Archive for July, 2008

Hanging with Kacie

Sunday, July 6th, 2008

Moments after this shot was taken, Nora tried to eat Kacie’s head (but not in an unfriendly way).

good day sunshine

Saturday, July 5th, 2008

Nora’s recently discovered the joys of sitting up in the crib. This is how we found her this morning. Note the one leg hanging out the back of the crib. Did we catch her in an escape attempt? Was the smile merely a clever ruse to throw us, her captors, off her trail? Tomorrow never knows…

lawn and not lawn

Saturday, July 5th, 2008

Back when we were in California Nora sat on real, live grass for the first time in her life. The picture on the left is not a picture of that event. The picture on the right, however, is. Many thanks to our friend Christine DeSalvo Miller both for taking the pictures and for thinking to send them to us.


science grrl in the lab

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008

Nora came into the lab yesterday to help me record some word lists, sort some papers, and help Sylvia take pictures of the dept.’s new ultrasound system. Here are some candid shots Sylvia got of Nora studying anatomy.


TWO fat giraffes mean twice as much fun

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

Michigan is an exceptionally dull place. Here in the midwest we have to make our own fun. Click for fancy new zoom feature.





to sleep, perchance to sleep

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

These days Nora is napping in her crib. This is a welcome change.

stuff on my baby

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

Nora and I actually played with this diaper-turned-wig for about half an hour this morning. Sometimes we’re easily amused.