THIS WAS REALLY WRITTEN IN SEPTEMBER 2015 (but was saved as a draft)
it's the last day of summer. 45 min left in fact before the clock strikes midnight and the next chapter of my life begins. I'm waiting for the dryer to finish, so that i can fish out my new martha's vineyard t-shirt to wear on my business trip, day 1 of employment and look back at this year and also twist my neck around to look ahead. This will be short because i do want to turn off my electronic devices at least 45 min before i go to bed, and that "the first 90 days" is causing me some mild anxiety.
what of year of highs and lows. not sure if i should go back to front, or front to back. probably like most things, front to back is probably more prudent. and to rely on my memory is a gamble so i should probably start with the beginning of the year. the boys were/are great, evs cuter than ever.
Highlights include:
-dylan's chinese new year performance at cornerstone - he left it all on stage
-family trip with my parents to taiwan
-standing up for myself and negotiating a nice package from Sephora
-amazing opportunity to have "funemployment" summer with 2 part-time consulting job
-opportunity to meet new and interesting people and learn what other options are out there
-my eat/pray/love trips: new york, socal and martha's vineyard.
-dylan's boathouse 4th bday party with family (he told me on our walk to the lighthouse that this was the best vacation ever and asked me if next year we could take him to hawaii)
-having the opportunity to watch evs figure out out how to open the kitchen trash and throw this capri sun away
-dylan's musicality - he will sing his own lyrics to songs, and also tends to remember the inappropriate lyrics the best (elie goulding - "touch me like you do..."; selena gomez - "i just want to look good for ya, good for ya, uh-ahh". the current leaders are taylor swift "wildest dreams" and "i cant feel my face" song by the weekend.
-evs just today, getting in the groove with "fishes in the ocean, fishes in the sea" song in swimming class. he will also spontaneously burst into song...most recently it's the "bye-bye song" from swimming lessons.
-both boys love kindergym, singing, dancing, ice cream, chocolate, gummy candy, lollipops.
-dylan - an oyster connoisseur and evan trying his first oyster in martha's vineyard
-both boys making it down the aisle at steve and winnie's wedding (and how cute they looked in their hats)
-the look on evan's face when he caught his first fish at martha's vineyard
-evs asking if he could take the whale home from the aquarium of the pacific
-dylan really pretty interested in space and the solar system
Lowlights include:
-ridiculous performance review rating (although I never saw/read what was written - if there was anything at all)
-the angst of trying to make it work at Sephora and trying to figure out what I want to do next (and b saying that we would need to sell the house this summer)
-flying down with the boys myself with 2 hour delays and evan throwing up 3 times, and no stroller and extra change of clothes for me
-dylan having different musical tastes than me (it all started with him liking that omi cheerleader song)
-boys starting to get physical with each other
-still not being able to help out with the practice marketing like i have always intended to do
-the wrinkle in time, AKA the 2 entities formally known as my boobs
-lame - but almost crying when we missed the first showing at the griffith observatory down in LA
that's it for me for tonight. happy summer - one of the best ever.
Wednesday, April 12, 2017
Monday, January 19, 2015
2015?
2015 - how did that happen? I can't believe that it's January already, and again I didn't post in December to capture the holidays. it was a great one this year, even though puo-puo and gong-gong didn't come up. I had almost 2 weeks off and it was amazing to spend the time with family. We hosted another grand christmas eve and dylan was the MOST enthusiastic xmas performer/singer. evan was a little too young to participate. maybe it's because we're getting into the groove, or that we got a little head start, but it wasn't as rushed as previous years. sort of. on christmas day, we went over to belin and she hosted an amazing dinner with steamed lobster tails and rosemary prime rib. it was one of the best holiday meals ever. i had a few glasses of wine, and conveniently left my phone at their place. we had to meet on 4th street in berkeley the next day -- that was less than convenient. the boys were spoiled, but it wasn't too bad. It was a great surprise that uncle juice came over on christmas day, and that uncle sam and zach are now back in the bay area.
