bonnie & jason

Reached my weight goal today!

You probably haven’t been paying attention to the additional tab at the top of the blog, but I’ve made my goal of reaching 160 lbs a month ahead of schedule. I’ve rewarded myself with (finally) getting a PS3. Should be here today. Woot! Now I’m thinking I might try to get to 155… which was my marathon training weight from years ago. These last 5 lbs might be quite a bit harder to lose than the first 10 lbs though. We’ll see!

Piz’a Chi-Chiang

We went to see the Chiang’s new place yesterday with Vicki and Megan. Since Tony was at Comicon with Eddy, we picked up the remaining Yau’s. It was funny to see Alissa and Megan interacting on the car ride there. They were holding hands at one point. And sharing their snacks. At least they weren’t fighting or anything. Alissa was invading Megan’s space a little bit on the way home, but otherwise, it was pretty peaceful.

Anyway, as usual, the Chiang’s put out a nice spread with fruit (which Alissa loves) and two huge Piz’a Chicago deep dish pizzas. We brought layered J-E-L-L-O and Vicki made brownies so it wasn’t a great fit with the ole diet, but I managed to restrain myself for the most part. Except for the Costco Kirkland Super-Mega-Premium ice cream. Oh well… I ran 4 miles in the afternoon and biked 37 miles today so I think I made up for it.
Not much else going on… here’s another picture of Alissa on her favorite slide from the other day.

Back in the day…

I’ve been backing up some old pictures and came across this one:

Life sure was different back then! I have a bunch more backing up to do as well as some scanning that I’ve been neglecting so chances are you’ll see more of these “back in the day” posts.

Happy Birthday Taryn

Another weekend, another baby birthday party. Have I used that line before? Anyway, today was Taryn’s second birthday party at Pump It Up, Jr. in Sunnyvale.

I talk about how small Alissa is but she seems particularly petite in this picture surrounded by kids all of whom seem to be significantly bigger.

Alissa was a big fan of the little car, turning the key and steering wheel with fervor! Maybe I can make her a little speed racer after all.

On the way home, we stopped by IKEA and picked up a few things for Alissa. She now has a desk and chair like daddy… except she’s still too short to get up and down off the chair. *sigh* Maybe I’ll get that case of Ramen for her so she can boost herself up there. =)

Danny and Kim get married

Bonnie’s middle school family friend Danny got married today. I tried to get some low light indoor shots with the new lens but the conditions were pretty tough. I had to bump the 5D up to ISO3200 and even so, shutter speeds were a bit on the low side. Oh well… take a look for what they’re worth.

I took some pre-wedding also:

Canon 135mm 2.0L

I added another lens to my arsenal with the Canon 135mm 2.0L. It’s one of the sharpest and most highly regarded lenses in the Canon stable and I’ve had my eye on it for quite a while now. I haven’t had a chance to put it through it’s paces yet but here are a couple more of Alissa and her noodles.

Rest assured, many of the pictures I post here in the next couple weeks will be made with this lens though.

Alissa is learning how to eat with a fork

It’s more like a spork but regardless, she successfully gets spaghetti noodles in her mouth while leaving most of the sauce on her face.

How short is Alissa?

Short enough that a case of Ramen is about the right height to be her chair.

Farts, lotion, and crooked smiles

About two seconds before I started the video, Alissa let out this ginormous fart. (You’ll see it register with Bonnie.) Then she proceeds to demonstrate her pretend lotioning skills. And finally, proves that she is indeed a ham, putting on her fake (and crooked) smile doing her best to monopolize the camera she knows is focused on her.

Pink Puma girl goes to the park

The weather in the Sunset has been super comfortable (even though much of the rest of the bay area has seen triple digits.) So we walked to our local kiddie park this afternoon for Alissa to get a quick swing/slide fix. She seems to enjoy the swings more and she doesn’t go head first down the slide now.