Silly Erin...he goes away on a grand vacation with his whole family and neglects to blog about it.

Long time readers of this blog will remember that Christine and I have gone to see our good friends Nigel and Melody wherever they have lived. First we went to Boston in 2002, then France in 2005. Recently they moved to San Jose, CA, so to continue our tradition, we packed up the family and headed down to The Valley. As a bonus, our friends Dave & Jen live down there too, and we hadn't...

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Hi, Agent Daniella here. I've hijacked the glowy box the big people always tap their fingers on to bring you a little message.

I am nine months old now. I can't believe how fast the time is going. It seems like just yesterday that I was suddenly blinded by a bright light and pushed out of my warm little house into this big loud place. I've been spending these last few months of reconnaissance work exploring from the arms of the big people who inhabit this strange land. Now I have left...

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Daniella's happy tells:

1. She is always smiling. I think I may have mentioned that before.
2. She holds her feet while laying on her back and kicks them. I think I would never be able to get up again if I tried this move.
3. When she is laying on her tummy, she kicks her legs so she looks like a frog clapping its flippers. This looks specially cute when she holds her arms out to the side. Fly baby, fly!
4. The wiggle dance. You have to see this to really get how cute it is but when she is so...

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Who knew the sun would shine so brightly in November? Daniella seems to get more and more cheerful each month -- how can this be? I mean she's cutting teeth like crazy and yet she doesn't stop smiling. It's a toss up between the smile and the hair as to which feature people notice first. Usually people go "Wow! Look at that hair!" to which D's face lights up and then they go "And so happy!"

We had her weighed the other day because at her six month check up she hadn't...

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