Random News Bits:
* BigAl is now a BigBrother! T&E had their baby boy (as yet unnamed) on Friday: 7lb12oz, 21 inches. All are doing fabulously. There is a rumor that E's labor lasted a grand total of 2.5 hours. I've said it before, I'll say it again-- girlfriend is made to populate the earth.

* Yesterday was e-baby's first half-birthday, so she had her first solid food, and a little half-birthday party with Peace and Fuzzy, Aunt Dianaverse, and her 2 cousin-dogs Daisy and DOTi. Dianaverse gave her a half-birthday card, and it was delicious.

* Someone asked, and yes, SNG did make the interesting toy you see in yesterday's post. You can read more about it, and watch a demonstration video, on his blog.

* With e-baby's new bike trailer, we are on the road again. An easy ride to/from Ben & Jerry's ice cream shop is 12 miles which takes about an hour (those hills slow you DOWN when you lug a trailer), just enough to burn one small scoop of Cherry Garcia.