200 words
The 200 most used words on this blog's latest 15 entries** (where size is a function of frequency) thanks to Wordle.net and 
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**Edit: It looks like this only grabs the latest entries off the RSS feed and is not a calculation of all entries. Oh well.
a tiny kick to the sinus
Being sick sucks. All three of us being sick at the same time sucks even more.
But being sick on a weekend like the one we just had? That's just cruel.
summer summarily summarized…sorta
I'm trying very hard to not pay attention to the fact that it's now August 22nd and summer officially ends in one month. I'm trying very hard to ignore the fact that there will be 2m 40s less daylight today compared to yesterday and that tomorrow will have less still.
Instead I'm trying to think about all we've done in June, July, and August. Our recent balloon trip, or our visits with college friends, or the afternoon car washes in the driveway that I enjoy with Nate, or our visit to the Milwaukee Zoo, or the Shedd Aquarium for Nate's birthday. Our trip to Reston, VA or Nate's many swim lessons in Crystal Lake, or the camping trip with family and all that rain, or the time we've spent in the back yard being eaten alive by mosquitoes.
I'm trying to think about how vast and explosive Nate's development has been since I last posted: How he regularly forms 4, 5, and 6 word sentences. How amazing it has been to see his communication skills expand and, at the same time, a little part of me laments this change. helloheather and I are losing a special connection to Nate: our ability alone to understand what he's saying. It probably seems absurd to say that, but there's something wonderful about being the only two people who truly understand him. His own language and mannerisms helped define our community of three; but not for much longer.
We've all done a lot this summer, but I wish there was time for more.