Two

Two. Two babies. Two girls. (Rosa's exclamations upon seeing the double stroller I bought for the new share care.) We finally took the plunge and started Rosa in a share care (one nanny takes care of two kids). I had been wanting to do that for a while, but had been hesitating just out of inertia, and also a little worry that Rosa wouldn't nap well, or wouldn't eat well, or something wouldn't go well with one babysitter looking after two kids. But after having some playdates recently where Rosa got one-on-one time with another kid, and then couldn't talk about anything else for weeks (Max. Boy! Max! Chair. Boy. Max!), I realized she is just craving a little buddy to play with during the days while I am gone (and probably the days while I'm here too!). So after a little bit of effort, we have hooked up with another family, and today was the first day of the share care. Needless to say, Rosa was in 7th heaven when I got home. It took her a little while to warm up to everything this morning, but by the time I left, she barely noticed. And when I got home, the two of them were romping up and down the hallway screeching with delight! I don't have pictures of them together (not sure what the etiquette on this is, and haven't asked the other mom permission yet), but hopefully I'll have some soon. They are just too cute.

The sad part is that we said bye bye to our previous nanny who had been taking care of Rosa for the past 15 months. But we will have her come watch Rosa periodically on nights and weekends to keep her in Rosa's life.

The other big deal that's gone on lately is that I threw my back out (as in couldn't stand up or walk!) last Saturday. It was so painful and so strange to be instantly debilitated. But by now (4 days later) I can at least walk, albeit slowly, but relatively painlessly. Can't say the same for sitting yet.

It happened as we were getting into the car after a really fun rainy morning out at some dunes by the beach at Fort Funston. Here's Rosa in her new alligator rain boots and ladybug rain jacket.

Fort Funston is a big dog park. LOTS of doggies...

Rosa saw this branch from afar and announced "Neigh Neigh!" I looked around for a horse, and eventually saw what she was looking at. I put her on it to ride it.


Shoulder ride! Hopefully this is not what caused the back pain, because we do this all the time.

Last time I posted, I said my camera battery was mysteriously running low more than I expected. Recently I took some videos of Rosa on the merry-go-round at the playground. When I got home and downloaded them, I was disappointed to find that they were time-lapse shots (taken 1 frame every 20 seconds) instead of continuous video. Turns out Jeff has been doing some long-duration time-lapse experiments of clouds lately and didn't put the camera back on standard video... explains the low battery!

So here's some more merry-go-round video. Not as cute (in my memory anyway) as the first one, but pretty cute still. Rosa see what the boy is doing...

And guess what Rosa wants to do!