New toy

Baby has its first toy (well, the first toy we've bought specifically for it). We had brunch with our friends who have a charming little 6-month-old boy (who was born something like 8 weeks early, yikes!) in Rockridge on Sunday. Rockridge is home to a pretty cool baby-stuff store named Rockridge Kids. So after brunch we all went in there so our friends could point out what we should and shouldn't buy. They didn't bank of K's magnetic attraction to anything owl-related, so when she spotted this cute little burrowing owl hand puppet it was as good as sold.

This is our parrot Ozzie getting to know the owl. He was a little scared of it, even though he really shouldn't be. For what it's worth, burrowing owls are absolutely fascinating birds. The fact they don't live in trees is amazing (they take over vacant prairie dog burrows). They are also without a doubt some of the coolest looking birds too maybe because they have such silly long legs.

Buying the first toy was an unexpectedly exciting moment. Everything up until now has been about providing necessities for the baby. Here was our first moment of thinking about giving some joy to them. Happiness is the difference between being alive and living.