playdates & marches

Emmett has had some fun times this week with his friends, Augie and Ethan. The three of them hung out on Tuesday for "new moms group" and then again on Thursday for lunch at Tartine then a protest march in Dolores Park for May Day. Today was a pretty tiring day as well, as Emmett and I met Anne and Augie in Dolores Park once again for 9am Baby Boot Camp. Let me tell you, it was quite a work out and I fear that tomorrow I won't be able to walk. Baby Boot Camp is pretty cool for moms. You bring your baby in a stroller to a local park and a trainer leads you through butt-kicking exercises to help you get back into shape (or in my case, into shape period). Anne and I are going to try to do this twice/week and it's a good motivator to have someone to meet, that way I'm less likely to flake out.

Tomorrow night is the big auction event for my school and Damon and I are really looking forward to going. The theme this year is 80's and Damon has a great costume idea (which I won't reveal--he loves his secrets), so I just need to get something to wear. Belinda and I have a date to shop downtown tomorrow, so Damon and Emmett finally get to spend some quality time together. I am a little concerned about going to this event and having my boobs leak milk all over. I'm not sure what I am going to do, as the only breast pump I have is a huge backpack that needs to be plugged in, and I'm not about to schlep that along and pump in front of all of those parents. Hopefully I'll be okay, seeing that Emmett slept for seven hours today while we ran around town, and my boobs were full, but manageable.

We are off to Tahoe for four days on Sunday. Damon has a work conference and Emmett and I are going to join him. We are renting a sweet house and my parents are even meeting us for a night. It will be great to see them and have my dad finally meet Emmett. It's all about short vacations these days.