Naked Baby

Here's a link to a video Jay took of Evelyn getting ready for her bath the other night.

http://sharing.theflip.com/session/eaf5fe7e584f74f80b54c331b5b9558e/video/10107677

The Appearance of the Temper Tantrum

Evelyn is almost 11 months old--doesn't that seem a little young for a tantrum? I tried to tell that to her, but she couldn't hear me over her screaming. She has started to let us know when she doesn't like our opinion about what she should and should not be playing with with a loud screech and fake cry when something is taken away from her. Little stinker.

Happy 9 month Birthday, Evelyn

The pics that didn't make the Christmas card

Over here, Evelyn!

Over here, Mom!

What's even more awkward than a 30-something with braces? A 30-something trying not to show her braces.

If you didn't get a card, it's because I hugely underestimated the number of cards we needed, and your name is probably at the end of the alphabet! Oops. You'll be first on the list next year!

Two Thumbs Down

I couldn't have said it better than this reviewer on Amazon, so I just cut and paste:



Mitchard has an enormous cast of characters, all of whom are razon-thin in their character development. You'll be lost if you haven't read "Deep End", as the returning cast is introduced with the sketchiest of background. Then again, you'll be lost if you HAVE read "Deep End", as all the new characters are thrown at the reader fast and furiously and in the most superficial manner possible.

There are several confusing scenes in the book, made more confusing by the "Beth and Pat and Candy and Ben and Charley Seven did this....Vincent and Sam and Eliza and George did that" writing. The pre-Oscar hotel scenes and celebrity spotting - waste of time and paper. The actual kidnapping? Also poorly sequenced and explained. The ridiculous search into the mountains for a villain with a muddled motive and Vincent's idiotic leaving shelter (to do what? and why?) are the stuff of slapped-together made-for-TV movies. It wasn't even suspenseful, since I had no emotional attachment to any of the characters. What if the kidnapped child disappears forever? Ho-hum. What if Ben falls into a crevasse? Yawn, too bad, so sad.

"Deep End" was beautifully written and well paced. "No Time" felt slapped together, poorly plotted and added nothing at all to the Cappadora story. Bad, bad book.

The "must-have" laundry basket pic

Doesn't everyone have at least one picture of their kid in a laundry basket? Well here's ours. And she has a mini-mohawk going on. Even better!

Not too excited about her winter clothes, apparently