One of the best things about going home for the holidays is that everyone else comes home too! 
This morning, I met up with Holly, Patti, and Patty at Panera for some coffee and lots of catching up. It’s always great to be in the company of these girls. Just one year ago, they threw me a mini baby shower and look at us now!
Back when we lived in Irvine, we used to throw a big Christmas party every year. Now that we live in SF and everyone else is on a tighter schedule, we usually just go out to eat and have drinks afterward. This year, we met up on Sunday night (12/23) and had dinner at Hsiang Yuen and it was so nice to have everyone (sans Agustins) together in one place.
Afterward, I dropped off the kid with my parents and picked up Brother and Joy for drinks with the gang at Buffalo Wild Wings. Ah, gotta love the ‘burbs. Drinks were cheap, there’s plenty of parking, and the drive home is just 10 minutes.
On Tuesday, we decided to have an impromptu HH at Cato’s on Wednesday. I actually skipped out early at 4 pm to drive home and pick up Kumquat and then drove back to the East Bay for this and it was totally worth the wait in traffic on the way back to the East Bay.
It turned out to be a fun little mini holiday party for us and was just the right combination of people, food, and drinks.
Kumquat was a trooper and was passed from one auntie to another all night while she grubbed on puffs. The girls got a good laugh while she ate her puffs and also blew snot bubbles from her nose. Here’s a video of her hanging out with the ladies.
We were able to stay out until at least 8 pm and my little sidekick rocked it all evening without a single complaint.
I love these ladies and I’m so glad that we were able to hang out and celebrate the end of another year together before going our separate ways for the holidays.
On Sunday, I took Kumquat to Lafayette to celebrate Sophie’s upcoming 1st birthday. Her birthday is actually this Friday and I’m so glad that we were in town for the party. It was supposed to be at a park in Orinda but with the unpredictable rain this past weekend, it was moved to a local Round Table. The decorations were really cute with little elephants topping the scrumptious homemade cupcakes. I usually don’t like cake but I ate TWO of these. Ranee, they were delicious!!
There were lots of kids including the Chu twins. Here’s a pretty funny photo of the four kiddos together. This is one of the outtakes and I can’t help laugh when I see this.
Aunties Steph, Mai, and Karen were there too and they each got some time with Kumquat.
Here’s a photo of Karen with both of the chubby cheeksters.
We also managed to get a group photo of the kids and their moms. It’s the first time we’ve had all four kiddos together in the same place.
The best part of the party was watching Sophie enjoy her first taste of cake and frosting. Good stuff…
She seemed a little confused by all the singing and everyone staring at her. Click here if you can’t see the video above.
Here’s a photo of her getting a taste of the cake. Yum yum! Click here if you can’t see the video above.
Happy Early Birthday, Soph!
1) My health and well-being: I had a smooth and pretty easy pregnancy, uneventful labor and delivery, and a quick recovery. I’m also 4 pounds away from my pre-pregnancy weight. Woohoo!
2) My husband: He worries for us. He cooks for me. He loves me no matter what.
3) My family: They’re always there for me even if they live far away. I feel so lucky to have had my mom around to help during Kumquat’s first 6 weeks of life. It’s also been so nice to have Jason and Jia back in California and in the Bay Area now!
4) My friends: They’ve helped me through some of the toughest parts of this year and have celebrated with me during my happiest moments.
5) My beautiful baby girl: I’m thankful for such a healthy (sturdy!), happy, and thriving baby. She brings me so much joy and I’m so proud of all that she’s already accomplished these past 7 months.
This is truly my favorite holiday of the year. Happy Thanksgiving, Everyone!
This morning, I ran my first race since Kumquat was born. It was especially cool because I also got to run with Ranee on her first-ever 5K!
The race started outside of my house, went along Embarcadero, turned left onto Howard, then up 7th St. to end at City Hall.
At the 3-mile mark, Jamie handed Sophie over to Ranee and she ran with her in her arms across the finish line. That was pretty cute.
We were rewarded with a long-sleeved shirt that said “Jog your giblets off!” on the back. Haha. Funny. Also, instead of taking Muni, we ran another mile to the Peet’s on the way home and then walked the rest of the way back. I certainly earned my Thanksgiving feast this year!!
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