Year in Review – 2012
I must say that 2012 was a very good year. I spent the first quarter cookin’ a baby and getting ready for our newest family member.
I also had an awesome month off before Kumquat arrived and spent the last week hanging out with my mom.
Then in April, our lives changed forever when our beautiful baby girl was born.
The rest of Spring and most of Summer was spent at home recovering and learning how to take care of a little human being while keeping up with the daily chores.
Right before going back to work full-time, we took our annual trip to Oahu and baby came along too.
Then it was time to return to work and it was so hard the first week. Eventually, I adjusted and it was nice to have such good friends around. Jes also did a great job as a stay-at-home dad for a month.
In September, we hired Mirian, who has been a wonderful addition to Kumquat’s life. She takes her on outings, reads to her, and kept her on her schedule better than any of us. In fact, Kumquat started sleeping through the night after her first day with Mirian.
Then Fall and Winter arrived and Jason and Jia moved to California! It’s been so fun to have them around and we see them almost every week.
We celebrated all the holidays with our little girl and even took her to Disneyland. It was a busy Christmas trip home but totally worth it.
Here are the Best and Worst of 2012:
Best Meal(s) and Experience(s): Dinner at L’Atelier Crenn and Lunch at Hog Island Oyster Co. after baby was born (wine, raw oysters, ’nuff sed)
Most Memorable Meal(s): Panda Express at UCSF every time I had an ultrasound.
Best Moment(s): Delivering my baby girl and meeting her for the first time.
Worst Moment(s): Leaving Kumquat and driving to work for the first time after Maternity Leave. I was a mess.
Saddest Moment(s): Finding out that my manager at work had lost her battle with cancer.
Favorite TV Show(s) of the year: Ever After on ABC. Parenthood on Netflix. I also enjoyed watching Smash with my mom on Hulu while I was on maternity leave.
Worst TV Show(s) of the year: I don’t have any since we don’t have cable anymore.
Favorite Trip(s): Hawaii in July, of course!!!
Worst Trip(s): The 10-hour drive home before Christmas.
On Saturday, we got up late, packed our things, had lunch with my parents, and then headed back up to SF. 
Jason and Jia also followed us in their car and Koa rode back with us too.
There wasn’t much traffic and we made pretty good time. For dinner we stopped at The Apricot Tree Restaurant where they have a huge collection of old lunchboxes and thermos’ on display.
This afternoon I had lunch with the old college roomies and it was so much fun to see them and the kids too.
We met up at The Counter for some tasty burgers and onion strings and Kumquat got to finally meet little Micah who was born just 3 weeks before her.
Afterward, Sandy and Linda joined me on the UCLA campus for some photos with the Bruin.
It was weird being back after so many years and I was so happy to have Kumquat there with me.
Sandy and Carl joined me farther up Bruin Walk to Royce Hall and it was like a walk up memory lane. I had forgotten how beautiful the campus is and was a little giddy thinking about all our lunches on the steps with the fatty squirrels and the naps we used to take by the fountain.
Those were fun times and I can’t believe it all started 20 years ago.
Afterward, we stopped at their house for some ice cream and more beer.
For lunch, we met up with cousin Marie and the boys. The boys are so big now and I can’t help reflect on how Cole (the oldest) used to be Kumquat’s age when I used to babysit him.
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!
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