i am back from a very fun weekend in boston with some good friends and an 11 month old.  guess what?  playing with an 11 month old will make you want your own 11 month old.  little nora took several steps on her own this weekend, including a few in a row towards me as i lured her with a cracker.  11 month olds, it turns out, like food a lot...especially when someone else is holding it.  i wish every weekend could be spent with this great group of people, but we will have to settle for what we can get - one fantastic weekend a year.

i'm back in houston, where the weather is still in the 80s, but promises me some 70s starting tomorrow. miss ruby has been picked up from the catnip inn and is currently snoozing on the table next to me.  an 11 month old is pretty awesome, but a kitten named ruby is much more manageable and pretty awesome herself.

i've been neglecting the blog recently, so i hope to be better about that going forward.  i love blogging, but it's easy to allot that time to other things.  i resolve to keep on trying to document my goings on here!