On the weekend leading up to my birthday, the rest of my family came up to hang out and celebrate.  It’s always nice when Brother and I can celebrate out birthdays together.  This weekend was especially cool because it was my 40th.

They flew up on Saturday and they finally got to meet Peanut for the first time.

For lunch, we walked over to Taco Bell Cantina.  It had just opened earlier this week and we ordered a feast on Mexican Pizzas, crunchy tacos, and bunch of random other stuff.  It had been a long time since I last had Taco Bell and it was delicious. 🙂

In the afternoon, we all went to the SF Zoo by train.  We had a couple meltdowns by Miss KK but it ended on a happy note. Phew.

For dinner, we went to Hog Island.  That too was a feast. I had the clam chowder and a couple raw oysters.

Brother ordered a few other things and the crudo was my favorite dish (pictured below).The waitress managed to get a pretty good photo of the whole group with the bridge in the background.  Jesse is missing because he was home sleeping with a case of jet lag.

The next day, we met up with Jason and Jia for brunch at Little Skillet/Victor Hall.  It was a great venue for our big group since we didn’t need a reservation and they have lots of big tables.  We took over the back table in the corner, which had lots of room for the strollers.  It’s crazy now with 3 infants and 2 little girls.

For dinner, we had reservations at House of Prime Rib.  I’d rather be at Lawry’s but this is the second best thing.

Despite the early reservation time, they still made us wait.  As a consolation, we got free desserts!  Dinner was a little hectic since Peanut was not in the mood to nap.

So, he sat in my lap for most of the meal.

On Monday, our actual birthday, we drove up to Napa for the day.

After lunch, we went to Sterling Vineyard and everyone enjoyed the gondola ride up.  This is one of our first family photos together.  Too bad Peanut was sleeping.

On the way to dinner, we stopped at Bouchon Bakery to pick up some treats.

Brother and I ordered like we were at Taco Bell again.

Dinner was at Ad Hoc and they were serving fried chicken that night.

We had a ton of food, which got packed up to go after dinner.

There was enough for us to have another feast the next day for lunch!

What a fun weekend and birthday with the family!!