Wayne and I are having a lovely weekend so far. Yesterday we went to El Cerrito, where Wayne went to a barber shop and got a spiffy new haircut. He much prefers going to a barber shop than one of those big chain salons where the stylist barely graduated from beauty college and doesn’t have a clue. While he was busy with his barber experience, I shopped for a new top to wear to upcoming holiday events. In spite of the fact that my post baby body has a strange shape, I found something I like. We “celebrated” by going out for Banh mi, which are yummy Vietnamese-style sandwiches. They’re so good, and I’m inspired to make some at home next week.
This morning we drove to San Rafael, where we joined up with our friends Patty and Bob for a stroll through the farmer’s market. The weather was gorgeous and we had a delightful time talking about food, shopping for produce, and admiring Corinne. Visiting with friends doesn’t happen quite as often now that a baby is in our lives, so it was wonderful to be able to do this.
Our biggest news: It’s official! Corinne is crawling! Before today, she was doing something resembling a bizarre combination of yoga and modern dance to get around, but it wasn’t quite crawling in the traditional sense. Now she is unmistakably cruising along and really happy with herself. We’re both delighted by her progress and terrified by how much more mischief she can get into.
Tonight and the week ahead will involve test recipes, play dates, and hopefully a little more time outside enjoying the unusually nice November climate.
Probably because of the huge developmental strides in locomotion she’s made this week, Corinne has really regressed as far as sleep goes. She hasn’t slept much at all in the past few nights, a handful of hours a day, and she’s pretty cranky about it. I stayed home from work today because I’m quite ill (which the lack of sleep this week hasn’t been helping), and the baby did fall asleep on me for a good long nap this morning. But it was a four hour fight to get even that relief. She doesn’t seem to be teething, but she certainly has been screaming all night like she is. Hopefully this wont last that much longer, mom and dad need rest!
If Corinne is near something she can hold onto while standing, she can walk. She’s already crossed the living room via the coffee table several times, and I have drop the mattress in her crib down to a much lower setting so that she’s safe. Huh? What? I can’t be serious, right? She just turned 8 months old, she can’t be in the early stages of toddling yet? Unfortunately no one told the baby that…
On this day, not that many years ago, I asked Raelene and I stood under the wild parrots of telegraph hill while I asked her to marry me.
Recently, the people of California voted to take the right of marriage away from a certain segment of our population, mostly based on religious reasons. Not only was this vote frightening in that it sets precedent for the majority to amend the state constitution to take away the rights of the minority, but it seemingly also stands against some of the more basic principles the religions that fought against it stand for.
Keith Olberman from MSNBC has summed it up beautifully in this powerful commentary. If you were in favor of Proposition 8, please watch it and consider what he had to say.
Raelene, Corinne, and I had a fun but short weekend. On Saturday Raelene and the baby hung out with Raelene’s mom’s group while I hung out for a bit at Endgame for their 7th Anniversary party. The party was a lot of fun. I didn’t win the raffle, but I had a top dog for lunch and did meet up with old friends I hadn’t talked to since the baby was born.
On Sunday Raelene, Corinne, Andre, and myself met up with our friends Jeremy and Alicia, along with their dog Twiggy, at the Point Isabel Regional Shoreline dog park. We had a lot of fun wandering around, watching Twiggy play with the other dogs while Andre marked posts and trashcans. Afterwards we had a late lunch/early dinner at Tofu Yu in Berkeley. They have some awesome food, and the patio at their 9th Street location is both nice and dog friendly.
Other than that Raelene and I had a very normal weekend. Now, on to the week!
