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Letters to London: December 2006
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Sunday, December 10, 2006. I've got plenty to say, but this is finals week and I haven't found the time to say it right. So in the meantime, just enjoy these pictures of Tiny Tiger. Posted by Vicki at 2:13 PM. Saturday, December 02, 2006. Posted by Vicki at 12:09 AM. Friday, December 01, 2006. More of London's words. He chops off the second 'd' so short that it comes out like a 't'. He loves saying it, too. No clear explanation for this one. It just is what it is. London immediately yelled, "GAAAAANG!
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Letters to London: October 2006
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Tuesday, October 31, 2006. London was going to be a dinosaur. His Gamma got him an awesome dino costume, but it kinda freaked him out. He's always had a hard time with people that don't look like people. C-3PO makes him run screaming. So the dino costume didn't last. We'll give it another go next year. Vicki went as a geisha. And I was a knight. Basket also came from Gamma. It was supposed to be for hunting Easter eggs, but it worked just fine as a trick-or-treat basket. Cried when we carried him inside.
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Letters to London: July 2006
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Sunday, July 23, 2006. London vs. dinosaurs. I'm sure I'll be accused of brainwashing if I tell you that London loves dinosaurs. But ask yourself this: what kid doesn't. Every kid goes through a dinosaur phase. Some phases last longer than others. Mine happens to be in its 29th year, but my point stands. This is perfectly normal (for him, and for me). When he came home, he noticed immediately. I mean, it ain't hard, the thing is. So then I realized that London needed a big plastic dinosaur. Heck, eve...
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Letters to London: February 2007
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Sunday, February 18, 2007. London goes to the ZOOB! Today we took London to the Oakland Zoo. He loved it. First stop: the giraffes. I think they're my favorite zoo animals. You can see one of the zookeepers feeding them here. This sneaky guy got caught reaching into the cookie jar. They don't look particularly comfortable sitting down. Some of the tortoises stayed inside. London saw them, too. He and his momma rode a big fake tortoise. He even played tortoise himself. Posted by Vicki at 11:32 PM. We are ...
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Letters to London: September 2006
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Saturday, September 30, 2006. I would love to be able to say that I don't take London for granted. But I do. When you have the luxury of seeing someone you love every day, it is too easy to forget that it is a luxury and start treating it as business as usual. I don't know if it's inevitable, but it's at least hard to avoid. And then I remember that Mom and Dad have been surviving this for 31 years, for up to six months at a time, and I have the same thing to look forward to. Whoever first said, "Lif...
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Letters to London: June 2006
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Monday, June 19, 2006. London with Mimi and Papa. The grandparents formerly known as Carla and Terry are known to their grandkids as Mimi and Papa. London has two cousins. Vicki's sister Sarah and her husband Daniel have two daughters, Abby, 5, and Caty, 3. And London has another cousin on the way.more on that in a few weeks. Posted by Vicki at 10:34 PM. The doctor is in. Vicki was hooded by her advisor, Alison Galloway. Here are Vicki and Alison standing next to Carla. Alison presented Vicki to the depa...
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Letters to London: May 2006
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Tuesday, May 30, 2006. London at sleep and at work. More pictures from our Berkeley adventure last week. Posted by Vicki at 1:55 AM. Sunday, May 28, 2006. London is going through a mysterious transition. It's been going on for a while now, and I suppose it will last for a little longer. He is a Transformer. When he stands up, he is more than three feet tall, and I look at him and think "Wow! My baby is gone. He grew up into this little boy." He is immense. But then when he sits down he looks tiny. We tho...
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Letters to London: August 2006
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Thursday, August 24, 2006. A little bit on London's words. Doggy" started out as "guggy" and has moved to "goggy". He's not good at making 's' and 'th' noises, and some terminal consonants disappear. "Mouth" is just "mou", and "boat" is "bo". "Sky" is not "sky" but "a-ky". "Truck" is "guck". He says "night-night" and "bye-bye" perfectly. If you ask him if he made the stink, he sometimes says "poo! Elephant" is still "elepoe" and "dinosaur" is still "Guh! We'll say, "Not juice." "Jooosss! This post is for...
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Letters to London: November 2006
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Saturday, November 25, 2006. They think their babies are beautiful. Their addled-parent hormones won't let them think anything else- and it's a good thing, too. But they're wrong. Each of us secretly knows: my baby is the most beautiful baby ever ever. Of course, in our case all of the other parents really are. We can live with that. Posted by Vicki at 4:00 PM. Tuesday, November 14, 2006. Don't fence me in -. Matt and I have been making up songs since London was born. I thought I'd share some of our ...
