My Aunt Julie arrived last night (with a suitcase full of hand-me-downs!) for a weekend visit. 
She made us banana bread and dinner, made the wheels on my bus go 'round and 'round, took me for a walk, and laughed at my premature receding hairline. And it hasnt' even been 24 hours! 
I wonder what we'll do tomorrow?!
Mom was worried and wanted me back
but I was kinda' enjoyin' it.
OK, so it's not even Thanksgiving yet but I DID see Santa at the store over the weekend and THEN the mail brought me my very own handknit Christmas stocking today!
Of course, I'm the little angel to my Mom's Rudolph and my Dad's Santa:
Thanks Omma! As you can tell, I'm pretty excited.Three more friends sent cool gifts recently including a handknit wool hat from Claire (and Rob, expecting their own twins any day!) and a handknit blanket from Sally (and Chris) - both are especially great now that it's getting cooler - and
my flying parrot Polly, hanging from my bedroom ceiling and brought all the way from Prague! Thanks Meg and Waugh, I can ALMOST reach it.
The weather has finally started to show signs of winter so last night we had our first fire of the season. Mesmerizing. 
Even more exciting has been my reintroduction to the "binkie." Before, it tasted too artificial and I'd just spit it out. But NOW, wow. This thing is great. 
No Mom or Dad twisting their finger as they reach for the remote, no pulling the finger out when the phone rings, no need to sleep ON the person attached to the finger, I can even suck away while driving the Moby Wrap. 
Wow, the A's into the second round and a Democratic sweep of both houses of Congress. I'd like to think it has to do with my vast influence, but nonetheless, a great first seven weeks!
It was an eye-opening experience.
Aarrrr, I army-crawl through the jungle, keeping my head low to avoid the dangerous purple elephants, pink-beaked toucans, and multi-colored giraffes' feet.
Moving just an inch forward can be a morning's struggle. Plus, all those push ups. 
They really tire me out.
For the past 6 weeks all sorts of friends and family have visited and brought their well-wishes, their homemade dinners, and their fun gifts. Here are a few more pictures of my local extended family.
OK, I admit, when Dad first strapped himself into my Moby Wrap several weeks ago I had a hard time deciding whether he looked more like the Iron Chef: Sushi or a Tom Cruise wannabe from that terrible movie The Last Samurai. 
But now that I'm gaining some head control, I must say: it's great! It puts me in the driver's seat and, while that peapod is great and all, this allows me to navigate and see what's going on. (BTW, we live near a LAKE?!)
Plus, it's so COMFORTABLE! Even for Mom and Dad.
This is my latest look: a little bit stylish, a little bit hipster. My cousin-once-removed Beth sent me this cool sweater from New York this week. If I roll up the sleeves just a little it fits great 
and it really dresses up my favorite carpenter pants.
Oh, and here are the remainder of my endorsements for the more interesting items on the CA ballot:
Dad got a new job this week, HOORAY!!! 
After five years with the San Francisco Board of Supervisors' Office of the Legislative Analyst, as of November 13th, he'll be doing long-range capital planning for that big city across the bay.
Now, if anyone has any great ideas on where we can find $15.7 BILLION over the next ten years...
The last two days have been all about my girl friends. Yesterday I spent some quality time "parallel playing" with my good friend Maisy 
and got a message all the way from France from my friend Lea Bordier in wine country near Bordeaux.
Then, this morning, Mom took me to my first Mom's group meeting where I met 12 other newborns. I wonder if any of them will become one of my peeps?
Finally, this afternoon, we had short visits with Violet P and Bahia in Rockridge before my new friend Zoe came over for dinner. Zoe's two months older and currently dwarfs me 
but I'm gaining on her everyday.
