On Thursday morning, at the crack of dawn (well, actually just after 7 am, which is hours after we’re usually up), Noah and I had an amazing breakfast.

My friend Cindy was in town, and she was delightfully committed to introducing me to her friend Anna, also a toddler Mom.

Noah loved exploring Josiah’s toys and helping him examine everything in reach in Anna’s pantry. I loved talking with Cindy and Anna. Toddler-wrangling meant that many interesting topics were introduced, touched on, and abandoned because of a sudden and pressing need to protect furniture or provide a banana or wipe a nose. I found that incredibly encouraging — lots of things to talk about again!

Anna, incidentally, is a parent model! She and her adorable son were the “nursing in public” models in Parents magazine this summer. I call that brave on so many levels. There’s a blog entry about it on the Parents blog, and a pdf of the actual article as well.

I think Anna and I are going to start a book club. What should we read first?

And on a totally unrelated note, WHERE’S MY SURGE? Hello, ovaries? It’s Day 18! Do ya think ya might release those eggs?