{"id":66,"date":"2008-01-04T15:14:54","date_gmt":"2008-01-04T20:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swordplay.net\/blog\/index.php\/2008\/01\/04\/happy-new-year\/"},"modified":"2008-01-04T15:14:54","modified_gmt":"2008-01-04T20:14:54","slug":"happy-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swordplay.net\/blog\/2008\/01\/happy-new-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy New Year!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am the first to admit that I’ve done a woefully inadequate job of updating the blog. There’s no denying it now that it’s 2008 and only a few short weeks before Ellie’s second birthday. But here goes.
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It’s been wonderful watching her transform from a baby into a toddler… and we are now bordering on “little kid” territory. She is active, playful, and imaginative. She is also quite silly and enjoys laughing heartily with very slight provocation.<\/p>\n

Her vocabulary has absolutely exploded over the past few weeks. It’s gotten to the point that I’m not even surprised anymore when she correctly uses a new word. She mostly uses English, but she’ll throw in a few words in Spanish for spice. She consistently speaks in two or three word sentences, too. It is a very strange feeling to have a rudimentary conversation for the first with someone you’ve known for two years.<\/p>\n

Here are your long overdue links to gallery pictures: May through August<\/a> and Septmeber through January<\/a>. We hope you enjoy.<\/p>\n

And you may well have already seen this… but if not, it’s sure to impress. Here’s Ellie counting to ten from a couple months ago. (These days she can count all the way to sixteen! Why sixteen? I have no idea.)<\/p>\n

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My next project – if I can find the time somewhere between chasing after Ellie all day and collapsing at night – is to create a sequel to last year’s critically acclaimed Ellie’s First Year<\/a> video. Hopefully I can have it ready in time for her birthday!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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