weight - 14 pounds, seven point nine ounces

bigger and bigger. i ran into a woman with a five month old baby who was barely ten pounds. just goes to show you that babies come in all shapes and sizes.

grace's er jiu-jiu is here (uncle mike!) to basically slack and play with the wawa. (it's 9AM so he's slacking right now). grace is looking at me expectantly and sucking on a fist. what she expects, i don't know. i think she just wants me to look at her because when i do, she breaks into a big delighted smile. and then stares off into space because i'm suddenly uninteresting. so this is what it's like to be a parent. i hear it only gets worse in the teen years.

newest developments: she's grabbing onto her toys and examining them. some friends sent us a "whozit" toy, this little round octopus-like creature with rattles and things at the end of each arm. she's becoming proficient at grabbing an arm and bringing it up to her face for closer inspection.

still talking up a storm. next project: in a few weeks when she gets better at syllables, we'll make a recording and add it to the web site (yeah, just what you wanted to hear, i'm sure...)

10/22