BACK FROM THE HOSPITAL



Sally, Zoë and I are back from the hospital. Athena visited quite often...





and seems to be bonding with Zoë. True, she'll occassionaly poke Zoë to see if she'll do something interesting (hey, it works with Dancing Elmo). Athena's main gripe, though, is that she can't hold her sister by herself. At first, Nana was nearby to supervise...





Then we let Athena sit in Daddy's lap while she held Zoë...





But you can tell in this last photo she's getting annoyed will all the parental hovering...

URBANE BABY

One of the more worrisome things about raising a baby in LA is the possiblity that she'll become prematurely jaded, and, although almost two, Athena already displays coolness at a third grade level.



Plus there are her occassion bouts of being rather blasé about swinging.



Still, how jaded can someone with a real appreaciation for silly hats be?







And then there's her endless exhubarance for life.