Six Months and Seven Teeth Later

Well our little gal will be a half year tomorrow and it has been an incredible 6 months. She is such a sweet thing with a cheery disposition. Even through her teething, she managed to smile and laugh at our immature jokes. She loves this CD I got from the library by Elizabeth Mitchell, and every time she gets a little fussy in the car we put on the "John the Rabbit" song; Dave sings the "Yes Maams" while I take care of the rest of the song, and Efray immediately stops fussing and kicks her little legs to the beat.

I'll start feeding her solids this week, either avocado or homemade porridge (how quaint huh). If anyone has any advice on first foods, I'd love to hear it. I'm reading Super Baby Foods by Ruth Yaron. Each phase of my gal's life has been accompanied by stacks of books by the bed and whole worlds of knowledge of which I can only hope to retain a fraction. I've always been a cram the night before an exam type of gal, and with parenthood there is no exception.

The Queen's Wave

I guess it's official, this has become a mommy blog. In the future I promise to post some things other than my gal, but right now my world rather revolves around her adorableness. This past weekend we flew out to Berkley for the unveiling of Dave's portrait of Alice Waters at the Berkley Art Museum. Somewhere along the trip lil' Efray picked up waving to people, which really helps soften the crowd when you are boarding a plane with an infant. The trip was a whirlwind of good food (of course) and splendid weather. Since then we've been brainstorming ways to make Berkley our home base: win the lottery, go to law school (i know i'd be an awful lawyer), become gutter punks, etc. I have never seen a lovelier campus than Berkley. There were giant pine trees and creeks running right through campus.

Dave's portrait looked really amazing. He took the photo of Alice last December at the original Edible School Yard. She is standing triumphantly under a mulberry tree. Many people commented on how small she looks compared to the landscape, and how the portrait is true to Ms. Water's character and work; she has fought so hard for the local food movement and childrens' health, it only made sense to incorporate the story of that landscape into the portrait.