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Dolores Park

On Sunday, we spent the afternoon at Dolores Park and met up with James and his daughter and Kyle and his niece.

On our way to the park, we stopped at Ike’s Place and picked up some tasty sandwiches.  There was a line out the door but it was worth the wait.

Kumquat seemed to enjoy the outing and hanging out under the little tent we made with her blanket and my backpack.

The park has a brand-new playground that is HUGE and filled a variety of slides, climbing structures, and these huge chimes that you can hit with a mallet.  I took Ariel around and she liked climbing on everything and swinging.

Afterward, we walked across the street to Bi-Rite for some ice cream.  Yum.  It happened to be National Ice Cream Day too!  I shared the Salted Caramel and Coffee Toffee with Jes while we sat in the corner of the shop with the kids.

One Year Later

It’s been almost a year since we found out I was pregnant and I had to change what I ate and drank.  One of the things I missed was going to Hog Island Oyster Co. and having raw oysters paired with a nice glass of white wine.

So, today we walked to the Ferry Plaza and took Kumquat to one of my favorite places to eat.  She sat quietly in the corner while we had quite a feast.  Since Kumquat is taking a bottle this week, I was in the clear to have my glass of Riesling with my meal.

The meal started with a half-dozen raw Kumamoto oysters (yum) and four baked oysters (my first time!)  The raw ones were as tasty as I had remembered and the baked ones were actually pretty good.  Then again, they were prepared with bacon so how could it be bad?!

We also shared a frisee salad that was topped with the prettiest beets I’ve ever seen.  The color was a unique pink color that made me think it was raw hamachi at first!

Next was the ooey-gooey/crunchy grilled cheese sammich with the tastiest pickled radish on the side. And of course, we had my favorite clam chowder (pictured at the top of this post).  Aaaah…delicious!  By the way, there was a couple seated in front of us who each got a bowl, ate all the clams, and then left most of the broth (the best part) in the bowl!!!!  I died a little inside when I saw that.

Afterward we stopped at the Humphry Slocombe stand at the Farmers’ Market outside for a HUGE scoop of Secret Breakfast.  If you don’t know what it is, it’s bourbon ice cream with cornflakes hidden inside.  Man, it’s been WAY too long since I’ve had it.

Typical Day

My days with Kumquat sort of blend together now but I’m still having a great time.   Here are a few things that usually happen on a daily basis for us.

We usually get a FaceTime call from my parents and it’s been more fun for them now that Kumquat can see them on the screen and will often smile or talk to them.

We also take lots of walks with and without Koa.  Now that Kumquat is a whoppin’ 15 pounds, I’ve switched from the Infantino to the Ergobaby carrier, which is a lot more comfortable for my lower back and shoulders.  It’s a funny coincidence that both our brothers purchased them for us (Jason/Infantino and Johnny/Ergobaby).  Thanks, Brothers!

Still Scowling

As you know by now, Kumquat was born with her Daddy’s scowl.  She doesn’t do it as much nowadays but this morning I caught her imitating Jes while they were reading the morning news together.  Here she is scowling at 5 days of age.

Less than a month

*sigh*  I have less than a month of maternity leave left!  This month has been feeling like a really long Sunday night.  I’ve always hated that feeling of dread every Sunday night whether I was in school or even now as a working adult.  I’ve been off since March 21st and I’m supposed to go back to work on August 6th.  This has been such a wonderful time in my life.  Does is really have to end?

I’ve been having lunch with my buddies at work every Thursday and I get the scoop on what’s been going on at the hospital.

I miss seeing them everyday but I admit I don’t miss the work.  What will make it worse is having to leave my sweet baby every morning.  Can’t I just bring her to work?!  I have lots of people who would love to keep her company!

Sunday Jazz

On Sunday we went to the Fillmore Jazz Festival as we always do every July 4th weekend.  This time we had the baby and it wasn’t really any different with her.  As usual, we took the bus to the festival and enjoyed some street food once we got there.  The weather wasn’t as hot as it was last year, which was a nice change from our hot day in the sun on Saturday.

After walking around, we headed over to the stage on California and Fillmore and found a good spot on the fake grass to watch our favorite performer, Kim Nally.  There was also a bar right behind us selling beer and wine and James and Sylvia brought kettle corn from up the street.  Perfect.

We ended up hanging out at Grove for more drinks afterward the festival ended and then had dinner at Florio.

Kumquat was perfectly happy sleeping in my arms the whole evening.  By the end of the day, I had a total of 3 glasses of wine and experienced my first buzz in over a year.  It was a good Sunday.