six cats in the yard

 

We looked forward to our visit to SF for Quinton & Alex for months, and having had a trip to Tennessee for Leigh’s dad’s funeral the month before, we knew that Maddie would weather the trip well…except for the fact that we got in to Oakland after 11pm and didn’t get to the hotel until after midnight. Totally screwed up her sleep so that was a hard lesson learned.

 

All in all, however, it was a terrific trip with too few pictures and too little time spent with many of Leigh’s and my good friends. It was wonderful to show off little Maddie, and just as wonderful to leave her with a terrific nanny for a few hours of downtime, especially after two days of very fussy baby not so down with napping all of a sudden. 

 

We took a trip to Japantown for some culture, Korean food and Q&A’s wedding gift. 

 

 We ate breakfast at what apparently is an SF institution, Mel’s Diner. And managed to have some breakfast before she broke down the first day, and while she was sleeping the third day.

 

 

 

 

 

 

We were able to meet up with Leigh’s good friend Jeff and his wife and kids at the Exploratorium. Though she’ll likely have no memory of her time there, Maddie will be able to see herself in some good pics. I can see how parents would want season passes to this place. You can’t possibly take it all in over the course of a single visit and there’s no way to stay longer than a couple of hours before you go through system overload.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Neither of us really wanted to leave when it was time, especially because it meant that I had to start working and Leigh had to go back to work. Ah well.