Ruby has nice first merry Christmas

I love when Ruby is nursing, and she is small and cuddly and quiet, and then with her eyes closed and her face peaceful, she reaches up with her arm and grabs me in the neck, right where my thyroid cartilage is. That is my favorite.

Ruby spends a lot of time sitting up now. We like to put pillows all around her and then leave her to play in her gymini. She can keep busy for a long time! She is still frustrated with crawling. We have started putting objects in front of her as an incentive to move forward. Her arms and legs flail about for a few seconds, then she stops, props herself up on her arms, and looks around to see if she got anywhere. And no, she hasn't gotten anywhere, so she cries.

She eats really well. So far she hasn't rejected any food, but we haven't tried spinach. That was never one of Theo's favorites.

In Mom and Dad news, we have made several new year's resolutions, including:

1. No cookies, cakes, brownies, muffins, etc. unless purchased from Trader Joe's. This one was Mom's idea, since she was eating too much of the junk that pharmaceutical companies like to leave around.
2. No more video games unless you play with your feet. This was Dad's idea, because the only game that we have access to where you use your feet is Dance Dance Revolution. You look really ridiculous doing it, but everybody has to admit that it is fun. Even Uncle Casper the rapper. And it is a good workout. It is really the only time Mom ever gets any exercise.
3. Random internet browsing is limited to fifteen minutes per day per person. This includes browsing Groklaw, news.google, slashdot, TV show websites. Blogging about kids, answering emails, and work-related things (Dad looking up a problem for his work, Mom doing a medline search) don't count.