All about Jaws

Jaws is my little 8 month old. Her name stems from her precocious acquirement of teeth. And yes, I'm still nursing her. I'd like a hand, ladies and gentlemen.

Jaws is precocious in other ways, too. She was active from day 1. She didn't fuss too much as a newborn, but she'd wiggle a lot-- to express excitement, displeasure, or just to get attention. She has continued this trend. At 5 months, she sat alone. At 6 1/2, she was crawling a little. Now, she crawls ferociously, at a rate of about 8 feet per second, it seems. Right now, she's experimenting with

and getting very good at it.






Did I mention that she's a munchkin? She's a short little thing, but she's nice and round. We like her that way-- she's a very happy baby.







She's also very social. She loves her sister










And cousins










and dad .





She's also a very helpful child. Her helpful endeavors range from rearranging the spanish moss in our potted plants (and thoughtfully consuming some nutritious dietary fiber so that mom doesn't have to mess with solid foods too much) (just kidding) to toilet plunging (that's a new plunger, btw)





to driving the car.


We're gonna have to start charging her for gas.