"Mommy, I can't find my Nakwerst"

I got off the phone I was so excited that D seemed to be askign for a hotdog ... only to discover he was seeking his binoculars.

Mamom

That's my name

A third tooth

She's got another one. And saved her first ear infection for the first night of Yom Tov Sukkot but as mike said, it was her first time disrupting us.

- She loves to dance - bops her butt up and down and around to music as she stands leaning on something. She has also taken to pointing and conducting when she hears music.

- Standing, cruising its crazy.

- Still waking at night but the truth is I look forward to those moments. I miss every minute that passes.

Labor Day -

Took on new meaing. Labor - yes.

At 1am on Sunday night as I gave Mike a kiss while he held a flashlight and I held a nit comb with Ian wraped in a towel on the floor between us - I told Ian "If anyone ever asks you, this is love." And there was something special and sweet and I so appreciated having a husband who would hold the flashlight (and make and feed me waffles while I picked nits).

Labor day weeked involved my 102 fever, the Bronx Zoo, lice picking till 2am, the beach, 3 hours of sleep, work trade show emergency, heaps of laundry and lots of other fun activities. Labor of love.

No!

I think we could learn something from the boys. Daron’s favorite word is no and I think he is on to something. When you say simply “no” someone has to try to convince you, bribe you or otherwise. And usually when Daron says no, it makes me want him to do the thing even more. And generally no does not mean yes. And saying no doesn’t seem to make him feel badly at all.
I am 32 – you think I can learn to say no?

A tooth!

Last week, Dorothy got her first tooth. I think it was the first week of August - dont even know exactly! But one day lilia said "you know she got a tooth right?" and we had no idea!

We have crawling!!

Dorothy spent a weekend with Lijah and seems to have picked up on the fact that you have lift one arm at a time and ... off she goes! She is a total and complete budle of energy and picking up crawling pace very quickly. We all get a real kick out of watching her move and I am happy for her but fearful for all the transformers in her path. The best part is the huge drooly smile she beams with each "step" - so very proud of herself. (8/1)