I am Mary, hear me roar.

Mary has suddenly decided she's had it with the cute baby routine and will now assert herself decisively when she does or does not want something. Thankfully she's a bit odd and does like vegetables - but that's getting off the subject. Today was a banner day for Miss Mary. She literally pushed Eli out of the way when he attempted to share the toy she was using. She yelled at me and kicked hard enough to shake the table when I didn't feed her fast enough. And then the most hilarious of all.

Eli and Kevin were playing Uno on the couch (Eli's new favorite game and he's good at it) and Mary wanted the cards. She dragged herself to standing at the couch and slowly inched closer and closer to Eli. He saw her coming and moved to block with his right arm. She attempted go go over his arm. He moved his cards further away. She tried to worm under. He shifted his body to shut her out. Now Mary is right on top of him and grabbing his shoulder, pulling and pushing to let him know she wants cards! I am watching and laughing. Finally she grabs a drink coaster sitting nearby and throws it in front of Eli in either an attempt to distract or make a trade, I'm not sure, and goes for the grab with her other hand. This also fails to get her a card - which she would almost certainly eat given the bright pretty colors and her penchant for chewing on non-food items. Being just 10 months old she gracefully accepts defeat, for now.

On a different subject we picked up our second car and are done car shopping. It's a VW Polo Sport - bright blue - and even has a sunroof. Kevin has something to drive to work and we no longer need to drive gutless, silver, bland rental cars. I'm just glad I can now find our cars in the parking lot at the local supermarket. I've walked right up to the door of too many silver wagons I didn't have keys for (see previous post regarding car colors) before realizing the car was not mine.