Two years ago today, Mike and I were goofing off, taking pictures of my toes (among other things) as we waited for the nurse to take me to the OR. About an hour and a half later, Keira was in our arms... a little ticked off, a lot hungry. She is the joy of my life, and I still can't believe we have the privilege of saying "We made her!"

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Life was busy and my energy was limited last month. Between Keira's cold and then various illnesses for me, an update was simply not forthcoming.( More behind the cut )

Keira has been suffering the Terrible Twos for a few months now (started around 16 or 17 months), but she's definitely ramping up into full-on Terrible Two-ness. We have been treated to some lovely meltdowns of late. Granted, they typically happen when she is overtired and no longer able/willing to cope, but that doesn't make them any more ( Read more... )

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So Mike and I did what I had long considered the unthinkable: We traveled by plane with our 19-month-old daughter. Keira is a fairly easy child... she adapts to new situations fairly easily and is generally a happy girl... but even so, I shuddered at the idea of an air flight with her. On the other hand, it was our nephew Paul's graduation, and ( Read more... )

Huwuuuuhhh? Is she allowed to be so old? :::shaking head::: This has been a rough month. We had the dread Hand Foot and Mouth disease debacle for both her and me to start off the month, and then lots of teething. It's going very slowly. After a few weeks of her obviously being uncomfortable, I *finally* saw a tiny little dot of white on her ( Read more... )

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[Cue obligatory "I can't believe she's really that old" comment]. Eighteen months. Wow. And the changes just keep coming. There's so much going on in Keira's world right now, it's hard to keep up with it ( Read more... )

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