Despite the fact that Maddy wears me out much faster (usually by 10am each day) than Yahoo! (even working 50+ hours a week), I’ve been very much enjoying getting some extra time with her. I started my maternity leave last week and am trying to make the most of every moment I have over the next ~10 days before my attention is suddenly diverted to newborn care 24×7.

Today, we went to Coyote Point Museum, which we both loved. Maddy got to see planes up close flying over the water (she REALLY loves planes), and lots of animals. She was more fascinated by the waterfall in the aviary than by the birds, and she really really enjoyed watching the Otter swim around. She was a little confused between the live animal “otter” and “Otto,” the Syracuse Orange mascot, whom we read a lot about in Maddy’s favorite book.

Also, this afternoon we went to visit some of my former colleagues at Informatica, where Maddy became best of friends with Jeremy. She especially liked his explanation of why the boats in the dock were not moving (because they were taking naps), and was very sad when it was time to go. Guess she doesn’t get to see much of the Bay down here in San Jose. She spent the rest of the day explaining to Dave and I that “water – boats – night night – sleep!” about 500 times (I’m not exaggerating).

Earlier this week, we spent some time at the playground. It was great until Maddy decided it would be hilarious to run back-and-forth from one dangerous opening in the play structure to the other so I would have to run around it in circles to be there in case she fell. She kept taunting me and laughing hysterically when I’d catch up with her all out of breath. Give the pregnant lady a break!

Up next week (hopefully): beach time and more animals/outdoor time!