Almost time to order pizza

Dolores Park, Part II

Emerson goes to camp

Bubba hits 13 lbs

That's right. He's continuing to earn his nickname.

We'll be out of internet range until late Sunday so I leave you with this image to get you through the weekend:

Emerson at Dolores Park

Laughter

Tuesday may have been the best day of my life so far: Emerson laughed. It was amazing.

And, incredibly, our friend Vitaly caught some smiles and laughter on camera that night!

Shades

Our recent trip to the beach made it clear that we have not been prepared to spend any time at the beach with a baby. Amazon to the rescue! We now have a Coleman beach shelter, which is like a tent but for the beach and too big to set up in our kitchen, and a sunhat and sunglasses for Emerson. Judge for yourself how successful those purchases have been: