A few updates (Georgie; food)

A couple unrelated things:

Food....
My mom picked up a brochure about a Valier-area ranch that raises grass-fed sheep and beef without antibiotics or hormones (thanks, Mom!). Aaron e-mailed them last night, and we got a very nice e-mail back today. We're going to buy a quarter of a beef from them; we're very excited. The beef is also 2/3 the cost per pound of what we paid at Whole Foods yesterday for some stew meat, and we'll be getting a mix of steaks, hamburger, and roasts. AND we're going to take a tour of their ranch, too. Honestly it feels a little funny to take a tour of a ranch that is probably within 30 miles of the farm/ranch I grew up on ... but my parents haven't had livestock for years, and it will be fun to see a different kind of operation. And I haven't been to a farm with livestock for a really long time.

Georgie.....
She's been getting so almost-mobile! Today I found out that she can almost wriggle out of her car seat if she's not buckled in. Luckily I didn't find this out the hard way ... Georgie is safe and sound. We never buckle her in when she's in her stroller, but now I think we're going to have to.

She also is enjoying watching the cats more. Sometimes we follow them around the apartment and play with them (as much as they'll tolerate) when they're sitting in the window. Today she grabbed Nino's ear; he froze and then patiently waited for her to let go before running off. Then about an hour later she grabbed a fistful of Aslan's hair and Aslan screeched and ran away.

Finally, today I took her on the metro for the first time in at least a month; we've been driving almost everywhere. But she had a rough day in the car seat yesterday, so I thought the metro would be a nice break. And it was only about 84 degrees out, so the metro wouldn't be as hot (and, therefore, as smelly). She loved riding it! I held her the whole time (rather than having her sit in the stroller), and she laughed at one point (I think because of a flashing light) and looked all around, at the people and out the windows.

She took a brief nap in her stroller when we were out. Here's a picture, with her giraffe she likes to always have with her:


Also, her hair is pretty much blond. Not red like I once thought. I think the birth hair and blond were mixing to look reddish. But nope. Blond.