on new years eve we took a 6am flight down to socal. We stayed up until past 1am and had to get up at 3:30 to be out the door by 4. Both boys were extremely well behaved and dylan was so excited to be going to the airport and to go on vacation. he sang the "we're going on a vacation" song and was doing a little dance. Adorable. he was up the entire ride and trip down to socal. belin's family also came down. Ian had to fly out for one day, but flew back to drive belin and the girls back home. we did the ice carnie event at the queen mary, but the highlight was going to CA adventures and logistically scoring a 9.9 on the experience. dylan was able to ride the cars roller coaster 4 times, and took in about 9 rides, not including the alladin show, the pixar parade and the world of color show. the girls rode on almost 15 rides and went on the big roller coast 3 or 4 times. I could only handle it once. that day was so memorable. 15 hours at the park. 100% success. the only drawback was noticing the power outlet at lunch a little late in the game so we didn't fully re-charge all of our phones.
what can say about the boys. evan is still our snuggerbunkers, who still didn't like getting his hair cut (still cried at his second experience at snippets). he still gets nai-nai at night and sometimes during the morning on the weekends, and he still likes blowing raspberries on my gut. dylan is almost 40 inches, and about 33 pounds and evan is probably weighing about 23 pounds. dylan is dealing with the reality that just because he wants something, doesn't necessarily mean that he's going to get it. and evan is just a noodle monster. he and eats, eats, and eats endless amounts of noodles, pomegranate seeds, pomello, mandarin oranges and berries. his dimples are still the cutest and now he runs throughout out house, opening doors, climbing onto tables, being his little mischievous self. dylan is turning into a poor eater, and a whining monster sometimes, but i still think he's struggling with not being able to get what he wants, when he wants it. and i don't blame him. i'm still struggling with that too.
on new years eve we took a 6am flight down to socal. We stayed up until past 1am and had to get up at 3:30 to be out the door by 4. Both boys were extremely well behaved and dylan was so excited to be going to the airport and to go on vacation. he sang the "we're going on a vacation" song and was doing a little dance. Adorable. he was up the entire ride and trip down to socal. belin's family also came down. Ian had to fly out for one day, but flew back to drive belin and the girls back home. we did the ice carnie event at the queen mary, but the highlight was going to CA adventures and logistically scoring a 9.9 on the experience. dylan was able to ride the cars roller coaster 4 times, and took in about 9 rides, not including the alladin show, the pixar parade and the world of color show. the girls rode on almost 15 rides and went on the big roller coast 3 or 4 times. I could only handle it once. that day was so memorable. 15 hours at the park. 100% success. the only drawback was noticing the power outlet at lunch a little late in the game so we didn't fully re-charge all of our phones.
what can say about the boys. evan is still our snuggerbunkers, who still didn't like getting his hair cut (still cried at his second experience at snippets). he still gets nai-nai at night and sometimes during the morning on the weekends, and he still likes blowing raspberries on my gut. dylan is almost 40 inches, and about 33 pounds and evan is probably weighing about 23 pounds. dylan is dealing with the reality that just because he wants something, doesn't necessarily mean that he's going to get it. and evan is just a noodle monster. he and eats, eats, and eats endless amounts of noodles, pomegranate seeds, pomello, mandarin oranges and berries. his dimples are still the cutest and now he runs throughout out house, opening doors, climbing onto tables, being his little mischievous self. dylan is turning into a poor eater, and a whining monster sometimes, but i still think he's struggling with not being able to get what he wants, when he wants it. and i don't blame him. i'm still struggling with that too.
