I think of all the things I want to share with the world about my baby girl, her amazing conversational skills top the list. I think daily that I should carry around a tape recorder just to record for posterity the awesome things that come out of her mouth.
Just this evening, these are some of the conversations we had.
A: Daddy eat?
M: No, daddy's not going to eat dinner with us. Daddy's on an airplane.
A: yeah. Big airplane. Biz trip. Mommy eat.
(she remembered from this morning that Alex is going on a business trip. Wow.)
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Ali's new favorite obsession is hunting Easter eggs. At the restaurant tonight, this is what she said about everyone who was leaving.
A: Bye-bye! Go home, hunt eggs? Hunt Easter eggs?
(clearly she thinks that everyone is as taken with the pastime as she is)
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Ali looooves counting. Her new favorite number is thirty (which only recently replaced her most beloved "two.") This is how it goes when we count to thirty.
M: okay, let's count! What do we start with?
A: two!
M: One...
A: two!
M: good! what's next?
A: three!
M: what's next?
A: five!
M: four...
A: five!
M: five...
A: Here we go!
M: No, not yet. Six...
A: Six...
M: seven...
A: seben...
M: eight...
A: eat? Mommy eat?
M: nine...
A: yeah...
M: ten!
A: Here we go!!!
M: Not yet! Eleven (yeah...), twelve (yeah...), thirteen (thirty!!!), fourteen (yeah...), fifteen (yeah...), sixteen (yeah...), seventeen (yeah...), eighteen (yeah...), nineteen (yeah...), twenty!
A: THIRTY! Go, go!!!
M: Twenty-one (yeah...), twenty-two (yeah...), twenty-three (yeah...), twenty-four (yeah...), twenty-five (yeah...), twenty-six (yeah...), twenty-seven (yeah...seben), twenty-eight (yeah...), twenty-NINE (YEAH...), THIRTY!!
A: THIRTY! HERE WE GO GO GO!!!!
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And yesterday morning, when it was time for an Ali diaper change . . .
D: Come on Ali, it's time to change your diaper.
A: No dirty diaper. Teeny tiny poop. No dirty. Clean diaper. No big poop. Teeny tiny poop.
D: Yeah, even if it's just a teeny tiny poop, we still have to change your diaper.
A: No Ali dirty diaper. Daddy diaper. Daddy dirty diaper.
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Seriously never a dull moment 'round these parts.
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My 101 list
SELF
1. create a list of 101 goals and a timeframe within which to complete them
2. start a blog
3. get published as an editor or author
4. get a promotion
5. get all my boxes from my parents
6. organize and consolidate childhood boxes
7. turn 30 and love it
8. motivate husband to create his own version of goal list and time frame
HEALTH & FITNESS
9. complete a half-ironman
10. complete a century ride (100 miles)
11. complete the MS150
12. do yoga in a park
13. do 25 full-length push-ups without stopping
14. do a Krav Maga class
15. play 9 holes of golf from drive to putt
16. subscribe to a fitness magazine
17. be comfortable in a size 8
18. avoid getting sunburned
19. go to the dentist consistently
20. floss consistently
21. get my vision checked
22. no sodas for a month
23. no sweets for a month
24. no fried food for a month
25. eat a vegan meal
26. take a “mental health” day
HOME
27. paint a room
28. keep a potted plant alive for at least one year
29. acquire rest of nice flatware from registry
30. plant a tree
31. do something to our back yard so that it’s not just grass and fence
32. finish decorating
33. find a permanent acceptable location for the litter box
34. get a water softener
35. find a good solution for necklace storage
36. get gutters
FUN & GAMES
37. have the neighbors over for dinner
38. get SCUBA certified
39. go dancing with my husband
40. make a bull’s eye in a dart game
41. have a girls’ night out
42. play a game of chess
43. host a game night or dinner party
44. fly a homemade kite
45. check out the county park near our house
46. go on the Austin Segway tour
47. get dressed up and go to a cool bar/club downtown
48. attempt cow tipping
49. go spelunking
TRAVEL
50. create photo book of trip to Ireland/London
51. camp in a national park
52. travel abroad with just husband
53. take a trip with child and husband
54. throw a dart and go wherever it lands
55. take a picture in front on an iconic landmark
FAMILY
56. visit my sister
57. visit my brother/do a race in NC
58. visit my grandmother
59. tell my family I love them whenever we hang up
60. get to know my “new” cousin better
61. spend an afternoon with just my mother-in-law
62. start a family
63. keep a pregnancy journal to eventually pass on to my child
FINANCIAL
64. get a raise
65. buy a car
66. write a will
67. pay off all my medical bills
68. give handmade Christmas gifts
69. plan and execute a major fundraising event for TNT
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
70. write and send a letter (not an email)
71. take a Mensa test (just for the hell of it)
72. make an effort to not let how people treat me affect how I treat them
73. allow myself to spend more than $100 on a fabulous pair of non-athletic shoes
74. volunteer at an animal shelter
75. volunteer at a homeless shelter
76. donate hair to Locks of Love
77. clean out house and donate at least twice a year to Goodwill (5 times total)
78. watch Fiddler on the Roof from start to finish
79. read The Brothers Karamazov
80. attend a poetry slam
81. see a show such as Blue Man Group or Dane Cook
82. take a cooking class
83. cook a fresh dinner every night for a week
84. host a family holiday at our house
85. bake a loaf of bread from scratch
86. sew something
87. vote in something other than a presidential election
88. make an informed vote in the 2008 presidential election
89. attend a religious service other than Christian
90. go to the O. Henry pun-off
91. learn basic phrases for fourth language
92. learn to appreciate wine
93. go to a concert
94. eat something I’ve never tried before
95. read a nonfiction book
96. read a self-help book
97. go skinny dipping in a river/lake/ocean
98. put change in someone’s expired meter
99. rescue a dog from a shelter
100. say “thank you” to a police officer
101. do something special do celebrate completion of 101 goals!!!
