We were in the midst of the strongest October storm to hit the Bay Area since 1962 when I took this picture of Cameron at baby lap time with my cameraphone. Cameron was alert during the entire story time — and the librarian noticed and commented on how alert she was!
It was a leave day for Tom, so he joined us! After lap time, I tucked Cameron into the trusty Peanut Shell and she slept while Tom and I enjoyed lunch at Walnut Avenue Cafe and did a little shopping downtown. This was not trivial; the wind was howling and whipping rain into us — it even inverted our big ol’ golf umbrella! We were both impressed that she remained so calm and at peace!
Since we had no power back at home, we ended up not returning to our house until Dylan’s bed time. After picking Dylan up, we headed out for dinner at Fresh Choice (encountered some coworkers as well as Heather, Assaf, et. al!) and all during dinner, she slept! She’s amazing….