Cats and babies

It was brought to my attention that this blog has been remarkably Simcha- and Osher-free as of late, and that I should rectify the situation. So here are some pictures:

Silly kitties.

Bookends



Note that they always have to touch, even if it's just the paws.

All that's left of Simcha's wound is that little bare patch on his cheek.



Simcha in the cat house. He's making sure no one takes his stuffed squirrel.


"Good morning! What a lovely nap. Squirrels make the best pillows."

Not a cat, but my wondrous love who is of course equally cute.

And lastly, me yesterday at 23 weeks. I usually don't have such bad posture, but I was tired.

We've been thinking a lot about the nursery and have decided actually, at this point, NOT to have one. We realize the baby is going to be with us all the time anyway, plus we're going to have a ton of visitors this fall. So we're going to keep the guest room as it is and create a baby corner in our bedroom that will consist of rocking chair, mattress (no crib, per Montessori method), and hanging mobile. Lisa and Tony gave us a dresser that we've put in the hall landing right outside our bedroom, and that should work fine for baby clothes/diaper storage. Come December when the baby begins to be more active (and when we assume our guests will have left), we'll rearrange the rooms.

Speaking of babies on the mind, Jonathan and I have been getting in our share of infant time lately. Yesterday we went to Carri and Scott's son's 1st birthday party, and Shabbat dinner was at Carl and Anne's with their two girls. Carl and Anne's youngest, Abby, is a little over one and absolutely adorable. Dessert was chocolate cake - who knew that frosting could serve such good purpose as hair mousse? Suffice it to say that Abby had a bath after dinner.

I finished The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, and am now ready to watch the movie version. I highly recommend it, it's the first book by the author of A Thousand Splendid Suns. Everything I know about tribal conflict in Afghanistan I've learned from his novels, they're brilliant at incorporating and contextualizing history and politics with personal stories.