She may be a little behind schedule, but Poppy is all set for Halloween with her fashionable cat hat.

Marsha models her new T-shirt for JJ. He is not impressed.

For years (and years and years and years), Rockford’s dad has requested Oyster Dressing at every holiday meal. And until the waning hours of 2005, he was denied. I had intended to make it for Christmas dinner, but we had oven-space and closed-grocery-store issues. I have to admit, the Oyster Dressing was pretty darn tasty.

Poppy had her first taste of jarred baby food on Wednesday. Like her mother, it appears that she doesn’t care for bananas. She tried to throw herself backward to avoid the banana puree, and she wouldn’t even eat her rice cereal for a few days after the Banana Incident.

Today is the Poppy’s 4-month birthday. She wasn’t in the mood for photos today, apparently, but I persisted and got a few cute ones. She’s even in the frame in most of them!

She seems to have perfected the roll-over. She’s been working on it under the Baby Einstein gym. Rockford went to check on her in her crib a few minutes ago, and she was on her tummy. She’s mobile! And tired! But she won’t go to sleep!