{"id":2487,"date":"2010-02-14T21:24:11","date_gmt":"2010-02-15T03:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nicheplayer.net\/avablog\/?p=2487"},"modified":"2010-02-14T21:24:11","modified_gmt":"2010-02-15T03:24:11","slug":"baby-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nicheplayer.net\/avablog\/2010\/02\/14\/baby-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby book"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My beloved SIL was, I hear, distraught when she learned we didn&#8217;t have a baby book underway for Emmett.  I understand that this is a sensitive subject for Rachel, the second child, whose own baby book consists of a first page announcing her birth followed by page after blank, infuriating page of <em>nothing<\/em>.  Were you to read it now without knowledge of Rachel&#8217;s current existence, you&#8217;d likely find yourself in the uncomfortable position of wondering whether she&#8217;d met some very, very untimely demise.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nOf course, <em>we<\/em> all know Rachel is alive and well.  And I can appreciate that she doesn&#8217;t want her fate to befall her dear nephew.  But I ain&#8217;t about writing down &#8212; by hand, with pen &#8212; the day that Emmett starts clanking two blocks together.  Nuh uh.  [Emmet&#8217;s been clanking two blocks together for weeks &#8212; ed.]<\/p>\n<p>So, here&#8217;s what Emmett&#8217;s doing now.  I&#8217;m sure if I miss something L will come along and fill in the blanks:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Standing.  His short periods of standing unsupported are getting longer all the time.  Today he lowered himself from a standing position without holding on to anything.  I think he could actually walk right now if he wanted to, he just doesn&#8217;t know he can.<\/li>\n<li>Saying &#8220;mama.&#8221;  I admit, it&#8217;s recognizable.  And I&#8217;m OK with Emmett choosing that for his first word.<\/li>\n<li>Teeth.  His fourth &#8212; front upper left (his left) <\/li>\n<li>Waving.  <a href=\"http:\/\/flickr.com\/gp\/heet_myser\/3aWZRa\">He likes to stand and wave to us until we start waving at him<\/a>.  I think he knows what he&#8217;s doing, but it&#8217;s so difficult to tell at this age.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We took Emmett and Ava on a walk this evening.  Emmett was in his stroller, and Ava was on foot.  Up until recently, Em&#8217;s loved riding in his stroller, but something about today just wasn&#8217;t working for him.  So I held him on my arm, and he looked around the world with a big smile on his face as the 12-degree weather burned his little cheeks rosy pink.  There&#8217;s no accounting for this kid, but we sure do love him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My beloved SIL was, I hear, distraught when she learned we didn&#8217;t have a baby book underway for Emmett. I understand that this is a sensitive subject for Rachel, the second child, whose own baby book consists of a first page announcing her birth followed by page after blank, infuriating page of nothing. 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