I managed to coerce Maya into letting me measure her height this morning, something I have not done since last August. I have used a long 3/4 x 3/4 inch piece of wood to record the growth of all three children since we moved here nine years ago. With Kyle out of the house and Nico probably nearing his maximum height, Maya is the only one left to measure. She has grown 2 1/4 inches in the last 6 months. Quite pleased with her enhanced stature she requested that I tuck her in so she could sleep on the couch. Why do I get the feeling that a butterfly will soon emerge from this cocoon?

Later today I leave for San Luis Obispo, CA and then catch a red-eye to Raleigh Durham, NC where I will meet the remaining members of iRobot’s newly merged engineering team.