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Thanksgiving Eve

By beakatude
on Nov 27, 2013
in family, holidays, kumquat, outings

On Tuesday, the family drove up from Southern CA. It was Baby Alice’s first road trip and she did a good job sleeping the whole way. They also made it up in about 6 hours.

This afternoon, I got off work early and had time to go on a 3-mile run with Brother before dinner. It was a beautiful evening and so fun to have company and NO stroller! I felt so fast!! What a great way to start my 4-day Thanksgiving Weekend.

The Grandparents also got to hang out with their two grandkids at the same time. Cute.

Shower for Teresa

By beakatude
on Nov 24, 2013
in babies, friends, work

Nicole and I hosted a Baby Shower for Teresa today. It was at Nicole’s house and we had a pretty good turn-out. Kumquat came along and she surprisingly behaved herself quite well. We made our own sippy cups and we had tons of food including alphabet Cheez-It crackers (T’s favorite).

I also took a few photos of the mother-to-be.

They are waiting to find out if Baby Hopkins is a boy or girl so we’ll all just have to wait with them. Can’t wait to meet Little Hopkins!

Running Errands

By beakatude
on Nov 23, 2013
in kumquat, life, outings

Our afternoon errands ran a little long and Kumquat was desperately asking for milk. So, I had to buy small milk cartons while at Target. Luckily they had a mini register in the grocery section so I could pay for it and not feel weird about breaking open the package in the middle of the store.

I am also guilty of taking out the iPad during checkout. I’m one of THOSE parents now.

By the way, I figured out how to rig the iPad mini with toy links connected to the shopping cart and a clear pencil pouch. Worked like a charm without having to worry about Kumquat dropping it on the floor. I forgot to take a photo of it today.

6:30 am

By beakatude
on Nov 18, 2013
in go beak go, outings, photos

This morning I was up really early again so I went for another early run before the rest of the family woke up. I took these on my run today. The lights on Embarcadero and on the Bay Bridge hadn’t even been turned off yet.

Cousins

By beakatude
on Nov 16, 2013
in aw..., babies, family, kumquat

Joy sent me this photo of Alice (2 weeks old) holding onto “Ellie”.

It was very reminiscent of a photo I took of Kumquat holding onto G-raff when she was also 2 weeks old.

Alice

By beakatude
on Nov 13, 2013
in aw..., babies, family, photosbynina

On Sunday, I took some portraits of little Alice. I caught this one while she was napping.

When she woke up, Joy handed her over to me and started out a little fussy. Then I got her in the zone and she was able to hang out on the dining table for a quick photo shoot. Here’s what I got in just 10 minutes.