February 07, 2010
Today, Nathan is hanging with his grandparents in OC. He always looks forward to a visit with them, in no small part because grandma almost always makes some delicious baked goods with him.
Last week was pretty productive for me - I got a good amount of exercise, got some maintenance on the car, found and bought a used mini-fridge for work, as well as the usual household chores.
I've also been planning our family's summer camping trip. Since my first choice, Lime Kiln near Big Sur, is closed due to fire damage, we'll be heading to Sequoia National Park instead. I got a reservation for Upper Lodgepole campground July 24-25. It will be more a challenge with the two boys, but I think it will be fun.
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February 02, 2010
I've always enjoyed working out and I really missed it the last few months of pregnancy. Now I'm back at it and running about 3 miles every other day. It'd be great if I can get up to 6 miles and do a 10k race. We'll see. I am getting a little bored of just running though. Unfortunately, having to keep the baby close has made it pretty impossible to go for a bike ride or go swimming. Once I'm back at work and Benjamin is at daycare, I should be able to sneak off for a swim.
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February 01, 2010
Weekends are definitely harder than weekdays. Juggling both toddler and baby is tough, and nigh impossible on my own. Yesterday I took them to the playground for a couple hours, without an additional adult for support, and we all survived. Thank goodness for preschool.
A side note on playgrounds. We have two good ones within walking distance - a larger one at the rec center and a smaller one in a new housing development. The smaller one is frequented by very young children, almost exclusively white, accompanied by one parent. At the larger playground there are a wide range of ethnicities and ages represented, but also more kids brought by their nannies. They each have their own flavor. Last time I was at each of them, at the smaller, whiter playground, I got to practice speaking French to a Paris native mommy, while at the larger, ethnically diverse playground, I got to speak Spanish to two nannies. All of them encouraged me to teach my children to speak another language and I insisted that I'm not fluent enough to do that.
In other news, we took the boys to Kaiser for their check-ups. Nathan is growing well - measuring in at 40 inches (95%) and 37 lbs. Benjamin is 22.8 inches (90% and the same as Nathan at that age) and weighs 12lbs 6oz.
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January 24, 2010
Yesterday we had a great time at Nathan's bowling birthday party. I was surprised that the turnout was so big; we had about 30 guests. I was a bit stressed that day, and still being pretty sleep deprived, it felt hard to keep track of all the goings on. But I think it all went pretty well and people had a good time. Nathan certainly did. He loved the bowling and his cakes and his presents.
Benjamin is doing well. He has started to give me recognizing smiles that just melt my heart. Even when I am exhausted and feeling crazy, seeing his face light up with a grin, I can't help but give him a big smile back.
A new Japanese place, SanSai, opened around the corner and I was impressed. They have your typical teriyaki and rice dishes, but I was most please with the sushi. It was cheap, generous, and most importantly, delicious. I suspect I will be popping Benjamin in the stroller and heading over there for sushi lunch pretty often while I'm still on maternity leave.
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January 22, 2010
HAPPY BIRTHDAY NATHAN !! We've been planning his birthday party, and with much help from Gary's dad, the big boy will be having a bowling party tomorrow. We did that last year with just family and it worked pretty well. For his third birthday we're expecting over thirty people; it should be fun.
I did go ahead and cut my hair. I'd been thinking about it since before Benjamin was born and finally decided to do it. I think it looks good, but quiet different. Sorry no pics yet. I'll be donating the foot-long braid to Beautiful Lengths, the only hair donation charity affiliated with the American Cancer society and gives the wigs to women.
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