We are having a picnic at La Jolla Cove.  Hello to all.  As you can see my 2nd parents were in town last week.  I was happy to have some company over Johnson's birthday.  I am a party, but I don't know if I am enough for a birthday party.  We dragged them all over San Diego, which we are getting pretty good at doing now that we have lived here for a year.  I think that being a resident for a year makes us official San Diegoans.   If there is such a thing.  We went to a Padres game, Coronado, Birch Aquarium, and of course the beach.  Aja slept in our room in a pac-in-play while they were here.  That little trick is not working out so good anymore.  She would wake up at the butt-crack of dawn.  Which I am sure at this point in her own room she would either fall back asleep or play in her crib for a while.  But in our room, the first thing she sees is mom and dad in there ready to play.  So for the first time I got used to a child who actually wakes up in the morning.  I better get used to it.  Aja is almost walking.  You probably all think, it is about time.  And you are right.  I am getting tired of carrying her around.  Even though she is still a light 21 pounds.  But that still wares on your arm after a mile boulevard walk!   She does not seem to concerned about walking.  We got her a walker to help speed up the process, and it has helped.  She is starting to copy words that I say, they don't sound perfect but she is trying.  She also has made an attachment to a fuzzy blanket.  She hugs it, crawls up and lays on it, and it is starting to seem she could not sleep without it.  Her love for it is cute, but I may have to cut her off soon.  Oh, it is so sad to take away something your child loves so much.  I will have to do the same trick with a binkie that Missy whipped out on Hadley.  Missy, let me know how it goes.  Things are great here, I hope everyone is doing great.  I love looking at all your blogs.  You are way to diligent at keeping them packed with updates.