Cereal

Elizabeth enjoyed her first bit of solid food ever tonight. We even broadcasted it across the internet to Nanny and Grandpa so that they could watch the fun. Elizabeth was a bit tentative, but gobbled up her rice cereal like she'd been doing it for years. We promised Big Sister Linda that she could choose the next food that Elizabeth tries, but we'd like to put the vote out to our loyal readers for the meal after that. Take a look to the right at the poll I set up; what should Elizabeth eat next?

Abiyoyo

Linda brings home lots of different things that she learns at school. She's been talking a lot about "Abiyoyo" lately. She sings it, she says the word randomly, calls Terry and I Abiyoyo, and generally works it into conversation whenever she can. Terry and figured it was a story or something that they read at school and started looking into buying her a copy since she likes it so much. Is it ever a story. I found an Abiyoyo website today and a video of Pete Seeger singing it on YouTube. (See Above, but beware- it's about 5 minutes long.)

Last night Linda was playing and started making Terry and I sheep pasta and cow pasta. A little strange but pasta is one of her favorite foods so I didn't think it was anything to out of the ordinary. Wouldn't you know that as I was reading the Abiyoyo story today there's a part where Abiyoyo walks through a sheep pasture and a cow pasture. She must think Abiyoyo walks through the twon eating sheep pasta and cow pasta. I love her and her near command of the English language.

New Pictures

I just posted a bunch of new photos to my Flickr page. Go on over and have a look. You'll see: Aunt Jeanne's visit, Linda coloring Easter eggs, Easter morning.

Brown Alligator

Linda: "Daddy that poopy came out of my bum and scared me like a brown alligator."

Two Twenty Four

2:24am- Terry just fell asleep for the first time tonight.



2:25am- A 5 month olds will is stronger than a 36 year olds.



2:26am

Wedding Necklace

Three down, seventy seven more to go. Grammie Linda and Papa Nick gave Elizabeth a very pretty three pearl necklace for her Christening. They are strung on a thin gold chain that is set up to be easily added to. Elizabeth and the beginnings of her pearl necklace are registered at Desjardins Jewelers in Beverly, MA. Anyone can call up at any time and buy a single pearl to be added to Elizabeth's necklace. The pearls can be shipped anywhere or they can be picked up by Grammie Linda.

If you're ever in search of something to buy Elizabeth for a birthday or holiday, how about a pearl? I will have a permanent link to this store's website in the links section on the right.

Desjardins Jewelers
47 Enon Street
Beverly, MA 01915
978 922 2149

Original Sin

I added some photos from today's party to my Flickr page. Go on over and have a look.

3:00AM

Last night at about 3:15am I was awake at my desk holding Elizabeth and editing ID3 tags. I figured if I was going to be awake I might as well do something productive, if you can consider editing ID3 tags productive. Elizabeth's motor skills are developing very nicely. She reaches for things, has no problems picking them up, and usually gets them in her mouth on the first try. Last night as I was typing away with one hand and holding her with the other, she reached up, grabbed the pacifier out of her mouth with one hand and started hammering my shoulder with it in perfect rhythm all while grinning happily at her accomplishment. Bam, Bam, Bam. I laughed, then she laughed out loud at my laughter and never missed a beat with the pacifier. It almost made being awake at 3 in the morning enjoyable.

What I did Today

Every day when I pick Lindissimo up from school I get a daily Progress Report. Here is yesterday's P.R. (Click the image to open a larger version.)

Elizabeth Eats Her Ball

Linda Sings To Elizabeth and Piper

Here's a video of Linda singing to Elizabeth and Piper (her new balloon) this morning.

Linda FAQ

Linda names her babydolls and ballons after her friends.
Ballon Sanders (DuJuan Sanders)
Piper (Piper Jost)
Hudson (Hudson Poe)
Abigail (Abigail ???)
Pabacin (made up Linda name)

Linda has started using the diminutive with her babydoll nicknames.
Paby for Pabacin
Tendy for Tender Heart Bear

Linda's favorite TV shows are:
Thomas The Tank Engine
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse
Piggly Winks
The Berenstein Bears
Little Einsteins

New Photos

There are some new images of the girls on the Flickr page. Go on over and have a look.