Fun times with Friends and Families

In the last few days we've entered into a new phase of our lives in terms of social relationships (yes, this is the cultural anthropologist talking): fun get-togethers with friends, and friends who have children. We met two new friends A. and B. and their darling 5 month old daughter S. this last week at a Fulbright function. A. is an ethnomusicologist, focusing on sitar, and just starting his Fulbright fellowship here in India. We had a lovely dinner with them and our mutual friends A. and E. last night. (We've decided  not to mention people by name anymore on the blog, without their signed prior consent of several forms absolving us of indemnity, so it's guess the initial time for everyone). Forms aside, it was a night of pass-the-baby.












This morning we went to a nearby neighbors house for brunch. R. works with E., and interestingly enough, R. did a stint at Emory in public health. Anyways, their daughter is just precious and was fascinated with Annie. She and Jo had fun playing an alphabet computer game, and then we all had a great time playing in the neighborhood park.

Clearly, this little two year old just stole my heart, she is so cute, so sweet, and so affectionate, running over and giving us hugs and kisses.

It's just funny to me, as we now our not only not capable of holding a conversation without succumbing into baby gibberish, but unable to hold a conversation for too long that doesn't return to the subject of babies. Oh well, perhaps more interesting than stuffy academic conversations!

Fun times with Friends and Families Indeed!