It’s raining this morning and
I can’t remember the last time I’ve heard rain beating down on
the roof. I guess it must have been in Syracuse when we last
were directly under a roof. It’s a great sound.

Yesterday was a good time. We stopped to visit
a couple who was in our childbirth class. Their son is a few
weeks younger than Lex. I am excited to introduce Lex to other
babies. They sort of played together, but not quite. Lex was
happy in his own little world and Des just looked very dubious
at this other child playing with his toys. Lex drooled on
everything and we were joking that he was trying to mark his
territory and claim the new toys. Des’s mom, like many new
moms, is struggling to maintian her career and still be with
the baby. It’s a pretty amazing struggle. Last night I was
talking to Julie about that and she said that there are two
women in her office that do the job sharing thing and its
apparently working remarkably well for them. There are so few
offices that would even be open to that.

Now Lex and I are up playing (and bloggin) while the rest
of the house is quiet. Today we’re off to do some shopping at
Target (wish we had one near us) and dinner at the in-laws.
Apparently its going to be quite the crowd. First clam chowder
of the season is a big event, I guess :)