tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27284737928195542552012-02-16T03:10:30.243-05:00You know how sometimes your babies, even though they are the most beautiful and wonderful angels that have ever been created, can be both literally and figuratively stinky? I'm certainly not perfect, but I'm pretty sure my stinky angel babies are about as close to perfect as life gets.Jae at Stinky Angelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15012447643025382886noreply@blogger.comBlogger1061100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2728473792819554255.post-41562494830328024972011-12-08T21:15:00.003-05:002011-12-08T21:21:55.317-05:00

Wonder Toddler Powers, activate! Form of...Road Warrior!On our recent roadtrip, Eme was a total trooper. She didn't complain even once during the 6-ish hour drive (that's each way), and she even helped entertain Oskar, who did complain multiple times during the drive.Here we are, stopped for a lunch break, testing Andreas' theory that Sheetz is not so much a "gas station with food," but rather a

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Wonder Baby Powers, activate! Form of...Spooky Halloween boy.We ended up not doing a costume this year, but thanks to Aunt Amy we did have a cute Halloween outfit to put him in.Happy boy....

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For those to whom I've promised Pennsic photos: Emelie in the "ger that dad built" Oskar as "sir not appearing in this film" Everyone having a good time.Thanks to all who made Pennsic wonderful this year!...

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People have been telling me that Oskar really looks a lot like Eme. I didn't see it until I looked back at some pics of Eme when she was about the age he is now.One of these is Eme in November 2008. The other is Oskar a few days ago, in October 2011.Can you guess which is which?If you're having trouble, here's a hint:Of course, I can see the differences -- Oskar's face is more oval and Eme's chin

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Wonder Baby Powers, activate! Form of...the cutest bunny in the history of bunnies.Remember that episode of The State when the little boy was so cute, and they put puppy ears on him, and ended up having to use emergency measures to keep the grandma from eating the boy because he was so cute?This is a little bit like that....

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Wonder Baby Powers, activate! Form of...sweet potato quality control tester. Yes, he's trying baby foods now, and he seems to be enjoying himself thoroughly! ...

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Let's pretend it's Thursday, or I may never get this posted (I keep waiting for Thursday to post, then missing it).Wonder Toddler Powers, activate! Form of...Jem-elie!Yes, I've introduced my daughter to the Jem cartoons. Yes, they're as bad as I thought they might be, even though I do remember them fondly. (And I just found out today that the entire series is being re-released on DVD in October!)

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This actual conversation had me laughing all day. Andreas and Oskar were in the bathroom together:Andreas: I've got to teach you something about shaving, little buddy.Me: Aren't you getting a little ahead of yourself? Oskar is only 4 months old; he can't even grow a beard yet.Andreas: (to me) I was getting to that. (to Oskar) Step one: grow a beard.Oskar: (smiles)...

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Wonder Baby Powers, activate! Form of...foot detective!Oskar says, "there's that foot I've been looking for! Now if only I could get it to go into my mouth..."...

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Wonder Baby Powers, activate! Form of...Prince Charming!Eme crowned her brother "Prince Oskar" the other day. I hope these pictures don't come back to haunt him if he ever decides to run for office....

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Wonder Toddler Powers, activate! Form of...Stow Fire Chief!We went to see the Touch-a-Truck event at the Stow Library a few weeks ago, and Eme had a blast! You may notice, though, that while she is wearing a fire chief hat, she's actually sitting in the driver's seat of a mail truck.Still cute, though.(For a blast from the past, click here to see the last time I posted a pic of Eme in a fire hat

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Wonder Baby Powers, activate! Form of...Biiiiiiiig Smiles!Oskar started making really cute, really big, non-gas-related smiles. In this pic, his sister is doing her best to make him smile for my camera. ...

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Wonder Toddler Powers, activate! Form of...Daddy ready for work.The other day Eme took a ribbon and tucked it into her shirt, then told me she was like Daddy when he goes to work. Yes, she made her own tie.She came up with it all by herself. I merely took the picture....

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Wonder Baby Powers, activate! Form of...the incredible sleeping man (child)!What else would I post, other than a pic of him sleeping? He's too young to do much else.Yes, he was sleeping with his hands up over his eyes. I thought it was too cute!...

