Onesies and Diapers and Bibs, Oh My!

Babies sure generate a lot of laundry, don't they?

This Hat Was Made For Walkin'

It's been in the 40s lately, but Gary and Aurora still take their daily walk on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Here is Smacky fresh from a walk to World of Sausages (I swear that's their name) to get some triple smoked bacon.

True to her Japanese roots, Aurora likes rice! She likes it in her mouth, on her chin, all over her bib and (of course) on her clothes.


She was quite curious at first. . .








Then she thought maybe she liked it. . .















Then she knew she liked it.

Carmen Penguina

Sometimes a baby goes straight from the shower to a meal, and sometimes she doesn't have her extra hair towel handy. Then she is forced to use her Halloween costume hat to keep those stray hairs in check.

You can kind of see the penguin's face all mashed up on the upper left. Nice work there, Granny!

Nom Nom Nom

What a delightful (and delicious!) Saturday we had. Here is Smacky having a little nosh on her fist as she waits for breakfast to be served. Luckily she'll always have those little appetizers handy, although they're not very filling.

Ready to go Golfing

This jaunty ensemble was put together by Gary, after a splashy bath he and Aurora took this morning.

She sure loves baths!

Hopefully she'll learn to swim young (it's an essential skill, I think) and we can go river and lake swimming when she's older. And blow-up boating, too.

Reunited and I Feel So Sleepy

Smacky and I took a total of 8 hours of naps together this weekend.

Ah, what bliss! She sleeps so much better when I'm there in bed with her. I hope this doesn't come back to bite me in a couple of years. . .

Anyway, from my headache and sore throat I can only assume that my first week back was fruitful in more ways than one. Who knows where that cold virus came from! Perhaps a young child whose mother works at Regence (which is across the street from Kindercare)? Perhaps it came from a baby who lives in NE Portland and whose father is a stagehand at the Keller Auditorium? The possibilities are endless. I wonder if Smacky and I will catch more colds than when I worked the drive-through window at Coffee People. God forbid!

Here she is at 5:55 tonight (Sunday), conked out in the kitchen as I prepared bottles for nighttime and tomorrow. I love how when she sleeps during the day she sleeps so much better at night.