Kokochi

dinner at Kenichi Pacific

We decided to hire a local babysitter through an agency last night. It was a bit weird to leave Tesla with essentially a stranger in our hotel room, but the agency has been around and is apparently well-used, so we went for it. And yes, it was lovely to have some couple time! We initallly thought 8-12, but since arriving, we'd been on Tesla's early snooze, early rise schedule, so we changed it to 7-11...and we barely stayed awake! Nevertheless, we had a nice cocktail, then super delicious dinner at Kenichi Pacific, the perfect Asian fusion I'd been wanting to try here. We had a miso-glazed fish appetizer, then shared ono tataki with yam puree (that tasted like apple and pork when combined), and tuna wrapped in nori and panko with a sweet white miso sauce. Totally hit the spot, and with sake, and no toddler to run after, we enjoyed our meal! Then we went to our hotel's ocean-view bar, then later met up with the wedding crowd. We cheered to finally meet up with everyone since it just hasn't been possible to hang out at night with everyone. Today is the wedding, starting at 3pm : ) We're going to attempt to bring the hotel's fold-up crib and see if Tesla will let us stay long at the post-wedding party...

turtle!

At the beach close to our hotel.

sunset

after swimming

at the pool

The ocean was a tad chilly today so we used the pool.

discovering with daddy

Of course, it's all about Tesla...she's been enjoying walking on new territory in bare feet, loves playing in the kiddie area of the beach where she can play with sand and the ocean gently takes it away, and is taking over our hotel room as if it's a playground. Took a while to relax here, actually. Our plane ride was difficult - and that's an understatement. We were, uh, those parents whom everyone has seen on planes with the difficult kid and you either sympathize (and feel grateful you're not them), or you wish they and their screaming banshee were not on the plane. Yep, we were that family. Took us totally by surprise as Tesla has always been so easy-going. Anyhow, we're here now to have fun. And on Sunday, Jennifer and Jay will be getting married. That will be fun!

Hawai'i, here we come!

We're heading to Hawai'i today. Will be at Kona for a nice week...looking forward to this a lot!! Will try to post pics. : )

Showing it as it is

Tesla keeping both of us busy caring for her... via Tangentman

Breakfast today

Tesla would not let Dav or me feed her...

Tesla's second Halloween

A tad belated, but here are some random pics from Halloween. Definitely Halloween is more fun for me with a kid. Although Tesla couldn't have cared less what she was dressed as (and distinctively disliked wearing her Zebra hood), I enjoyed it. Tesla and I were zebras, and Dav was a safari photographer. I liked our family coordination. We had a busy evening. First, Six Apart had a party. Then we headed to Noe Valley to meet up granny, great-granny, and Tesla's cousin Maria-Rose. After that, we went over to Alameda to hang with my brother and family. Tesla's cousins Julia and Tyler are much older, and clearly she is fascinated with everything they do. It was a busy evening but well worth it!