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Today I realized that Andreas and I must be really great actors because we have both an "Emmy"...and an "Oscar."I swear we didn't name them that way on purpose....

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Wonder Toddler Powers, activate! Form of...a Big Sister!Wonder Baby Powers, activate! Form of...wait, I'm barely home from the hospital. Can't I just lay here a little bit before having to save the world?Wow, nothing like having a new baby to make me drop blogging like a hot potato. In any case, here is a pic of the new addition -- Oskar -- with Daddy and big sister.Eme's comment upon seeing

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Wonder Toddler Powers, activate! Form of...Pretty in Pink. She dressed herself up in jewels and fuzzy shoes and descended the stairs, and the scene from Father of the Bride (the one with Steve Martin) was playing in my head -- you know, the one where the daughter is saying "I've met a man and we're getting married" and the dad is picturing her as a little girl. One day, Eme is going to descend

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I love Eme, but that doesn't mean that every day is a picnic.There are some days, however, when I am convinced that Mommy Magic is a very real, very powerful force. Of course, while I'm calling it Mommy Magic, it's not exclusive to mommies. It's that thing where you (whether you're a mommy, daddy, grandparent, aunt, uncle, and/or primary caregiver) know the child so well, that you can help bring

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Wonder Toddler Powers, activate! Form of...Mulan getting ready for the matchmaker!Eme got a costume for Christmas that is supposed to look like a traditional Chinese outfit (thanks Aunt Gillie and Uncle Ryan!). She calls it her "Muuman dress." She enjoys putting on the whole getup (including a pair of red shoes--thanks Papa Guy--and a pink fan) and acting out the first few scenes of Mulan (

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New year, new baby on the way, and my girl has been a toddler for some time now, so welcome to the newly named (but still the same) Wonder Toddler Wednesday!Wonder Toddler powers, activate! Form of...the cutest sheep in the Christmas play!At the last moment we got roped into the Christmas play at church (they had only one sheep). Eme enjoyed her time in the spotlight -- she was a total

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Wonder Baby Powers, activate! Form of...Maid Marion (the fox version from the Disney Robin Hood cartoon) or Maria from Sound of Music. Or both.Eme is at an age where she loves to mimic things she sees. When she wanted to put dishtowels on her head to mimic wearing a wimple, we clearly had to capture it on film.She's actually getting quite good at repeating lines from movies, as well, so when she

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Wonder Baby Powers, activate! Form of...Daddy's little helper."Mommy, I haf do some wurt.""Ok, why don't you go sit by Daddy and you can work on his phone while he works on his computer?"(yes, she does know how to use the iPhone with very little help.)My favorite part is that they each needed a drink to keep from getting parched because they're working so hard -- guess whose drink is in the

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I usually stick to posting about Eme on this blog, but something funny happened to me over the weekend and I really wanted to share...I got drunk-dialed. And texted. Multiple times. By someone I've never met.Allow me to re-create the timeline for you here (texts are verbatim):Saturday to Sunday:10:49 pm -- missed call from a number I didn't recognize, no message11 pm -- text from same number: "

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Wonder Baby Powers, activate! Form of...mechanic to Dora the Explorer.She decided that her Dora car needed to be fixed, so she flipped it over, got out her tools (yes, it's a hammer in her right hand; who knows when you'll need to pound on something?), and went to work. It's good news that she likes to take care of things, and doesn't mind working to fix her own car.When I asked why her car

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Eme's Halloween costume is too cute for words! This is the first year she really understands what Halloween is, and she selected her own costume, so we're having lots of fun.Wait for it.....Wonder Baby Powers, activate! Form of...Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair.A few other mothers were complaining at the library today that they had trouble getting their children into their costumes for

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This is the result of Eme's first foray into pottery painting. I feel that it accurately reflects both her vibrant personality and her love of Cinderella. :)...

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I know I need to post again soon. I don't know why I have been so reluctant to post lately, but I do know that if I download some pics from my phone I'll have plenty of WBW shots to share.Soon. I promise.

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Wonder Baby Powers, activate! Form of...mommy's little artist!Today, for the first time, we took Eme's love of painting to the store -- the pottery painting store. We first had to decide among a number of things she could have painted (plates, bowls, figurines, etc). When she spotted the Cinderella figurine, her mind was made up.I brought one of Daddy's old shirts (for maximum clothing coverage

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Wonder Baby Powers, activate! Form of...the happiest girl in the world.We got to meet princesses when we visited Disney World last week. She was a little shell shocked at first, but here you can see she had a great time chatting with Belle.I may not always love Disney, but I love that I could bring my daughter to see something that made her so happy. :)...

