Dinner with Nikole, Faraji and Nadja

I was supposed to bring Nikole and Faraji a dinner when their daughter Nadja was born in April. But the weekend I was supposed to deliver it was the weekend before I was fired so....THAT didn't happen.

We made up for that tonight when Rachel and I met them for dinner after work. Right as I was getting onto the highway to see them, Drew called. Rachel indicated she wanted to talk on the phone, so I just handed it to her, not caring if she was traumatzied when I took the phone back. And she was great! She was chattering away about daycare, and pointing out things she saw on the way, and then she unexpectedly shrieked with laughter. Turns out that was when Drew was blowing her kisses into the phone! Then, matter-of-factly, she handed the phone to me and said, "here you go, Mommy." I was flabbergasted; maybe it's OK for her to talk to Drew after all?

Anyway, Rachel took a real shine to Faraji. When we walked to a pizza place near their house, she reached up to him, he picked her up and CARRIED her eight blocks or so without her fussing at all. She was very patient as we waited for our pizza (probably because she had filled up on peanuts after daycare), and even ate a little bit of the tomato sauce before demanding crusts only. So, I gave my daughter a dinner of pizza crusts. I'm a bad mommy.

Then on the way back she held my hand and Faraji's. And when we returned to the house and Nikole began nursing Nadja, Faraji offered to read Rachel a Dr. Seuss book. With only the tiniest bit of hesitation, Rachel climbed onto Faraji's lap and sat very contentedly while he read to her. At the end of the night she tilted her head toward him for a kiss!

I thought Drew would be very jealous but instead he was gratified to hear she is getting more and more comfortable and affectionate with people other than Mommy and Daddy!