geraciblog 

Marion started crawling on March 14th. I know this because I was out of town for the day on a class field trip and Jackie broke the exciting news to me while I was at the Burbank airport. I thought as a student I wouldn't have to miss all this cool stuff. How sad. I wish I could now report that we have video evidence of those first momentous scoots, but alas we do not. Instead I have a clip from a few days before she got it all together where you can see the fire in her belly but unfortunately still lacking in the coordination. Jackie likes to say that being inside a baby's body must be like trying to figure out how to work a backhoe.

The next video is from just a couple of days ago—an impressive demonstration of her crawling prowess. Marion effortlessly transports herself all the way across our living room to attack the camera.

The next frontier is climbing and cruising. Marion climbs up all all sorts of stuff. Sometimes it goes well, and other times… well…

My parents recently relocated to Sedona, Arizona. When Marion heard we had a long weekend coming up (President's Day) she insisted that we visit Grandma and Grandpa. So we hopped on a flight down to Arizona, and boy were we glad we did. It is just breathtakingly beautiful there. The red rocks, the blue skies, and the green grass all make for a scintillating landscape. The pictures barely do it justice…

I'm finally getting caught up with pictures that have been on our camera for a while. This set came from January, when we took a trip up to Tahoe for Martin Luther King Day (and coincidentally, my birthday). We rented a beautiful large house with a hot tub, pool table, and large TV in South Lake Tahoe, just over the Nevada border. We invited all of our friends with babies and, as usual it turned into a baby fiesta. I went snowboarding at Heavenly one day and the next Jackie, Marion and I went snow shoeing at a state park. We had a blast!

“Hi guys.  This year my dog and I will be celebrating Christmas.  We are very
excited, or at least I am cause I know what is waiting for me under my tree. 
That's right, this Jew has her very own Christmas tree.  I share it with Mike
and Tonka.  I have finished all of my shopping and am trying as hard as I can to
wait for the day to come…it's really hard…I don't know how you people
wait…all those presents just sitting there waiting to be opened.  Christmas
eve, Mike and I will be drinking hot chocolate on the sofa with the dog next to
our tree while watching A Christmas Story…and we get to open 1 gift.  1 gift
only, I think Mike may have made this rule up.  Christmas day will be spent at
his sister's house.  Anyway, for the first time I can remember, I have no idea
what to get either of you, not a clue.  Jackie, that is why I wanted to know
where you would be, I was going to send an edible arrangement.  I don't know if
I did it wrong but they said they would not deliver to El Cerrito.  I tried, I
failed.  On to plan B.  You 2 get nothing.  Marion wins.  Something for her will
be arriving shortly, I hope, unlike the baby shower gift that
arrived 3 months after she was born.  On another note, I don't think one person
has left a message on my phone without commenting about my new message.  Thank
you, I love it, Mike still gets a kick out of it.  Gotta go help Tonka get his
leg out of a couple feet of snow and ice!” – Marnie Fisher