Party of 8

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Boy, going out with Uncle Jason and Auntie Jia is now a different experience.  We’ve gone from a party of 5 to a party of 8 in a matter of months.  We went to the SF Zoo together today and had the twins in their stroller, Peanut in a carrier with Dada, and Janie in her stroller.

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Before seeing the animals, we had a picnic at the zoo playground.  All the babies also got fed and Peanut snoozed in the sun for a few minutes while Mama put away all the food and trash.

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After lunch, the babies all fell asleep and Peanut borrowed Janie’s stroller.

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We used the infant insert of the Ergo to snuggle him tight in the flattened stroller seat.

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Janie took Toni and Thomas around to her favorite animals and the hippo was awake!

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Then we rode the train and carousel.  Janie has really perfected her Queen Elsa wave.

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It was another fun day at the zoo!!

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For dinner, we went to a Chinese restaurant and took up a big table in the corner.

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Peanut was awake for some of dinner and sat on Mama’s lap and then Dada’s lap too.

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Saturday Afternoon

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The twins came over this afternoon and Auntie Jia read stories to everyone.

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We finally got a photo of all 4 of them together and Big GG joined the group too.

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Here is a photo of the three babies again.

https://youtu.be/JbbSnGoOA8k
I have a feeling we’re going to have a large collection of these side-by-side photos and videos of them.

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For the dinner, we had Chinese food delivered and it was yummy!

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House full of kids!!

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Auntie Jia, Uncle Jason, Thomas, and Toni all came over today.  It was the first time we had all four kids together in our house and it was so much fun to see them together.   We put Peanut and Thomas next to each other on Dada’s lap and there was such a size difference!!

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Then we put them side-by-side on the sofa and got some pretty funny expressions out of them.

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What a difference two months makes!  The twins are 2 months, 7 days old and Peanut is 9 days old today.

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Here’s a video of all the action:

https://youtu.be/45PaKqpJtPo
Unfortunately, Janie was not in the mood for pictures today so we’ll have to get all four of them together on another day.

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Babysitting

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Janie loves her baby cousins Thomas and Toni.

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This evening, she watched them get their diapers changed.

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She also tried to help put on Toni’s sock.

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The babies were both awake at the same time so we finally got a photo taken of all three cousins together for the first time.

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Janie was so sweet and calm with them and didn’t get flustered when they started to cry.

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In fact, you can see in this video that she tried to calm down Toni with a little snuggle and patting.
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She’s gonna be such a great Big Sister.

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Meatballs and Scootering

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Auntie Jia and Uncle Jason came over this afternoon.  They came just in time to have Dada’s homemade meatballs and spaghetti.

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It was so yummy.

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We also went outside for a walk while Janie rode her scooter.

https://youtu.be/jGZ5VuXvYGw
She’s so fast now that Dada had to go home to get his bike to keep up with her.

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We went all the way down to the Ferry Building for a special treat – soft serve!! What a mess!!

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Janie rode the train home with Mama with her carton of milk.  She was too tired to scooter all the way back home.

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Family Dinner

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Auntie Jia and Uncle Jason came over with Thomas and Toni this evening.  Dada made short ribs and Janie got to see her cousins.  She was so curious when it was time for Thomas to eat.

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She also hung out with Toni after she was done eating.

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Toni and Thomas

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This afternoon, Janie met her baby cousins for the first time.  Initially, she was hesitant and didn’t know what to think despite talking about them all week.

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She remembered their names and quickly learned who was who based on which rocker he or she was sleeping in.  She commented on how Thomas has the monkey chupon (pacifier) and Toni has the elephant.  She also told Auntie Jia that Thomas had more hair.

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She spent a lot of time sitting with Auntie Jia while she fed each of them over and over again.  Any time one would cry, she would run to the room to check on them.  At one point, Uncle Jason said, “let’s go back to the livingroom” and she waved him off and said, “no, I’m gonna watch the baby”.

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She was also consoling Big GG throughout the afternoon and placed him in the swing in the evening.

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She also had the whole afternoon to play with Ankong and Ama.

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They had lots of giggles together.

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She shared her necklaces and toys with them.

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Janie had a fun time today with her newly expanded family.

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On our way home this evening, she said that the babies “cry and sleep and eat a lot too”.

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