Should all acquaintance be forgot...

Well, I think its time for me to dust this thing off and start back up again. My son is ever so much older now than he was when my writing came to a grinding halt. A whole, what, five months older! He will be 10 months old in 3 days. Lord!

Brief updates in his development: he is almost standing on his own--still a little insecure to try it by himself; calling out to "Emma" (we still have yet to determine who Emma might be); will laugh at your jokes if he sees that you are laughing (not unlike the emphatic laughter of someone who does not get the punchline but feels that it must appear that he has); growing thicker wisps of hair, though still appearing overall to be bald; pushed through three teeth--one on top, two on bottom; is looking more and more like a little boy every day.

We had our first Christmas. Santa was very generous to him considering that he wouldn't know Santa from a hole in the wall. And tomorrow he will step forth into a brand new year! The first of many more to come.

And now if you will excuse me. Emma is being called for again and it seems to please him when I respond to her name.