Sunday, November 30, 2014
many happy birthdays
how is it possible that the last post was on musubi's bday and we've had so much to celebrate. i can't believe that. i just went back to check to see if there were drafts that were saved that were unpublished. how can it be? I have to be better about this. I need to better about this. I will be better about this.
life is just zooming by. so many milestone birthday's. Brian had his big 4-0, dudley had his big 7-0, evan had his big 0-1, and i just celebrate my big 3-?. europe and france was great. i'm very grateful that we have had chances to travel with our family. the house rental was great - pricey, and super generous that brian's parents footed the bill. dylan was a fan of escargot, and apparently not a fan of foie gras. i love that he has a pretty adventurous and has broad culinary palette. snuggabees was super snuggy and just a little doll. both boys were good but traveling back was tough routing through NYC. Flights requiring transfers really make travelling that much more difficult. highlights of the trip: the house, dylan playing ping-pong with his uncles, the wine tasting, the little hill-towns, the chocolate croissants, the special bday cake, family game night, the fancy bday lunch, the car-ride with clara to st tropez, my black dress and fun blazer from vanessa bruno (also discovering comptoir de contonniers). the funny low-lights, not having house-cleaning included in our rental, the treacherous stairs, needing to pick up juice and his friend on our way back from st tropez, only having a few hours shopping in cannes, and dylan sleeping through most of monte carlo and the grand prix. b's catered japanese bday dinner at our house was a big hit. i was probably the thinnest at this time, and have since gained about 3-4 pounds that i haven't been able to lose. it was a great time, and guests stayed until past 1 am.
dylan's day was spent with grandparents on both sides and belin's family at gilroy gardens. he too was happy that puo-puo and gong-gong came up to celebrate with him. the following weekend we went to martha's vineyard, which was another great family vacation. it was really special that we were able to go to the boathouse and the old bowling alley since alan and emma also came back. the house we rented was great, also had treacherous stairs, and was pretty centrally located. it was so nice to go to a place and have other people be so familiar with it. they knew where to get cheap lobster, what beaches were baby-friendly, took us clamming, where to get ice cream, where to go bike-riding, etc. the pie from morning glory was ridiculously good, and the fresh pasta with clam sauce couldn't be any fresher and the lobster rolls were absolutely delish. i'm salivating thinking about it now. dylan had such a great time with all the kids and often talks about going back. we kept dylan's bday small, since the big party of the year was going to be evan's first bday party. it was nice that everyone came over for dinner and i did get the big ice cream pie cake from tin cup.
for evan's party - i thought that our guest list would be smaller, since we didn't so many NY relatives in town, but it ended up being about the same, of not even more people. Aaron still catered the event, but instead of the bbq, we ordered take out from phil's treasure pot in menlo park. I still ordered the princess cake from Schuberts, zach brought the ginger cupcakes from miette, and i ordered the red velvet cupcakes from sprinkles. it was a different color scheme and we had banner flags and fun paper spirals instead of lanterns. he slept through his happy bday song and the cake cutting, but was a trooper. it was again very special that dr katz made it down to celebrate with us. some of his party decorations are still up...but i do think it will be time to dismantle those decorations and replace them with christmas ones.
i took evan's actual birthday off and we had such a nice day! i took him to san carlos library which had a little crafts/event for babies/toddlers and he had a great time playing with the gears and crawling around. we met brian for lunch at a michelin star japanese restaurant, since evan loves udon and noodles. afterwards we came home and and i worked on his baby book. he's such a joy. love the dimples and him blowing raspberries on my stomach, arm and his giggles. it was a day in which i wish time stood still.
evan started walking a little earlier than dylan. at 14 months he's running and doing the cutest squats trying to jump, but hasn't quite figured it out yet. he's losing his baby fat, and at his 1 year appointment, he was only in like the 15%tile for weight. how is that possible? he's starting to say a few words now and his animal sounds are coming along. he knows that dogs say "ooohh, oohh" - he doesn't quite do the "w" for the "whoa-whoa" and does a high pitched sound for cats. he's starting the "baba baobao" and i think his first legitimate word is "ball" more so in english than chinese. i think his language comprehension has also come a long way. he knows commands in chinese like "open" and "close", if you tell him to give something to you, or to someone else, like dylan, or to brian he can. i'm pretty sure he also knows if you tell him to put it back, to put it back. he pushes his fingers together for "buggy, buggy fly" in chinese and likes to play "pull the carrot". puo-puo was here for over a week, and he knows part of the chinese ugly duckling son. he's so cute! his poops are disgusting, but other than that, he's such a good eater and a pretty good sleeper. thank goodness both boys are good sleepers.
