

Discovery of the play ship:

..and our very first experience with .. stairs!

It's a Cone family tradition that, for the few days before Christmas (if you have a baby in the house) a new toy appears at breakfast-time. Here's today's:

When helping G-Diddy get ready for the day, Spencer found her vanity sink very appealing. After all, there's another Spencer in the mirror:

We found ourselves with a craving for Mexican food (curiously, it's apparently better in Atlanta than in Santa Rosa); Uncle Pete called about the time we were leaving for the restaurant so he joined us there. Matt had to work (bummer!) so we went without him:

Spencer enjoyed everything about the Tijuana Joe's menu:

Obligatory group photo after lunch:

Later, Kristyn and Gael took the boy shopping. They had more stamina than he did:


Later that evening, we're getting ready for a visit from friends Doug and Jennifer. Here's the boy and his Dad (seems everything is a toy..):

Now here are five happy people:

Spencer has fun with G-Diddy:

But he's happiest at the keyboard:
