Monthly Archives: January 2011

An Incentive. Or Something.

For those of you who follow me on twitter, or know me in real life, you may know that I recently lost my job. That in itself is a whole deal which I probably shouldn’t blog about, but may do … Continue reading

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Mobility Part 5: Working With the Early Intervention Team

After 3 weeks of phone calls and paper work, we finally had part of Ivy’s evaluation to see if she is eligible for the NY State Early Intervention program. We met with a case coordinator, answered about 500 questions and … Continue reading

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Saying Bye Bye to the Binkie

Ivy was able to give up the bottle without much fanfare. For a while now she’d only been having a bottle of milk before bed, everything else was out of a sippy cup. Then one day, I just gave her … Continue reading

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Into the Vortex…..Errrrr…Litterbox

Last night, Ivy’s sole form of entertainment came from throwing things. Earlier in the day I had set up her Thomas the Tank Engine tracks for her and she happily played with her trains. Until she got bored then she … Continue reading

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Taking Care of Parents

I guess my New Years resolution of trying to blog on a regular basis has already been broken. But, in my defense I have had some insane stuff going on in my personal life. My mom had back surgery a … Continue reading

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Wordless: Absorbed in a Good Book

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My Favorite Milestone So Far

I have been getting the bigggest kick out of Ivy and her words lately. Her vocabulary is really exploding, beuond things like ball and cat and mamama and dadada. She calls us mom and dad perfectly clear, can even say … Continue reading

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18 Month Checkup

Today was Ivy’s 18 month check up. It was actually supposed to be last Wednesday but our car was still snowed in so we rescheduled. I picked up Ivy from Jon after work, and realized that I still had almost … Continue reading

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And Here I was Feeling All Festive

A while back we decided to ask my mom if she was okay with doing the overnight babysitting thing for Ivy on New Years Eve, and she was. So it was planned. Ivy would have her first ever sleepover at … Continue reading

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The Aftermath of That Giant Snow Storm

So, it took the city 3 days to get around to plowing our block. We still haven’t actually dug out the car since alternate side parking is still suspended, but the plowing of the street brought me much relief as … Continue reading

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