it's unclear...

...whether Ben is trying to impart his fashion sense to Ruby here, or just to begin teaching her about which teams she ought to root for. either way it is stinking adorable :)

6 months ago today...

it seems impossible that we were less than 24 hours into our parenthood adventure :) and still getting used to the idea that our "peanut" was actually a baby girl. (not to mention marveling at how much hair the child was born with) Not to get too "gooshy" but, having Ruby and being parents really is the most amazing thing ever. Trying to fathom that we ARE her mom and dad.. and that one day she'll call us that, ... still difficult sometimes. I think we're learning that being parents is full of those "i can't believe (fill in the blank)" moments. Like, we still can't believe all the things Ruby can do now, as opposed to when she was 18 hours old (like she was exactly 6 months ago, this moment). She can smile, and has the most adorable sense of humor. She has all KINDS of different cries and other noises, all meaning very different things, from "i'm FREEKIN' HUNGRY, hurry up the mashing of my homemade baby food people!!!", to "I NEED my pink bunny to snuggle if i'm EVER going to fall asleep", to the sweet, sweet coos she makes to say good morning when we walk in to get her after she wakes up, like "i am SO happy to see you! I missed you while i was asleep!". She KNOWS what she wants, that's for sure :) it's awesome. that's pretty much it. and we're amazed by her every. single. day.
(and by her hair)