Catching up, again.

Re-doing the blog header counts as an update, so I'm done here, right? :)

I've waited long enough (and been scolded enough) that, as usual, I have a smattering of catch up to attend to. We'll just start where we left off the last time.

Mara had a birthday party! Ian had some leftover dry ice at the lab, courtesy of Boeing, so we made homemade rootbeer to go with our pizza. It was delicious!

Mara got tooth number 2 at 10 months, and has since then been working on teeth numbers 3 and 4. It takes FOREVER for these teeth to finally break through!! Hence, Mara has become a druggie.

She also likes to play on the shelf with the baking supplies and has found a favorite. (After the bag was punctured by the afore mentioned teeth, we switched it to a bag of dry kidney beans.)

Ian also had a birthday. He requested texas sheet cake (thanks for the recipe Patience!) Everyone loved it and my soon-to-be Aunt Cheryl even said it was the best she's ever had! I gave her the recipe too, Patience...I hope you don't mind :)

Speaking of Ian, he made a new fairing for the car. He made one last year in his Plastics class, but this one is prettier and better. Experience is a great thing, isn't it?

Oh, so sexy! (Its carbon fiber, and its on a car...I'm allowed to call it sexy...)

This cute little kitty was rescued by our neighbor, and Ian wants her to be his. Tara was about 7 weeks old with a broken femur when we met her. Now her leg has healed, and although she's got a bit of a limp, she's got no trouble winning over the whole family.

The kitty didn't really like to play with yarn (until the leg healed), but Mara did!

Oh, and this is why kids aren't born with....bumps. They'd never get anything done!

For Halloween, Mara was a sheep and a butterfly buggy thing. (Pictures to come later.) She really enjoyed Halloween. Especially the candy.

In early November, we had a rose bloom. It was so pretty! We've had such a warm Fall this year.

Mara's favorite season is definitely Fall. She loves the leaves! But she doesn't mind sharing :)

She also loves listening to records,

and, uh.....playing with her pencil!

And today she fed herself from a spoon for the first time. Ah, what fun!