An Assortment

Three pictures, three stories.

First, a beautiful silver necklace made from Andrew's fingerprint. It came in a kit that contained a ball of silver clay; we took an imprint of Andrew's thumb, sent it back (to Iowa), and less than two weeks later received a solid sterling necklace. It's D's new favorite necklace, and saved me from buying her some alexandrite-laden Christmas jewelry. Andrew's birthstone is pearl, but the backup is alexandrite, and D had her own Christmas present all picked out.

Second, a map of the blog hits from California. I've posted a picture of all the United States visitors before, and most of the states were shaded very lightly, due to the overwhelming number of hits from California. If I drill down to just this state, you can see what a wide range of cities contain blog visitors.

Lastly, a cute picture of Andrew in his favorite position. During his last several weeks, he spent a lot of time with his left hand at his mouth, either pulling at the tube, sticking his fingers in his mouth, playing with his nose, or just getting his hand all drooly. His right hand spent most of its time at his right temple, as if he were scratching at his head and trying to remember something.