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Elise keeps randomly saying 2, 3 and 4 words phrases I've never heard out of her before. Like, all day every day :D Yesterday she brought me a bottle of nail polish and said, "Paint my nails?" Later I was brushing her hair and when it pulled, she said "Big knot". Then in the evening she went looking for the brush, and said "Brush my hair more?" She also got the idea totally spontaneously to have her birthday at the beach. I had NO IDEA what she was talking about at first, she walked up to me and sang "Ha-ppy doo-day, happy doo-hay - each! Wah-wee!" (beach, water). It took a lot of questions and some help from Ananda to figure it out :p She also wants a blue cake and whenever it comes up she says "Lees! Twoooo - THREE!"

I am so excited about this birthday, it's silly...I got some little decorations for the blue cake, tonight (sea creatures made of sugar, at Publix) and her candles, and a tube of white decorator icing to write on it with. I even found her a card with a princess ballerina on the front, that plays Fur Elise.

Bob.

Fashionista.

Melt my heart.

HOW CAN HE BE THIS BIG?!

Dinner tonight. Bacon tomato and avocado sandwiches with broccoli and cheese soup. And salsa, and bananas with peanut butter. The lanky one with the iPod cords is Ananda ;)

And then there are these two that I couldn't stand to cut <3 I was out writing while A and A were at a special rehearsal, and Grant got out the camera.

I love these two pictures SO MUCH ♥

I submitted a children's story to a children's book agency, today. And decided on someone I'm going to be querying by mail about my surgery book. And wrote more of the surgery book. And sifted endlessly through agents for my short stories and for this other thing I have.

I'm also seriously considering http://www.authonomy.com I registered tonight, but mostly just so I could explore more. It is a really fascinating concept, especially as it results in publication for people who are writing books the MOST PEOPLE LOVE READING AND RECCOMEND, rather than those who are good at marketing themselves through query letter. If I do go that route I'm going to shamelessly solicit everyone who reads here to sign up there and rate my stuff.

Grant and I just got done watching Pretty Woman. I really, really love that movie in a totally familiar, from childhood sort of way. Yes, I wanted to be a hooker when I grew up. For about a month.