dylan figured out how to ride a bike after we got back from martha's vineyard and i was a proud mama last week going to his first pre-school parent teacher conference. the teacher's love him - say that he's the sweetest student, very complimentary. highlights of the conversation was that he's very motivated, has great attention to detail, is the only person in class how can figure out the craft activities without help, and is extremely verbal. he was described as being "lovely." the only thing the teacher could think of is that sometimes he blurts out the answer and doesn't let other children participate. i love that he's doing well in school, and it cracks me up that he's been the teacher's pet at both schools so far. his chinese is excelling and tonight we took a bath and asked me why i have hair on my "pee-pee" in chinese, with the exception of "pee-pee".
i didn't do a weigh in for this bday. after a caloric extravaganza of a weekend, complete with fried chicken, champagne, oysters, eggs benny, a healthy tastings of red wine - i think i should avoid the scale for at least 10 days. i really do love wine country and had a great time. it was my bday this weekend and my favorite part was the boys singing me happy birthday - dylan stopping and evan filling in in the sounds with backup vocals. love it!
life is just zooming by. so many milestone birthday's. Brian had his big 4-0, dudley had his big 7-0, evan had his big 0-1, and i just celebrate my big 3-?. europe and france was great. i'm very grateful that we have had chances to travel with our family. the house rental was great - pricey, and super generous that brian's parents footed the bill. dylan was a fan of escargot, and apparently not a fan of foie gras. i love that he has a pretty adventurous and has broad culinary palette. snuggabees was super snuggy and just a little doll. both boys were good but traveling back was tough routing through NYC. Flights requiring transfers really make travelling that much more difficult. highlights of the trip: the house, dylan playing ping-pong with his uncles, the wine tasting, the little hill-towns, the chocolate croissants, the special bday cake, family game night, the fancy bday lunch, the car-ride with clara to st tropez, my black dress and fun blazer from vanessa bruno (also discovering comptoir de contonniers). the funny low-lights, not having house-cleaning included in our rental, the treacherous stairs, needing to pick up juice and his friend on our way back from st tropez, only having a few hours shopping in cannes, and dylan sleeping through most of monte carlo and the grand prix. b's catered japanese bday dinner at our house was a big hit. i was probably the thinnest at this time, and have since gained about 3-4 pounds that i haven't been able to lose. it was a great time, and guests stayed until past 1 am.
dylan's day was spent with grandparents on both sides and belin's family at gilroy gardens. he too was happy that puo-puo and gong-gong came up to celebrate with him. the following weekend we went to martha's vineyard, which was another great family vacation. it was really special that we were able to go to the boathouse and the old bowling alley since alan and emma also came back. the house we rented was great, also had treacherous stairs, and was pretty centrally located. it was so nice to go to a place and have other people be so familiar with it. they knew where to get cheap lobster, what beaches were baby-friendly, took us clamming, where to get ice cream, where to go bike-riding, etc. the pie from morning glory was ridiculously good, and the fresh pasta with clam sauce couldn't be any fresher and the lobster rolls were absolutely delish. i'm salivating thinking about it now. dylan had such a great time with all the kids and often talks about going back. we kept dylan's bday small, since the big party of the year was going to be evan's first bday party. it was nice that everyone came over for dinner and i did get the big ice cream pie cake from tin cup.
