this meeting is now in session

we had so much fun hanging out with zack's mom over the last few days. thea loves her grandma/nanny/carolsie [name still pending] very much and they were thick as thieves, picking up right where they left off in january. carol was such a big help with shopping, advice, cooking, cleaning poop stains [more on that later...] and babysitting. zack and i even got to go to a movie! we saw slumdog millionaire [our first movie since nuggie's arrival!] which we both liked a lot.

carol generously bought thea a bunch of fun new toys while she was here, including the bumbo chair pictured below. thea clearly loves being the main attraction when she's sitting in it. in fact, the minute we put her in the chair she immediately called a meeting to order. she had many agenda items to discuss with us.

here she is making her opening remarks:



...sharing her thoughts on the stimulus package:



...and campaigning for more variety in her diet:



we're working on it kid.