Thursday Baby Blogging 111209

An indignant SteelyKid says "What do you mean I can't go to day care? I'm perfectly healthy!"

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She is, indeed, doing much better. Last night, I wasn't sure you'd get any Baby Blogging at all, because snot and fever don't make for a photogenic baby. She's waddling around in more or less her usual state at the moment, though, and has decided that if she can't go to day care, she'll climb into my lap and learn about photography:

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This makes me feel significantly less guilty about leaving town this afternoon. Not guilt-free, mind, but significantly less guilty.

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