Happy Birthday Daddy and Uncle Matthew and hello 1st cousins once removed

6-17-01: Jessica had a great week. She started the week with Father's Day/Daddy's birthday/Uncle Matt Albright's birthday celebration at Duncan. Monday night, Jessica had Uncle Matt, Aunt Erin, and Pauline Yu over to dinner. Mommy cooked out of the cookbook she received from them as a present for the holidays. After dinner, the entire Baggott clan and Jessica's first cousins once removed (Ratner clan) came over for dessert - Molly and Dorothy McNamara, George and Nick Dietz, and George's girlfriend Jamie. It was the first time that Jessica had met all of these cousins except for Nick Dietz, whom she met in Chicago. They were visiting San Francisco on their cross country train trip. We celebrated George's birthday for a second night with another special dessert. Tuesday, Jessica joined Mommy and Daddy and all of Daddy's friends out at Buca di Beppo in San Francisco for another birthday celebration. She slept through most of the meal. Over the weekend, Jessica went on her first camping trip and her first 9+ mile hike in King's Canyon and Sequoia National Parks - what a star! She slept very well in the tent between Mommy and Daddy in their new zip together sleeping bags and was mesmerized by the campfire. Jessica sat up by herself for the first time at Aunt Kate's house on Tuesday and also started reaching for Mommy from Uncle Dan's and Daddy's arms.