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Almost back to some kind of normal

By beakatude
on Aug 23, 2015
in babies, family, friends, kumquat, life, outings, peanut, work

Hello! Peanut is now 3 weeks old and life is getting into a routine now. My mom and I (lately just my mom) have been taking KK to school in the morning and then take a nice morning walk home. Thankfully, we’ve had some nice weather.

My recovery has been good so far but I had a little set-back earlier this week when I woke up on Monday morning with chills and body aches. My head was also hurting for a couple more days. Since I didn’t have a fever, I waited until Wednesday to see if things would clear up before calling the doctor. Fortunately, I felt like a million bucks by Wednesday morning. The OB nurse actually called me on Friday just to check in and I asked about the symptoms. She said it sounded like hormonal symptoms and not an infection. Well, that’s good. Glad I got over all that quickly. As of Wednesday, I’m down 20 pounds from my maximum pregnancy weight (which was only 15 pounds) but my body hasn’t exactly gone back to normal yet. I’m still walking a lot and when I tried to run the other day, I was pretty sore after. When I asked the OB nurse on the phone, she said to hold off on running and lifting weights for another couple weeks until I have my follow-up appointment with the doctor.

We’ve had family over to visit and it’s fun to have all the 2nd cousins (above) and 1st cousins (below) together.

Traveling is going to be quite the circus next time we all have to fly together.

The other day, Peanut and I went out for a quiet lunch together. I had a turkey sandwich, one of the things I missed while I was pregnant, and it was SO yummy.

This week, I had my first Happy Hour with the girls from work. It had been a couple years since we were all together and all able to have a glass of wine at the same time.

We had dinner and got to catch up on everything. I always have a good laugh with them and they got to meet Peanut.

It was just what I needed to recharge.

I’ve really missed seeing these girls everyday.

This weekend, we went to Hog Island and I got some tasty raw oysters and halibut crudo. Aaaah…so nice to be able to eat raw stuff again.

These past few weeks have been a little crazy but when I see these two, it makes it all worth it. I’m happy that I have this time at home with them and look forward to watching them both grow up together.

We’re home!

By beakatude
on Aug 02, 2015
in aw..., family, kumquat, life, peanut

Here’s Peanut’s going home outfit – picked out by his big sister.

We got a photo taken as we were leaving the hospital. I’m so happy we did this because I regretted not doing this with KK.We settled in nicely and KK was so sweet to her baby brother. Let the new adventure begin!!!

Siblings

By beakatude
on Aug 01, 2015
in aw..., family, kumquat, peanut

My family is now complete. I’ve loved having a little brother and I think KK is going to love being a big sister. Look at these two munchkins. Makes my heart melt.

39 weeks and 5 days

By beakatude
on Jul 30, 2015
in chuckle, kumquat, life, peanut

Hello! It’s Thursday evening and Peanut hasn’t made his appearance yet but he’s been squirming around a bunch. Today I took a bump photo and our crazy 3 y/o photobombed like a pro.

I love this kid. She’s just as excited to meet her Baby Brother.

Saturday Brunch

By beakatude
on Jul 25, 2015
in babies, family, kumquat, outings, yum

We had brunch this morning at Mission Rock Resort and got a nice corner table on the patio.

This was the breakfast sandwich that the brothers shared today.

The twins came dressed in the onesies that we bought them. So cute. Looks like Toni won and Thomas disagrees.

My mom hung out with Toni while Thomas was getting fed.

KK hung out with Thomas once he was full and happy.

This photo of the three of them makes me chuckle. Can’t wait to add Peanut to the mix.

Thomas finally figured out how to use his pacifier while Toni has completely mastered it. KK took this cute photo of Jia with the kids.

Junior Photog

By beakatude
on Jul 16, 2015
in kumquat, photos, projects

KK is getting pretty good at using my phone to take photos of people, things, and herself. She also knows how to flip the camera to the front-facing camera.

I’m gonna have to put together an album of all her photos one day. It’s interesting to see what catches her photographic eye. Here are just a few…including photos of me in my super-preggo state.