away from the school area. Made it really feel like summer to take all our piles of books off of it! |
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| Ellie got ahold of a floatie bathing suit all the kids have shared. Hopefully this year it will support her. She was pretty proud of finding it and didn't want to take it off. |
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| She climbed up on her changing pad and pretended to go to sleep! |
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| My little work station with grants, insurance forms, applications for equipment, etc. for stuff for Ellie. The counter provided a perfect spot for my little system. Can this be my excuse for not cooking? I wouldn't want to get a pot or pan tooooo close to all that paper!!! |
