Lots of socializing

8-12-01: Jessica, Mommy and Daddy had dinner with Michele and Berkeley Barnett in Oakland on Sunday night. We had Zachary's pizza and Sweet Inspirations for dessert and a good time was had by all! Tuesday, Ed de Maar came up for the afternoon and we made dinner together. Uncle Matt A came over for dinner as well. Wednesday, Jessica and Mommy went down to Palo Alto to pick up Daddy's guitar from the repair shop and we had lunch with Daddy and Uncle Matt A. Chuck Gutro stopped by Wednesday night to spend some time with Jessica before his dinner date. Thursday, Uncle Matt A. came over for pizza night and an Unreal Tournament extravaganza that Daddy had planned for his "Unreal" friends. Friday, Jessica and Mommy went estate sale shopping with Kristen and Madeline Rafa. We all had lunch at Einstein's Cafe and ran into Aunt Erin and Uncle Matt B. randomly. Chuck Gutro came over for dinner Friday night before hitting the town. Saturday, Jessica, Daddy and Mommy went down to Sunnyvale to visit Niles, Kammy and Kowsik Guruswamy. It was our first time meeting Niles and Jessica really had a great time and was very interested in the tiny baby. Saturday night, Jessica attended her second of Aunt Erin's performances. She actually saw Aunt Erin dance this time and watched her pieces in between nummies. Jessica was very interested in the bright clothing and classical music and squawked out loud once out of sheer excitement. After Aunt Erin's piece, Mommy and Jessica left the performance early (due to the squawking which would have continued had we stayed) and went to Aunt Erin and Uncle Matt B's house for a party. Jessica fell asleep until about 11:15 pm when she woke to find the entire apartment full of people. She cried, but hung on until Aunt Erin blew out her candles on the homemade birthday cake that Uncle Matt made for her. It was delicious and we all headed home right afterwards for a good night sleep.