Movie night and pediatrician visit

Last night we went to the movies: a showing of WALL*E at the drive-in in San Jose. One of the women in Kristiana's Tuesday afternoon group does this with her child, and said it's a great way to get out of the house, catch a film, and have private space in which to nurse and change the baby. So we thought we'd try it.

The experience was mixed. There was nothing wrong with the idea, but there were a couple of problems with the execution. The first, and easiest to overcome, was that we'd depended on the theater's snack bar for Kristiana's dinner, and they turned out to be very slow and poorly organized. (I'd assumed they would have a spiffier operation, just as our indoor theaters now have espresso bars and gelato and so on.) Next time we'll know to pack our own food. The other problem was the sound, and that'll be tougher to deal with. They transmit over FM, which you can pick up with your car radio or with a portable, and in theory the sound should be very clean. In practice, though, there was a persistent low buzzing in the sound, which drove me bonkers, and there were other audio problems as well. Luckily WALL*E is not terribly dependent on dialogue, but we both wonder whether we'll be able to enjoy a movie that is; perhaps we'll have to wait until subtitled foreign films come to the drive-in.

Today was Chiara's eight-week pediatrician visit: the results can be summarized as, "perfect." Besides that, she is now 10 lbs 10 oz, and 23 1/2 inches. She had a series of four immunization injections, to which her response - I am paraphrasing a bit - was, "ow!!!!!!" But she quickly recovered, and before many minutes had fallen asleep.

This weekend we have a road trip to Monterey - just for the day on Saturday - and on Sunday another outdoor jazz concert.

And lastly, the photo-update computer is back at last, and all the photos shot while it was away have now been uploaded to the photo-sharing site.