Archive for December 2007
She is a star
I must must must share this awesome video. Some who know me won’t be surprised about this discovery about Jordan: She loves the stage. Jordan danced in two dances in her little schools production of The Nutcracker. Here is video of her in both dances. She was totally in her zone on the stage.
Read More +It sure is chilly here
It’s cold and icy here… But that hasn’t kept the kids from really enjoying it outside. Yesterday, Jordan and Cam enjoyed playing and sliding all over the place in our neighborhood. Today, Jordan just pointed at a lot of stuff and declared: “COLD!!” (Or in her way: “COLE!!”) I’m getting really excited because we’re getting…
Read More +Snow day
Miss Jordan got her first real dose of snow yesterday. The kids and I rushed through the morning get-ready process so we could play in the snow before walking Cam to school. Jordan was wary at first: I pulled her in the sled for a while. Then she got brave and walked around. She also…
Read More +I wish Todd Kuiken was my best friend
Thanks to the Failure to Form blog, I read about how Northwestern University’s Dr. Todd A. Kuiken’s work to advance nerve-based prosthetics is improving. Dr. Kuiken had an email conversation with me three months after Jordan was born. I tracked him down after a friend of mine at CNN tipped me off on his work.…
Read More +"I love you"
I always sing a lullaby to my kids at night. Each one has their own special lullaby. It really took me a while to get Jordan’s just right — But recently I think the lyrics are ready: Go to sleep and good nightMy sweet little JordanYou are my babyMy little babyAnd I love you head…
Read More +Climbing
Suddenly Jordan is climbing… She’s trying to stand on chairs and today I caught her trying to get on top of a table. I’m a little nervous about it all. There are a couple of reasons: 1) She’s off balance and the fall would be scary. 2) I don’t remember her brother climbing around at…
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