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I read a poem the other day that made me cry.http://taylormali.com/index.cfm?webid=31I don't know if the reason I cried was because I'm hormonal (pregnancy will do that to you), or just because it was such a beautiful and moving poem.Either way, I tried to stem the tears as quickly as possible because I didn't want Eme to get upset. Little did I know just how strong my baby is...She saw me when

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Wonder Baby Powers, activate! Form of...little mommy.Eme has decided that she is the mommy of her baby doll and I'm the big sister (she likes to try out different roles). When the baby "cries" she comforts her and says "it be okay, baby."It's awesome....

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My child is challenging me in ways I never imagined (yes, mom, I know that you told me this would happen, but it's different to hear about it than to experience it).Today we took her paper dolls of Cinderella, Belle, and Ariel and dressed then undressed then re-dressed them in all "boo-fullll" dresses. Again and again. And I enjoyed it.Not because I love playing dress up (though I think there

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Wonder Baby Powers, activate! Form of...cutest medieval baby ever!This is Eme at the Medieval "festival" we attended last week. Notice the authentic linen dress (crafted by Andreas, no less!), and not so authentic Camelback water bottle and Igloo cooler. Life is all about juxtaposition.If you haven't seen them already, ask us to show you the videos where we almost got run over at the Field

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It's that time again...Wonder Baby Powers, activate! Form of...Gene Kelly.She's dancin' and singin' in the rain....

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Isn't it cool how even when you feel sad, the sound of your daughter laughing makes you feel happy again?Of course, if you already feel happy, the laughing makes you feel so happy that you might burst. Still not a down side, just true....

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Thanks, Aunt Gillie, for reminding me that today is a Wednesday. Without further ado...Wonder Baby Powers, activate! Form of...Blue Steel! (Anyone remember Zoolander?)Actually, it's double Blue Steel because Eme and I are both doing it. :)...

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Eme has begun pronouncing things much more carefully, which has actually created some hilarious instances of me asking her to repeat herself three or four times in order to figure out what she means. Examples:Involving double r sounds:Cherry -- was "chaaaaaa," now comes out "che-yay"Sorry -- was "sah-ee," now "saw-yeee"Involving double l sounds:Pillow -- don't know whether I ever heard her say

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Anyone who has shown up at my house and found a half-naked toddler running around knows that we've been subscribing to the no-pants-at-home method of potty training. Things have been going well. Is it strange that I'm really excited that we decided to try out big girl underpants for the first time today?...

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Wonder Baby Powers, activate! Form of...a girl who is ready for anything (including a blizzard in June).Why she wanted to wear both her sunglasses and winter gloves defies my ability to reason, but I think in toddler-land the fact that they were both sitting on the table in plain sight is reason enough.Yes, the one glove is backwards. Yes, they are on the wrong hands. But she put them on "all

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[Wouldn't it be cool if, just once in a while, I actually posted something other than a picture? Well, here you go. I've been meaning to post on this topic for a while, so it's both of our lucky day; I get to post it, you get to read it. :)]It's amazing how I've learned to redefine things now that my life has changed so much. A few examples:A good day:Used to mean I got out of work early, or

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Wonder Baby Powers, activate! Form of...a chipmunk!Only instead of having nuts stored in her cheek pouches, they are baby tomatoes--one in each cheek. As I have already mentioned a while back about her love of tomatoes: she's her mother's daughter. ...

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I love hearing things I've said come out of Eme's mouth because they sound so funny coming from someone so small.Today, after seeing her give a big yawn, I asked "are you tired, baby?" She said "wong day." And then sighed.She was right, it was a long day for both of us. But it was suddenly also a very funny day. I laughed, she laughed... a very funny, long day....

