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so how cute is this drawing from addy's tuesday at school? i'm pretty sure she didn't draw wes, but i'm pretty darn sure she drew me. another guess--the empty circle to the left of me is amelia? or maybe that was supposed to be her now that we have a scanner i'm sure you'll get to see some more masterpieces from adeline (& eventually amelia).
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here is her school picture! adorable, eh?

& here is a completed look at addy's personally made quilt from grandma sue.

wes & i saw a quilt we really liked from pottery barn...but didn't like the pastel colors. so my mother in law was able to recreate it with more vibrant colors that suit addy & her bedroom (& her parents' liking?) a bit more. adeline *loves* her quilt & especially the new little pillow that grandma sue made to go with it all. in case you're around her & are wondering what 'pee-o' she's desperately looking for...it's her little pillow (you know, pee-o).

as i'm typing this & adeline is doing her homework beside me (nearly cutting off her fingers i will add! gasp, gasp, gasp) i look over & she's checking out all the pictures i have put up & is like A D D Y! A-D-D-Y! she's no longer 'addy' or 'adeline'...she is 'A-D-D-Y' spelled out & punctuated with exclamation points. i was at the pharmacy drive through the other day & the pharmacist asked me to spell my first & last name. i spelled my last name first, then my first name then adeline shouts from the background "A-D-D-Y!" she also did that last week when getting through the gate at my parents 'lake community'. for some reason they asked for my first name (wes & i call this 'threat level RED!' b/c not every gate worker asks the same questions. this lady was all over everything: where ya going? junior or senior? {my brother who has the same name as my dad also lives in this community, although he's technically *not* a junior}. yerr last name? yerrr first name? spell that? make of yer car? & as i drove away she wrote down the license plate...see threat level *red*. some workers smile through the window, nod, & open the gate = threat level green. it's quite a fun game, almost worth driving 70 minutes just to see what we'll get at the gate). anyway! addy yelled out the spelling of *her* first name for the lady who chuckled. but i think she wrote her name down also, just in case we were terrorists or maybe had a plan to overtake the playground!

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so then we have amelia, a fiesty little bugger. tonight there was a solicitor at the door--even though we have a NO SOLICITOR sign up in very good view--he was doing the usual petition for something or other & it happened to be something i cared about...so i was a sucker & signed & then wrote a letter to the senator & house representative, etc. yes, i have *SUCKER* written across my forehead (but i didn't give money. maybe not so sucker after all?). while i was talking on the front porch with this dude, amelia weaseled her way out the door, onto the porch without me even knowing. they guy kept looking down & i finally looked down & there was amelia, trying to climb *off* the side of the porch. stupid hearing loss (she was on the 'bad side', my left, so i couldn't hear the sneaky little sneaks that make up amelia sneaking out of the house. by the time she's a teenager i need to get a hearing aid...for the times she's really sneaking out of the house, lol)... i put her back inside, closed the door & then 2 minutes later--DANG IT KIDDO!-- there she was again, sticking her tongue out to complete her very concentrated look of accomplishment. i think she cares about mountaintop removal mining as well.

what else about amelia? well, today she took an afternoon nap that lasted 2 1/2 hours! & when she woke up, i took her some water & cereal mix (fruit loops & honeycomb) for a snack (b/c adeline had crashed out on the couch, so we had to be uber quiet upstairs)...amelia was so happy to be awake that she walked around her room in a somewhat clap & dance routine. then she found her shoes & forced me--not kidding--to put her shoes on her & she didn't even attempt to take them off until bath time. so we have 2 little girls who love shoes. expensive.

AND. amelia & i went to this playgroup that we usually go to on wednesday mornings (unless i totally space it & think all morning "isn't there someplace i need to go right now?!" until i remember 3 days later, doi!). i walk in the door & the host's 17 (18??) month old is wearing the same outfit as amelia! crazy, eh?! it is the most adorable purple, long ruffled sleeve onesie with a sparkly-silver pear on it...they both even had black pants on! (get out!). i know, i know, target is wonderful, yes. but what are the odds of even the same color & style of pants?

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i promise to stop rambling now. BUT wait! i have two doctor's appointments tomorrow mixed in with my day: 8:40 is addy to preschool. 9:30 is with dr im to check up on the adrenal insufficiency/addison's disease (hopefully not another round of blood work, but i think that's inevitable at this point). after that i head to the eye doctor (no appointment) to get my glasses refitted (refit? spelling help?) b/c amelia knocked them off-kilter last week (her head butts *hurt*, folks...plain & simple fiestyness). then a noon-ish lunch with my sister (who had a picture & quote on the front page--or 2nd page?-- of the columbus dispatch today! famous, i know). 1:30 i'll be with the dr welling of all dr wellings for a hearing test & a few choice words from me about post-surgery patient care. i'll let you know what my words to him will be tomorrow. after that, grocery shopping. after that, i will be *pooped*. thankfully, my mom will be here to wrestle the girls around all day. see, what would i do without my mom?

& i got my hairs cut yesterday. you gotta wait for the picture. SHORT. i told her to blend it in with the surgery buzzed area (no, it's not buzzed, just as long as my surgery buzzed area is, in the back.).