Updates

While posting has been slow, we've been doing quite a bit around here. Following are a few of the things we've learned in the last few months, in no particular order:

Zoe loves playing in a bucket of ice, which comes in very handy when we walk down to our neighborhood Little Deli & Pizzeria for dinner.

There are crazy numbers of bikes at Austin City Limits music festival - so many, there were even some hanging from trees. We biked in the first day, but didn't bother on days two and three. It reminded us of Amsterdam.

During ACL we also discovered another use for our wedding boots - protecting our feet from nasty smelling mud. If you don't already know why it smelled gross, you really don't want to know.

(This is a tame picture. By the end of day three, it was a pig sty.
Go ahead, I dare you to do a search on YouTube for Mud Boy at ACL Festival 2009.
But don't worry - thanks to the boots, we came out fairly clean.)

Mo looks really short standing in mud next to Aaron and Jessica.

(As we all could have probably guessed) Omi was awesome at taking care of Zoe and Aiden while their parents were standing in mud.

Kyle confirmed that Zoe loves stairs when he took Zoe out to the capitol building (idea courtesy of Fletcher's folks).

Zoe looks adorable in oversized baseball caps.

With a toddler, Tour de Fat is best enjoyed in a field with other toddlers.

Zoe can 'brush' her teeth(a.k.a. 'bite on the toothbrush).

And prefers it that way, thank you very much.
And only that way.
And with an adult-sized toothbrush.
Don't even think of getting in her way if you mention a
t-o-o-t-h b-r-u-s-h.
Yes, we've started spelling words.

Zoe can say 'uh-oh' (and now sometimes purposely drops things in order to say this phrase).

Happy Halloween!

As these holidays roll around, I can't help but think to a year ago and what Zoe was like way back then. It seems like such a long time ago. She's changed so much!


And, yes, blog-readers, there has been a noticeable lack in posts as of late. About to pick up as I catch up.

But first - the Austin Race for the Cure is Sunday. Friends and family have contributed over $600 this year, and I am so thankful to each and every one of you who has donated. A woman has a 12 percent risk of developing breast cancer in her lifetime, and the majority of women (90 to 95 percent) with breast cancer have no known significant family history or other known risk factors. This cancer really does affect a lot of people. This year Komen Austin is expecting 22,000 racers on race day, most of them raising funds for breast cancer research. 75% of the money raised stays in the Austin area, with 25% going to national efforts. Every dollar really does make a difference, and thank you all so much for helping me support this cause.

Post updates

There are several new posts below! Been a bit behind, but almost caught up. Also, I'll hopefully be putting a link in to the right for our Race for the Cure efforts this year. With everyone's help over the past 5 or so years we've contributed over $2500 to the efforts. Every $5 or $10 really does help. Thank you so much!

Solar Decathlon 2009

The Solar Decathlon is currently going on in Washington D.C. and Rice has a home there this year. One of these days I'd really like to make it out there during the event to see all of the home entries. Check out Inhabitat's Flickr set to view some great photos of all of the houses, as well as their article on Rice University's ZEROW house.

The fashionable woman wears clothes. The clothes don't wear her. - Mary Quant