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December 31, 2004

Foggy Giraffe

Posted by clappstar at 02:18 PM

December 29, 2004

The Doctor Is In

With her doctor kit ready, she makes her morning rounds on her stuffed animals, dolls, brother, mom and dad. She leaves as quickly as she appears, parting with excuses about other patients. She snagged the face mask from her visit to the hospital to see her great grandma.

Posted by clappstar at 10:34 PM | Comments (4)

December 27, 2004

Standing Shorty

The little guy has really started to like flexing his leg muscles. With support on his sides, he loves to stand. He bounces and wobbles, but he is getting good exercise and practice. Here he is showing off his toughness (or my foolishness) by standing up against me. He is only about 50 inches shorter than me.

He has been liking the standing for about 3 weeks at least and being carried facing front since grandpa held him on Thanksgiving.

Posted by clappstar at 11:07 PM

First Christmas

Blaise opened his first Christmas present (with the help of his sister).

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December 22, 2004

Pony Ride

Earlier this summer we visited the zoo and Estella got to take a pony ride.

Posted by clappstar at 06:29 PM

December 21, 2004

The Kids, They're Great

Know what dad?

Yummy fingers.

Posted by clappstar at 10:16 PM | Comments (1)

December 18, 2004

Discovery Boat

A view from Discovery Park just north of downtown Seattle.

Posted by clappstar at 10:25 AM | Comments (1)

December 16, 2004

Great Grand Papa

Posted by clappstar at 08:42 AM

December 14, 2004

Like My Hair

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December 09, 2004

Estella's Sayings

"That not an idea" means that isn't a good idea.
"I take a shallow" means I want to take a shower.

Posted by clappstar at 07:07 PM

December 08, 2004

Rainy Windy Cold

It has been blustery, wet, cold weather. The walk from the bus to the office in the morning leaves my feet wet.

Blaise is such an easy little man to take care of. His cries always seem to have a simple cure. That means he is not a whiner, his cries always mean something, like "Change me!", "You aren't paying attention to me!" or "Rock me to sleep!" He isn't high maintenance; he is content to lie on his back and watch you do the dishes. He is a big fan, as was Estella, of the front facing hold. He likes to see what is going on. If he can't, he swings his head back and forth.

After all I just said, I forgot to mention that he sometimes wakes up at 4AM and I have to go in and replace the binky every 20 minutes until 6:30AM when Estella wakes up. I guess that is high maintenance.

One morning at about 4AM while I was replacing the little guy's pacifier, I hear Estella say, "My bed brokem." Turning, I find her sitting up with her blankets all piled up at the end of the bed. She's right, the bed is supposed to keep her cozy and in that respect it had "brokem". I asked her if it was the covers and she said yeah and laid back down so I could cover her up. She went right back to sleep.

I've probably already mentioned that Estella dries of with a "towlel" and visits Gaba at the "hospitital".

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December 03, 2004

Christmas Tree Bright

Posted by clappstar at 11:28 PM

Close Up Baby

Posted by clappstar at 09:34 PM

Used To Be Smaller

Blaise, now 3 months old, at 3 weeks. Used to be much smaller.

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