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We're back to the old grindstone. This has been an up and down week. It's hard to go back to old routines after the holidays and traveling. Jen went back to work, Meredith back to school, and Elaine and I were just the two of us in the mornings. We're kind of tired, but at least healthier (so far) than we were last month.

Elaine has taken off this week. All of a sudden she is doing real crawling, instead of her "comando scooting." Elaine can pull up to standing position. She can stand with minimal balance support for a long time, even going one-handed already. She can kind-of do an assisted walk--but the walking thing is still a little bit in the future.

Elaine's favorite sounds she learned while we were in Florida. She takes her fist or back of her open hand and runs it over her mouth while she makes a long vowel sound. We hope to get one of these frequent incidents on video soon. She gets a kick out of it every time she does it.