{"id":45,"date":"2006-03-20T17:42:09","date_gmt":"2006-03-20T22:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swordplay.net\/blog\/index.php\/2006\/03\/20\/you-cant-handle-the-cute\/"},"modified":"2006-03-20T17:42:09","modified_gmt":"2006-03-20T22:42:09","slug":"you-cant-handle-the-cute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swordplay.net\/blog\/2006\/03\/you-cant-handle-the-cute\/","title":{"rendered":"You Can’t Handle the Cute!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi folks! It’s nice to hear that so many of you enjoy reading the blog. I put a fair bit of time and love into this project, and so I’m pleased it’s been worth it.<\/p>\n

Going back to work was certainly a shock to the system. It was hard to be totally sharp or carry on adult conversations. I also found myself missing Eleanor terribly. I had really gotten used to her round-the-clock presence. But it was nice to be surrounded by people eager to know how we were doing and to hear about Ellie’s exploits. Plus, it’s been a lot harder on Tara who suddenly had to be the sole caregiver during the days, but she’s done a great job. And I know Ellie is benefiting from some quality Mommy\/Baby time.<\/p>\n

I realized that I hadn’t put a video on the blog since Ellie’s actual birthday, so I’d like to remedy that. Here is a clip of Ellie getting ready for a bath:

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\nIsn’t she cute?!? I certainly think so. And speaking of cute…<\/p>\n

As most parents do, we’ve started collecting a bunch of silly nicknames for our baby. Some of the more pervasive ones are “Sweetpea<\/em>“, “Beebers<\/em>“, and “Squirmy<\/em>“. But Tara recently came up with a hilarious one that needs a little backstory.<\/p>\n

Many of Eleanor’s little one-piece jumpsuits have these ridiculously big collars. So she kinda resembles a miniature Elvis Presley when wearing them. And Mini-Elvis quickly got shortened to “Melvis<\/em>“. Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you…
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Melvis<\/span><\/b><\/center><\/p>\n

If you need even more happy fun cuteness… you should go check out the pictures from cousin Molly’s 2nd Birthday Party<\/a>! Remember to breathe!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi folks! It’s nice to hear that so many of you enjoy reading the blog. I put a fair bit of time and love into this project, and so I’m pleased it’s been worth it. Going back to work was certainly a shock to the system. It was hard to be totally sharp or carry […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,4,3,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-baby","category-family","category-life","category-work"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swordplay.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swordplay.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swordplay.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swordplay.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swordplay.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/swordplay.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swordplay.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swordplay.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swordplay.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}