No Social Life?

Turns out Cora hasn't too terribly disturbed our social life. I assumed it would be much more difficult to establish intimate friendships here than in Edinburgh, where we quickly gained a close-knit group of friends that often had us sharing meals 4 times a week. But now, with the more limited time and mobility that a baby engenders, it's a whole different story. Certainly I didn't think many people would be willing to make the extra effort required to befriend a couple that always has a fussy/poopy baby around (for as good as they might be, you can always expect some fussiness and poopiness)...unless they themselves had babies as well, in which case they also would be extraordinarily busy and involved within their own families. But it hasn't been nearly as difficult as I'd pessimistically imagined. In fact, most people tend to be drawn towards the baby. We have already gained some incredible friends (none of which actually have kids yet). We had a dinner party at our flat last Saturday, our 6th day here in Vancouver. And last night was spent with a large group at another couple's apartment. Cora behaved herself decently well, and when she did start to fuss, there were plenty of hands to help in entertaining her. Today after church we spent the afternoon with another couple walking around the snowy banks of the bay and enjoying lunch at the market on Granville Island. No doubt it takes more effort on our parts than before; we have to work around her feeding and nap schedule a bit, and in her occasional break downs we must turn our full attention to her rather than the deep conversation we were in moments before. But this age is very convenient when we can just strap her to our chest and go. Yes, we were of course the first to leave the party last night at 11:00. But we were just very pleased to be invited in the first place.