for evan's party - i thought that our guest list would be smaller, since we didn't so many NY relatives in town, but it ended up being about the same, of not even more people. Aaron still catered the event, but instead of the bbq, we ordered take out from phil's treasure pot in menlo park. I still ordered the princess cake from Schuberts, zach brought the ginger cupcakes from miette, and i ordered the red velvet cupcakes from sprinkles. it was a different color scheme and we had banner flags and fun paper spirals instead of lanterns. he slept through his happy bday song and the cake cutting, but was a trooper. it was again very special that dr katz made it down to celebrate with us. some of his party decorations are still up...but i do think it will be time to dismantle those decorations and replace them with christmas ones.
i took evan's actual birthday off and we had such a nice day! i took him to san carlos library which had a little crafts/event for babies/toddlers and he had a great time playing with the gears and crawling around. we met brian for lunch at a michelin star japanese restaurant, since evan loves udon and noodles. afterwards we came home and and i worked on his baby book. he's such a joy. love the dimples and him blowing raspberries on my stomach, arm and his giggles. it was a day in which i wish time stood still.
evan started walking a little earlier than dylan. at 14 months he's running and doing the cutest squats trying to jump, but hasn't quite figured it out yet. he's losing his baby fat, and at his 1 year appointment, he was only in like the 15%tile for weight. how is that possible? he's starting to say a few words now and his animal sounds are coming along. he knows that dogs say "ooohh, oohh" - he doesn't quite do the "w" for the "whoa-whoa" and does a high pitched sound for cats. he's starting the "baba baobao" and i think his first legitimate word is "ball" more so in english than chinese. i think his language comprehension has also come a long way. he knows commands in chinese like "open" and "close", if you tell him to give something to you, or to someone else, like dylan, or to brian he can. i'm pretty sure he also knows if you tell him to put it back, to put it back. he pushes his fingers together for "buggy, buggy fly" in chinese and likes to play "pull the carrot". puo-puo was here for over a week, and he knows part of the chinese ugly duckling son. he's so cute! his poops are disgusting, but other than that, he's such a good eater and a pretty good sleeper. thank goodness both boys are good sleepers.
dylan figured out how to ride a bike after we got back from martha's vineyard and i was a proud mama last week going to his first pre-school parent teacher conference. the teacher's love him - say that he's the sweetest student, very complimentary. highlights of the conversation was that he's very motivated, has great attention to detail, is the only person in class how can figure out the craft activities without help, and is extremely verbal. he was described as being "lovely." the only thing the teacher could think of is that sometimes he blurts out the answer and doesn't let other children participate. i love that he's doing well in school, and it cracks me up that he's been the teacher's pet at both schools so far. his chinese is excelling and tonight we took a bath and asked me why i have hair on my "pee-pee" in chinese, with the exception of "pee-pee".
i didn't do a weigh in for this bday. after a caloric extravaganza of a weekend, complete with fried chicken, champagne, oysters, eggs benny, a healthy tastings of red wine - i think i should avoid the scale for at least 10 days. i really do love wine country and had a great time. it was my bday this weekend and my favorite part was the boys singing me happy birthday - dylan stopping and evan filling in in the sounds with backup vocals. love it!
Tuesday, April 8, 2014
happy birthday musubi
it's another year, and i don't think i'll ever be on the other side of grief. brian sent me the link to that feature on yahoo homepage about photographers donating their talents to families such as ours. the organization is called asilaymedowntosleep.org. i still don't think that i could share the same attitude as the father who was featured. he was just so positive and happy about the outcome. i don't think i'll ever get there. or as dylan would say "absolutely not."
i didn't get musubi anything this year, and we didn't get to take our family retreat, but i did take the day off, ran some life errands, had a personal training session, had lunch with b at john bentley's, had a spa appt, picked up d from preschool and met b and d at burgess for his soccer class. i wanted to have family weekend this past weekend, but b was ill. i do have this odd relationship with my body. i wouldn't call it a love/hate relationship, more like a dislike/hate relationship. i was staring at myself in the mirror today, looking at this vessel that has brought forth 2 amazing little boys, and let down 1 amazing, precious angel. i still don't know if i could ever forgive my body...although i know that path leads to no where positive.
