a weekly log of our everyday life
We say this every year, but the LA Marathon feels like its own holiday here in Los Angeles. Since we’ll be moving this summer, this was our last LA Marathon (until we return)! We went to our usual spot at Federal/Wilshire bright and early to cheer on the elite runners. It’s always so exciting to […]
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Happy Chinese New Year! We actually celebrated the holiday a week earlier because Jake was going to be out of town for flyouts! We went out to dim sum with Cindy’s family, walked around a mall afterward to digest, and capped the time off with some boba. Baby R had such a fun time with […]
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2022 just FLEW by!! It all feels like a blur, yet so much happened. Naturally, it was the year of many firsts for Baby R. Her first tooth, her first steps, her first words, her first birthday! Her milestones alone filled the year with lots of excitement. It’s brimming with amazing memories. As for us, […]
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Christmas weekend felt so magical this year! Baby R is just old enough to sort of enjoy some of the Christmas traditions we love, and hope to establish as our own family traditions. After breakfast on Christmas Eve, we let Baby R open one gift. She was so excited to get a play vacuum and […]
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It feels like Thanksgiving didn’t really happen this year… maybe because Cindy and Baby R were both sick the entire week and didn’t really have enough of an appetite to enjoy any Thanksgiving food… or maybe because we decorated for Christmas waaaay too early this year (on Veteran’s Day to be exact) which took away […]
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We went from having 0 plans for Halloween pre-baby to celebrating Halloween all month long post-baby! For the month of October, instead of going to the park, Cindy and Baby R have been hanging out at the pumpkin patch! We shared a couple posts ago how exciting it was that a pumpkin patch was set […]
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As if we weren’t busy enough with our own social schedules, we now also have to accommodate Baby R’s social life! And she’s quite a popular baby! Every week, if it’s not a play date then it’s a birthday party… or some sort of event. We’d be lying though if we said we didn’t enjoy […]
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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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What’s in Minnesota?!?! Absolutely nothing. lol jk. Jake had a conference where he was presenting in Minneapolis. And Cindy wanted to be able to say she’s been to Minnesota. So that’s how we ended up in Minnesota for Mother’s Day weekend! After our New York trip, Cindy was expecting the worst from this trip but […]
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jake & cindy 