outings, part two

we just got back from san diego, where violet attended my family's holiday party on saturday night. many of our family friends were eager to meet her for the first time. she went down for a nap right as the first guest arrived, so by the time she woke up, the house was packed. i walked down the stairs with her, face out of course, and the party stopped for a collective "awww" - a very debutante ball entrance. it was pretty great. she even lasted about a half hour before the overstimulation got to her. she later partied some more (dead asleep in kevin's arms), then slept her longest stretch yet (6.5 hours), which i don't expect will be replicated tonight. the biggest hit of the party for her was the sight of her first candle. she zoned on the flame as if i'd laced her milk with lsd.

today kevin stayed at my parents' house with her while i went to lisa's baby shower, which was awash in baby boy cuteness. violet had a couple of nap interruption-related meltdowns, but as a result, she slept in the car nearly three hours on the way back to los angeles. the dogs didn't even puke this trip.

did i forget to mention that last week i scalded my face with boiling water while sterilizing some new bottles? kevin knew i'd closed my eyes in time based on the state of my splotchy pink eyelids. not a great look. i'm fine, just an idiot. the sterilizing of glass bottles (too heavy for my tongs apparently) involved a whole series of science experiments related to a lipase issue with my milk that we seem to have solved for the time being, thus ending poor violet's epic violent tantrums come bottle feeding time. long saga not doable with one-handed typing.

no pictures were taken this weekend, since we continue to be abysmal picture people, so here are a couple of fun time shots taken this past week.





and in keeping with the theme of idiocy, we took violet to the village idiot for brunch with monica and london last weekend. half nap = half success. baby in a bar!