evan is scooting around on his back and big belly. his skin is still really sensitive, and poor thing has a bump near his bunghole. we need to soak his bum in epsom salt and apply fungal cream to it 3Xs a day. i hope it gets better soon. he's not really taking to solid foods very well. so far he's turned down carrots, and is not a fan of avocados. he can somewhat dissolve a mum mum in his mouth, but is also effectively spitting out his oatmeal. not sure how we're going to transition him to more solids. he can still light up a room with his smile and his laugh.
both boys are going to music together now. dylan loves it and i believe evan is quite musical as well. he loves his maracas. dylan loves to listen to the radio and his 2 favorites are timber by keisha and pitbull and the song by pompeii, first discovered at mark liu's house. i think i'm also trying to influence his musical taste by introducing him to the justin timberlake song i'm loving right now: Not a bad thing.
loving all my boys and missing my musubi so much it hurts.
i didn't get musubi anything this year, and we didn't get to take our family retreat, but i did take the day off, ran some life errands, had a personal training session, had lunch with b at john bentley's, had a spa appt, picked up d from preschool and met b and d at burgess for his soccer class. i wanted to have family weekend this past weekend, but b was ill. i do have this odd relationship with my body. i wouldn't call it a love/hate relationship, more like a dislike/hate relationship. i was staring at myself in the mirror today, looking at this vessel that has brought forth 2 amazing little boys, and let down 1 amazing, precious angel. i still don't know if i could ever forgive my body...although i know that path leads to no where positive.
evan is scooting around on his back and big belly. his skin is still really sensitive, and poor thing has a bump near his bunghole. we need to soak his bum in epsom salt and apply fungal cream to it 3Xs a day. i hope it gets better soon. he's not really taking to solid foods very well. so far he's turned down carrots, and is not a fan of avocados. he can somewhat dissolve a mum mum in his mouth, but is also effectively spitting out his oatmeal. not sure how we're going to transition him to more solids. he can still light up a room with his smile and his laugh.
both boys are going to music together now. dylan loves it and i believe evan is quite musical as well. he loves his maracas. dylan loves to listen to the radio and his 2 favorites are timber by keisha and pitbull and the song by pompeii, first discovered at mark liu's house. i think i'm also trying to influence his musical taste by introducing him to the justin timberlake song i'm loving right now: Not a bad thing.
loving all my boys and missing my musubi so much it hurts.
Sunday, March 23, 2014
catch up
i still like staying up late, with my boys sleeping near by. it makes me feel like i'm still on maternity leave. evan is still sleeping in our bed...and dylan is still in his crib. not sure when we're going to start making the transition to other options. i still have our europe trip as a goal to transition evan into the crib, but dylan needs to be out first. who knows.
i didn't get a chance to write about the trip down to socal before work. it was probably the longest trip for me to LA in a very long time. i'm always torn when i go back. it's great to see friends whenever possible, but it makes me sad to see our house so run down and old. the bedrooms are drafty, the bathrooms need to be updated, i mean dad has clear duct tape holding the paint together in the downstairs bathroom. it makes me sad. but it's so nice for the boys to spend time with puo-puo and gong-gong, and i'm sure they like to be in their own element. dylan was a little bit sick prior to the trip, and successfully contaminated the entire family. evan was sick (his case was pretty mild), i became sick, but my parents (mom who was sick earlier from dylan) had it the worse, along with brian. dad had a high fever and went to the doctor, a few days in, but had a lingering cough for weeks. Brian seemed sick for almost a month as well, finally going to kaiser to get some meds near the the end of Feb. we stayed in san diego for an extra night to let my parent's recover.
