Super Tuesday

Super Bowl Sunday, Super Tuesday....I guess tomorrow is going to be Stupendous Wednesday? So Annie has a bit of a runny nose today, and I'm hoping she isn't coming down with my cold. I'm going on Day 12 or 13 of this crud, I forget. I'm just sick of coughing, and I think everyone else around here is sick of listening to me cough. Even when our dog Millie sees me, puts her ears down and runs the other way. I figure the antibiotics I got on Super Bowl Sunday should be kicking in here any minute.

I thought I'd put a list of foods that Annie has tried, and maybe you guys can suggest other things, too. So far, crackers and things that are crunchy seem to be her favorite. But on the crackers, I've put peanut butter--which she'll eat a couple of bites of, sour cream--which she doesn't particularly like, and cream cheese. She's also tasted ketchup, yogurt again, and applesauce, and vanilla ice cream. She hasn't gagged on any of it, but she does show her preferences, like goldfish, Tim's Cascade Sweet Maui Onion Rings, and Trader Joe's Veggie sticks. It sure is a lot more than she was eating a month ago.

She's making more sounds too, some of which are charming, others that are less so. One new method of getting Mommy's attention is to open her mouth like a howler monkey and roar from the bottom of both lungs. No doubt she picked up this communication tool from one of her brothers. She also is saying "Hey, hey, hey," alot. She tries different volumes, and different sing-song voices...but still no words. I had a dream a few nights ago that she said her first word, "kangaroo." Three syllables would be pretty amazing, huh? You never know.

Jean


"By perseverance the snail reached the ark." Charles Spurgeon