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My team : )

These are the fab women I work with. It was Ginger's b-day so we celebrated by taking her out to lunch. We also took out Garth as it was his b-day too. It's a nice moment to say how much I enjoy working with them. We've always had a good rapport, but we really work together well AND have fun. We sit in one corner of the office and often joke that we have the best corner - we have windows & plants, Jo and Jane have a basket of healthy snacks (and various super healthy vitamins), we bond over talking about food or alcohol pretty much ALL the time (I guess that's more Jo and I...), we've hosted Foo Bar for the company at our corner, we either go get lunch together or buy for each other if they are busy, and on and on. Today when I left the office, Jane was helping Jo choose which wedding pictures to get printed. I really love my team, and just wanted to say so.

Happy Birthday Ginger and Garth!

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Today we celebrated Ginger and Garth's birthday with a yummy but huge lunch at Paragon. Jane, Joel and Jo were there too.

I am so happy to work with the people I do. It was definitely nice to share a meal on a more personal level...literally, we took bites of each others' meals : )

Japanese words!

When Tesla started saying English words clearly, I put effort not just to talk to her in Japanese like I normally do, but to also point things out repeatedly with the intention of teaching her words. I started with 鼻　hana, 目　me, and 口　kuchi. That's nose, eye, and mouth. She picked up hana pretty quickly, saying "nana," and now points to the noses of various animals she sees in her books. She seems to relish pointing at my nose saying nana, then shoving her finger in my nose. Today, for the first time, out of the blue as we played silly on the sofa together, she said "me" (pronounced meh) while touching her eye! It's really amazing and thrilling to hear a new word come out of Tesla for the very first time. She got it!! Dav and I hear vocabulary dancing around the tip of her tongue combined in with fun babble. We sense that very soon an avalanche of speaking will come pouring out. It was one thing getting used to my baby walking vs. sitting there waiting for me to pick her up. It will be something else to hear her say her thoughts out loud. Wow.

SF Moma

Random pics from SFMoma (taken discreetly). Thanks Rachel and Cesar for getting us in...and thanks for being patient as we ran after our toddler ; ) p.s. more crib talk and some advanced swinging

Tesla ( I ) am flattered

Finn got the same PJs as Tesla. I can't get over that I haven't met Finn yet! Waiting for this summer...

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Tesla got one! We bought one and gave one.

Tesla reading up on the news and economy

p.s. Notice the rain on the windows. This was from the gigantic storm that just passed through SF. Our windows are clean now!

advanced swinging

Tesla has discovered a new way to enjoy the swings. She leans back to watch things upside down. 

Swing video

I love Tesla's new kitty hat she got from Sofia for Christmas...and the great thing is she keeps it on : )

The joys of a bubble bath

We just recently started doing bubble baths as opposed to washing with a soapy cloth. We got a bottle from California Baby (I love their stuff), and it comes with a bubble blower which makes bath time tons of fun...until Tesla tries to eat the bubbles ;)

Boxed Tesla

Tesla got quite a few fun new toys for Christmas from family which she is beginning to play with. But for the first few days after Christmas, she was into one of the boxes that a toy came in. Granted Dav pushed her around so she learned that the box was magic and fun, but it's so typical isn't it? Kids have fun with the most regular things around. Note that the horsey animal in the box is a new gift...and he's been making it into the crib which is a special inner circle for a stuffed animal to be in : )