Babbyyyy! (don't worry--not ours)

The terms ‘grandparents’ or ‘siblings’ or ‘cousins’ are usually applied to the duality of gender in a couple or group of people...but how does one pluralize ‘aunt’ and ‘uncle’?  Because that’s what we are!  Is there is no word in the English language that describes this relationship we, as a couple, have to our new nephew?  We’re just relatives?  I feel that our kinship to Peter extends deeper than ‘relative’ status.  Great  Aunt Gladys who sends the occasional $5 on your birthday is a relative.  (Peter, I will send you SEVEN dollars) WE witnessed one of Peter’s first bowel movements shortly after his arrival into this world.  That is neat. 

Anyways, he’s adorable.  And not in the default kind of a way just because he’s a newborn.  He’s huge.  And soft and pink.  And not all squished and raisin like.  But even if he was your typical raisin baby, he would still be adorable.  Because I’m his aunt.  And Jordan’s his uncle.  So we’d adore him no matter what.  Congrats, Jess and Eric!

Berkeley, CA

We never want to leave Berkeley.  It’s picturesque and charming and people actually recycle here.  Religiously. 

We live in a one bedroom apartment in a house that was built in 1905.  It’s a classic Berkeley Shingle style building with a redwood in the driveway.  Redwood trees!  Everywhere.  And a giant unidentified broad leafed tree framing our bay window. 

Berkeley has a walk score of 88.  I walk on 2-6mi on any given day depending on where I’m going.  You can walk everywhere here! To the grocery store, to the library, to a million cafes and restaurants and shops and theaters.  To the best Indian restaurant in the world.  That’s the best part!  The food!  Everything is delicious and everything is cheap.

People are obsessed with food here.  And not in a quantity over quality kind of a way.  Healthy eating is a way of life…one that I am trying very hard to adapt to.  The Berkeley Bowl is an indoor farmers market with about 90 different types of cucumbers.  I had a minor melt down the first time we went because what is the difference between a fancy cucumber and a Persian cucumber?  Isn’t anything that isn’t a regular cucumber kind of fancy?  An English cucumber is definitely fancy.  But not at the Berkeley Bowl.  

We are married!

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