big steps
we're weaned. last week elenora nursed for shorter and shorter periods of time each morning, until finally she didn't seem to want to do it at all. so i guess that's it. good timing, actually, since this is the weekend j. and i are going away.
also, ella is walking all over the place. she's very steady now, and will go from room to room. not extremely quickly, but with good form.
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this morning at work the vendors sponsored a breakfast for the editorial department at the cafe. it was a really lovely time with bacon and eggs and fruit...and i got to sit with k. and two of the abstractors and have conversations. since i've been doing this part-time job i don't get to interact with as many people at work anymore, so it was really fun. we're having a holiday pot-luck lunch in two weeks, too.
j. and i went to an open house this weekend for that condo. it turned out to be a lot smaller than we'd be looking for, and it has a lot of half-finished projects that we would not want to take on. plus, after evaluating our financial situation it just does not seem possible that we will be able to buy a house in any remote future.
possibly when we're in our 40s.
it's discouraging. we love this area and have family and good jobs here. i think we both grew up thinking we'd own a home one day. and right now "the market is good for buying a house." yet, the tiny place we looked at was far too expensive for us. moving to where the real estate is more affordable eliminates our good jobs and our proximity to family (and childcare).
do we have to give up on this idea of home ownership? sad.
today after lunch i gave elenora a bite off a piece of chocolate. and without my saying it she said "chocolate" (not crystal-clear, but clear enough to understand). she's picking up all kinds of words lately. often she will at least say the first consonant of the word. like, when she hears a train she says "t" and when she plays with her little bear named "pufkin" she says "p." when she plays with her alphabet puzzle i hold up the "K" and say "what is this?" and she makes the "k" sound.
this morning at work the vendors sponsored a breakfast for the editorial department at the cafe. it was a really lovely time with bacon and eggs and fruit...and i got to sit with k. and two of the abstractors and have conversations. since i've been doing this part-time job i don't get to interact with as many people at work anymore, so it was really fun. we're having a holiday pot-luck lunch in two weeks, too.
j. and i went to an open house this weekend for that condo. it turned out to be a lot smaller than we'd be looking for, and it has a lot of half-finished projects that we would not want to take on. plus, after evaluating our financial situation it just does not seem possible that we will be able to buy a house in any remote future.
possibly when we're in our 40s.
it's discouraging. we love this area and have family and good jobs here. i think we both grew up thinking we'd own a home one day. and right now "the market is good for buying a house." yet, the tiny place we looked at was far too expensive for us. moving to where the real estate is more affordable eliminates our good jobs and our proximity to family (and childcare).
do we have to give up on this idea of home ownership? sad.
today after lunch i gave elenora a bite off a piece of chocolate. and without my saying it she said "chocolate" (not crystal-clear, but clear enough to understand). she's picking up all kinds of words lately. often she will at least say the first consonant of the word. like, when she hears a train she says "t" and when she plays with her little bear named "pufkin" she says "p." when she plays with her alphabet puzzle i hold up the "K" and say "what is this?" and she makes the "k" sound.
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i think she's teeting again. or maybe she's got another cold. her nose is like a faucet, as well as her mouth. her poor chin and cheeks were all irritated last night from wiping away so much drool.
ella is very much into Jan Brett books now: the hat, the mitten, the 12 days of christmas. and today she is enjoying Mr. Dog (or, Crispin's Crispian, the dog who belonged to himself). we're also getting into an audrey wood phase, having borrowed Piggies and I'm as Quick as a Cricket from the library.
i need to find some more place i can take ella to play during the winter so that she is not always couped up in the house.
i think she's teeting again. or maybe she's got another cold. her nose is like a faucet, as well as her mouth. her poor chin and cheeks were all irritated last night from wiping away so much drool.
ella is very much into Jan Brett books now: the hat, the mitten, the 12 days of christmas. and today she is enjoying Mr. Dog (or, Crispin's Crispian, the dog who belonged to himself). we're also getting into an audrey wood phase, having borrowed Piggies and I'm as Quick as a Cricket from the library.
i need to find some more place i can take ella to play during the winter so that she is not always couped up in the house.
posted by bel @ 2:33 PM
1 Comments:
I'm sorry about the house. I can understand that it is discouraging. I guess we're spoiled with low prices here in TX.
Brianna loves Jan Brett also! But we've honestly never read any Audrey Wood books, so we'll have to check some out. Thanks for the recommendation. I'm so excited to hear that Ella is walking all over the place and talking more. That will make Christmas so much fun this year. : )
Love, Cristy
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