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Just a reminder, no images of Emi and Reia on social media with their faces showing. Sorry!
Friday Sept 4
Time to go to California and meet Reia, Emi’s little sister! She’s just a little over 6 weeks old, and already 11 lbs! She’s the cutest thing, with 2 inch long black hair sticking up all over her head! She is starting to smile, and she’s very strong, she is already holding her head up pretty well.
Reia is very loud. She is good at letting her wants known. I am hungry! I am sleepy! I have things to say!
Lee managed to get over the Lake Darling cold right before it was time to leave for California. I have symptoms, but they are so mild, a slight cough, a little congestion. I can’t tell if I’m just getting over a very mild version or about to get deathly ill.
We arrived here yesterday afternoon. I wore a mask on the plane, and any time I was near Reia inside. And I washed my hands and used sanitizer every time before I touched her. I’m not wearing a mask today, but still sanitizing of course. We shall see.
Last night we went to Howie’s for pizza, pasta and a salad. It was delicious, I was hungry. We ate outside and it was windy and cool. The people at the table next to ours had a little baby too. Their
s was only 1 week old!
Saturday Sept 5
Yesterday Emi went to preschool. The rest of us went on a long walk in the morning, almost 4 miles. Reia slept a lot yesterday. I had to be reminded that newborns sleep a lot, like dogs, lol. When she was awake and not eating Lee and I took turns cooing and making faces at her, trying to get her to smile and copy us. When she was tired we held her. She is a very cuddly baby. When I was a new mother I found it very difficult to just hold my baby, with all the things that needed to be done weighing on my mind. But as an old person it’s pretty nice! Until I start to get warm; she is a little furnace! Then I had to trade off or put her down and cool off.
We had Vietnamese for lunch. Dan and I had Bahn mi sandwiches, Lee had a curry and I forget what Kelsey had. Later we went out to this new Japanese coffee shop, Yutori. It is very very popular, and I can see why. They sell the standard coffee and matcha drinks but also some different specialty drinks you won’t find anywhere else. Dan got a miso latte and I got an orange ginger one. Mine was delicious!
I spent a lot of time in the afternoon just holding Reia, hanging out on the couch while she napped on my chest. Very relaxing for both of us!
Dan and Kelsey made Caesar chicken wraps for dinner. They were great.
This morning we went to Din Tai Fung and then walked around the mall and the fake San Jose downtown. No waiter water accidents this time!
Dan, Kelsey, Emi and Reia are all going to Hong Kong on a tour with Kelsey’s family over thanksgiving so they purchased this attachment for Reia’s stroller that Emi can sit on. They practiced using it on our walk. I think it will work, except on some of the escalators where there isn’t an elevator. But many things may have changed. It’s been a long time since we’ve been there.
Tuesday Sept 8
We’re going home today. Leaving for the airport soon. I haven’t written anything about our trip since Saturday afternoon so I’m sure I’ll forget something that happened!
Sunday we drove to the school by their old house and played at the playground and then Emi rode her bike. Dan decided to see if she could start to learn to start herself. We all thought this would take a while but she picked it up in a couple of tries! She is so coordinated! It’s just that her mental/emotional capacity is not at the point where she can be trusted yet. I mean she won’t be 3 until December! Thinking about the boys, it will probably be next spring before they can pop Reia in the bike trailer and all ride down the trail together.
We had sushi for dinner Sunday night. It was very good!
Emi had a hard time Sunday night (and so did Daniel poor guy). She took off her diaper sometime during the night and then had an accident around 4:30 in the morning. It took her a while to get back to sleep but she did. Then when Lee got up around 6:30 she was standing in the door of her bedroom. She announced “I pooped!” So Lee got to clean that up.
Monday was our day to hang out with Emi. We planned to take her to Shoreline Park and ride the pedal boats. But (no surprise) Emi fell asleep almost as soon as we got in the car. She slept for an hour so then it was time for lunch. We drove to Mountain View’s nearby downtown for gyros. We parked and then realized we had forgotten Emi’s shoes!! So we carried her into the restaurant. After we ate we decided to drive back to their house and grab her shoes and then go to a playground instead. Maybe we’ll try Shoreline Park some other time when it’s not so busy.
We went to the Magic Bridge playground in Mitchell Park instead. She had a wonderful time. Magic Bridge has lots of structures that encourage imaginative/creative play and Emi was in her element. A stage! A store! A boat! It was 2:30 before we could drag her away. We could have stayed longer but it was getting pretty warm and I wanted a coffee. We went to the coffee shop we used to go to near their old house but it was just packed so I said forget it and I lived without an afternoon coffee for once. I survived!
That evening Dan made burgers, corn on the cob, and watermelon. Emi ate her weight in watermelon! It was all good.
That’s it. We are on our way home. We’ll be back for Emi’s birthday in December. She will have changed by then, and Reia will have REALLY changed! Oh well we will see them on FaceTime.
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