September 26, 2013 (11 weeks tomorrow)
Last weekend I realized that I tend to plan out my days quite a bit, which means I also plan out Sierra’s days too. Friday I brought Oso and Sierra to Land Park to go for a run in Sacramento before the mothers’ group meeting at 10am. One of the women who runs the group was moving. Since she was the first person to reach out and help me with my cloth diaper questions, I wanted to say good bye to her. Immediately afterwards Sierra, Oso and I went to Arden Hills to meet the director of a conference I will be presenting at this winter. As it turns out he and his wife will be having a baby soon too, so he really enjoyed meeting Sierra.
Saturday Sierra, Oso, and I went for a run with the newly married, Julia and her dog Taj. We met them at the Yolo Bypass… we knew there was a possibility of rain, but we thought we might miss it. Not a chance. This seems like the typical way things work with Julia and I. We were still about 30 minutes away when it started to rain. Julia and I took our jackets and tied them up so that no rain would get into the Bob stroller and onto Sierra (I SWEAR I'M A GOOD MOM!). As it were, every time I looked down at Sierra, she was
staring out the small hole between the Bob and the jackets. It truly seemed
like she was enjoying herself throughout the downpour. Unfortunately, the Bob
tires weren’t doing so well. The fine soil we were running on became clay-like
very quickly and stuck extremely well to the stroller tires, creating a clog.
It felt like we were pushing a 50 pound sled up a hill. Julia and I traded off
pushing! 
The rest of the day Sierra napped on and off while I prepped dinner on
and off for the pre-concert meal! Sierra was going to her first concert, Buena
Vista Social Club! Julia, Chris, Lyn and Grandpa Wick all came over. Grandpa Jeff was up from Costa Rica, and will be in town for a whole
other week. The concert was so much fun for everyone! Luckily they didn’t make
me buy a ticket for Sierra (although they truly made us believe that it was the
norm). 
Sunday morning Sierra and I met up with a great couple from the labor and baby class that
Gus and I took. I had been wanting to get together with them for awhile, and we
finally were able to get our babies' schedules worked out for it! I thought
since it had rained the day before I should bring the "pack-and-play" for the
babies to lay on (and essentially stare at one another). So when I got to the
town green, I strapped Sierra in the Ergo and began to attempt to set it
up. I must have looked like a bumbling idiot! Two sides clicked into
place but the other two sides wouldn’t. So when Jill, Ian and their baby, Marion, got there I was having quite a bit of difficulty. As luck has it, they saw
their friends who also had a baby, and we all thought perhaps they would be
able to get it to work. Alas, the pack-and-play was a mystery to us all. (If
this were an Aesop’s story the moral would be: Figure your $hi* out before you
take it out in public). It was a great morning of baby gurgles and adult
conversation in the end (even without the pack-and-play). I did finally figure
the darn thing out at home though. Sierra also got to see her buddies Wes (Jill
and Levi’s baby boy) and Jack (Lisa and Jeremy’s baby boy) for a walk later in
the afternoon on Sunday too. She LOVES to look at other babies, as all babies
apparently do. 
It is so fun to get her experiencing different things, but I
must say it was nice just to stay in on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday before I
had to go to work this week. I even napped with her on all 3 days! Grandpa Wick
has been a great sitter for us this week; he even has made a chart of her
behaviors for us! Today after our swim class we ran into our mom and baby friend Jill and Marion again and talked about how funny it was to be within the new friend circle of moms and babies in Davis (a bit surreal when pre-prego I was essentially friendless in town). Sierra was so pooped from swim class she even fell asleep in her car seat, WOAH!
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