Ben is a Published Author

We got word late last week that Ben's paper entitled, "Assessing Concentration Dependence of FCC Metal Alloy Diffusion Coefficients Using Kinetic Monte Carlo" will be published in the Journal of Phase Equilibria and Diffusion in the near future. He'll be lead author, too! It was a lot of work, and the final acceptance is hard-earned. Congratulations to Ben!

Pooh-Bear

This is Pooh-Bear. It was Ben's when he was a little boy. Kathy has saved it all these years, and she brought it out recently so that Cecilia could play with it too. She loves Pooh-Bear and gives him lots of kisses. It turns out that Ben has missed Pooh-Bear all of these years and is a little jealous. While Cecilia was napping, Ben took Pooh-Bear back. Mommy got it back for Cecilia later.

Sledding

Cape got some good snow, so we took Cecilia sledding before it melted. She enjoyed putting on her hat, but she did not enjoy the actual sledding or anything to do with snow. After two rides down the short part of the hill, she watched while Mommy, Daddy, and Uncle Elliott took a few turns.






Unfortunately, we're getting older and Ben got a cramp half-way up the hill. He shook it off, though, and after some laughter on my part, we resumed sledding.

Daddy's Hat

Cecilia was playing with Daddy's hat and wearing it. She really loves it!

Undressing

Cecilia has decided that she does not want her left arm in her pajamas! We don't know why, but she keeps taking her arm out of her pajama shirt. Ben quotes Joe Becker, "We aren't raising a stripper." She was even doing it at night. We'd go to bed and one arm would be out of her shirt. We'd put it back in, and she take it out again - without waking up. Smart baby!

Hamper

Cecilia loves playing in the hamper. We think it's because she can lean on the sides without having to hold on so she can play with both hands while standing. We've learned that if she's really cranky, this will generally cheer her up!

Cecilia and Paw-Paw

Cecilia playing with Kathy (Na-naw)! She really loves playing with her grandparents, as well as being upside-down!Stuart (Paw-paw) can always make Cecilia laugh, unless she's very angry. He put on quite a show after dinner one night, and I got a few pictures. He's just making funny noises and playing with his hand. She loved it though! I also got a couple pictures of one of Cecilia's favorite places to stand. There's not much room, though, and a steep drop-off, so she doesn't get to do it often.