Ollie is eight months old today. We discovered that he loves to watch Dad shuffle cards. He was laughing hysterically. He also likes to crawl towards dangerous items like burning logs and hot ovens. He enjoys grabbing butane fire starters, and pulling and sucking on computer power cords. If he can grab something or bend it or chew it or eat it, he will. Everything is fun and new and exciting. All the time. Every day. Happy 2/3rds of a year, OK! UPDATE: As of this evening, he can also pull himself up!!! He pulled himself up to standing on the dishwasher after dinner.

I still think our kitchen looks cool at night. Check out our deluxe under-cabinet lighting made possible by ghetto-rigged rope-light. Classy all the way. My biggest bitches about our kitchen: no dishwasher, no in-sink disposal, only ONE plug in the entire kitchen -- all you see is powered by a well-hidden extension cord.