Aaaaaalrightey then!

It occurred to me this morning that I rarely write about myself and Glenn. I know, I know, most people want to read about the baby, but just a quick update and we'll move on to her.

Glenn is loving his job at Tillman's Roadhouse (a photo of a seating area near the bar opens the post). It's this great restaurant in the cultural district of Fort Worth. He was hired as the lead cook and has moved on to become the tournant. This means that he jumps in when other cooks are "in the weeds" and helps them get back on track. Some nights he works a station, though; I always know he's been on the grill when he comes home smelling like he was downwind from a barbecue cook off.

I'm completing my thesis for my MA in art history. It focuses on two pieces of early colonial Mexican art from Huejotzinco, in the present day state of Puebla. The first is a set of eight native-produced paintings that were taken by the Spanish and used as evidence in a lawsuit that the conqueror Hernán Cortés brought against the Spanish government. The second is a large altarscreen and the legal contracts drawn up to create it. The writing is slow-going, but I'm finally confident that it will be finished this semester and I'm looking forward to graduating in May. (the 15th, mark your calendars!) Below is one of the paintings.


Alright, so on the Lily front, not a lot new to report. She is standing up unsupported for short intervals, still chattering away. Still army crawling and pulling up on whatever she can get ahold of. Her hair has started to get really curly when it's wet. I love it, and I've started fluffing it up. When I think of curls, volume, and a little bit of crazy, of course, my mind goes straight to the televangelists. So, when we do this to her hair, we call it televangelist hair.


I've tried letting it air dry from this state to see if it will stay curly, but no luck. So the other night I tried drying it with a blow dryer. Surprisingly it didn't bother her, but it didn't curl either. She ended up looking like Ace Ventura. As you can see below, she didn't mind.