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October 4, 2003

Hello. I've had a great week. First, I would like to thank the people who posted on my TTM board. I was so excited that people actually wrote to me. Also, I decided to make a webpage for the girls. I was only able to post one picture because all of my recent pictures exceed the size limit, so I will have to work on that. Hopefully I will remember to post the link at the end.

So, we are all doing well. I bought a new computer today. I'm so excited. It's a gateway. Usually my husband does stuff like this, but he told me I could pick it out. I have to wait forever for it to come, like 10 days. Our current computer is 4 years old and we hate it. Anyway, it has a cd burner and a great printer, about all I really care about, but lots of other great stuff. I have a great new digital camera, but no printer so this is exciting.

This will probably sound weird, but my husband went to a family party tonight and I stayed home with the girls. It is so rare that he is ever gone in the evening. Once a year he goes away for the weekend to play golf. But, when I am here with girls at night and put them to bed alone I feel different. It's hard to explain. Usually Ray takes over at night and I tag along. Or he takes care of Maddie and I take care of Emma, like nursing her and putting her to bed. Alot of times I put Emma to bed and then go to the gym or do my errands while Ray puts Maddie to bed. They even have a ritual where all of her little stuffed animals kiss her tonight in a different voice. Emma went to bed very early so it was just Maddie and I. We had delivery pizza, well she did, which a rarity because I don't eat any dairy. We read stories instead of watching tv. I got to give her a bath (Ray usually does). I felt such a bond with her tonight. It felt like old times, before Emma was born. Usually I am trying to take care of them at the same times and it can be very hectic. I guess it might make more sense to say that tonight felt special because I got to devote my full attention to her and enjoy this alone time with her like I used to be able to. Anyway, it was nice.

So, Maddie is doing SO much better about being a scaredy cat. Really, really. I think the turning point was that I took her to see a bulldozer that was parked at our music class. She stood on it, touched it, "talked" to it. After that, it was incredible. We've almost made a game out of it, like we repeat the sounds we hear outside, like beep, beep, beep and bang, bang. So, that's great. She even seems to be more social now. She talks to strangers, which may or may not be a good thing. Everywhere we go now she thinks she has an audience and talks to everyone. It's cute but embarassing sometimes.

My only complaint about her at the moment is she's had 6 accidents in 7 days. I don't know where this is coming from. It seems like since we've moved her to her bed, she's not dry anymore in the morning (we put her in a pull-up at night) and she keeps having accidents. She has peed in her bed two times now upon waking up from naps. Today it went down the sides of her mattress and onto the carpet. That was great. I hope her room doesn't start to smell. She NEVER had accidents since the day we started potty training her. Pooping was a whole other story, but this is so strange. I don't understand. I am trying not to make a big deal out of it. I hope she improves. I would have expected this in the beginning but not 3 months later.

Anyway, onto Emma. I feel like I don't talk about her much. She continues to be my little sweetheart, although she is definitely getting older. She doesn't like to sit in my lap anymore, she wants to get places. She doesn't want to eat babyfood anymore, she wants to feed herself. But sometimes she keeps putting food in her mouth but not chewing or swallowing. If I ask her to clap her hands she will. That's my first connection with her that I feel like she understands when we talk to her. She has started dropping things on purpose to watch them fall. She's started to bop around to the music. It's so neat. She has decided she likes Maddie's raccoon. Maddie always has stuffed animals on hand. Raccoon is her second favorite behind the all important, can't live without, crib Pooh. Crib Pooh doesn't leave the house, so raccoon is her constant companion outside of the house. Emma has decided she wants her raccoon. Maddie definitely doesn't want to share it. Emma clearly wants it. So, we bought Emma her own raccoon today. It's from Barnes and Noble (luckily easily replaceable). Pooh is not. It's funny that Emma likes it and makes it known she wants it. So, she really is changing a lot. It's great.

So, I think this is more than enough for this week. I have one question. Does anyone have any recommendations for good toys for Emma? Her birthday is coming up and I don't know what to get her or ask people to get her. I feel like we already have a toystore here because of Maddie. Everything she has is handed down from Maddie. So, even if she won't be aware of it, I want to make her birthday special. So, any toys that your kids loved at around 1 year, please let me know. Thank you. And thank you for reading.

Here is the link: http://babiesonline.com/babies/m/maddieandemma

Thanks,

Jess