Well we certainly have been popular lately! We've been having (and will continue to have) a packed social calendar. Almost every day that I'm not working we have people visiting or that we plan to visit.
Two weeks ago Noah and Gary visited for a few days and Jake put them to work soon after they got here:
They built a wonderful baby/dog gate for the front porch.
On Wednesday April 25th, our friend Brian had a short stop in Santa Cruz and we met him at a coffee shop downtown. He took a few fun photos:
The Bald is Beautiful onesie was a gift from Esme. She doesn't really need it because she actually has some hair!
On Saturday we met at Sandra and Matt's house (with Sage and River) who hosted a little potluck to welcome Kaija into town who was here briefly for a job interview. Jake got some cute pictures, but they are on the other camera and I don't have the time right now to get them...
On Monday Enzo and I went out to dinner in San Jose with Amey and Musty. I put Enzo in his first high chair which he tolerated for about 10 minutes. He looks like such a big boy reading a menu and sitting up!
On Tuesday I took him to the
UCSC infant development center where we volunteered him as a lab rat. It was a fun experience and we'll do it again.
After the lab I saw that the UCSC arboretum was free admission so we took a nice walk on a beautiful day. Lots of cool plants, hummingbirds and bees. It was hard to tell if he enjoyed it since he was strapped to my front and I couldn't see his expressions.
Yesterday I took him to my friend's to drop off some dinner for her. She had a recent surgery and needed a little help feeding herself. I was happy to make some food for her. I could also tell that seeing Enzo brightened her day a little. And he got kissed gently by a cat for the first time at Laura's house. Dixie the cat loves Enzo! Then I whisked him off the baby sign language where we learned about playtime signs.
And we've been doing a lot of
playing. Turnip usually doesn't bark this much, but something was going on outside. Also, we've been dealing with
this.
So that was the past two weeks. And we have so much going on the next few weeks! This weekend Ezra is visiting and we'll be seeing some other friends as well. Saturday and Monday are already booked! The week of mother's day my friend Marissa is visiting, there's a work party and the strawberry festival at UCSC is happening. So much fun! So much love from friends and family! Who knew having a baby would make us this popular!
