Vote!

No, I'm not talking about the November elections (but that is important, too!). I'm talking about voting for when you think Josie will take her first steps and start walking. Add your guess to the poll on the right. Sorry, no cash prize for the winners.

Pushing Paper

Here's a video of Josie pushing parchment paper across the carpet. She enjoys this activity. She does the same thing with washcloths across the hardwood floor. Maybe she likes the feeling on her hands?

Our big girl!

Josie's crawling, climbing and cruising. Her new skill is to pull up to stand, and then let go and balance for half a second and then fall down. Cute, but a bit nerve-racking... she's certainly a risk taker!

9 months old

Josie is 9 months old today.  That is roughly 270 days old.  Each day is a significant portion of her entire life, like 0.3%. Me, on the other hand: I am roughly 12,230 days old. A single day is .008% of my life. With this much perspective, a single day goes 45 times faster for me than it does for her.

If I could fit my age into Josie's timeframe, the sun would be rising to start a new day every 32 minutes.

We were speculating about why she didn't wake up in the morning excitedly to Lisa, after Lisa came back from a one-night business trip.  Maybe she had forgotten that Lisa was gone?  Just 12 hours of sleeping would make the awareness of Lisa's departure 0.15% of her life ago.  That is like sleeping nearly a month (22 days) from my time perspective! Maybe after sleeping 22 days I would also forget what happened just before.

For Josie, waiting another 3 months until her first birthday party is like me waiting a decade for my next birthday. I remember time moving like this when I was a kid. My next birthday 6 months in the future might as well have been infinitely far away.  Dan

Tears...

Even her tears are cute!

Day at the Beach

We spent the day up north, walking around the tiny town of Occidental, stopping at the Wild Flour bakery and kitchen garden in Freestone, and hanging out on the beach at Bodega Bay. It was beautiful and relaxing. Josie was fascinated by the sound of the waves crashing on the shore, and loved watching the dogs play in the water (of course). We set up the tent for a little shade while we ate lunch and then Josie had a chance to experience the cold water on her little toes.

Summer in Oakland

The heat has finally arrived, just in time for the end of summer! It gave Josie a chance to test out the new giraffe kiddie pool at Zizi and Boppa's house today. (photos courtesy of Boppa's iPhone).

Can't Decide!

Josie played with these 2 blocks for a good 20 minutes. Picking up one, then, after seeing the other one, tossing the first aside, crawling to the second one... then seeing the first again, tossing the second aside, and crawling to the first... back and forth. Good times!

Here's a Little Clue...

to Josephine's favorite food!

Winter Squash

Lisa brought home some winter squashes to cook and puree as food for Josie. But she is enjoying them as new playthings in the meantime.