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Dec 10, 2007

The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly on a Sunday Night

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The Good: At the Hanukkah gathering for Aaron’s family last night, Cordy got lots of great presents, including musical instruments. These included a set of maracas, a tambourine, and a triangle. She loves musical instruments, and went nuts with these new noise makers.

The Bad: Did I mention they make noise? Lots of noise? But she loves them, and I want to encourage a love of music, right?

The Ugly: “Take the instruments to bed, mommy? Carry them to my bed?” I can’t say no – I mean, she was so good at the family gathering, so I can’t refuse this little request.

Then, at 4am: DING! DING! RATTLE RATTLE RATTLE! CLINK-a CLINK-a CLINK!

Ugh.

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PS – New reviews up over at Mommy’s Must Haves. See my reviews of a cool reading light for the car, and the ultimate family calendar/organziation system!

Filed Under: Cordy, family time ·


Nov 30, 2007

Haiku Friday: School Pictures

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Her first school picture
 Takes an hour to make her sit
So very Cordy

I knew in advance that picture day didn’t go well at school. Her teacher told me that it took nearly an hour to get her into the picture room, and even then she didn’t want to get near the flash and the camera. To make it even better, she had split her bottom lip that morning, too.

Cordy used to love getting her picture taken at photo studios as a baby. Proof? OK, if you insist:


See? I told you she loved the camera. But since the summer before she turned two, photo studios have scared her terribly, and after the last attempt at two years old, we haven’t tried taking her back. Her sensory issues have only become worse since then – I can’t imagine she would be able to sit for an entire photo session.

So I wasn’t surprised to find this as her first preschool picture:


A slightly scared, cautiously curious, partially pissed-off look. Yep, that’s my girl. And while at first I was a little disappointed that we didn’t get a smile from her, after looking at it more, I love it. It is a photographic representation of everything that has been going on with her in the past year, and it tells so much. It shows the work the teachers put in to convince Cordy to trust them, letting them bring her into the room. It shows her courage to eventually deal with the stress of the bright, flashing light.

I can’t wait to give this picture to the grandparents.

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Filed Under: Autism, Cordy, Haiku Fridays ·


Nov 26, 2007

The Post-Thanksgiving Post, in Bullets!

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We survived another holiday filled with too much sugar, way too many foods that Cordy is allergic to (’tis the season for cinnamon!), and lots of relatives we haven’t seen in a long time, who forget that Cordy needs time to warm up to them, and therefore freak her out.

Because I am still in holiday mode, and because I have barely slept in days (see second bullet below), I give you this post, bullet-style:

  • I’m thankful that Cordy is finally letting go of Halloween. It’s taken a hefty dose of the new Disney series Bunnytown (Have you seen this? It’s like crack for toddlers!), plus a showing of Mickey’s Once Upon A Christmas, but Halloween is fading from her vocabulary. I soon expect her to be talking up Christmas every waking moment.
  • I’m not thankful that Mira started waking up every couple of hours at night. Wha? How is this fair? I can deal with her not napping during the day, being cranky nearly every waking moment, and even the occasional bite to my nipple. But PLEASE let me have my four hours of sleep a night, child! Two is just not enough. If you’d sleep more, kid, I wouldn’t be as fat. You’ll appreciate it when you’re a teen and you don’t have a fat mom to embarrass you, OK?
  • Did you know my blog is being mentioned in a book? It’s true. Vicky Zhou is working on a book about the most interesting blogs on the web, and she has somehow included this little blog in her list. I don’t know which category, but I’m sure it isn’t in the category of “blogs with deep thoughts and big words”. I swear I didn’t pay her.
  • And speaking of blog business, I totally missed my second blog anniversary due to Thanksgiving. Actually, it was on Thanksgiving. Happy second year to me! I promise to come out of this baby-induced haze (if she’d let me sleep) and write more interesting posts again in the next year.
  • Finally, I have more proof that my children apparently threw out most of my genetic material in favor of Aaron’s at conception. Of course everyone thinks that Mira looks like Aaron, but several people say Cordy looks like me. I think they’re only seeing the coloring, and not the features, but then I took this picture. Can you see how we would never end up on Maury Povich for a DNA test?

Filed Under: Aaron, Cordy, me me me, Mira, random ·


Nov 21, 2007

The Week (so far) In Pictures

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I get it. Everyone is so busy with NaBloMoBananaFanaFoSho that we’re all having trouble keeping up with the crushing number of posts flooding our blog readers. I know I’ve got over 300 posts staring back at me in Bloglines, just daring me to hit the Mark All Read button.

So to make it easier on everyone, I’ll skip a long post, and instead give you a day-before-Thanksgiving recap of my week in pictures, with limited commentary, requiring no deep thought.

Aaron and I went to a wedding over the weekend. It was our first chance in a long, long time to dress up, go out without kids, eat a nice meal, drink, socialize with friends, and dance. I didn’t want to come home. We need more engaged friends so we can go to more weddings.

A typical Monday – Mira gazing adoringly at her big sister, wanting to be noticed, and Cordy ignoring her. It’s so rare to get a picture of the two of them this close together, so I’m thrilled I took this picture.

Tuesday, I got the chance to have brunch with the fabulous Tammie and finally meet the way-too-cute-for-words Myles! He and Mira smiled at each other across the table while we talked. And Tammie brought me Key Limes – we’ll be having Key Lime bars as a dessert at Thanksgiving now. Yum!

Some days, you can’t get to this moment fast enough. Oh, and notice the rocket in her bed? I have a review of that rocket at Mommy’s Must Haves today.

The newest Sith Lord – Darth Cordy. If only I could Photoshop in some force lightning. That sums up today so far.

Filed Under: Cordy, Mira, more than parents ·


Nov 14, 2007

What Happens When You Force Her to Use Full Sentences

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“Juice!”

“Cordy, that’s not how you ask, is it?”

“Juice, please!”

“Can you say ‘Can I have some juice please?'”

“Some juice, please!”

“No, ‘Can I…have some…juice, please?'”

“Can’t have some juice please!”

“No, no, repeat after me.”

“After me.”

“No, I mean say this…’Can I have some juice please?'”

“I have some juice please?”

“Close! Now, say the whole thing.”

“The whole thing!”

“Ugh! This is going nowhere.”

“No, going to kitchen!”

“Can you ask for juice?”

“Can I… ask for juice, please?”

“Close enough.”

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PS – Another review is up! This time for an awesome music DVD called That Baby DVD. See what I thought about it over at Mommy’s Must Haves.

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