1. create a list of 101 goals and a timeframe within which to complete them
2. start a blog
3. get published as an editor or author
4. get a promotion
5. get all my boxes from my parents
6. organize and consolidate childhood boxes
7. turn 30 and love it
8. motivate husband to create his own version of goal list and time frame
HEALTH & FITNESS
9. complete a half-ironman
10. complete a century ride (100 miles)
11. complete the MS150
12. do yoga in a park
13. do 25 full-length push-ups without stopping
14. do a Krav Maga class
15. play 9 holes of golf from drive to putt
16. subscribe to a fitness magazine
17. be comfortable in a size 8
18. avoid getting sunburned
19. go to the dentist consistently
20. floss consistently
21. get my vision checked
22. no sodas for a month
23. no sweets for a month
24. no fried food for a month
25. eat a vegan meal
26. take a “mental health” day
HOME
27. paint a room
28. keep a potted plant alive for at least one year
29. acquire rest of nice flatware from registry
30. plant a tree
31. do something to our back yard so that it’s not just grass and fence
32. finish decorating
33. find a permanent acceptable location for the litter box
34. get a water softener
35. find a good solution for necklace storage
36. get gutters
FUN & GAMES
37. have the neighbors over for dinner
38. get SCUBA certified
39. go dancing with my husband
40. make a bull’s eye in a dart game
41. have a girls’ night out
42. play a game of chess
43. host a game night or dinner party
44. fly a homemade kite
45. check out the county park near our house
46. go on the Austin Segway tour
47. get dressed up and go to a cool bar/club downtown
48. attempt cow tipping
49. go spelunking
TRAVEL
50. create photo book of trip to Ireland/London
51. camp in a national park
52. travel abroad with just husband
53. take a trip with child and husband
54. throw a dart and go wherever it lands
55. take a picture in front on an iconic landmark
FAMILY
56. visit my sister
57. visit my brother/do a race in NC
58. visit my grandmother
59. tell my family I love them whenever we hang up
60. get to know my “new” cousin better
61. spend an afternoon with just my mother-in-law
62. start a family
63. keep a pregnancy journal to eventually pass on to my child
FINANCIAL
64. get a raise
65. buy a car
66. write a will
67. pay off all my medical bills
68. give handmade Christmas gifts
69. plan and execute a major fundraising event for TNT
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
70. write and send a letter (not an email)
71. take a Mensa test (just for the hell of it)
72. make an effort to not let how people treat me affect how I treat them
73. allow myself to spend more than $100 on a fabulous pair of non-athletic shoes
74. volunteer at an animal shelter
75. volunteer at a homeless shelter
76. donate hair to Locks of Love
77. clean out house and donate at least twice a year to Goodwill (5 times total)
78. watch Fiddler on the Roof from start to finish
79. read The Brothers Karamazov
80. attend a poetry slam
81. see a show such as Blue Man Group or Dane Cook
82. take a cooking class
83. cook a fresh dinner every night for a week
84. host a family holiday at our house
85. bake a loaf of bread from scratch
86. sew something
87. vote in something other than a presidential election
88. make an informed vote in the 2008 presidential election
89. attend a religious service other than Christian
90. go to the O. Henry pun-off
91. learn basic phrases for fourth language
92. learn to appreciate wine
93. go to a concert
94. eat something I’ve never tried before
95. read a nonfiction book
96. read a self-help book
97. go skinny dipping in a river/lake/ocean
98. put change in someone’s expired meter
99. rescue a dog from a shelter
100. say “thank you” to a police officer
101. do something special do celebrate completion of 101 goals!!!
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