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Published: January 23rd 2011
Well, it's been a while since I've written, but truth be told, it has just been a busy point for us lately. Finishing touches and finishing up the renovations. A testament to that is the fact that tonight I should be working on things like curtains and cushions. Plus we installed some lights. When you get to curtains and cushions you are in the tail end of any major home renovation project😊
First off, let me apologize for today's picture of Charlie (the second last shot). And say frankly, that you can just never totally babyproof. They will find something to injure themselves on. He was walking today and being relatively new to it, not every journey goes as planned. This one ended in an epic battle with a chair leg. The chair leg was the clear victor when the dust settled. Thankfully I have experience in dealing with the forehead puncture from Lena's skirmish with the kitchen cabinets from about a year ago. So, Charlie was already back on track and interested in taking apart some fake veggies while I steri-stripped his forehead shut and slathered him with neosporin. It looks worse than it is, I promise.
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for the last picture of Lena, she has had a ton of interest lately in pictures. Pictures of her and as she puts it "My people", also known as 'my family', but I kind of like 'my people'. So, whenever anyone is on the computer, regardless of what they are doing, for instance working, Lena would rather the computer do a slide show of all the pictures on it. While this is sometimes annoying, she is ridiculously cute as she reacts to each picture. The clear favorites at this point are: any picture involving horses, particularly if she is riding them, any pictures where Charlie is making a face, and any pictures involving cousin Ally. It is great though, she lights up and giggles and describes the picture to me, or asks me who it is. It is really pretty cool and Andy and I have both clocked up more than a couple of hours of 'this is your life' narration. Typically she isn't interested in much of the pre-kids pics, but I did have to pull out the wedding album today as Andy was working on the computer all morning and she thought it was hysterical. Just wait another
twenty years my dear. Just wait. It will probably come full circle and you'll want to have your photos shot in a field next to some farm equipment and sheep like Granddad and Grandma.
Another new development for Lena is the truncated conversation. For the sake of expedience she will narrate both parts of the conversation, or just skip over yours entirely. A favorite conversation of mine goes like this: "I Help?" "Ok." At which point she is right in the thick of whatever it was you were trying to accomplish. At times she is actually helpful. And at times it at least gets more entertaining.
Lena is starting to understand or at least regurgitate the concepts behind sharing and rationing. Tonight she was eating Kix out of a bowl. Charlie came over, and she knew she should share, but kept insisting "Take one Charlie, ONE!" Yes, well, the age of reason is coming for you Lena, but it is still a bit far off for Charlie.
The rest of the pics are captioned or speak for themselves. We have been hanging out a bit with Uncle Timmy as he gets ready to head down to SC
on his next adventure. We are also doing better at seeing our friends with work on the house winding down.
We have some exciting little trips planned out over the next few months, and with any luck all the excitement will be of the good variety!
We love you both so much!
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They are so cute. Glad tyou have time to send them. It helps