This past Saturday I was home alone with Ellie. Naomi had gone to town to help paint the office at church. About 15 minutes after Naomi had left I was standing in the living room finishing a bowl of cereal and Ellie was standing up and holding on to my legs. She let go of my legs and I thought she was going to crawl away. Instead, out of the corner of my eye I saw this little blonde head moving towards the couch where one of her toys were. She had taken about three steps to get to her toys and I almost missed it! I doubt Ellie had realized what she had done either, she was just happy to be at the couch with her toy. Ellie loves to walk and has been walking for months, but only when she is hanging on to you with both her hands.

I called Naomi to tell her the news. Of course she was disappointed to not have been here to see it. Poor Naomi is with her all day every day, and the one time she leaves Ellie alone with me for a few minutes and the girl starts walking!

Today I discovered the first hint that Ellie is going to have my “sick” (as my wife calls it) sense of humour.

While playing with Ellie I coughed once. She giggled.

I pretended to cough the second time.. She laughed.

I coughed a third time and she thought her dad was the funniest person on the Earth.

I continued to pretend to cough and she fell down laughing at me. Apparently the more hacking your cough the funnier it is.

Already she can laugh at other’s pain. Does this mean she will eventually laugh at The Three Stooges with me? This should be fun.

TJ

Ellie can’t move much when she is wearing this bulky winter coat. The other day she was standing and leaning on front of my legs. She then bent forward a bit and fell flat on her face. I don’t think she could move her arms around front to catch herself..

“Hey.. are you in the bathroom?”

This just goes to prove that you can have the runs, but you can’t hide.