Where does the time go?

Alex is almost ten months old. As her pediatrician commented today at her nine-month well-baby visit, she's starting to have more in common with toddlers than with infants. It's just shocking, how quickly that's happened. ( click through for the full report )

50 book challenge - January

I decided to give the 50bookchallenge a try this year, which means that I'm committing to read 50 books that are new to me in 2006. I wound up on a bit of a mystery binge in January, which has conveniently elevated my total and made me feel like I'm off to a great start.

Total for January: 9
Total for 2006: 9

( titles and brief reviews )