Words have come in a flood, a torrent, a mental dam-break that took place right at the end of December and seems to have slowed since then . . . at least for now. Not just new words but changes to the pronunciation of words she had already learned, and new ‘filler’ words [...]
Archive for January, 2008
Words
Posted in Monkey language on January 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly
Posted in Random household whatever, Uncategorized on January 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Good: I got my application to be an API Group Leader completely finished and the last assignment turned in this afternoon. It is Ilze’s namesday, and Valdis (despite being sick) made her a beautiful pineapple upside-down cake from scratch.
The Bad: My grandfather died this afternoon
RIP, Grandpa–you will be dearly missed. You helped [...]
Thoughts
Posted in Monkey, excruciating cuteness of on January 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I’ll usually try to get through the shower before V leaves for work, while Ilze is still sleeping. Today, though, was a “sleep as long as she’ll let me and let Sesame Street watch her while I shower” day. (Seriously–I only begrudgingly got out of bed when she hopped up at nearly [...]
Okay, time to get back on the horse . . .
Posted in Monkey, excruciating cuteness of on January 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
It was a hectic holidays, and a harried beginning of the year, and we’ve been sick . . . but the time is passing us by, and she’s changing every minute, and she’s so damned cute! So, a few tidbits.
Her ability to remember and obsess over minutiae from days or even WEEKS ago is [...]
