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Welcome Leila and Jasmine! Thanks, Peggy!

Thursday, July 21st, 2011

Far East Movement and Leila

Peggy, (aka “Peggilicious” bottom left) my former assistant, paid a visit to us today. She has been with us for several years, but will be starting medical school at Touro Osteopathic in No Cal in a few weeks. We are so happy for her. I am so lucky to have had such a dedicated and fun assistant. She has introduced me to the joys of Hainan Chicken (aka Chicken Rice) from Savoy and knows more about Korean culture and KPop than I do even though she is of Taiwanese decent (although that wouldn’t be hard). I am loving her new glasses.

The rest of the A-Team includes Thu, who went from being my rave-loving pharmacy school applicant to a great nurse practitioner and Verdure manager extraordinaire; Jasmine, my new assistant from UCLA who is pre-med; Leila, my new assistant from USC, who is pre-med and a former Regents Scholar at USC; Scott, my loyal Mohs technician/health executive in training and how can we forget Marty? Personal and administrative assistant by day/rocker by night. I am so lucky to work with such hard-working, fun and dedicated youngsters. As a side benefit of their youth, I get to learn about useless knowledge like who Rebecca Black is. I don’t feel sorry for them when they celebrate their birthdays-oh the horror of turning….25! I may look barely older than them, but when you realize they don’t know why I would buy tickets to a Journey concert, you know you’re in trouble.

Becca also paid us a visit a few weeks ago. She looked great and was on her way to frolicking in Thailand the first (and only) summer off from med school. Reminds me of the vacay I had that summer in Switzerland and the South of France. I have not made it past Vancouver in the past few years!

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Can you believe it?

Monday, July 12th, 2010

The original post vanished into thin air. So here I go again.

Amelie and Lydia are turning one in 2 weeks. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for asking about them and for the generous gifts. From books you’ve written, CD’s you’ve produced, playpens, strollers, gorgeous clothes, stuffed animals, Mother’s Day gifts, parenting advice, etc. I am overwhelmed with your thoughtfulness.

Thanks also for your support during my seemingly unending quest to become a mom. Four years of ups and downs (mainly downs!)-I’ve been through 3 miscarriages, upteen shots, been put to sleep 9 times and nearly lost my life. It was a beautiful and painful journey, but I’m so looking forward to the future.

Many of you have asked if they are identical. They are not. Amelie is loving, sensitive but a bit of a tomboy. Her idea of affection is a tackle with all of her weight and a head butt. She is also in the 95th percentile for height and 10th for weight. I think I have a future rugby player, punk rocker, supermodel, WNBA player. Her feet are huge (unlike my 5.5’s) unfortunately I don’t think we’ll be sharing clothes or shoes in the future! Her current skills are climbing stairs one way, clapping and throwing tantrums-really bad ones. She looks more like me but has gorgeous lashes.

Lydia was born at 2 lbs 11 oz. Lydia is only one inch and a half pound behind her sister. She is observant, independent and gets mad easily. Her smile and giggle however could bring peace to the Middle East. Her current skills include saying the dog’s name, swimming, singing and studying your hands. She resembles her grandpa, but with fair Irish skin.

Now you know what Korean Jewish Leprechauns look like. Cute, I think.