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Owen's favorite game at the moment is "I've got your nose." It goes like this: 1. Touch Owen's nose and say "I've got Owen's nose!" 2. Take Owen's hand, hold it to the same part of your face and say "You've got my nose!" 3. Move Owen's hand to the same part of his own face and say "Now you've got your nose!" 4. Choose another facial feature and repeat. Here you see Eric and Owen having a great time with this game.

Today the women at the health club day care asked me if Owen was part Asian (and by extension, if I am - I don't think anyone would wonder that about Eric). It's a question I've heard many, many times in my life, so it was funny to hear it applied to him for the first time! Good to see his raven-haired great-grandmother's genes are still going strong enough to prompt the query. To anyone wondering, the answer is no. Owen's ethnic heritage is a mix of English, Scottish, Irish, Welsh, and a bit of German that, as a whole, adds up to Generic Boring White American. Sigh.

Owen and I drove over to Oakland today to have lunch with my Swattie friend Jeremy (also a high school teacher). Jeremy has a new kitten. An adorable photo of the two species of baby together is basically mandatory. A few minutes before this one was taken, kitty was actually up on my lap nuzzling Owen's cheek, but Owen batted him away before we could get the camera.

Happy Fourth of July! We successfully navigated our first trip away from home with Owen last weekend. Seattle was rather warm (and, just like SF, has no air conditioning anywhere), but it was great to see our friends Jordan and Alex, as always. For anyone reading who doesn't know this already, Jordan was my freshman and sophomore year roommate at Swat. We had several "WTF?! We both have babies!?" moments throughout the weekend. Their 9-month old, Angus, was adorable and high-powered - we are completely flummoxed at the thought that Owen will turn into one of those by Christmastime. (Crawling! Grabbing! Furniture-surfing confidently across the room!) We had intended to take lots of pictures but only managed a few "mommies and babies" shots on Monday before we came home. Sadly, Owen was not feeling up for camera smiles at this point.