highlights

10.1
10.2 feeding emery with the rhino at the zoo (haha), ellie running at the zoo
10.3
10.4 celebrating a client's 16th birthday with soft pretzels and cupcakes
10.5 taking ellie and emery on a walk by myself
10.6 making funny faces at ellie to make her laugh, being greeted by a seemingly excited to see me nephew when I got home from work, brainstorming ideas to make people more happy at work
10.7
10.8 taking the girls to playgroup, making mimi almost laugh, loving that the girls have the same birth "day"

highlights 9.26-9.30

26: dancing with the stars, of course!
27: meetings with some of my favorite people at work. ellie putting on shows at dinnertime.
28: {oops}
29: morning family hangout time, with free treats from great harvest bread co.
30: reuniting with an old client who surprised me with how well she was doing. the extra free time we had thanks to a visit from grandma.

highlights 9.21-25

21: sharing lasagna and brownies with the fam, suisse shoppe cupcakes/celebrating at work
22: meeting an awesome new kid at work, ellie's too adorable "i've got my eyes on you" face
23: laughing with a coworker at an absurd work meeting
24: planning our trip to the zoo with ellie (first the "maaaaas," [goats!] and then the "bphreeww!" [elephant!] and then the "eh eh oh oh ehs" [monkeys!]) and having her repeat the same order once we got there
25: going back to bed with emery in the morning, ellie responding "noooo," when asked if she could leave her paci in her crib after nap (and to a million other questions), girls' date to planet smoothie, calm squishy (alone!) time with emery, family walk after dinner (sunday = awesome)

highlights 9.17-20

17: successfully surviving the day with three kids, and enjoying LaRosa's pizza, yo
18: seeing ellie with grandma, watching cable, and getting to actually talk to david in the car while the girls slept
19: skipping one last day of work
20: watching emery smile and coo at david, ellie eating dinner, hugging, squeezing, and playing with my girls after work

highlights

14: ellie's reaction when we showed her that emery can play with toys by having her hold a toy animal in her hand. taking the girls to uptown westerville and the farmers market. 15: dinner and drinks! at Casa MJF. 16: david wearing jeans! watching ellie and finn run around excitedly at grandma ann's. more drinks...

highlights 9.13

graeter's. getting to see the times when emery is more alert and calm (and when she recognizes her big sister).

highlights 9.12

having the kitchen and the floors clean emery sleeping in my arms (lots of times after her shots this morning) ellie's "oh wow"s

highlights 9.11

running Ellie into the house in the rain this afternoon
seeing Emery smile while watching the fan
family hangout with Mike, Jess & Finn