highlights:
-wandering through target with kathy and christine, after meeting for dinner and picking up some coffee
-visiting with Cindy at her home in seal beach
-experiencing legoland with the boys
-model train museum
low-lights:
-everyone becoming sick
-dylan not into the zoo that much, and getting fixated with the train outside the park
-dylan melting down at the scripps aquarium (at lunch, and then not wanting to wash his hands afterwards)
-the westin at the gaslamp district (a bit too urban for my taste, with the concierge eyeing vagrants coming into the hotel to watch the superbowl)
everyone was sick and low-energy the last few days of my leave. it was all pretty mellow and low key, which was i guess ok. i focused on getting rest and working out. losing this weight is a full time job, which of course is interrupted with my full time job. and that will be another post.
i didn't get a chance to write about the trip down to socal before work. it was probably the longest trip for me to LA in a very long time. i'm always torn when i go back. it's great to see friends whenever possible, but it makes me sad to see our house so run down and old. the bedrooms are drafty, the bathrooms need to be updated, i mean dad has clear duct tape holding the paint together in the downstairs bathroom. it makes me sad. but it's so nice for the boys to spend time with puo-puo and gong-gong, and i'm sure they like to be in their own element. dylan was a little bit sick prior to the trip, and successfully contaminated the entire family. evan was sick (his case was pretty mild), i became sick, but my parents (mom who was sick earlier from dylan) had it the worse, along with brian. dad had a high fever and went to the doctor, a few days in, but had a lingering cough for weeks. Brian seemed sick for almost a month as well, finally going to kaiser to get some meds near the the end of Feb. we stayed in san diego for an extra night to let my parent's recover.
highlights:
-wandering through target with kathy and christine, after meeting for dinner and picking up some coffee
-visiting with Cindy at her home in seal beach
-experiencing legoland with the boys
-model train museum
low-lights:
-everyone becoming sick
-dylan not into the zoo that much, and getting fixated with the train outside the park
-dylan melting down at the scripps aquarium (at lunch, and then not wanting to wash his hands afterwards)
-the westin at the gaslamp district (a bit too urban for my taste, with the concierge eyeing vagrants coming into the hotel to watch the superbowl)
everyone was sick and low-energy the last few days of my leave. it was all pretty mellow and low key, which was i guess ok. i focused on getting rest and working out. losing this weight is a full time job, which of course is interrupted with my full time job. and that will be another post.
6 months
hard to believe that evs had his 6 months check up this week. he was 17 lbs 10 oz (50 %tile) and 90%tile height, but i don't think brian brought back his print out home after the appt. i had to leave the appt before it was over to get back to the office by 930ish for a meeting. sad.
evan is still a bundle of joy - a little giggling rolly polly. his top right tooth is coming in, and we're just about to start solids. we have the rice cereal, but i haven't picked out a good outfit for him to be on camera/video to record the moment.
dr kleary is leaving menlo clinic to work for a boutique practice that offers 24/7 care so that she can be more present for her boys. i am happy for her, but a little sad for the rest of us. it was again a reminder of how she's in an occupation that lends itself to more work/life balance. i need to keep in mind my ability to work on a marketable/transferable skill set for possible consulting work down the road. bridget is having such a hard time back-filling cathy on maternity leave, that having a backfill gig for bridget would be nice...if i knew my fertile future.
i still stare at evan and wonder if he's going to be it. i'm still not sure...and the more difficult it is to loose this post-partum weight, the more daunting becoming pregnant again seems. i'm about 132 now, still about 5-10 lbs from where i want to me. i feel like it's been about 5-10 lbs for the last few months. getting below 130 will be a good milestone, although my body composition is so different these days. my gut is so protrusive and im pretty sure my butt is flattening away, making the stomach distortion even worse. good to know my body dysmophia is still in full effect. i have to say the i've become less enthralled with dailey method, and prefer personal training and soul cycle instead. now 1 hour workouts seem way too long and not as effective.
