Oakland Zoo

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We visited the Oakland Zoo this morning.

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Look who else was there: Sophie, Sadie, and Theo!

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Here are the 2nd cousins checking out the giraffes together.

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The giraffes are always a hit with this little one.

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This monkey was showing off for Janie.

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Janie liked seeing the tiny frogs up-close.

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They were in so many bright colors!

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Look at the Janie-sized door!  So cute.

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Oakland Zoo has a little petting zoo with sheep and goats.

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She was certainly not scared of them.

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She tried giving this one a kiss.

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It was so fun to see her saying “hello” and petting them.

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There was so much to explore and Janie had a good time running up and down the hills.

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Getting all four kids in one picture is really tough!

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It’s like wrangling squirrels!

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Here’s the best shot we got out of all our cameras.

What a fun morning!  It was so fun seeing all of you today!

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Lego Heaven!

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Janie went to Auntie Joy’s Baby Shower (for Cousin Alice) today. Uncle Johnny had a friend set-up a bunch of Legos and Janie had an endless amount of Duplos to play with. It was also fun hanging out with her 2nd Cousins Theo, Sadie, Katie, and Kyle.

20130929-234313.jpgShe also tried out regular Legos and did a fine job at getting the tinier version of her favorite square blocks together.

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She tried to play with the big boys and managed to get all the pieces she wanted.

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Later that day, Uncle Johnny gave her 10 square pieces to take home with her out of his stash. Janie and Cousin Alice will have so much fun together. Can’t wait!!

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Bay Area Birthday Bash

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As if two parties wasn’t enough, Janie had one more birthday party today with her Bay Area friends and family.  So many of her little friends came to celebrate!

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Second cousins Theo and Sadie came up all the way from San Jose.

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She had her afternoon snack with buddy Keenan and shared her sweet potato with him.

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The cheeksters shared some puffs before going back to playing.

Jack helped Janie blow out her birthday candle.


Birthday Cupcake a video by beakatude on Flickr.

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Janie thoroughly enjoyed her cupcake!

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OH BOY!

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What a fun mess she made!!

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She had fun with all her uncles and aunties.  Uncle Ryan is funny.

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Aw…so sweet.  She gave a sideways huggy hug to Auntie Stephanie.

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Buddy Rowan made an appearance and seemed to enjoy the cake too.

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Zoe brought her folks, Uncle Jimmy and Auntie Eleen, to the party.

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Uncle Jason and Auntie Jia also stopped by at the end of the party.

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Look at all the presents she received today.  What a lucky girl.

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Thanks to everyone for celebrating with us!

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Brunch and Playtime

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Janie went to brunch at a fancy place in Walnut Creek this morning with her pal Sophie and second cousins Sadie and Theo.  They sat at the big table and enjoyed the complimentary fruit from the nice waitress.  Look how well-behaved they look!

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Afterward, we went to Sophie’s house to play.  She has such a great selection of toys to play with!  These kids move so quickly it’s hard to capture them all in one photo!


There they go! a video by beakatude on Flickr.

Janie also tried to keep up with Sadie and Theo on the stairs.  There they go!

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Janie also had her snack with Uncle Billy on the floor.

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San Jose

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Great Aunt is in town from Thailand this weekend so we all met up at Auntie Ishya’s house in San Jose.

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Janie was so excited to play with all of Sadie and Theo’s toys.

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We attempted to get a photo of all three rugrats together and this is the best I got.

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Things are very different from the first time they met.

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There was some confusion at work the other day when people were telling me that the twins and Janie are actually 3rd cousins and not 2nd cousins.  Hm.  They were telling me I had it all wrong so of course I looked it up. Found this cool chart to clear things up.  Janie, Theo, and Sadie ARE second cousins!!  Janie and Ishya are first cousins once removed.  Got it!  I think I had it right the first time.  Thanks, Wikipedia!

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Sophie’s Party

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Today Janie went to Sophie’s 1st Birthday Party.  Here’s group photo of her with Theo, Sadie, and Sophie (pictured left to right).  It’s going to be so cool to have them all in the same grade together.

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Janie also got to see some of her aunties from Mommy’s work.  This is Janie and Sophie with Auntie Karen.

Happy Birthday, Sophie!!

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Birthday Party

Janie went to Sadie and Theo’s house today for their One Year Birthday Party.  It was nearly impossible to get them to sit next to each other long enough for a photo.  This was the best I could do.  And yes, Janie is 5 months younger but just about the same size.  In fact, she already weighs more than Sadie who is the bigger of the two.  Heh heh.

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2nd Cousins

Janie’s 2nd Cousins came over today.  We thought Janie was getting big but seeing her next to Sadie and Theo (now 5 months old and 14 pounds each) reminded us of just how small she still is at 2 weeks of age and 8 pounds.  During the first photo, Janie was fast asleep and couldn’t be bothered to wake up for the group shot.  The other two were taken after she woke from her nap and Theo didn’t really appreciate his newest family member leaning on him.

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