Selah has been sleeping well at night between about 11 and 5, waking up hungry once or twice, but falling right back to sleep. It's fun because when she is awake during the day, which is a lot, she is really expressive and fun to be with.
Casson went to get a new battery at AutoZone. They told him that he had bought his battery at WalMart less than two years ago, and that WalMart should replace it for free. Casson was hesitant, but the man at AutoZone convinced him that it should be no big deal, and would save him a bunch. So Casson went to WalMart. Well, they tested the battery and said because it still had a little charge, they couldn't replace it but could recharge it for us. That would take, only about an hour "if you want to wait an hour." Casson had already spent an hour on this project, so he said forget it, and went back to AutoZone. Needless to say, he got home a bit bummed and sweaty. He leaned down to Selah and told her he'd had a rough afternoon, to which she gave him the biggest grin of her life! Casson called me over and she grinned again! She's really into smiling lately. She's started making little squeaks and cooing noises too.
By the way, Mike, from Mike's Place, fixed our Subaru. He had a new axle ready to replace ours, since we just didn't want to take any chances. When he took it all apart, he saw that someone had bolted the axle on with the wrong part, so it was tightening and untightening randomly. All he had to do was put the right bolt on (something like that) and it runs perfectly. In fact, now it doesn't make that other vibration noise that it has been making all along.
Look how happy Selah was when she learned that her Uncle Michael and his girlfriend Kate were coming to visit in a few weeks. I've never seen her smile so much at the mention of any other upcoming event.
I, Lisa, went for my six week check-up today. Dr. Brown says I'm healthy and back to normal, and I feel back to normal too... actually have for a few weeks. Dr. Brown was so excited to meet Selah. Selah was reticent despite her excitement.
Last night we had a birthday dinner at Rachel's house for her nephew Alan, who is in town until today. He and Selah are sort of friends now.
Next day Casson rode his mountain bike in the hills surrounding Lynx Lake, and I took another walk with Selah around the lake. I met a young woman who had a six week old baby girl, out for a walk around the lake, whose husband was also out mountain biking. We talked for a while and she gave me her phone number to get together next time we are in Prescott. It was strange to have so much in common with a total stranger. She was even wearing the same Wal-Mart nursing tank top that I'd just recently bought. 
Then we tried out the new baby carrier, with a short hike to the Lynx Lake Indian Ruins. Selah loved it. We draped her with a wet blanket to keep her cool and in the shade.