Wills and Ways

Now that we have Penelope, we have to make grown-up decisions like who we want to take care of her in the event that (heaven forbid) both of us die while she is still young. It is really upsetting and to hypothetically imagine your cute little baby as a sudden orphan, but you kind of have to do it, at least briefly, so that you can make some good decisions just in case (again, fingers crossed that, in a million years, this never happens). Maybe it's also upsetting to think about because we just re-watched The Lion King, and we had to watch Simba become an orphan all over again. It's really an intense seen where Mufasa gets murdered - more than most of the other Disney death scenes. Anyway, I asked a couple of new parents we know about whether or not they have written wills, and not one of them had done it. I'm sure they're all planning to do it, but it's on the backburner for a lot of them for now. Anyway, we are making plans because we are trying to be responsible.

Penelope continues to smile and laugh more everyday. She particularly loves looking at herself in the mirror, and music and dancing. She's getting really close to rolling over. She basically has done it, but the way she does it, one of her arms is stuck under her still, and her attempts to free that hand usually end up springing her rolling back in the direction she came from. It's quite amusing to watch, actually. It's a work in progress... just like everything else going on.