a weekly log of our everyday life
We celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary (early) this year. It was so fun getting dressed up and going out for the evening! We started the night off with some sushi and ramen. Ramen for delivery just does not hit the same way as ramen in a restaurant. It’s always more delicious and satisfying in a […]
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Cindy’s childhood friend from Saturday Chinese School got married this past weekend! We have been looking forward to this wedding for sooo long!! Partially because we were excited to get out for a night. But mostly because more and more of Cindy’s friends are getting married!!! More weddings, please. It was one of the most […]
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One of Jake’s best friends got married this past weekend! It was a small wedding out in Colorado. When we originally got the invitation, we decided we would not bring Baby R so that we could be present and thoroughly enjoy the trip. At the time, we didn’t think too much about it. But as […]
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The highlight of this past week was Father’s Day!!! Jake got to celebrate his 2nd Father’s Day ever! We have been so busy prepping for our upcoming trips and Jake has been so busy with his paper, that the day kind of crept up on us. We didn’t really do much. Jake opened up a […]
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HAPPY FIRST BIRTHDAY BABY R!!!!!!! And happy one year of parenthood to us! We did it!!! All year long we have been counting down to Baby R’s first birthday. We didn’t realize how bittersweet the day would actually be… to be so filled with excitement and joy seeing our baby growing & learning & interacting […]
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We celebrated Cindy’s 30th birthday early this past weekend by checking off a bucket list activity: bubble soccer! IT. WAS. SO. MUCH. FUN. and also extremely tiring! and officially Cindy’s favorite birthday ever. It was the perfect way to conclude her twenties. When we got home, we were extremely wiped, super sore, and a litte […]
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We visited Cindy’s dad this past weekend and slept over! It was our first overnight trip since nap training Baby R. We were a little nervous about how she would sleep in a new environment, but she did pretty well! She cried for about 30 minutes but after that slept through the rest of the […]
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About a year ago, Jake spent about $100 and bought a cherry tree to raise some caterpillars with the hopes that they would turn into cecropia moths. (Read more about that here!) For weeks, he collected leaves to feed his baby caterpillars. It was so exciting to see the teeny tiny caterpillars grow bigger and […]
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This year has been proving to be the year of rough transitions. First, there was our transition from young married couple to first-time parents. And now, for Cindy, the transition from young working professional to “working mom”. How do other moms do it!?!? We knew this week would be rough, but we didn’t think it […]
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The BIG highlight of the week: Jake’s brother’s wedding!!! What a beautiful and special day full of celebration and looooooove. We’re so happy and excited for Jake’s brother and his wife. We’re especially happy to have a sister-in-law!! And can’t wait for all the new family memories. And babies! Jk haha. (but really…) The wedding […]
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jake & cindy 