As Maile has alluded to in prior posts, week 12 has brought lots of changes out here in San Francisco. The biggest news is that Christine started back at work this week. While Maile misses her mommy and Christine definitely misses her baby girl, by all accounts things have gone pretty smoothly.
We found a great nanny, named Megan who is going to be working with us full-time starting the end of October. In the meantime, we’re taking care of Maile by taking turns working from home and having a part-time nanny we hired, named Cecilia, help out us well. Megan and Cecilia are great with Maile – and Maile definitely likes all the attention she is getting from so many people!
We’ll see how things go from here, but so far so good…
Saying goodbye to mommy on her first day back at the office...
This weekend I went on an adventure. At first I thought it was because I was turning 12 weeks old on Saturday, but daddy informed me it was actually because he and mommy were celebrating their 2nd anniversary. I told daddy that I thought 12 weeks being alive was much more interesting than 2 years of marriage – he told me I had a point, but that I shouldn’t tell mommy.
In any event, we went to this place called Half Moon Bay that is about 45 minutes south of San Francisco. The drive there was really pretty – I got to see the ocean in full effect and daddy enjoyed the twisty turns.
We stayed for the night at a nice hotel just outside of the downtown area. Yes, there was a big bed again. And yes, mommy and daddy made me take a picture on it. Shocking, right?
Little baby, big bed. We get it already - 12 weeks old and your already recycling the gags?
A little help here, please?
On Sunday morning we woke up a bit earlier than daddy was hoping. Apparently, I haven’t grasped the concept of “sleeping in” that mommy and daddy seemed all excited about. I woke up at 7 AM and just started chatting away.
Then we got all dressed up – I wore a pretty new dress that Grandma Gail sent me – and we went to this fancy hotel called the “Ritz” where I participated in my very first “buffet brunch”. It all seemed like a regular restaurant to me except mommy and daddy kept getting up and getting their food themselves. I sat there and looked cute – which is pretty much my go to move at restaurants.
All in all it was a fun little get-a-way – can’t wait to see where we head next!
All dressed up and ready for my first "brunch"!
I thought the waffles were to die for...
I called ahead of time and had the restaurant prepare a little treat for mommy and daddy!
Mommy and daddy took me to Fort Mason today. Fort Mason is a big park that’s right near our apartment. We had a lot of fun being outside. There was even a concert going on a short distance away so we had some music to listen to. The music wasn’t as good as the stuff that comes out of my play mat at home, but daddy said it was a “nice touch”!
Chillin' with daddy at Fort Mason
Mommy is so interesting to look at - she fascinates me!
Yep, that's me smiling - I like it outside!
Okay, take the picture already and get these things off of me!
Maile & Daddy - Week 9 (Check out what her bib says...)
Hard to believe our baby girl passed the two month milestone this past weekend. Over the past couple of weeks she has gotten much more active – lots of cooing, much more movement, she seems to be figuring out her hands, she “plays” a bit more with her toys, and best of all, lots of smiles and she seems to recognize Christine and I. We can’t wait to see what comes next!
Okay, my daddy needs to calm down. Yes, the Patriots won, but I have to say I’m disappointed in the way things played out. Sloppy game all around. Bottom line: we’ll take the “W”, but we got lucky.
(Dad note: Apparently, Maile Girl is taking the Bill Belichick-style sleeves a bit too far. She was very harsh in her criticism of the Pats after the game. Hope they pick it up and meet her high standards next week…)
