Busy Bees

Uncle Ryan came to visit us this weekend, so we were unusually busy. Before I describe, admire the adorable half naked baby:

"Oh, hello, I'm just hanging out here in my diaper looking adorable."

Proof that she does "crawl"

Emery received her St. Patrick's Day package from Grandma Denise. The highlight was a rattle shaped like "The Very Hungry Caterpillar", it has already been a big hit. I think she is starting to get the hang of opening up her packages:

Ooh, looks like a winner

I'll take that

We went up to Mill Valley to visit the in-laws and their new car.

The newest member of the Garcia Family.
John and I call her "Lady" because we watch way too much 'Scrubs'

A very happy Grandpa

On Sunday we went down to San Jose to go to the Tech Museum. Years ago my department at Stanford started an exhibit there and I've had lots of friends who were involved in it's development and maintenance. Since this was Evonne's last weekend working at the DNA gel exhibit, I finally dragged everyone down to check it out. We were really impressed at how entertaining, interactive and educational the entire museum was.

You're right Em, science is awesome

We had fun talking to the grad students manning the hands-on stations, even though we couldn't convince Ryan to try anything out. The first non-genetics exhibit we saw was a robotic arm that constantly moved and rotated wooden alphabet blocks, but could immediately spell out any message when prompted:

Next up was a robot that would take your picture and make a line drawing from it:

Emery's drawing in progress

There was a machine that would make a 3-D model of your head. Ryan tried that one out:

Ryan is not convinced that science is awesome

Emery was captivated by this touch sensitive lightning thing-a-ma-jig (the technical name).


She also had fun with this exhibit that responded to your shadow:

Butterflies landing on our heads

We can't wait to take Emery back when she is a little older.