as promised -

So way back in July Annie and her friend Laura drove through on their way from Chicago to LA. Laura took lots of photos of Oscar. Annie took a few, and I took none. Most of the documentation therefore now resides in LA. But Annie sent along the ones she took, and they are quite nice.

Oscar and Laura's dog, Gus. It is not so easy to get a dog and a baby to look at the camera at the same time...

We went to Horsetooth Reservoir for a little preview of the lake experience, and I only brought twice as much stuff as we needed. Oscar is sleeping in his car seat. The reservoir was wonderful - lots of water, not too cold, a tree with some shade and only a few other people. This is one of two swimming beaches. We went to the other one last summer and that isn't so much a beach as a red and rocky area. This one, though, has sand and everything. When Eric and I have weekends together again I hope we go back!

Here is a sweet video of fluorescent protein moving around inside a root hair (which is a single cell protruding off of a root) of one of my transgenic plants: http://makeagif.com/i/NZpGAo

And finally, Oscar's floor routine. Notice that he has done a 180 by the end. I have watched him go a full 360 chasing a toy around, which is something, but still quite different from forward motion. Soon, soon our lives will change forever, and the cats will learn a whole new terror.