Six months of Ronan!

Just weighed and measured Ronan.

15 pounds 12 ounces (nekkid)
25 inches (roughly) long
17 inches head circumference

I'll take pictures when he's in a better mood. At the moment, he's irritated with me for the whole weights and measurement gig. And he desperately wants to type. The last time I let him type, he stole the shift key.

He has no interest in crawling. He likes to stand when held up and if you stand him next to something, he'll hold onto it for a few seconds before he tries falling. When sitting, he lunges for toys, then gets pissed off when he ends up on all fours.

He grabs everything within reach. Freezer door. Poodle ears. Pans. His junk. Walls. Mud dauber nests (okay, but he would).

Jericho considers the urchin very special. If I leave the room while Ronan's sleeping, I come back to find one of Jerry's cherished toys in the bed with Ronan. Jericho doesn't willingly share toys, so this is very touching.

Against the Grain

I saw sesame bagels from Against the Grain Gourmet today. A quick read of the ingredients gave me no worry. They seemed to be similar to pão de queijo (Chebe Bread)--tapioca starch + cheese.

So I bought 'em. Toasted one, spread it with cream cheese.

Great flavor, nice texture. It's more flaky than a bagel is--not really dense, but softer and airier. In fact, it's a lot like chebe bread. It's really darn good. The sesame flavor really comes through, probably because it has both sesame seeds and sesame oil.

I'll probably buy them again, because convenience food is hard to pass up. But I might try making a sesame chebe the next time we make it.