It’s hard to tell from this photo, I think, but we are in a raised parking lot, looking down about a full story, and then some.
Really. Good. Day. I was all kind of apprehensive about today, Dave is working from 7am-midnight or so, so it was all me, all day long. We had baby swim class this am, which I’ve never attempted totally solo, and I realllllly didn’t want to go, but I did, and it was great. Came home, played a bit, Ing took a nap and I took a shower. I’d made plans the day before to have lunch with Andy, so once Ingrid was up, we were off.
We met up with Josh at the thai place, and Ingrid was a freaking gem. Both Andy and Josh are Not So About The Kids — by virtue of a combination of personality, prior work experience (servers) and general dislike of the procreation arena. Andy, however, has always been a great Uncle Andy to Ingrid, and he genuinely LIKES her. Josh, I don’t think, had ever met her until today, and I think his fears of toddler lunching went unproven. Ingrid ate some curry, some soup, some stuff I brought for her… and she played peekaboo and danced to the music and watched people going by and smiled and was crazy cheerful until about the 1.5 hour mark, when she got a little antsy while waiting for the check. So, she and I walked around the restaurant and looked out the windows at the cars and at the fishtank and at other people, and she was totally cool. This picture was taken after we walked up to my car, but before we got in (obv.).
After lunch, we went to Andy’s house in hopes we’d see his mom, who enjoys Ingrid as well, but she wasn’t there. We played with the dog a bit, and then headed out to get supplies for our flight. So glad I had the stroller. I used it at the craft store (total bust) and at Target, but not at Borders. Basically, the city is absolutely swamped with Canadian tour busses right now, there was one at literally every place I went, including Dunkin Donuts on the way home, and I didn’t need a CART but I did need Ingrid contained, and the stroller was great for that. I got her some triangular crayons (won’t roll off the tray on the plane!) and a book with pieces that lift out. I wish I’d known about thembefore, because I’d have Amazonned them, and gotten a variety, but I ended up with one with four shapes that are a little more complex than Ing can handle as far as puzzles go, but she thought it was neat. Anyway, there were literally about 4 carts left at Target when we went, so I loooooved having the Techno for that trip, especially since I didn’t need diapers or other Big Things.
We came home and played and read and Skyped with Aunt Kate, and now she’s asleep in her bed. It was such a great day! It has given me hope that we will survive our traveling on Monday. I hope.