Odds and Ends (part one)

It's been way too long since we blogged, and we firmly believe that our regular readers have thrown their hands up in frustration and moved on to other more frequently updated blogs. Nonetheless, we thought it would be good to catch any remaining readers up on the latest with the Lipsey family. So here's the first of three posts designed to do just that. (And thanks to all who've stuck with us.)

Words, Words, Words
In the words of Eliza Doolittle in the My Fair Lady tune, Show Me, "Words, words, words! I'm so sick of words. I get words all day through..." Grace is talking up a storm these days and, since she doesn't have the ability to put together sentences yet, it's simply one word said over and over. Unfortunately, she's still missing a lot of consonant sounds (j, g, k, r) and all of her words end in a vowel sound, which means that, for example, Grace comes out Dway and cheese (her very first word) comes out chee. So when you see this list of her first 100 words (in no particular order), just know that only about 80% of them are understandable to the general public.

snack	dirty	frog	leg
eat	clean	flower	foot
juice	up	book	toe
water	down	ball	hand
avocado	in	moon	head
cheese	outside	car	ear
noodle	again	cellphone	eye
chip	more	toy	nose
egg	help	star	knee
blueberry	no	light	hair
chex	play	radio	cheek
pancake	tuck-tuck	hi	belly
bread	pull	byebye	arm
turkey	stop	blue	elbow
cookie	tub	green	chin
milk	lamb	purple	teeth
rice	puppy	pink	two
banana	bug	yellow	five
cottage cheese	bee	tree	nine
pickle	pig	go	goose
pizza	dog	coat	key
pie	cat	shoe	truck
bottle	butterfly	sock	sofa
hot	lion	glasses	boy
cold	fish	hat	daddy

Baby News
Two notes on the littlest Lipsey: One, our baby boy will be named Miles (which, ironically, is not something that Grace can really say). Two, at this point, we're scheduled for a checkup with the doctor on Monday, March 8, and if all seems to be on track, we'll go to the hospital on Tuesday, March 9, for an induction. It's really nice to know that this pregnancy will only (hopefully) last for another week or so.

Shyayah Again
So Grace has had her glasses for about six weeks now, and is doing great! Her eye is no longer crossing, she pretty much leaves them on (although when she's bored in the car, she thinks they're a good toy), and she has new nicknames (the littlest librarian or Harriet Potter). As always, the photo's a little blurry because she's in constant motion.


Stay tuned for Odds and Ends, parts two and three...