OK, yes, it has been 6 weeks since my last post, which in baby terms is aa significant proportion of a little life. Therefore: my apologies, but as the Chinese proverb in Jennifer Boutin Carroll's house reads: "The best time to plant an apple tree is 20 years ago. The second best time is today."

In the intervening weeks we have been to CA for 10 days, where Montana met many adoring fans who ranged from her three living great-grandparents (!) to her doting Stanford "aunts" and her future beau Matty DuBois, son of Holly. We've also had a visit from the Peppards, a trip to NYC to see Charlie and Heather and Craig Lottner, and a whirlwind trip to DC in which Montana met Grayson Roschewski, son of Mark and Lindsey. The child has friends and frequent flier miles to an extreme! In early August we head to Santa Cruz for Lolo and John's wedding, where Montana is very excited to meet her (2nd?) cousin Gretchen. In the meantime perhaps I will learn some more interesting blog editing skills. ;) Happy summer to all.