I had a melancholy moment waking up the other day and realizing that very soon Daniella would not be crawling anymore. She's been learning to walk now for almost a month and as of yesterday she prefers walking to crawling. She's getting pretty speedy too. The change in her the last week has been amazing to watch. If you have children who aren't walking yet, be sure to pay attention to their face when they do start walking. I'm not talking about the inevitable proud smile that says...

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• Patience is letting a toddler do it byself even if you are running a little late
• Sharing is two adults on one side of a queen-sized bed; a toddler on the other
• Helping is a toddler playing with the dishes in the bottom rack while you put away the top rack
• Tidying is getting all the toys off the floor so you can vacuum
• Clean is "good enough"
• Sleeping in is 7:30 a.m.
• Good TV is a toddler agreeing to watch a different cartoon
• A day off is the grandparents taking two toddlers for...

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Christine went to a Mompreneurs meeting tonight and during our discussion of it, it came up that I would be willing to act as a technical consultant to anyone at that meeting.

I have many qualities that make me an excellent technical resource (to paraphrase a friend):

• I always look for the simple solution
• I like to get things done
• I have phenomenal search capabilities

In addition, I keep up to date on all sorts of technical and industry news, which allows me to make quick and...

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Elise and I really enjoy our cuddles. She will often come to me and say "I need some nuv" and then we have a cuddle and I say "I have love for you" or "I love loves." She recently starting reaching for me if we are sitting side by side (like at the table) and now she says "I have nuvs for you" or "I nuv nuv nuvs". Too cute not to share with you.

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