Growing up fast

Half a year down, half to go. At this rate, I feel like Elisa is going to be ready for school by fall! She's just learning and doing so much these days--and all of it new. Of course, Nacho and I are also both learning and becoming real, live parents and some days that means trying to figure out how we can enjoy ourselves and not let everything in our life revolve around this little girl (as wonderful as she is).

I think one of the biggest changes in our lives since Elisa's birth has been the fact that we don't get out as much or see some of our friends as much as we'd like to. Living in the city is such a blessing when you consider how immediate everything is--there are people to see and talk to right outside our door, the park is a block away, the grocery store 2 blocks, and some of the country's finest museums and cultural offerings are a mere 30 minutes away. But right now, we are taking our baby steps by learning how to incorporate Elisa into all of that. And she is showing us with each month that the future holds much more in store.

So in the spirit of socializing a bit more, I invited a group of friends over to the apartment last night to hang out and play games. Elisa is quite the night owl so I didn't think it would be a problem to have them over late, and I was right. She got a little over-excited about half way through, but after a quick nap, she was back to the living room for her night cap. Although she wasn't much help with Trivial Pursuit, she did provide some much needed singing and entertainment. As you can see above, she does love attention and knows how to work a camera like nobody's business.