Just for the record

Just for the record, here is the year in review:

January:
- after living with us for 3 months to recover, my mom (who suffers from major depression and paranoia) moved out, back to Santa Clara with another single older Korean lady
- William treated me to a deluxe meal for our wedding anniversary @ Claude and Dominique's Bistro on main street in Pleasanton. We had the guilty pleasure of foie gras for the first time in our lives and now know why people eat it despite the terrible way it is made.
March:
-New York City for the first time with John & Liz. shopping, sight seeing, ground zero and the empire state building (though we didn't go in :p)
* first time EVER spent $400 on one dinner @ Daniel's in New York, maybe last time ever
* met Liz's wonderful Aunt Vicky & Uncle Jonathan in New York
- Also did a quick run through Philadelphia (birthplace of our nation) and New Jersey (really small state)
* first time shopping at H&M store :) bought a lot of clothes...
April 2005:
- 10th: U2 concert at the HP Pavilion in San Jose
- finally got pregnant! but didn't know about it until the second week of May or so
- 21st: went back to work at Mervyn's after a 5 month leave of absence (to take care of my mom and the de-stress after my mom moved out)
- 22nd: day off for Frisson & Ultra Lounge in the city with 8 girlfriends. Stayed at the brand new Hotel Vitale on the Embarcadero - for the Grand opening rate of $159/night.
- My sister miscarried on her second pregnancy - felt so bad
May:
- 7th: Darren & Dorris's wedding at Yoshi's in Oakland
- My sister and Brian are pregnant again - yay! and wow - they are so fertile. it took us 4 months...
- 28th: Jean (Chen) & Nelson Wu's wedding in San Diego
June:
- 18th: Jewel solo concert at the Mountain Winery in Saratoga, with Adriane & Dunham, John & Liz, and Vijay & Regina
July:
- 7th: Chris Isaak concert at the Mountain Winery in Saratoga
- 17th: Ken & Angela's wedding in Yontsville/Napa - in 110 degree heat!
August:
- 20 weeks and we found out we're having a boy! william is a little bummed but adjusting to the idea. seeing him move around in my belly using ultrasound had to rank up there with the 7 natural wonders of the world... made us both a little teary... :)
- 27th: Andy & Mary Anne Chen's wedding in San Francisco - we had to decline due to William's schedule... too bad
September:
- Hawaii for 5 days with John & Liz: wonderful condo on the west side of Maui
* first ever helicopter ride!
* first ever puking on a boat for both of us - during snorkeling trip
* william got to surf in Hawaii - where surfing all started
- left Mervyn's for LOA starting 15th due to pre-term labor contractions. Start fulltime bedrest.
October:
- still on bedrest...
- started work on hardwood floor installation. pooor william - this was a really stressful month for him. not only working F/T, in school and taking care of wife on full bedrest, but also moving all furniture around from one side of house to another so that our flooring installer could work. all by himself. he was not a happy camper during those 3 weeks - but to his credit he did not complain at all about housework, cooking and picking up after me. somehow God gave him patience at home... thank you GOD!
November:
- still on bedrest.... but can "walk around a little" according to our doctor after a checkup on the 11th
- glucose test came back negative - no gestational diabetes - yay!
- hardwood floors finally finished - we are so happy with results.... and soooo happy it is over.
- had thanksgiving dinner at our house with William's parents, Aunt Li, and my dad. we ordered a thanksgiving meal from Marie Calendar's - for $70 it was yummy and easy!
December... almost done with 2005