Monday, November 02, 2009

First Real Day in the Office

Madison and I have been working from home up until now (what?? she helps!). Well today she joined me in the office and I'm happy to report that it went really well!

She took two awesome naps (over 1.5 hours each). Here she is just waking up in her PeaPod.

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She looooooves her new music table!

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Baby cage.

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I should have taken a photo with all 3 of us (Jason, Maddie, & I). It's great having the whole family together at work!! (Plus my parents and brother, too!)

Sunday, November 01, 2009

Halloween 2009

We had a fantastic time yesterday for Madison's very first Halloween!

First we went to Oakridge Mall to costume-watch and grab some lunch as our little family of 3.

At the food court. Mmm Mongolian BBQ. ;)

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Then after M's 2nd nap, we went to the San Jose Municipal Stadium to meet up with some friends and checkout the celebration they were holding. There were so many adorable children and costumes!! It was a lot of fun to just hang out on the baseball field while the little ones played.

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We had to leave pretty quickly, though, because we then went over to my parent's house to man the candy/door. When my parents got home, M's Grandpa, myself, Jason, an the little flower fairy went out Trick or Treating!

Ready to go!

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Very first house!

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*knock knock*

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Trick or Treat!

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She was really good about grabbing the candy. That's my girl!!

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Madison had a ton of fun, we enjoyed a nice dinner with my parental units (and brother), and M stayed up REALLY late and kept it together. We kept expecting a meltdown and it never really came. She was out like a light when we got home and even slept through the punks ringing our (covered) doorbell at 9:30.

P.S. Thanks for scoring us all the yummy candy, Maddie!

Pumpkins

Madison helping.

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Baby pumpkin (with the same number/arrangement of teeth as Mads right now.)

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My little monster pumpkin.

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And Jason's flaming face pumpkin.

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And we can't forget about the goodies from the insides!

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Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Santana Row Halloween Highlights

((More in my Picasa Album - Click on October link under photos.))

Today we headed to Santana Row for their Halloween & Trick or Treating event. It was so much fun to see all of the little kiddos dressed up! (and some parents, too!)

This year, Jason is Luke Skywalker and Madison is Yoda. Based on this scene:



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Monday, October 26, 2009

Where's Madison?

My favorite part is the way she laughs and giggles when the blanket is still over her head.

Kick Kick Kick

Maddie kicks her legs like nuts whenever we pick her up. What's cuter than chubby baby legs flailing about?!

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How to Rock Out

Sunday, October 25, 2009

Mommy Has a First!

I ran my first race this morning! It was 5K in the Livermore Grape Stomp.

Pinning on my very first race bib. And look! My number was 825, my birthday! I took it as a good luck sign.

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Ready to run.

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And we're off! I can't help but take one last glance toward my fan club (hubby and daughter) cheering for me!

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Jason captured this while waiting for my return.

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Homestretch.

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Crossing the finish line!!!! (What?? You see the heel of my shoe, right?)

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Post-race with my beautiful baby.

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The race was fun! I did better than I anticipated since my training didn't go as well as I would have liked. I was able to run without walking until about mile 2 and after that, I walked only a few times. I'm still waiting for my time to be posted online. I'll definitely be signing up for the Turkey Trot next month. It's a 5K in downtown San Jose on Thanksgiving morning.

Update: Got my time. I came in 17th place (out of 36) in my group (Female age 20-29) with a time of 34 minutes 40.5 seconds. :) I'm really happy with that. I think I'll aim to shave 4-5 minutes off of my next 5K.

Friday, October 16, 2009

9 Months

- 20 lbs. 7 oz. (77th Percentile)
- 30 1/2 inches tall. (100th Percentile - Off the Chart. This girl is going to TOWER over me when she grows up!)
- All the same sized stuff as last month.
- Her schedule is the same as last month except we've added breakfast at around 8:00AM, she tends to nap a little longer, and we moved dinner up to 4:30PM since she was refusing to nurse at bedtime recently.
- She has 3 words! Kitty, Dada, & Mama... In that order.
- She points to EVERYTHING! She fully understands pointing and likes to direct our attention to things she sees. I LOVE this. It's a really big communication jump.
- Started grunting at things she wants (like yogurt in the fridge!)
- Loves to clap, but rarely when we try to get her to (like when the Sharks score!)
- She waves 'Hello' and 'Bye Bye.' Adorable.
- Dances when music comes on.
- Sticks out her tongue for fun and sometimes when she's concentrating.
- She's already a rough-and-tumble kid who doesn't flinch at bonking her head and loves to be thrown in the air and hung upside down by her legs.
- Has 6 teeth. 4 on the top middle and 2 on the bottom middle. She has even more coming in still! At this rate, she'll have them ALL by the time she's 1.
- She's finally showing very mild interest in crawling. She'll stretch out to reach something while on her tummy and very slowly inch her way forward in an army-crawl fashion. (Though it really isn't army crawling yet. I'm telling you - she's sloooooow.) With that said, we're not worried at all and soaking up this non-mobile time while it lasts!!
- Story time is even more fun now. Mads is really engaged, points at the pictures, babbles, and now even turns the pages of board books as we read!
- She gets more beautiful every day. <3

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Pointing!

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Her hair is really starting to come in now.

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The paper-sign approach is only barely working now.

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Thursday, October 08, 2009

Kitty Hat

This hat is way too cute!! (For the record... I got it before I saw it on Lily on 'Modern Family'. lol.)

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Tuesday, October 06, 2009

METALLIKID

Sporting an awesome 'hawk!

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Our little Air Drummer!

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