Some of Auggie's Visitors

Grandma Judy & Great Aunt Kathy...

Uncle John & Auntie Amy...

Grandma Nora and Grandpa John...

And Boo (and Harriett), of course!

Auggie's Birthday-- Jan 2011

At LPCH-- unfortunately, I went into labor 3 hours before my scheduled C-section.

Laying down with open tummy...

Auggie presentation!

Pre Xmas, Xmas, and Post Xmas

A couple of days before Xmas, I cooked my extended family rack of lamb in our new kitchen (finally!).

The next day, we had shabu shabu and crab with Terence's side of the family. Shabu Shabu is hot pot.

On Xmas morning, Gavin and Terence made some delicious pancakes, bacon, and perfectly cooked eggs, over easy.

For dinner, we had T's parents and John & Amy over for dinner. We made a delicious prime rib and a bunch of sides. John brought a Winter Salami from Salumi, a place in Seattle that makes it's own artesianal salamis (Mario Batali's dad). It was yummy.

Here is the winter salami cheese plate, yum.

This is the pomegranate, goat cheese, and candied walnut salad I made with homemade honey mustard vinegarette. Even though I don't eat salad, ironically, I'm pretty good at making it.

Creamed corn.

Baked potato bar and roasted asparagus.

Our yummy medium rare prime rib shown with Terence's brown butter cookies, candied walnuts, and the roasted asparagus.

Here is a picture of salty Gavin, who did not want to wear his Xmas sweater, and insisted on trying to help out in the kitchen.

Too many presents!

The most ridiculous presents of all-- a child sized recliner and a Gucci throw blanket.

The next day, we had brunch at the Village Pub in Woodside, yum, yum.

And that was our Xmas. Just think, the next post will probably have new baby pics, gulp!

Gavin's 3rd Birthday

A few weeks ago, we celebrated Boo's 3rd birthday at Pump It Up with a bunch of his friends from preschool. It was quite an ordeal, but everyone had fun, fun, fun! We figured we should give him one last hurrah before baby #2 comes. Here are pics.

First official school photos!

Here are Boo's very first official school photos. They grow up so fast! I thought they would be cheesy with one of those blue fabric backgrounds, but school pictures have come a long way since I was in school. I'm very glad that I decided to buy them. I think he looks hilarious in the class picture, by the way. What do you think?

Here is the class photo. That's Teacher Rachael. The photographer must've told everyone to sit up straight, put their hands in their laps, and smile.

Here's a close-up of Boo. He's not actually taller than those people he's sitting next to.

Festival of Lights

Today, we went to the Festival of Lights in Los Altos, which is kind of like a mini electrical parade that the city has every year. Boo had a lot of fun, but mostly because we gave him a glow necklace. He did like the bands, though.

First, we started off the evening with dinner and gelato for dessert. Boo really liked the bubble gum gelato, even though I thought it was pretty disgusting.

Then, we bribed a police man to take a pic of us next to a fire truck on our walk over to the parade.

Here is Boo with his beloved light sticks.

Here I am, sneaking bites of Boo's dinner, a sunbutter and jelly sandwich.

A couple of the floats. I wonder where they're stored the rest of the year?

Finally, a pic of Boo and his best friend, who he was excited to see. He gave him a glow stick, even!

Pics of third dinner (with Boo's best friend's family) not shown.

Los Altos Holiday Stroll

The town of Los Altos, which is about 10 minutes away from us, is so cute. It's a little slice of Americana. They had this event called the "Holiday Stroll," where all the shops downtown were decorated for X-mas and serving holiday treats like apple cider and cookies and stuff. It was cute, and Gavin especially liked the carolers.

Here are some pics from our holiday stroll.