so sorry to leave you hanging-it's been a busy, tiring week or so...

last week, a friend of ours was admitted to the hospital for anemia, caused by a tumor which was removed and eventually diagnosed as melanoma. it's been a sobering wake up call for several in our group, as well as an emotionally draining experience for everyone.

we turned on the radio saturday morning to listen to click and clack on car talk, only to have the NPR news folks break in with the space shuttle emergency and ended up listening to the radio almost all day to get more news.

that's enough of the serious, grim update-

rory is definitely expressing herself more and more. she loves to have her hat(s) put on her head while she is inside the house. she'll bring one of them over for you to put on, and after you've put it on her head, she'll walk around patting her head/hat. i'm trying to say 'hat' while she's patting her head-only time will tell if she will 'get it' from that. we've also set up a basket where she can put her hats, boots and shoes, mittens and the like. she seems to be learning how to put things away in the basket, but that may just be coincidence.

that's all for now...hope to write again soon!