we're back!

so much to catch up on! last weekend, we went to two birthday parties in one day! penny's cousin brayden turned one, and her grandma also had a significant birthday which i shall not name.
at the first party, this happened:

(don't worry, she didn't actually drink any)
and at the second party, she fell asleep almost immediately and stayed that way. amazing!

on wednesday, we got on a plane and flew to LA!  we were super nervous about penny's first flight, but she was perfectly behaved!  we got so many compliments on her awesomeness.  about an hour into the flight, we gave her an empty water bottle to play with, and she was fascinated.  FASCINATED.

there was an announcement in flight that anyone with kids could stop by the cockpit after we landed, so we did.  we thought maybe we'd get a photo with the captain (pilot?), but instead we got this:

we had a very fancy baby party at the swanky hotel roosevelt (by the pool, don't you know):

penny had so much fun by that pool that she decided to hang out in her bikini next to cousin marcie's pool - doesn't every baby have a crocheted string bikini?

on friday, we drove up a terrifying mountain to lake arrowhead, where we attended MaxFunCon - totally amazing and indescribable experience.  john hodgman, maria bamford and jesse thorn all fell in love with penny.  we were lucky to make it back to brooklyn with her!

penny is now a rolling machine - back to front, front to back - she is unstoppable!  two great weeks!  woo hoo!