May 2013
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May 8th
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April 2013
2 posts
“What the hell is that?”
– Maybelle’s first swear
Apr 11th
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Apr 7th
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March 2013
3 posts
Mar 15th
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Two and a half years old
At 2 1/2, Maybelle is a narrator, hugger, and helper. Some favorite phrases: I want some some of that. I want…something. Put up your hood up. It’s okay, mom. You happy, mom? I wanna watch tv. Some favorite songs and jingles: “Boots boots pick em up and put em down. Boots boots marching into town.” “What’s gonna work? Teamwork!”...
Mar 7th
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February 2013
3 posts
Feb 27th
Feb 27th
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29 months old
Peeled a tangerine all by herself. Can open the refrigerator door. Plays dress up. Can do real jigsaw puzzles. Gives thumbs up.
Feb 8th
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January 2013
4 posts
WatchWatch
Jan 27th
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Jan 27th
Jan 27th
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Jan 21st
December 2012
3 posts
Maybelle's movie reviews
Brave “It’s scary. The mama turns into a bear.” Mary Poppins “Mary Poppins flies in the sky. The table goes up to the ceiling.”
Dec 31st
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Dec 31st
Dec 13th
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November 2012
4 posts
Nov 28th
The Admiration Society: Interview #16: Ian... →
theadmirationsociety: Whoosh! Ian McPhaden and his daughter are flung up and down, side to side. Her glasses almost fly off. It is Stella’s first roller coaster ride, an experience her dad had dreamed about but that doctors warned might never happen. Stella was born with severe spina bifida, and in today’s…
Nov 27th
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1 tag
Just went for our checkup with the orthopedic surgeon. Cried and screamed her way through the intake and x rays and exam. Dr spent about 2 minutes tops with us, saying she’s fine, see you in nine months, acting all hurried like he’s real busy. After I gather all our things and make our own way to the exit, he’s just hanging out talking to the nurses. He’s complaining about...
Nov 16th
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Nov 2nd
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October 2012
4 posts
Oct 31st
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Oct 20th
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WatchWatch
First tricycle.
Oct 18th
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Oct 9th
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September 2012
2 posts
Sep 7th
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TWO YEARS OLD!!!
At two years old, Maybelle Ray Tue can: count to 10, sorta (she skips 9) sing the ABCs, sorta (she skips a few letters) climb up and down the stairs, with a hand held brush her teeth, with a little help put her shoes on and take them off, those foamy plastic ones eat with a spoon and fork, the small baby size ones Sing Baa Baa Black Sheep, Ten Little Monkeys, and Happy Birthday, sorta
Sep 7th
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August 2012
6 posts
Aug 23rd
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Aug 23rd
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Aug 23rd
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23 months old
Climbed out of the pack and play. Climbed out of the crib. “I did it. I got out of bed.” Climbed up the rope ladder to the big slide at Gross park. Climbed up into high chair. When waking from nap says “I saw Totoro.” Wants to holds hands at the table and with her friends and when dancing. When something is emptied of its contents, it’s “all gone...
Aug 7th
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Aug 7th
July 2012
5 posts
Jul 23rd
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Jul 17th
Jul 8th
22 Months Old
Commands: Mama get up! (Said while pulling my head up by my hair) Mama eat some too. Mama drink some too. Mama lay down too. Mama sit down too. Mama nakey too (aka take a bath with me). Shoes on. Shoes off. Glasses on. Glasses off. Popsicle. Watch TV. Read it. Other stuff that she’s picked up: Ready to roll, oops-a-daisy, break it down Literary & Cultural Obsessions: Strega Nona. The...
Jul 7th
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Jul 3rd
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June 2012
4 posts
Jun 26th
21 months old
Says: Sentence: “lay down mama daddy bed” Phrases: wake up, watch out, pick up, see you, all done, I sorry, thank you, more please, bare feet, yucky garbage Songs: keen pup (clean up), AB seat, all the single babies Words that sound hilarious: medicine, sandwich, porcupine, flip flops, fingers Stuff she does: takes your hand and says walk or play, whines, hugs and kisses, throws...
Jun 7th
Jun 7th
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Jun 7th
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May 2012
3 posts
May 24th
20 Months Old
Maybelle is talking. Like, you can talk to her. And she’ll talk back. Such as: Hafafrap (this is the television, specifically Sesame Street or Yo Gabba Gabba. I have no idea where she got this word, I think she just made it up) Food words: shabby (strawberry), bubbles (blueberries), toash (toast), chips, cake, cookie, coffee, milk, juice, cheese, yo-yo (yogurt), peezy (pizza) ...
May 7th
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May 3rd
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April 2012
7 posts
Apr 27th
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Apr 18th
Maybelle's Words
back (put it back) color (crayons and paper) pow (those squeezy food pouch thingies) pillow, blanky bunny, flower choo-choo (train, duh) papa, daddy go manga (nursing), side (nursing on the other side) body words: head, eye, nose, mouth, belly, toe, mole, glasses Elmo, Grover, Abby
Apr 10th
19 Months Old
We all got sick as a family the other night, and we lived through that. So we are all still introducing solids back into our diets after living on pedialyte and Gatorade.
Apr 7th