a weekly log of our everyday life
Cindy turned 31 this last week! Turning 31 feels less cool than turning 30. 30 is this big milestone that’s worth celebrating. 31 is just realizing you’re getting older and like actually really in your thirties now. Yeck. We had a low-key celebration. In the morning, we walked to a local hole-in-the-wall place called Ray’s […]
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Our days are mostly organized by pre-nap and post-nap. And having 2 activities in a day is considered a crazy busy day when you have a toddler! Monday morning, Jake’s parents came over for a visit. And in the afternoon, Toddler R had a play date with a friend at the park. Wednesday, Jake walked […]
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Our week was packed with back-to-back activities! Most of them were for Toddler R, whose social schedule seems to be much busier than ours… On Monday, Cindy & Toddler R had a play date with Cindy’s best friend from high school and her best friend’s daughter who is around the same age as Toddler R. […]
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The highlight of our week was playing Overcooked! We’ve been so bored being cooped up from all the rain and COVID and we were getting bored of just watching TV so we decided to buy Overcooked to play on our Nintendo Switch! The game is so stress-inducing, it’s the opposite of relaxing after a long […]
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What an eventful week we’ve had! It was Cindy’s first full week as a stay-at-home mom! And so far, she’s loving it! It feels like summer vacation except forever lol. We’ll see if she’s still loving it 6 months in… For Jake, it’s sinking in that he’s going to be an Assistant Professor!!! One of […]
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Jake returned from nearly two weeks of flyouts on Tuesday! Cindy and Toddler R were SO SO SO happy he was back!!! They really missed him and he them. But we didn’t quite get to relax upon his return. We had a big week ahead of us. For one, it was Cindy’s last day of […]
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Jake was away again this past week for a second round of flyouts. This round of flyouts was probably much harder than the first even though we both knew what we were in for. For Jake, it was all about keeping up his energy and momentum and making sure each meeting and job talk came […]
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We left Baby R with Cindy’s parents and went down to San Diego for a little getaway! kinda. Jake had an interview and the hotel was comped so Cindy tagged along! We made a concerted effort to do absolutely nothing. Just quietness and laziness, something we haven’t been able to enjoy in a very long […]
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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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