Browse Month: May 2012

Hello.

This afternoon, my mom called and had a little FaceTime with Kumquat.  It seems that Kumquat recognizes my mom’s voice because she smiled as soon as she heard her voice.  Sheesh…I don’t even get that response yet!

Milk Wasted

Last night after feeding Kumquat, I handed her over to Jes and an hour later I found them on the couch like this.  One was enjoying an after-dinner beer and the other was passed out from her 9:00 feeding.  Cute.

Thank you, Mommy!

My mom spent the past 7 weeks here in SF and it’s hard to believe that she’s gone back to Cerritos.  She arrived a week before Kumquat’s due date and stayed until she was almost 6 weeks old.  It was so nice to have her here with me before and after Kumquat was born.  I don’t know how I would have handled the first several weeks without her help.  I also enjoyed the company and, of course, all the tasty food she cooked for us.  She even made me one last batch of peanut sauce for me this week so that I had some after she was gone.

Last night, we took her to dinner at Roy’s.  Kumquat came along too and I did my first restaurant restroom diaper change.

After dinner, I took my mom to the Giants game.  We got $10 standing room only tickets so that I could take her around the stadium.  We got a pretty good view of the game and McCovey Cove before heading back home.

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Before dropping my mom at the airport, we spent the morning in the usual way – entertaining Kumquat. I got a photo of them together and it’s funny that my mom was wearing the same top she wore the day Kumquat was born.  Boy, has time flown and my my has my baby grown!  I think Kumquat was just as sad to see her grandma go today.

Thanks for all your help and company, Mommy!  We will all miss having you around…including Kumquat and Koa.  Love you and see you on FaceTime!

Spa Day

Last June I purchased a Groupon for Teresa for her birthday.  Now that I’m no longer preggo and it’s 2 weeks from her wedding, we thought it would be the perfect time to redeem!  It was a Groupon for a 50-minute pedicure and 30-minute massage at I-Spa at the Intercontinental Hotel for $65 per person.  It’s a pretty fancy spa and this Groupon turned out to be an awesome deal.

Before our first appointment, we met up at Luce for brunch at 11:00 am.  I had the smoked salmon eggs benedict and it was delicious…especially because I wasn’t allowed to have smoked salmon for 9 months.  We also got mimosas and that was equally tasty.

At 12:30 pm, we headed upstairs to the spa and they gave us robes, slippers, and complimentary champange.  Yes!  The pedicure at 1:00 was so nice and now my toes are ready for my role as bridesmaid in two weeks.  We then had about an hour to just sit and relax.  The massage was at 3:00 pm and the lady got all the kinks out of my neck and shoulders.  Aaah…so nice.

That was such a fun day and it was the first time I had been away from Kumquat for so long – 6 hours!!  My mom also went shopping at the mall so Jes was on Kumquat duty including a bottle feeding.  Looked like it wasn’t so bad so it was a super win for me!

What a treat!

On Saturday night, Jes and I had a “date night”, which somehow felt a little more special than the Tuesday dinners that we used to have.   We went to Atelier Crenn, which is one of those places that I’ve had on my list of restaurants to try.  We’ve been to her first restaurant, Luce, and have had really good experiences there with her tastings.  I also met Chef Crenn at one of the “Plate by Plate” events and she’s a really cool lady.  Our reservation was originally at 10pm but we got a call at 8:30 letting us know that they had an earlier opening so we got there by 9:15.  We chose the 5-course tasting menu (estimated at about 2 hours) instead of the “Grand Tasting” (3.5-4 hours). It was so nice to be able to tell the server that I had no dietary restrictions. Aaah. We also shared a wine pairing so that meant I got my very own half-pour of about 5 different wines. 😉 I was so giddy during the entire meal.  Each dish was so thoughtful and creative and so yummy.  Of course we ended up getting more than 5 courses and we were home by midnight.  Here are a couple of my favorite dishes:

She called this one “walk in the forest” and consisted of 4 different mushrooms and an interesting toasted marshmallow on the side.

I can’t remember what this one was called but doesn’t it look like a huge beet on dirt?  Well, it was actually beet sorbet (orb in the middle) with the “root” made of chocolate over a bed of chocolate, oats, and other tasty stuff.  It sounds (and looks) really weird but it was sooooo delicious and something I’ve never had before. Yum.  And of course, I cleaned the plate.  Heh heh.

Thanks for hanging out with Kumquat, Mommy!

Another 2 miles

This morning after feeding, changing, and putting Kumquat back to sleep, I had time to go out for a run.  It used to be a ritual for me to get up early on Saturdays, walk the dog, and then run along Embarcadero before the crowds cluttered the walkway.  The weather was perfect this morning and I managed to run another very slow 2 miles.  Along the way, I got a photo of the Bay Bridge and the clearing fog.  I never seem to get tired of this view.  I appreciate it even more now that I don’t get out as often as I used to.  Next week I’m going to shoot for 3 miles.  Hopefully I’ll be back in good enough condition to run a 15K this November.  Who’s going to join me?!