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  • Well Tuesday decided that it just was not fair papa was getting all the attention, so the same night we were in the emergency room she went and got croup! I called the advice nurse at five AM and was like, "um my daughter sounds possessed…" Guess what that bark is called croup, who knew (I'm guessing all you moms out there, it was rhetorical)? I'm going to have to recap the last week, as I've decided I won't catch up on the blog otherwise. Tuesday and I went to Portland a week ago and got to visit some of our favorite people:

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    My grandma, who made the mistake of having lots of beautiful holiday decorations, which made it hard to get Tutu to look at me. 

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    After saying hi to my grandma we got to see my lovely god-daughter.

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    Of course the kids were too busy playing for me to get very many pictures. V is so so cute and kind, as always. She has this awesome doll house and made sure that everything on the bottom two floors (the ones Tuesday could reach), were only full of big things that were safe for my little teether to munch on. Tuesday is doing lots of standing and almost walking and fell a few times while we were there. I think it scared V, and she came over to comfort Tuesday and pat her little head, adorable. Also V's artwork is all over the house. I can not wait until Tuesday is making masterpieces like that. 

    We laid low for a while during the teething not so fun times. The tooth goes back and forth between sticking out a very little and not at all. When we went to the doctor for the croup I asked her about this and she said it was normal. Boo! Come on out little tooth! 

    Saturday was the annual crew girl "gingerbread" house making party. Last year = no babies. This year:

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    Lachlan, Kourtney, Tuesday and Kathryn. Lachlan is two days older than Tuesday, and she's got four months on the twins. Though I'm guessing they've got her beat in hair, weight, and teeth. Tuesday gained a whole 3 ounces in the last two months… probably because I had her weighed in the diaper for the first time. My little munchkin. She was all set to go to bed here so didn't make the group shot:

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    Also how awesome is Beachwood?

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    She had an ugly sweater party earlier and some of us couldn't make it so she thought she'd treat us all. That coupled with this expression kind of looks like crazy school teacher, right?

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    Best part of my modern house: the fire pit.

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    Best part of any house: Kathy's "brick" foundation (starburst quartered – genius!).

    Sunday we went to a you pick/cut place and got our tree:

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    Tuesday loves the outdoors.

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    Our tree. We had them cut it (guys walk around with chainsaws – great idea).

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    Group shot! 

    Of course then the week decided to go crazy on us. More on that later. Or maybe I'll just skip that part and get back to the merry making. I am like a year behind on handmade gifts! And two years behind on sleep!!    
     
     

      

     

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  • Bj would like to remind you to get a buddy to hold your ladder. 

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    Three hours in the emergency room and four staples later… Plus I'm guessing one major headache tomorrow. The doctor told me to wake him up a couple of times in the middle of the night. I'm like, "oh we have a baby at home – no problem!"

    P.S. This is from getting the lights DOWN from storage. I'm a bit nervous for him to actually put them up now.
     

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  • Turning eleven months has not been easy for my dear sweet Tuesday. Most of the day today she looked like this:

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    Poor thing had the roughest night ever last night. For a grand total of two hours of alone sleeping, or really deep sleep. The rest was restless nursing, back patting, rocking, swaying and trying to keep her comfortable when she spiked a 102 temp. I don't know if it's the teeth, which continue to torture her, or a virus or something. Her fever is gone now and I've finally got her to sleep after two hours of trying. I'd like to remember her turning eleven months more like this:

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    Yesterday morning I had the smart idea to have my camera all ready for when Tutu woke up as I find her still sleepy face quite cute:

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    She happily obliged me and let me take some pictures of her goofiness:

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    And mine I suppose. 

    At 11 months Tuesday is on the brink of walking. She can easily stand with no help, crouch down, pick things up, and get back up with toys in both her hands. However she still has not taken that first step and instead crawls with abandon:

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    She is able to get to me very quickly now and it is funny to hear her do a fast crawl, especially on the hardwood downstairs, or when she has a toy in one hand.

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    (her face is a little chapped from the cold, the house is very dry with the heat on constantly).

    She is such a people person, loves to make everyone smile and will stare at someone for a while waiting for them to do so. She is starting to get shy around people though, mainly men. She prefers to be held by me or papa when around lots of people and will reach out for us. When lots of people are around she will crawl over to me and pull on my pant leg to be picked up. When she is upset she signs milk, I'm pretty sure she uses it for an all around, "mama I want you" signal, not just for her milky. She seems to prefer her right hand, the one that has the cutest little mark on it:

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    I feel that she is so on the cusp of everything. The edge of babyhood, almost walking, babbling, grabbing, wanting… I just love the next phase that is coming. Exploring, making, doing. I know she will keep me guessing.

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    Hopefully she will feel better soon so we can continue on with our adventures. I so love my little sparkle pants, even when I have to call my own mommy at 5:55 in the morning with a plea to come help me! 
      
     

     

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