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Wonder Baby Powers, activate! Form of...Cinderella ready for the ball!Thanks, Aunt Amy, for Eme's first "pedicure" and her toddler-sized "glass slippers."Yes, I gave my permission. Anyone who "Disney-fies" my child without permission deserves what they get from me. But how could I say no when Eme got so excited at the prospect of getting to do her toes just like mommy and Aunt Amy?Plus, it

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Wonder Baby Powers, activate! Form of...a (stuffed animal) chameleon!Can you spot her as she cunningly blends with her surroundings?This is Eme hiding from the "ba-boom" (that's vacuum for those of you unaccustomed to Eme-speak). She figured that if we put everything else on the couch to keep it safe, why not her, too?...

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Wonder Baby Powers, activate! Form of....merry-go-round rodeo rider!She's riding! Pay no attention to Papa Guy holding her on the horse....

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Training potties are fantastic for many reasons (because they're the right size for small bottoms and short legs, because they come with princesses on them, etc.) but I never thought I'd have to carry around so much pee....

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Eme has really begun to enjoy Eloise -- you may remember the books from your childhood, or you may even have seen the (very cute) movies produced back in 2003 with Julie Andrews as the nanny. We got the movies from the library, and Eme likes to ask me to tell the story, or will sometimes do something Eloise does (like stand on her toes).The other day I found myself searching Amazon to see if I

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I know, you thought you were going to get a WBW today, but there's been a lot of excitement at the house that is not of the kind you photograph. Therefore, to commemorate a very special occasion, I have a Parenting Thought of the Day:Who knew how exciting it could be to see someone else do a poo in their own potty?Good job, Eme!...

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Eme: Mama! Sing muumaid.Me: Ok. "I wish I could be part of your world..."Eme: No! Sing ovaaa muumaid. "Ahhhhhhhh." (Eme attempts to do the vocalization from when the Sea Witch takes Ariel's voice.)Me: Ok. "Ahhhhhhhhh, ahhhhhhhh, ahhhhhhh, ahhhh ahhh ahhh ahhhh ahhhhhh." (I attempt, without much more success, to do Ariel's vocalization. What can I say? I was tired.)Eme: Mama! Sing Waddddin.Me:

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Wonder Baby Powers, activate! Form of...gangsta' leprechaun.Everyone's after her lucky charms (and she certainly has a lot of charm), but you'd better watch out if you get too close. She'll take you down--with her lethal smile. :)Yes, I know it's late for St. Patrick's Day. Yes, she is wearing a Notre Dame hat. It belongs to Andreas; isn't that enough explanation?...

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Things (I didn't realize until now) that I have to ask my mom:1) When we finished a coloring book, did you throw it out? Did we ever miss it?2) How many of our toys (or scraps of paper we were attached to) did you accidentally vacuum up? How long did it take for us to get over it?These are just a few more things you don't need to think about until you do....

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Wonder Baby Powers, activate! Form of....evil genius.Couldn't you tell by the goatee?Or, wait, is it just that this blueberry smoothie is really good?...

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Wonder Baby Powers, activate! Form of...Lady! (Andreas is the Tramp)Can you guess what movie we got from the library this week?...

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My baby has been turning into a toddler gradually over a number of months now, but lately she's REALLY begun asserting her independence.She loves to say "dueetsef" (pronounced "dew EEt sef"). What she means is that she'd like to do something by herself, with no help. This exclamation is sometimes accompanied by an exhortation for mommy to "go'way," as in "Mommy go'way! Eme doeetsef!"Eme will

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What? It's Wednesday and I'm posting a WBW? Strange.Wonder Baby Powers, activate! Form of....a snow angel!Yes, my stinky angel made her first snow angel, and it was beautiful.All the way up until she accidentally got snow down her back. Then it was tragic for a few minutes. Stinky mommy, using the camera instead of keeping snow out of her baby's coat!Don't worry, though. We were all happy

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Finally done with Eme's b-day gift (counted cross stitch), and I'm only just over a week late... Now I just have to frame the thing....

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Wonder Baby Powers, activate!Form of...a 2-year old!Happy Birthday, my stinky little angel....

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I promised Aunt Gillie a WBW, so here it is, even if it is a Thursday. Again.Wonder Baby Powers, activate! Form of...Cinderella!She didn't even have any mice or birds to help her create a pink dress out of castoffs -- just daddy's old pink polo shirt and a dream of being the most beautiful girl at the ball.Now she's off to meet a prince. Lucky she doesn't have any stepsisters to tear up the

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Welcome to a new feature that I hope to use at least as regularly as I use WBWs. I plan to list things that I find myself thinking as a parent that I can't imagine ever having thought about in the time before Emelie.-----------------------------------------------------Today's thought (after having discovered that her hair was sticky from having put food in it, but we were already out at music

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Wonder Baby Powers, activate! Form of...a tree hugger (and kisser)!With parents like us, you knew it would happen. Why not start her early? Go green!...

