I tried to get her to wear something cute for these photos. She resists. Meredith: Mommy, why are you in the bed? Me: because I’m exhausted, you guys have worn me out today. I just want to hide for awhile. Meredith: you want to play hide and seek? Me: no I just want to play hide. Meredith: how do you play hide? Me: I go hide and you two leave me alone for awhile. How about that? Meredith: no. at the dinner table… Meredith: look Mommy! Me: please get your hand out of your milk. Meredith: but I like it there! Me: stop, that’s messy. You’re supposed to be drinking it. Meredith: (a moment later, as the milk drips down…
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Me: Meredith, what do you want for your birthday? Meredith: ummm…a dinosaur, a vacuum, carpet, grass, and a big ole truck. crying when we had to leave her cousins’ house… David: you don’t have to be sad because when we go home we still have each other to play with. Meredith: (sobbing) I don’t WANNA play with anybody. I wanna go to jail!! while reading to herself in her room and I came in to join her… Meredith: hey, stop looking at me and talking to me! Me: I wasn’t talking. Can’t I be in here with you? Meredith: okay, but if you say anything I’m gonna have to go to another room. while playing in the kiddie pool with…
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while she was trying to climb into the crib on her own and I gave her a boost with my hands as a “step”… Meredith: (giggling) remember that mommy? Remember that? Me: yes I remember that from two seconds ago. Meredith: what’s that mommy? Me: that’s your wart. Meredith: is that from Jesus? Did Jesus put that there? when we were picking her up from the grandparents’ house after a date night… Meredith: where’d you go, guys? Me: we went to the movies. We’ll take you to the movies one day when you get bigger. Meredith: ok! I will go and you guys stay here and then I’ll come back. driving to church we pass a hospital… Me: that’s a hospital…
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