A few fun pics

Another conglomeration of recent favorites:

It's cold outside!

Spaghetti is yummy!

All worn out!
(It doesn't happen often that Archie falls asleep in his play pen, but I guess he'd just had too much fun with too little sleep. He slept almost an hour!

I love spaghetti!

These two videos show Archie's progress towards self-sufficiency and his new skills in mess-making! Both videos are similar, but there are more cute baby noises in the first one and more self-feeding in the second! ENJOY!

Turkey-less by choice!

Last year, try as we might, we were unable to find a turkey for Thanksgiving. What would you do on Thanksgiving if you didn't have a turkey? We picked up fried chicken from KFC, of course! Today, while making my quarterly (or so) trip to a store where I can buy imports, I found a WHOLE FROZEN TURKEY. So, I eagerly scooped it up and brought it home, right? WRONG! I left it in the freezer. Why? Who wants to cook a turkey in a toaster oven when there's KFC down the street. I'll make some sides, invite some friends, get some fried chicken, and we'll have a great holiday. Whether you go turkey or turkey-less this Thanksgiving, we wish you a happy one!

Christmas 2008 Preview

My favorite sights

Why are slippers and piles of unwashed dishes among my favorite sights? They are signals that we've just had guests. Even though sometimes washing up the dishes is a chore, it's also a pleasant reminder of how richly we're blessed by our friends.


(Cultural note: Where we live, you always take off your shoes at the door. The host then provides a pair of slippers so the guests' feet don't get cold on the floor.)

More Pumpkin Pics

Who does Archie love?

HIMSELF! My child REALLY REALLY loves himself. Can you tell?


His love for himself is further manifested in the way he will actually sit still to look at his own photo albums (whereas he sits still for little else). I have no doubt he knows who the baby in the picture is, and that he figures he's quite good looking. The good news: Archie still loves everybody else, too.

While Archie hasn't yet taken those first few independent steps, he's getting pretty close!


Since it looks like Archie is trying desperately to escape our house in this pic, I'll explain his motive. Our neighbors have a 3-year-old. They are mutually crazy about each other, and I think Archie wanted to go visit. If both doors are open, he'll crawl right on over!

It's getting harder and harder to snap a pic of him not sucking his thumb. The good news is the thumb sucking makes him look extra cute and cuddly!

Archie's opinion on Halloween

More pics of my cute little pumpkin coming soon! (Does the Jack-O-Lantern look a little strange? It's actually an over-sized grapefruit. They were out of pumpkins at the farmer's market. Oh well, a lot easier than carving!)