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Wonder Baby Powers, activate! Form of...Santa's Little Helper (or tomtenisse for my Swedish readers). Here she is, trekking through the snow to get presents to deserving children all over the world. Or is it just that she was inspecting her tree to see if her daddy did the lights right?Yes, Eme did get a tree. It happens to be in the back yard, but it looks beautiful out there, all lit up at

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Did I really only post once in December? Really? Just the once?I blame The Holidays. And the funeral.Anyway, I'm back. ish.One of the reasons I haven't had time for my fun writing is because I've had a lot of freelance work coming in. When there's only so much time available in the day, the things that pay me (yay!) and have deadlines (boo) have to come first. That's actually the subject of

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Wonder Baby Powers, activate! Form of.....the next Jackson Pollock? Certainly an up-and-comer in the art world, anyway.Yes, those are trash bags on the floor. Yes, we had to tape them down. Yes, the floor stayed clean, so the work to cover it with trash bags was definitely worth it....

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It's been a while since my last post. Yes, I blame The Holidays.It's fair to blame anything that happens between about mid-November and mid-January on The Holidays. (Because you are preparing from mid-November and still getting over them until mid-January; what? you aren't? Well I am, so I'm still blaming it the way I see it.)I could certainly tell you a story about how fun Thanksgiving was (it

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Wonder Baby powers, activate! Form of............ hey, even superheroes need a nap.As Eme would say: "shhhhhhhhhh. Beebee ni-niiite." (Translated, that means "shh, the baby went night night.")...

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Since Eme loved the Bobkitty so much (see her "driving" one in Wonder Baby Wednesday #11) Andreas found one that was more Eme's speed at a really cool toy store. It's made by Playmobil. As you see here, she loves driving this one, too!...

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(Jen at Sprite's Keeper has made this week's Spin about parental confessions, so here's mine:)I am a "comparer." I compare my child to other children.Before you say so, I realize that this is not healthy. I try not to do it out loud because I don't want my daughter to learn to do it (because it wouldn't be healthy for her either).I am a competitive person, and I'm often more judgmental of other

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Wonder Baby Powers, activate! Form of....the ladybug who will one day rule the universe!At least, with a magic wand, you'd think she might be able to rule the universe. If she wants to. Or she might just wave her magic wand and create a nice big bowl of "maccheese" for herself. Yes, that would certainly make her happy.Also, check out the jazz hand and the silver shoes. Maybe this is the

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You might think you know where I'm going with this, but my daughter still thinks I'm great. I imagine she might think I'm the mean lady some day, but not just yet.No, it's Eme's little friend who thinks I'm the mean lady.We had a play date at our house with a new little friend (she's just over 2 years old) the other day. The friend was a little shy at first, since it was all Eme's toys instead of

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Wonder Baby Powers, activate! Form of.....The Incredible Shrinking Toddler!Or is she still her usual size and just on a gigantic swing? I leave it to your judgement to decide. :)...

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Wonder Baby Powers, activate! Form of...........Static Electricity Girl!(Also known as "the coolest girl at the park," or Storm from X-Men -- didn't her hair stand on end before she created a storm? Someone who knows more about X-Men, please confirm.)Yes, Eme inherited her mother's fine hair, which stands up at the slightest provocation.And before you say it, yes, I know it's Thursday. Wonder

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As an update to my post on coloring Hello Kitty, this is Mr. Mewhansson.After I colored Hello Kitty's teacher's shirt pink and his tie pink and green, I added the goatee. I was already chuckling in my head at the resemblance to what Andreas wears to teach (that's why I colored the shirt pink in the first place), and then I practically burst with laughter when I came up with the name. I was

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One of Eme's favorite restaurants, recently, has been "Big Cow."That's what she calls Chick-Fil-A because of the poster of the big cow that stands at the entrance. It's probably not the food she likes best (though she likes both fruit and chicken, both of which she gets there). I imagine it's the play area.She hangs like a monkey, slides down the slide ("beeeeeeeeeeeee!" Yes, that's her version

