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    Happy Easter!

    Christ is risen! He is risen indeed! It’s 10:45 and the Gribble family has already been to church. We’re at home, where Phoebe is napping and Dave and I are raiding our Easter…

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    Learning Takes Off

    In April, Phoebe has become a learning machine. She can tell you what a doggie says (woof woof), mimic a meow sound, find her tennis shoes, point out (or should we say grab?)…

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    Birthday Party!

    We Gribbles have been busy! Last week we had something to do every night after work. Luckily, most of it fit into the schedule so that Phoebe could get to bed on time.…

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    Birthday month!

    March was a very busy month. Of course, the most exciting event was Phoebe’s birthday! Dave and I can hardly believe that our little peanut has been alive for an entire year. She…

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    More of Phoebe’s New Feats

    I have an unexpected day off from work today. I’ve been traveling a lot this month to work conferences: first Boston, then Montreal, then Chicago next week. I just got back from Montreal…

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    Videos #6

    On February 20, Mom and Phoebe and I went to the WOW Children’s Museum in Lafayette. Here’s Phoebe playing with a model train. I wanted to watch Phoebe ride in the electric car,…

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    Videos #5

    From February 16, here’s Phoebe playing with a grownup book. She was at home sick and slept most of the day, but she found some time for The Braindead Megaphone and a bit…

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    Videos #4

    In this video from February 7, Phoebe knows where the wall is. She subsequently learned to clap and started doing that every time we asked about the wall…but now, several weeks later, she…