Day two: J's first day back to work=shopping day for the girls!
It was an interesting trip for Grammy and Josie this time around. They only had one day with both J and I together and the remainder of their time they either spent with just Maya and I or Jason and Maya with little sprinkles of Kyle and Brandy in between. My agenda for the girls included taking them to my favorite thrift shop just down the road. Josie asked if she could "wear Maya" in the bjorn and I happily obliged. I can't really explain how it feels when your family shows affection to your baby, but it sure does feel good! It was exciting to watch them sift through mountains full of garments, and even bring me a few things that they thought I may like to try or "this looks like you." I forget how fun it is to have a fellow girl's opinion about what attire looks best!
Maya and Grammy doing a little online scrabble
can you even take maya seriously in this picture????
After some shopping we embarked on a trip downtown to meet up with Kyle for some thai food. It was my first time taking Maya in the stroller/car seat combo on the MUNI to go downtown. I knew it was going to be a long afternoon and my one shoulder can only handle so much baby-wearing after it is worn.out. Maya was a little trooper for the most part! She slept all the way there and even through us ordering our food and then wouldn't you believe that as soon as the plates were placed in front of us she decided she was hungry too! Grammy said that babies just have a way of knowing these things and it is inevitable that they become hungry right when you food is warm and ready to eat!
After our yummy thai food our next stop was Chinatown. Grammy and Josie always look forward to their yearly boba drink, the one with the tapioca balls at the bottom. Kyle had mentioned wanting to take Grammy to this four-story fabric store that is downtown, but by the time we made it to chinatown and back it was already 6 pm and I knew Maya was going to be ready to call it a day! So we left Josie with Kyle and headed back home
Friday...Day three
The beginning of my work week. Grammy, Maya and I braved another trip downtown to go to that fabric store Kyle was talking about the day before. It was AMAZING! If I knew how to sew I am sure I would've been in heaven! Grammy found a nice little button-up jacket for me at the thrift store, but it was missing a few buttons, so we scored some sweet buttons at Britex! And she even sewed them on for me, by hand! :)
At the store we happened to run into another little baby that was a month older than Maya. We thought it would be fun and interesting to see the babies interact with each other. Let me just say that Maya was DETERMINED to eat this other baby! And sadly, in the end Maya ended up scratching the other baby's face, it didn't draw blood, but it sure was raw and red and the baby instantly started crying. I felt so guilty. I really really needed to cut Maya's fingernails and she ended up making this other baby cry!
Maya 1
Baby 0
After that we were on our way home to cut her little fingernails! I got to take about an hour long nap while Grammy took Maya in the Bjorn to The DeYoung Museum. When Grammy and Maya got back from their short excursion Grammy exclaimed, "I think Maya is going to be an ARTIST! She was looking at everything in the museum!"
The rest of my weekend was spent working while J entertained Grammy, Josie and Kyle. He took them back up to Sonoma to the Jacuzzi Winery to do some wine tasting (where we took my dad). Grammy flew back to Iowa early Sunday morning and Josie stayed in San Fran until Wednesday. Luckily J had Monday off for Memorial Day so he got an extra day to spend with Josie and Maya. They took a stroll through the Haight-Ashbury area and she spent another night at Kyle and Brandy's place. She spent her last full day with Kyle and Brandy and for her last evening we rented a chick flick! As always the time always flies by so quickly. We will be seeing them again shortly as they have a road-trip planned in July with Janet, a family-friend.