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I certainly never planned to introduce Eme to the Disney catalog. Yes, we had a lot of Winnie the Pooh stuff (it's just such cute nursery decoration), but that hardly counts, right? Then we got a set of pink books -- the Disney Princess collection -- as a gift. I figured I had years before she'd even be able to handle them because they have a lot of words and thin pages.(This is the part where I

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Wonder Baby Powers, activate! Form of.......Landscaper/"Bobkitty" Driver!Eme was so excited to see Daddy driving the "Bobkitty" (she extrapolated that one herself when we told her the machine, or "scheen," was called a Bobcat) as he rockhounded before we put in our lawn, that she wanted to try it herself. She'd say "Eme!" pointing to herself, then to the Bobkitty. We told her she could sit in

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Wonder Baby Powers, activate! Form of..........Tricycle builder!This is Eme a few weeks ago helping Grandpa Guy to build her new tricycle. We're going to have to ger her a baby tool set soon because she loves "building" and "fixing" things!She likes to call the trike her "bicycle," because she wants to be like the big kids she sees riding their bicycles down the street. Even cuter, when she

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It's very freeing to color with a toddler. So freeing, in fact, that I'm writing a second post today!Actually, I'm writing a second post because I have other things done. Strange feeling. But I digress.When Eme got her first taste for coloring (a few months ago with a ballpoint pen and some important papers, and then her leg) I got out the crayons and started coloring (in the Hello Kitty

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Wonder Baby Powers, activate! Form of.......her mother's daughter.The top pic is Eme after she grabbed a whole tomato and just started eating it. The bottom pic is what was left when she was done.This is something that I used to do as a toddler (my mom professes that she thought some kind of animal was eating her tomatoes until one day when she saw me toddle up to the tomato and take a bite out

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Wonder Baby Powers, activate! Form of........Mama's little laundry helper.This is what I get for turning my back after emptying the dryer: it fills back up by itself....

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I realized I never wrote the post I promised on why I heart Dr. Karp. Don't worry, my husband knows all about it. He hearts him, too.Dr. Karp is the author of The Happiest Baby on the Block and The Happiest Toddler on the Block. The number of people (all of whom we trusted) who recommended these books to us before we had Eme made us very curious. Now that we've read and been using the

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Wonder Baby Powers, activate! Form of......Wonder Flower Girl!Yes, the stinging in your eyes is caused by her overpowering cuteness. It will go away in a few hours. But the chest pain...that's from your heart growing three sizes larger (like the Grinch when he heard Cindy Lou Who singing). That change is permanent....

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To follow up from the last post: The wedding gift is complete.Totals:48 total hours of work (the final 12 hours of which was a mad dash that kept us up until 2:30 in the morning the day before the wedding; thanks for your help when I needed you at the "11th hour," Amy!)2 total months of days in which the work was completed (mostly during Eme's nap times)168 total pieces of glass to make up the

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1. Folding the laundry2. Rolling all the coins to bring to the bank (I guess I'll have to figure out how Coinstar works)3. Loading the dishwasher4. Maria's wedding present (is it coming up THIS Saturday already?)5. Projects for my freelance work6. Writing in Eme's journal7. Listening to the most recent "Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me..."8. Changing the Brita filter9. Grocery shopping (yes, I literally

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Who knew I'd learn a habit from a 2-year-old?Recently Andreas' cousin, his cousin's wife, and their 2-year-old son came from Sweden to stay with us for a couple of weeks.I was nervous for Emelie. The time she has spent with other children is for an hour or two at a time, so I had no idea how she'd respond to having another toddler in the house playing with her toys, sleeping on a different

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I wonder where all of the Wonder Baby Wednesdays have gone? So as not to disappoint Joe, I thought I'd better make sure to get one up this week! Here we go...Wonder Baby Powers, activate! Form of..........Joe Cool. Or is that Jane Cool? Certainly the coolest baby around, in any case. (We all know Joe is basically just "Jae" with an "o" anyway...)...

