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Day 8 – Dr Visit
Big day today! Aiden’s first Dr visit. This is just the initial check up to make sure he’s doing fine. It’s also his first outing since he left the hospital. Just like the car ride home from the hospital, he looked uneasy but it wasn’t long before he fell asleep.
(Look at how much Daddy loves me, he added toys to my car seat even before I could enjoy them)
Time to wake him up, and strip him down to his diapers. Nurse needs to get his weight and length. Uh oh.. time to change his diaper first.
6lb4oz (He was 6lb1.5oz when discharged from hospital) and 19.75″ in length. 3 different people took his height but all 3 had different measurements. His doctor noted that it’s difficult to get an accurate measurement until he is older.
We can only cover him up with a blanket at the moment as we’re waiting for the Dr to come in.
His favorite wink wink expression again.
I was quite surprised he’s not fussy at all after we woke him up. He was extremely cooperative and very energetic. Normally he sleeps regardless of what we do to wake him up!
That stethoscope is cold!!
Dr also checked his spine. All good. Doctor even noted that he had beautiful skin.
After all these tests, this little guy feels a little annoyed and upset.
He doesn’t like his car seat at all.
After Aiden’s Dr visit, we went to the Old Vine Cafe @ Costa Mesa for a quick brunch.
Wheat toast with pistachio nut butter.
English muffin with apple butter.
Reuben Omelet
Ham & Cheese Omelet
Caramel Apple French Toast
Complimentary 冬至晚餐 @ CUT with Complimentary Dessert
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MB Post revisit
Christmas is almost here, and its about time to have a Christmas dinner with friends before baby Aiden is born. Last year, we went to the CUT at Beverly Hills with Benny & Janice; this time we took a longer commute, revisiting the MB Post.
n/naka
After a whole day of drama —a roller coaster ride filled with mood swings, I was able to get my hand on the newly released silver GX1 at Samy’s Camera during their No Tax special promotion. As mentioned in the previous post, Samy’s computer system does not show any GX1 in stock at all. But in reality, they do have a few of them hiding in the back. It actually took the sales person 10 mins to look for it. While I was waiting for him to bring out my GX1, there were two more customers asking for the same GX1 but both were told there’re no stock. SPECIAL thanks to Benny & Emily who helped ask the sales person to put one on hold for me earlier in the afternoon.
I believe this would be a perfect camera for shooting photos and videos of little Aiden, the much faster AF and better ISO performance would definitely have the advantage over the aging GF2, although their dimensions are very similar. Most of the pictures below are taken by the GX1 without much tweaking needed to the settings. Anyhow, it was about dinner time after picking up the camera and tonight I’m meeting with Benny & Emily for dinner at n/naka before “they” pick up Janice from LAX.
n/naka is known for its interpretation of kaiseki dining; with only 3 different omakase menus to choose from, its not hard to pick which one we want because the third one is a vegetarian menu. 
It took me a while to look for the n/naka as there is no sign outside the restaurant.
Emily & Benny arrived just after me. They’re on a “mission” tonight. (GF2 @ ISO1600)
Full house tonight, we were lucky to secure a table by reserving just 2 days ahead.
n/naka is a small restaurant, with about only 20 seats available.
Huge wine cellar.
