Another "leaning on daddy's knees" shot. Hopefully I will be able to upload a video of her talking to me, taken at the same time.

A few pics of Buster with JoJo. He tends to avoid her when he's awake, but this was too cute to pass up.

I've been so busy catching up on work, posting pics, etc., I haven't really commented on JoJo all that much. She is as cute and as bald as ever! Besides that, she started laughing this week - she's done it mostly for Cedar and Sheryl. With me, she's too busy discussing 19th Century Russian literature, which many of you know isn't much to laugh about. Sheryl has also taught her to make a farting noise with her lips - a much needed skill in literary criticism.

Seriously though, we did read two of the Bill Martin, Jr. / Eric Carle board books that were given to her by Felida teachers. The first one she kept turning the pages backwards (probably the result of her Hebrew and Arabic training); the second one she'd yell at the pictures then lean forward as if to taste the page.

JoJo made quite a splash when she showed up at Felida today after school. Many of the teachers (and some parents) wanted turns holding her, and they all agreed that she's a precious and happy baby. They also comment that "she knows who her daddy is" because she responds quickly to my voice. It always makes me feel good to hear that!

Still catching up on pics from other people. Here are two from grandma's camera taken around Thanksgiving.


Four generations together (l to r, clockwise): Auntie Sue, Grandma Helene, Great-grandma aka Nana, Baby JoJo, and Auntie Tina.



On Daddy's side of the family, JoJo is the only girl - here she is with her 4 cousins, Chris, Nathan, Matthew, and Hudson.

I finally have the pics from the "Paternity Leave Survival Party" that Felida hosted for me. It's amazing to see how much Johanna has grown in the six weeks since the party. Thank you, Candi Talbott, for the pics.



Quite a stash of diapers! Each grade level gave a different gift, some for Johanna, some for daddy. This pile is 2 grades' worth of diapers!


Johanna posing with (left to right), Ms. Patton; Mrs. Ramberg, the associate principal; and Mrs. Herkert.


Johanna doing her favorite "folding my hands, ain't I cute" pose with Ms. Patton.


PE teacher Mr. Cast may need some of those in a year or two....


The next two pics are ones I took on the 4th. She loves looking into the mirror in the hall (something she must have inherited from dad), and she looked so cute, I decided to shoot a few.