a weekly log of our everyday life
Jake attended his first in-person conference (since the pandemic shutdowns) this past weekend! In February of 2020, we bought new dress shirts, ties, and pants for Jake in anticipation of all the conferences he would be attending starting that year. Finally, after two years, Jake was able to wear his “new” clothes! We were both […]
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It seems no one really quite understands what exactly Jake does as an Econ Ph.D. student. He’s like Chandler from Friends! Most people seem to think he does stuff with money, finance, stocks, or some sort of accounting. Cindy likes to joke that Jake just sits at his desk from 9:00am to 9:00pm writing random […]
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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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For the most part, not too much happened this past week. Our routine these days revolves around Baby R’s three wake windows. After Cindy leaves for work in the morning, Jake usually plays with Baby R until our childcare arrives (which is either our part-time nanny or our parents, depending on the day). Cindy usually […]
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Cindy got pulled into Pokémon Go again… and bought tickets for the Pokémon Go Johto Tour Event which was this past Saturday. She initially bought tickets mostly to hang out with her friend, which she hadn’t done in a while. And as Saturday approached, she started to dread being away from Baby R for a […]
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We’ve forgotten how much we love bowling! On Saturday, the two of us went out for a bowling date! Cindy wasn’t super excited about the date at first because she didn’t want to leave Baby R behind and she underestimated how fun bowling would be. But she’s really happy Jake insisted. We keep joking that […]
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(Picture is unrelated to the Olympics. We went to the Super Bowl Experience event at the LA Convention Center. We don’t know anything about the Super Bowl, so it was a bit random. We went mainly to hang out with our friends. We felt totally out of our element, but it was a new experience […]
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Happy Year of the Tiger!!! This is our first Chinese New Year where we had red envelopes to give!!! (to Baby R) Since she doesn’t know any better, we just gave her a red envelope to play with and deposited the money we’re actually giving her into her investment account. She seemed to enjoy chewing […]
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So many changes have been happening with Baby R, we can barely keep up! Turns out, the reason why Baby R was the fussiest and clingiest she’d ever been during Christmas time was because she was teething!!! We’re pretty sure that’s the reason since shortly after two little bottom teeth popped out. Aside from the […]
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jake & cindy 