Willow

I already mentioned that my niece Willow bagged more days on the mountain last winter than I did, at the ripe old age of 6ish months.

Yesterday I learned that they all went rock climbing this weekend. While I understand that she didn't actually do any climbing, she was a lot closer to a carabiner than I have been in far too long.

Must-get-out-to-Santa-Fe-soon. Her one-year birthday is coming up three weeks from tomorrow. Do any of my legions of readers (ie: Bryan and Melissa) have baby presents that are so awesome that a one year old will recognize it's inherent coolness and remember that it came from me, thereby erasing any residual negative feelings of my absence over the past twelve months? Piece of cake, right?