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Two are Two!
Sunday, March 21, 2010Our little Zoe turned 2 on Friday…so they are both 2 for the next 3 weeks. If you ask her how old she is, she will tell you “two,” but she hasn’t quite mastered holding up 2 fingers yet. We had ECFE on Friday, so they sang “Happy Birthday” to her (regular and “dance” versions), and had her favorites (cantaloupe and ice cream) for snack. She woke up to a new doll house and stood looking at it with a big smile saying “Excited!” On Saturday, we drove to Pelican Rapids to celebrate their Great, Great Aunt Hazele’s 102nd birthday....
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A Heart of Gold
Saturday, February 6, 2010Note: Sorry for the delayed message; we apparently had a hacker in our site and we’ve had less time to do this taking care of two little ones this time. Apologies in advance for the length of this: Friday, Surgery Day: Sophia woke up around 1AM and I brought her into our bed thinking maybe the extra snuggles would help her sleep (and help us with our anxiety). She did pretty well until she heard the little gentle noises that precede the alarm (haven’t had to use an alarm in ages). Then she started tickling Papa to get him up, too. She got really excited when she realized she got...
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Party Girls
Sunday, January 3, 2010Well, the holiday season has certainly led Zoe to believe that each day is another party. She thinks each car trip should end at a party (preferably at “Ish” (Aisling’s) “house”). They started with the Down Syndrome Ass’n's Christmas party. True to form, they spent most of the time climbing the play equipment, until the music started, and then they were off to watch two funny little old men play carols. Unfortunately, the wilder one was dancing so much that he almost stepped on Sophia, but she got over it until a few minutes later when she got trapped...
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Sisters, sisters, there were never such devoted sisters
Sunday, December 6, 2009The girls are so into each other these days. Sophia signs that she wants to write Zoe’s name over and over again when she’s drawing and when she’s telling us to write. When she hears Zoe waking up from a nap, she squeals. When we go to get Zoe, she is always most interested in seeing “Sah wee wee.” The other day when I got home from work, I thought Zoe was coming over to see me like she usually does, but as it turns out, she just came over to hug Sophia (who had actually come over to greet me). We’ve tried out their snow pants (thanks to Grandma for her...
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“Bumping up and down in [Life's] little red wagon”
Sunday, November 22, 2009Well, the thing about going so long between posts is that there always seems to end up being both ups and downs by the time we write. This time is no exception. On the up side, the girls continue to grow in communication and in their senses of humor. Zoe has learned several new words, including renaming John “Poppy,” and hiney (which I kept thinking all day was “ah-knee” until I saw her little giggle and remembered John working on it with her this morning). She can say “Zooo-ee” and “Sawee wee” (Sophia), in addition to big (which she first...
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A Comedy of Errors
Monday, October 12, 2009All in all, we had a great trip to San Antonio, and the girls got to see/meet many of their Wright relatives. Unfortunately, all of their second cousins were sick, so they didn’t get to play with little ones. The bride and groom had also been exposed to H1N1, so the girls didn’t get to follow the bride around in her pretty dress or give them kisses and hugs. (Thanks, Kelly, for shielding us from the germs during the family pics). As you can see by John’s pictures, Sophia spent most of her time with the little boys, and Zoe was either eating “mel” (cantaloupe)...
