1.  I think that I, at the age of 34, may have finally reached pie crust competence.  I’ve now made two pie crusts in a row (last week’s pumpkin pie and quiche for dinner today) where I’ve managed to get it in the pan and even crimp the edges so that they look pretty good, even to this perfectionist.  Not, of course, anywhere close to Mom’s glorious crusts but good enough.  It’s about time.

2. Gerber designers must have been smoking something illegal when they sized their Onesies.  Granted, Ellie is wearing 3-6 month clothes at 2 months but seriously – she has already outgrown their “3-9” month onesies and the 12-month onesies aren’t that big on her at all.  The Carter onesies fit her just fine.   (And for the record, that’s with disposable not cloth so the diapers are not the issue.  I think it’s the illegal drugs.)

3. I love our mechanic.  I had to take our good car in today for what turned out only to be a dying battery, thankfully.  I’ve been going to this place since I moved to Baltimore in 2002 and so I know not only the owner, Randy but some of the other mechanics too including Ta and Randy’s son Chris – who definitely wasn’t old enough to be working in the family business when I started going there.  I was there in September to get something else fixed and so they saw me very pregnant.  And today they got to meet Ellie!  It was so cool to see all these mechanics going ga-ga over a sweet baby girl.  They were so excited to meet her!  Immensely better than going to a big impersonal shop/dealer.  Anyone in Baltimore – if you need a mechanic, I highly recommend Mid-Atlantic Muffler and Brake, without hesitation.  (And they do more than mufflers and brakes!)