Four months

Today is the Poppy’s 4-month birthday. She wasn’t in the mood for photos today, apparently, but I persisted and got a few cute ones. She’s even in the frame in most of them!

She seems to have perfected the roll-over. She’s been working on it under the Baby Einstein gym. Rockford went to check on her in her crib a few minutes ago, and she was on her tummy. She’s mobile! And tired! But she won’t go to sleep!

Definition

Rockford: What’s a podcast?
Nichole: Whatever you want it to be.
Rockford: What?
N: You can record something — like a radio show — and put it on the Internet.
R: So it’s an mp3.
N: Sort of, but it’s different. It’s like ham radio for the Internet.
R: You don’t know what a podcast is.
N: Do too.
(R gets a taste of N‘s wolverine ninja skills.)

According to Wikipedia:

Podcasting is a term used to describe a collection of technologies for automatically distributing audio programs over the Internet using a publisher/subscriber model. It differs from earlier online delivery of audio or video because it automatically transfers the digital media files to the user's computer for later use. Podcasting enables independent producers to create self-published, syndicated "shows," and gives broadcast radio or television programs a new distribution method.

Victory

Because even the failed effort yielded such tasty results, I gave the cream-filled cupcake recipe another try. But this time, I switched to cake format. Giant cupcake, you win the people’s ovation and fame forever. Also, Rockford made Chicken in Cherry Marsala Sauce for lunch today. It was tangy and tasty and, according to Rockford, easy to make.