dylan is as active and as inquisitive as ever. constantly saying "Watchu talk'n 'bout baba". he's pretty good about wearing underwear, and letting us know when he needs to go to the bathroom. today he asked to go to the bathroom at cooking papa, and told b that he was going "big boy style". he's now forward facing in the car, and quite the little music connoisseur, liking Justin Timberlake and one direction. it's pretty funny that he'll ask me what song is on the radio, and then he'll tell brian in the car. he's been bitten a few times in preschool now, which is unnerving, and i'm a little nervous about his preschool trial playdate this week at cornerstone. i hope we both like the place.
last week we went to spring training. in spite of the apparent food poisoning, the spa day was quite nice, capped off with a nice meal at don and charlie's. poor brian got sick when we got home, and now mumford it sick too. i think b was pretty stressed during the trip, trying to manage the logistics. i hope he had fun. it was good to see juice and go out with friends (terry, noel, and anson) for a night. no shopping for me (the rack was a bomb)...no time and not quite satisfied with my body composition. strangely enough i only went to 1 game, and felt like i could have gone to 1 more.
evan is still a bundle of joy - a little giggling rolly polly. his top right tooth is coming in, and we're just about to start solids. we have the rice cereal, but i haven't picked out a good outfit for him to be on camera/video to record the moment.
dr kleary is leaving menlo clinic to work for a boutique practice that offers 24/7 care so that she can be more present for her boys. i am happy for her, but a little sad for the rest of us. it was again a reminder of how she's in an occupation that lends itself to more work/life balance. i need to keep in mind my ability to work on a marketable/transferable skill set for possible consulting work down the road. bridget is having such a hard time back-filling cathy on maternity leave, that having a backfill gig for bridget would be nice...if i knew my fertile future.
i still stare at evan and wonder if he's going to be it. i'm still not sure...and the more difficult it is to loose this post-partum weight, the more daunting becoming pregnant again seems. i'm about 132 now, still about 5-10 lbs from where i want to me. i feel like it's been about 5-10 lbs for the last few months. getting below 130 will be a good milestone, although my body composition is so different these days. my gut is so protrusive and im pretty sure my butt is flattening away, making the stomach distortion even worse. good to know my body dysmophia is still in full effect. i have to say the i've become less enthralled with dailey method, and prefer personal training and soul cycle instead. now 1 hour workouts seem way too long and not as effective.
dylan is as active and as inquisitive as ever. constantly saying "Watchu talk'n 'bout baba". he's pretty good about wearing underwear, and letting us know when he needs to go to the bathroom. today he asked to go to the bathroom at cooking papa, and told b that he was going "big boy style". he's now forward facing in the car, and quite the little music connoisseur, liking Justin Timberlake and one direction. it's pretty funny that he'll ask me what song is on the radio, and then he'll tell brian in the car. he's been bitten a few times in preschool now, which is unnerving, and i'm a little nervous about his preschool trial playdate this week at cornerstone. i hope we both like the place.
last week we went to spring training. in spite of the apparent food poisoning, the spa day was quite nice, capped off with a nice meal at don and charlie's. poor brian got sick when we got home, and now mumford it sick too. i think b was pretty stressed during the trip, trying to manage the logistics. i hope he had fun. it was good to see juice and go out with friends (terry, noel, and anson) for a night. no shopping for me (the rack was a bomb)...no time and not quite satisfied with my body composition. strangely enough i only went to 1 game, and felt like i could have gone to 1 more.
Saturday, March 15, 2014
so sick and not pregnant
it's strange to be throwing up and have it not be associated with a pregnancy. well this is me, sitting in my underwear in the dark with the curtains drawer, with a sore stomach and a wrecked GI tract. we're in scottsdale now, for spring training, and i'm pretty disappointed that i had to skip out on the game. did not want to risk getting sick, from either end at the ballpark. evs is with me tossing and turning, and look, he just rolled over!
the official roll over date was about March 4, but he has progressively become rollier as the week went on by! he is so cute! ok, must attend to the snuggle bunkers now.
the official roll over date was about March 4, but he has progressively become rollier as the week went on by! he is so cute! ok, must attend to the snuggle bunkers now.
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