Here's a new thing Edward has been doing for the last day or two--balancing the shaker egg on top of the cups or his soft blocks. He won't stack the cups or blocks on each other (though he loves to knock them down if we stack them) but he carefully places the egg and then pulls his hand back as you see here watching to see if it will stay where he put it. This project holds his attention for about 15-20 seconds and then he's gotta be on the move.

Today my sister called to wish me a happy birthday and in the course of the conversation I mentioned that it was cold and dreary here so I'd dressed Ed in a cozy one-piece romper. I started describing it and she realized that her daughter (who is five months younger than Ed) was dressed in exactly the same outfit, except in red rather than blue. We have been teasing my mom and my aunt for years about their sister-ESP when it comes to wardrobe because they always turn up at family events in the same "uniform." Now here we see the trend passing to the next generation and beyond. Are we really that predictable? This outfit came as a gift from friends when Ed was a tiny baby and it seemed impossible that he'd ever be big enough to wear it. Now it seems impossible to believe that horizontal stripes were ever a flattering option for him (Ha!)

In other news, we finally have our email back on our home computer. We and other Mediacom customers haven't been able to access our Yahoo mail since last Thursday, following a Microsoft security upgrade that somehow wasn't compatible with the Mediacom modems. Maybe that's not exactly the right way to describe it, but it had to do with Mediacom, Microsoft, and a couple of secure websites including Yahoo. It was extremely annoying!

I generally avoid posting my own photos here, but this one is especially for Gram.