In general...

1. A few folks asked how Nicole was when we saw her for the first time after our trip. My parents brought her to the airport to greet us which was a surprise. I saw her as we walked down the terminal but she caught my uncle's eye first and was all about him for the first minute. I got a glance but she went right back to looking at him. I'll admit it - after a week of our "old life" it was WEIRD to hold a baby again. She looked different - taller, more hair, longer face. One week and she looked different! My parents, well at least mom, was sad to see her go (or so she said).

2. The bathing suit was very suitable and I was in the mid-range of looking good in it compared to others in our party (several size <4's...). I was confident enough to walk around without a cover-up though! I don't think there was a single picture taken with me in my bikini...

3. Tom introduced me to Pandora Radio which is now my most favorite website to listen to at work. It's based off of the music genome project which I think, in general, is super cool.

4. I agreed to teach my first MBA class this fall - intro to marketing. Greg is waived out of it though so there's no chance of having my little brother in my class.

5. As Nicole nears her first birthday several people have asked about weaning her. This was already accomplished the week I returned from Akron (about a month ago) and was painless (physically and emotionally) for both of us. After seeing so many fake boobs on the cruise Jim is eager to get the next kid's possession of my breasts out of the way so he can have them touched up and back in his control. I look forward to this too! :)