Happy Anniversary, babe!

7 years! Can you believe it!?
Happy Anniversary, Liz!

7 Top* things I love about Liz
(*for those who appreciate nuance, not the top 7, because it's hard to definitively identify the absolute top 7)

1. She's a great friend, my best friend. After seven years of marriage we still really enjoy each other's company and have not run out of things to talk about. (at least from my perspective! ha)
2. She's a great mother. Nothing more attractive to me than seeing how much she loves our daughter. More on this later. I am floored by the capacity that she has to love Lina and to continue to give and give, even when the proverbial gas tank is way past empty. Way past. Even as I am at work today she's probably four hours into bouncing and rocking her endlessly, walking around the apartment with Lina in the sling!
3. She's beautiful!
4. She loves to travel - we had a nice run there. Four cities in five years. And lots of trips in between. Although we miss Taipei and NY (not Philly, mind you), we love being in LA with our families right now. Right here, right now.
5. She's smarter than me. But she's not showy about it - she's less arrogant and loud than me. Surprise, surprise. Not many people know she's Phi Beta Kappa. She keeps me sharp and in line. I make a lot of stupid declarations but it's impossible to slip my not fully-baked views past her! Keeps me on my toes and humble!
6. She has a great family. I really appreciate her family. In today's world of dysfunctional families, it is a great honor and privilege to be a part of the Liu/Wang clan.
7. She has a great taste for European (French, in particular) fashions - for babies. ; - )

that's just 7 off the top of my head!

I was going to list some other "7 top things" - 7 top memories, 7 top trips, 7 high/low moments, etc. But I am simply too tired.

Anyway, we are going on our first dinner date today since Lina came into the world. My folks are coming over to babysit. Wish us luck! We'll probably be anxious the whole time!

Update: Went out to dinner and back. It was nice, but we were really tired. Liz came up with a great idea. Hopefully an entrepreneur out there will go and build it. Yes, a quiet dinner in Santa Monica was nice. But what would have been way better for us right now would have been a place where we could go to relax, lounge, and take a nap. And get fed at the same time. How would that work? Oh, maybe padded lounge chairs, with relaxing music, and an IV for a nutritious meal. Who has time to nap and eat? We could bring our exhausted selves to this nonexistent place, relax and catch up on sleep in a nice environment, but also get a healthy meal via IV. And if we really wanted to taste the food but not do the work (chew/swallow), maybe they could just make a lollipop type thing we could suck and have the flavors (filet mignon, chilean sea bass, etc.). Haha. That's what we talked about on our first dinner date post-delivery!