Went to the Farmer’s Market today and it’s blueberry season. I heard that it lasts only a few weeks and the local blueberries are pretty tasty! I bought a pint for Kumquat and thought they looked so much prettier than the ones you buy at Safeway.
On Monday night, we went out to celebrate Jimmy’s birthday. We all met up at Hillstone and the little girls came too. It was a late evening but they both handled it well.
The Agustins are heading to Hong Kong for 6 weeks next week so it was really nice to hang out with them before they take off.
Happy Birthday, Old Man!
I spent my Cinco de Mayo at Stephanie’s Baby Shower and it was a lot of fun!
We don’t know the baby’s gender yet so the theme was BEES and we all got to guess the gender and baby’s birthday.
There were lots of games and activities including making a collage of the baby and “Pin the Sperm on the Egg”.
We also made onesies and they were all so clever and cute!
I’m going to miss Steph so much when she goes on maternity leave but I’m so excited for her and Nathan. I can’t wait to meet Baby Osborne!!
Jes had been craving crab for a week now so we went to R&G Lounge on Saturday evening with Jason and Jia.
There was a short wait despite them telling us it would take 45 minutes. This photo cracks me up.
The crab was delicious, as usual, and our little girl was extra crabby by the end. It was WAY past her bedtime.
At Kumquat’s last check-up, we learned that she’s anemic and needs more iron-rich foods. So, being the dutiful mommy, I went to Whole Foods and bought chicken livers. I’ve had chicken liver prepared in a fancy restaurant and I’m a fan of foie gras so I was excited to make a fancy pate for the little one.
Tonight after the kid went to sleep, I took out my recipe and cut up the onion as it had instructed. Then it was time to unwrap the package of livers and I was a little grossed out. But I powered through and cleaned them and trimmed off the connective tissue and veins with a stink-face that made my forehead tired. Then I fired up the stove and began the saute portion of the recipe. As I stirred and shuffled the ingredients around, I thought, “it’s not so bad” with a fake look of contentment on my face.
Then it was time to put it all in the food processor with the lemon juice and salt. Sounded pretty good so far in my head. The lid went on and I pureed it to a smooth consistency. Seems easy enough.
THEN…I uncovered the bowl and a huge cloud of nastiness wafted over me and I thought I was going to hurl. My eyes watered and I had to do everything to hold it together. I had to scrape the gray mush off the sides of the bowl and I was utterly grossed out. I hate to say this but it looked and smelled like something I should be giving to Koa. By the way, he was sitting right there at my feet waiting for something to drop.
Once I got it all out of the food processor and into a container for storage, it was time to taste it. I had Jes take a taste first and he said, “It just tastes like liver.” So I gave it a try and had to do everything I could to not throw up. Luckily for me there was a can of ice cold limonata in the fridge to save me.
How am I going to keep it together long enough to feed this to my 12-month-old?! As a mom and therapist, I told myself I’d try everything I fed her and I did. Can I fake it well enough to convince her it’s tasty? Don’t think so. I’m just crossing my fingers that she’ll just gobble it down like everything else I’ve given her. If she doesn’t go for it, Koa’s going to have a feast later this week.
UPDATE: She ate it and finished a full helping of it. Good baby. I didn’t make any faces and it actually tasted better cold from the fridge the next day. Good job, me. ;P
On Friday evening, I took BART to Oakland for this year’s Employee Recognition Dinner. Everyone who has worked for 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, or 30 years at Children’s was invited to attend and I was one of them! 
Teresa was my +1 since Jes stayed home with Kumquat and we had a fun time. It was at the Oakland Marriott and set up similar to a wedding reception. There was a live band, dinner, a very expensive cash bar, and a little dancing at the end. A glass of wine was a whoppin’ $12 but we discovered that a bottle was only $26. So we went all out and bought a bottle to share. After the boys heard what kind of deal it was, we ended up with 2 more bottles. Heh heh. Afterward, we went down the street to District for one more glass of wine before heading home.
It was a long journey back to SF and I was so glad I packed a pair of flats. Good times…
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