
Tired from the drive to Dad's parents in New York

Caroline's first anatomical discovery - her hand!

Cousin Sabrina and Aunt Claire are happy to see Caroline...

... but she doesn't notice.

Group photo

Claire enjoys watching an eruption from Mount Caroline.
Zoom in on Heather's hand to see chunder flow

Tummy time becomes hand sucking time

This isn't what the babies on the Bumbo chair box look like

She's almost smiling!

Is that the X-ray structure of an adenosine deaminase bound to a 16-mer stem-loop RNA?

Yes, it's TadA, T-shirt courtesy of Verdine lab friends
PS - the camera angle & diaper accentuate the look of the junk in her trunk

Dad's learned the colic hold - works like a charm

With the pacifier, any position is comfortable

Maybe adding the hat to the Pooh outfit wasn't a good idea after all

There it is, a real smile!

Mom's local playgroup. Can you spot Caroline?

Mom's favorite outfit - even the shoes match

Famous Pepe's in New Haven, CT, for some coal-fired pizza

Mushrooms & pepperoni, our favorite

On to Mom's alma mater, and her residential college, Calhoun

Taking a feeding break in Woolsey Hall

At the end of the day, a dip in the hotel's jacuzzi

She loves the warm water

Back home with her namesake mountain laurel, brought specially from Broken Arrow nursery