"Give her a Bone"

(quote attributed to my Grandpa, who apparently liked to watch us gnaw on bones as babies)

Nearly Full...

I think this was the "biggest" full moon of the year - but this is the day before it was officially a full moon. The next night was terribly cloudy, so the moon wasn't visible. It caught my eye here on the Jan. 9th while I was out in the back yard while Caroline played.

Can you baby-proof a baby-proofing product?

teething + mobile = eaten fireplace guard

This cracks me up...

total relaxation

mmmm... Asperagus.

Four whole spears of it... not that all of the stalk part was swallowable for her, really... but four spears nonetheless

You might be a hippie...

...if you have a tie-dye laundry load.

(apologies to Jeff Foxworthy)

Summer's Last Hurrah

A final sign of summer ending... enjoying ice cream at Bruster's, where we redeemed Caroline's free ice cream coupon she got from the library's summer reading program

Berries

picking berries for a necklace, wearing berries on her dress

Riding

on my back, hanging out in the backpack carrier