Watch us grow!
This evening, Mommy and Janie had dinner together while Daddy was still at work.
After dinner, Janie “talked” to Auntie Jia on her pretend phone.
During her bath, she made ice cream scoops for everybody.
She also said she had to poop but it was a false alarm. Silly girl!
This morning, Janie was up early because of the time change. When the sun came up, she went out to the backyard with Ta to see the bananas growing on the tree. This is the selfie she took with the bananas.
She later found a puzzle from the stash that Auntie Marie dropped off. She learned how to match up to interlocking pieces. She didn’t quite master it yet but she was able to do it by herself a couple times.
For dinner, we rode the train to San Mateo to meet up with Auntie and Uncle. It was also our way of escaping the World Series crowds.
Janie sat in her own seat by the window and enjoyed her after-nap snack.
Then we watched all the cool stuff that we passed on our way down to our destination.
She was also very good about staying in one place while we waited to disembark.
It was still a little early for dinner so we stopped for ice cream at CREAM. That’s where we met up with Auntie and Uncle.
The store was nice and empty so there was plenty of room for Janie to do laps and dance at the same time. I wasn’t a fan of her new fall-on-her-knees move. We squashed that one pretty quickly. Otherwise, it was funny watching her perform for the girls behind the counter.
As we walked across the street to dinner, it started to pour. Janie started out walking with Uncle Jason but mid-way through she screamed “CARRY!!” Everyone was soaked.
After dinner, we still had an hour before our train would arrive so we went to a bar nearby to see part of the baseball game.
Janie had some milk at sat on a bar stool with all the grown-ups.
By the time we got to the train station, she was so tired.
But not too tired to wave to the train coming from the other direction!
The ride home was comfy but the people seated around us were pretty loud and rowdy. Oh well.
This morning, Janie woke up, climbed down from the sofa, and climbed into bed with Mommy and Daddy.
She woke Daddy up with a kiss from GG and then took a few selfies with Mommy’s phone.
This evening, Janie went to party in Castro Valley with Mommy and her work friends. During the drive, she talked about Baby Vivian and Baby Henry. When we arrived, she was a little shy at first but they all warmed up to each other fairly quickly. There’s nothing like a good tea party to break the ice!
She had fun hanging out with fellow cheeksters Vivian and Henry.
She sat out on the deck with Vivian while drinking her water.
Later Henry joined in and just wanted to give Janie lots and lots of “besitos” (kisses).
Look at this boy! He’s very persistent.
Janie then noticed the big kids, Kyle and Alani playing down below on the grass.
She went down to join them and she got to kick the soccer ball around for a bit.
She also got a few bites of chocolate cake while sitting next to Alani. What a special treat!
At the end of the night as we were saying our goodbyes, these two got in a quick smooch. It was very sweet but I don’t think Daddy approves of such behaviors.
While Mommy was brushing her teeth this morning, Little Janie greeted her with all her friends.
After a fun afternoon at the Ferry Plaza, Janie headed down to the Muni station for ride on the train.
She likes to wave at the trains that go by.
She just loves to ride the train.
We got off at the Caltrain Station so that we could stop at Safeway before going home.
She wandered around on foot and had such a good time seeing the produce up-close.
On our walk back to the house, Janie got a ride on Uncle Jason’s arm. She likes the “perch position”. Fun for her but tiring for Uncle.
Janie came to hang out with Mommy and Daddy in bed this morning. What a nice way to start the weekend.
Some evenings, Janie will point to the iPad and call out all the people in her family. It means she wants to call them. Well, she did that tonight and Uncle Johnny, Auntie Joy, and Alice were all at Yai and Ta’s house. Great! So, she got to see everyone at the same time.
This morning before the wedding, Janie played and played until the very last minute. Her first stop was the beach. I think yesterday’s experience with Mr. Ocean was positive enough for her to walk right out onto the sand without a single whimper.
So we sat by the water and had some pineapple and spam musubi for breakfast.
Once she was done eating, she happily played in the sand with waves crashing in front of her.
With it being only 8am, we almost had the whole beach to ourselves. It was a nice quiet morning at the beach. Mommy was so proud of her progress with Mr. Ocean.
After the beach, we went back to the hotel room to wake up Daddy. We made a little spot for her on a towel where she enjoyed a snack and some Blue’s Clues.
Uncle Huy came by that morning and we had coffee by the Infinity Pool before grabbing an early lunch.
Then it was back to the beach again and Janie actually stepped into the waves with Daddy today!!
What a big girl!! She was able to stay calm even with the bigger ones that went higher than her knees.
Here’s a video clip of some of the action.
Just before going back up to the hotel room to wash up for the wedding, Janie went for a dip in the pool with Uncle Huy.