screaming little person

There are still a few patches of snow on the ground, but spring is definitely here. And the best part of spring, too — we haven’t had much rain lately, so the ground is dry, and the tiny winged demons they call blackflies haven’t arrived yet. We get a few golden days to shake off [...]

What? Quit looking at me that way. You think I don’t know how long it’s been? Believe me, I know. Don’t you judge me. So anyway, yes, I’d planned on posting like sixteen updates between this one and the last one, but obviously, it totally didn’t work out that way. Part of the problem: I [...]

Here’s our blog timeline for 2007: February: We find out Leah’s pregnant. March-July: We hold off on posting about it here, first because we’re waiting out the three-month superstition, then because we’re lazy. August-September: The company that had been hosting Screaming Little Person — along with every other site under the Grab Bag Design umbrella [...]

Favorite Foods: Breakfast: English muffins with butter; fried eggs; granola and yogurt; frozen blueberries (A.K.A. “bloobs”) Lunch: Bagel chips and hummus; tuna and bread; homemade meatballs; veggie “chicken” nuggets with ketchup; green beans, olives, or carrots; goldfish crackers; fig newtons Dinner: All of the above, in any acceptable combination, plus whatever we’re having, if she’ll [...]

Sophie is nearly one and a half (or “18 months,” as I guess all the cool parents say), and all of a sudden, she isn’t a little baby anymore. I mean, sure, she probably looks like one to you. But to the two of us, watching her go tearing through the house on a daily [...]

It is my mission to capture our talking genius for you all. As soon as possible, there will be new video footage to share with you. Also, today is my birthday. It’s strange how ever since I had Sophie, my birthday is a day that that I think more of my mom than myself. What [...]

Sophie is almost 15 months old. These are some things that have made me smile lately. Sophie cracks up when she hears certain words. Her current favorites are ‘freckle’ and ‘waffle.’ She throws back her head and giggles. She has recently insisted that we both read to her and put her to sleep at night. [...]

Sophie turned one last Friday (and walked for the first time!) — we’ve been busy with our houseguests this week, so this is a little late, but we wanted to share some footage of our little girl in action. She’s a toddler all of a sudden! Click on the picture of the birthday pie to [...]

Sophie can also, if given enough encouragement, sort of say “poop.” Don’t tell Leah.

Our little girl can talk! As I said before, Sohpie loves the letter B and says many B words. However, none have excited her as much as her new favorite word. Duck. I think the letter B may be old news. Here comes the letter D. Sophie enunciates each sound in the word duck. She [...]