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Emelie is learning things so quickly these days that I'm constantly surprised by words she knows.For example, the other day I said "sleeve" (just in passing; I don't even remember what I was talking about) and she pointed to her sleeve. When did she learn sleeve?Or how about "bean"? My mom calls one of her cats Bean, and we spent some time at her house calling for the cat. Later, someone

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I know, I know, I haven't been posting much lately. I assure you, though, that a lot has been going on!I just wanted to leave a note saying that I plan to write some posts soon (how about one on things misheard, and another on why I heart Dr. Karp; any other subjects you want to hear about?), and post some more beautiful but hilarious pictures.Now that I've put this here for all to see, I'll

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As you know, Eme has super powers.I wouldn't want to reveal all of them (so there will still be surprises if an evildoer should happen to read this and then go up against her), but here is a short list of some of my favorites:1) Multiple Forms: She has the ability to make herself look like many different, usually hilarious, things. (See Wonder Baby Wednesday posts for some examples.) She can

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Wonder Baby Powers, activate! Form of.... Wonder Bread Baby!We don't feed her the stuff*, but labeling her with the sticker from the novelty sandwich box was a great opportunity for a funny Wonder Baby Wednesday picture.*Particularly after an experiment where a number of slices of the "bread" lay in the yard, stubbornly not decomposing, for over a month.** **I want to be clear, after having

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We recently went to the Doctor for Eme's 15-month check-up and it has inspired me to think more about percents...10th-25th The percentile of Eme's weight25th-50th The percentile of Eme's height50th-75th The percentile of Eme's head circumference ("It's like an orange on a toothpick")90 Approximate percent of me that now feels confident as a mother (I still have my days)75 Approximate percent

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Wonder Baby Powers, activate! Form of.......a firefighter!We're putting out "fires" everywhere! Mostly they involve crayon eating, but they're fires nonetheless.On the day of this picture, we were touching trucks at the library.

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I'm going to be 30 in a few weeks. That means a lot of different things. Some people feel old at 30, or like you've reached the "real" barrier to adulthood.As you may have guessed by the title of this post, I went to Prom on Friday night. 30 wasn't making me feel old before, but I did at the prom.The biggest thing that made me feel old? Some of those dresses were WAY too short. All of a

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Wonder Baby Powers, activate! Form of..... Cinderella."Must... scrub... this... spot!" Wait, does that make her Lady Macbeth?...

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Have you ever heard something come out of your mouth and realized you were turning into your mother or father? Yes, this happens to all of us at some point, and not surprisingly seems to happen even more often once we have children of our own.That's one group of things I told myself I'd never say. There's another group, though, of things that are totally ridiculous. Things that you know as you

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I find myself talking more about bodily functions now that I have a baby than I ever did before.No surprise, given that whether, when, and what quality of evacuations my baby makes are the best indicator of her health. So from birth on, all doctors, nurses, and grandmothers who talk to you about how your baby is doing are interested in her diapers.The other day some friends (who do not have a

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What am I doing up at 5 in the morning on a Saturday?There are a lot of funny things I could say about being a parent, but the truth is that I couldn't get back to sleep because of worrying.It's like there's a magical screen that blocks your view of all of the terrible things that could happen, and when you become a parent that screen is lifted away so that you can proceed to worry about all of

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Wonder Baby Powers, activate! Form of..... an Ikea furniture repairperson.Because what Swedish baby would be complete without an allen wrench?...

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I was taking my third sheet of cookies out of the oven earlier today when it hit me: "since when do I bake cookies?"I have been saying lately that if I'm going to be a housewife, I may as well do it right. This is tongue-in-cheek, of course -- a way to explain my sudden desire to learn to make casseroles, bake cookies, put together Ikea furniture, vacuum, etc. The truth is, I have more (and

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Anyone whose grammar I've ever corrected, please stand up. (Yes, you too my third grade teacher. And probably my second grade one as well.)Now that you're all standing, you are welcome to laugh at me for the title of this post.I have always been a curve-wrecker, and a grammar (and spelling) corrector, and I have a little bit of a nerd-crush on Grammar Girl for her ability to solve those few

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The two little red marks stayed bright on Eme's right cheek until late into the evening. I think we'd put her to bed before they went away. I don't know if she remembers it -- she doesn't behave as if she does (although, who knows what she'll do if she ever sees that boy again) -- but I can't stop thinking about it.Eme's first "real" trip to the library (she'd been there in her stroller with us

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