The social butterfly

I'm always happy when Baby allows us to socialize with our friends. By "allows us", I mean that she doesn't have a hysterical meltdown while out in public, which causes me great stress, which undoubtedly makes her more hysterical as she senses that I don't know what to do to calm her down, etc. Friday night was a good example of a hysterical night out... we were hosting a group of 12 adults and 6 newborn babies (from our prenatal class) at our sports club for a farewell dinner for one of the couples (who are moving back to the US), and our sweet baby screamed practically the whole time we were there, which meant I really didn't enjoy myself or have a chance to eat my dinner.

Fortunately, the rest of the weekend was far less hysterical. Both Saturday and Sunday night we were invited over to friends' houses for summer BBQs, and both evenings Baby was relaxed and enjoyed herself, thus allowing us to enjoy ourselves as well!

On Saturday, we hung out with Bill and Sabrina and their 3 girls (who only last week were evacuated from Beirut). As you can see, Baby is taking after her mother's Wisconsin roots and situating herself close to the beer at all times.



On Sunday, we were invited over to have dinner in "The Fish Bowl" at The Big Finn and Mrs TBF's place. Take note, Baby, and learn how to grill from the master! How lucky are we to have all these friends with gorgeous rooftop terraces and good grills for BBQing?