Rory Visits the Zoo

We escaped to the toasty Tropics Trail at the Minnesota Zoo a couple of weekends ago. Rory was kind of stoic throughout the trip, although she did like the "tee-tles" (turtles). She perked up even more when we reached the end of the trail, took her out of her stroller and let her run.

14 Months

Rory took a spill in early February and ended up with a nasty shiner under her left eye. We tried to get some shots with her in a backwards baseball cap holding a mitt, but she's not so much with the sitting still these days -- this was all we could manage.

She's all about feeding her babies their bottles or putting them to sleep on rugs, placemats, dish towels...whatever she can find.

This is just a shot of her helping us clean the house one busy Saturday a couple of weeks ago. Too cute!

Valentine's Day

For Valentine's Day, we took Rory to Peg's Countryside Cafe for dinner, and then came home and opened presents.

Mmm...macaroni & cheese!

Rory reaches in to find a bear and a monkey...

...and a Sesame Street peekaboo book. She LOVES the book (especially Oscar), and has ripped off some of the pop-up hands. Packaging tape to the rescue!