Salome's Belly Button

We went to Billings this week so that Salome's Auntie Hilly could see Grandma Alice and the rest of the family for the first time since her return from Guatemala.  Salome's favorite thing of the entire trip were the bunnies who lived in Aunt Patti and Uncle Mac's yard.  She relentlessly searched for the "munny", only allowing herself to be distracted by a duck or squirrel that popped out to say hello.  She loves nature, that baby does.  

We got a great photo-op at this week's playgroup too - harder to line the babies up now that they can take flight with more ease, but it makes for a more dynamic photo perhaps.  Salome sat surprisingly still and proper for all photos.  You might recognize Larkin from photos of him and Salome at about 4 or 5 months when they first started playing together.  

In the potty photo, Salome had been holding a gigantic dead beetle we found outside and she accidentally gave him a water burial.  Besides bunnies, she can't get enough bugs in her life. Alas, even huge dead ones.  (Her papa was kind enough to inform us of the scientific name for the bug- maybe "coleoptera" will be her next word.)

Yesterday we had a nice time at Salome's Uncle Gabe's graduation party, where she got to play with some of her favorite honorary uncles, Gabe, Kyle and Shane.  Uncle Kyle was happy to let Salome beat him at croquet.

Naked or not, Salome likes to make sure her belly button is still attached at all times.  Three different angles on that give a good illustration of her "buppy" fascination.  She seems happy to find that it's still there.'