Emerson and Scout at Velvet Cantina

We went out for Mexican food with Sarah, Rob and Scout last night and had the misfortune to sit next to a group of 16 men, each talking louder than the next to hear one another. It was quite an unholy din.

At one point, Eric was holding Emerson so that he was standing on his legs and kind of wiggling and wobbling. The white t-shirt-clad fellow in the background of this photo, which is not good of any of the people in it, noticed him.

"That baby's dancing!" he exclaimed and starting doing a groovy little dance himself in his chair, snapping his fingers. Several of the people around him, reacting almost from sheer reflex, started dancing in their chairs and snapping too.

It was a nice little moment.

Emerson goes to his first bachelor party

Our friends Jamaica and Nelson do things a little differently. They are having a Love Party* in July and it seemed the only logical singlehood sendoff or them would be equally non-traditional. Hence: co-ed bachelor/ette potluck dinner at our place. The theme was Love/Sex/Marriage and people brought dishes named and visually presented to honor the theme. Emerson enjoyed the party immensely and smiled like crazy though of course in the photos we managed to take he is not smiling.

*Like a wedding but with no official marriage

Untitled

Heads high

"Aunt" Jenny (Eric's cousin who lives in Concord) came over today for a visit and captured this gem while Emerson was showing off how well he can hold his head up.

Emerson at the park

Little E making smiles

For as often as he does it, it is surprisingly hard to get this guy on camera smiling! Here's the best of my recent attempts.

Sports day

On our walk yesterday we walked by the ballpark where an actual Giants game was in progress. Here's the view from a fishing pier that extends into the water behind the park:

And here's the view from the Standing Room area in right field. We watched an inning or two before continuing on our walk.

At home that night, the Blackhawks were playing Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Finals. Emerson didn't get to watch any of that but we kept him up to date on the action throughout the game. He got pretty happy when things were going well for the Hawks.