Thursday, April 17, 2008

Absence makes the heart grow fonder?





Well friends and loved ones, it's been a 2-mo hiatus, during which time Michael has written a chunk of dissertation and Christiana has organized a conference for 300+ people. Never dull. Montana has all kinds of updates for you: She rolls over, eats rice cereal (which she LOVES) and as of yesterday, sweet potatoes (which she doesn't, thus contradicting every Zenner dictum about the orange tuber). In March, she felt warm weather for the first time on a trip to Florida with the rest of the Peppards. Later that week, she sang along at her first Easter, but was more interested in the lamb we ate afterwards. We went to Mystic, CT for some much-needed family retreat and relaxation last weekend, and spring has sprung -- to all of our delight and relief. A few days ago, she met Joel, our friend from the band Umphrey's McGee, and saw her first sound check as the band warmed up. She liked the guitars, but the drums were a bit much. Most importantly, she did NOT drop Mr. Bear on the floor of the nightclub (I had told her if she did, that was the end of Mr. Bear, and he would not be coming back home with us.) More soon! (certainly sooner than last time...) Love from New Haven, C, M, M.

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