Big news this weekend! On Saturday Lacy decided to stand up by herself for the first time, and soon thereafter she decided that she was pretty good at. Since Saturday she has been up and down constantly and seems quite pleased with herself. She goes back and forth grabbing different items and playing with them while standing. On Sunday Katie even timed her standing up for over a minute and a half! Then later on Sunday she decided it would be fun to try to put a little mobility into the standing act. She took three little baby steps and before deciding that sitting sounded good.

She seems really confident in herself right now and I think she's ready to take off at any time. I only hope that she doesn't take off too soon, because I still love the site of her funny little one-legged crawl.

What else is up you might ask? It's hot, hot and dry. I haven't mowed the lawn in a month because I don't want to kill the grass (at least that's what I tell Katie). At some point I know it has to rain but I'm not sure when. My theory is that former Vice President Al Gore is responsible for this. His book and movie "An Inconvenient Truth" are out now and he was in Memphis yesterday signing it. I believe that he has been in touch with Louis Farrakhan, who has in turn been in touch with the "mother ship" (you know the same one Farrakhan claims he beems up to some time, and the one he was in over New Orleans after Katrina) to change the weather patterns. This is all part of a grand scheme to let Gore gain momentum before the next election. This momentum, coupled with Gore's outstanding charisma and electric personality will definitely push Gore into the White House! But that's just my opinion.