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The beginning.
A blog mainly for our family in PA, so they can get a glimpse into the day to day lives of Ruby and Frances.
And for anyone else who cares.

Little Frances is 5 weeks old today! She has gotten nice and chunky, so yummy and soft. She has lost almost all her hair on top of her head, so she looks a little like an old man with male-pattern balding. And the noises this kid makes! Grunts and groans and moans...she even sounds like an old man. We love her even more for all her oddities.

She is very alert, and has started smiling! A beautiful, crooked, open-mouthed smile, that lights up her dark blue eyes.
And today, she said "goo" and a few other baby words, and even made a gurgle for me. I nearly cried, it was so sweet.
She is super super strong. She holds her head up and has been doing so since she was a week old. She pushes off with her tiny feet, so holding her is a challenge. It's like she wants to propell herself into the world.

Ruby. Ah, Ruby. The best big girl ever. She played with her old friends at Pup House yesterday (that is our old day care co-op), and had a blast. Then in the evening she joined some neighbor kids for a pool party. At the very end of the day, Willie and I lay a sheet on the grass, she laid down on it, and we picked up the corners and gave her a good swing. She laughed the most beautiful giggle, my heart is light.

It's good to have two girls.
Here are pictures of what they were doing about a half-hour ago.