This girl has got SKILLS...

Dreaming-of-mama skills:


Giggling skills:


Crawling-towards-junk skills:


Jumping-with-tongue-out skills:

Sometimes my daughter just amazes me...

Tessa-san.

We've finally figured out how to communicate with her...

Already on a steady diet of government cheese...

For our next move, we're considering living in a van down by the river.


When we were in Richmond a couple weekends ago we took Tess down to the James to see what she thought about that idea.

Her verdict? "I'll go wherever YOU go, Mom!"

Where's Waldo, Part II....

Another study in baby camouflage:


















Notice how seamlessly she blends in with the underlying blanket.


















Lying motionless, she is almost completely undetectable to would-be babysnatchers.























HEY, I SAID ALMOST.