proud mama moment

my little 22 month old boy decided he wanted to sit on the potty not once but THREE times tonight so that he could poop.  and he actually did it!  i have mixed emotions about this.  but nonetheless, i'm very proud of him.  at least i'm writing about this so that i can remember....since i forgot and neglected to write about any of his other milestones.  bad mama bear.

 

 

happy halloween

here's my favorite little sushi roll...unfortunately we won't be leaving the house today because he's been dealing with a little virus since last week.  it's almost gone but i'm just being extra careful.

 

hope everyone has a fun and safe day/night :)

Bookshelves

This past Saturday we were supposed to go camping with two of my closest friends and their families...but B came down with something late Friday and when he woke up Saturday morning, we knew it wouldn't be a good day for a road trip.  So we ended up staying home all day.  My little boy was very clingy and so mama couldn't do anything ALL day. 

 

Luckily for me, however, Daddy's hands were free.  And this is what he installed upstairs in B's room while my sick little baby and I were downstairs napping in the afternoon.  Needless to say, I was thrilled to see the shelves up...and B was quite excited himself.  Although the bottom picture may not reflect that,  I promise he really did like see all of his books :)

 

I Love Sushi

My friend from church made this costume for her daughter last year for our Fall Festival...and this year I get to let B wear it.

Clean Tennis Balls

At some point in my 30's I learned to always look at the cleaning instructions on clothing because I simply like wash and wear clothes. And I don't like dropping and picking up dry cleaning. Call me lazy. Whatever. I love those commercials about cotton clothes.

Anyways. I wore this little puffer vest for like the second time ever since I bought back in the late '90s (I'm sure).. And I thought it was pretty funny to read this care label. Really? Clean tennis balls??

Dewberry Farms 2012

Today we went out to Dewberry Farms in Brookshire, TX for some pumpkin patch fun. Luckily for us several others friends joined us and that place has made several upgrades since we were here last year. It was a relatively nice day but I was a bad momma and forgot to put sunscreen on my little baby. Hoping he doesn't wake up with bad sunburn tomorrow. Here are some pics from today.

This was a slide intended for bigger kids...but it was right next to where we had lunch so he pretty much INSISTED that we go down.  Contrary to my face...I didn't enjoy this ride.  It was bumpy and kinda hurt my bum.  Little dude geniunely enjoyed it though.  That's all that matters.

 

Bucket o' pumpkims. 

 

Me and cranky pants.  Hard to take pics when your 22 month old wants to be picked up a lot.  Oh my back.

 

 

Benjamin and his cousin Madison

 

This is the one that he really wanted to take home with him. 

 

The smaller pumpkins for sale under the tent were much prettier than the ones out on the field.

 

Benjamin and his buddy Elliot.  They were born one day apart.  Buddies ever since.

 

On the pumpkin patch.

 

 

 

Update: Poor kid.  I really should've remembered to put a hat and or sunscreen on him.  He is looking a bit sunburnt this morning.

Friday Foto 2012.10.05

Today we decided to head back to the Houston Museum of Natural Science at the Sugarland location...the visit was a bust.  The whole toddler area that the boys loved was under renovation.  The only activities there for for older kids it seemed.  The boys had no idea but the mommas were pretty disappointed.  At least B enjoyed his friend, Dino.  Here he is having a little conversation :) 

 

Happy Friday!

Pumpkins

Benjamin's been pretty excited about pumpkins lately. Good thing there's a nice big display of them at our local grocery store. This is like going to a pumpkin patch once a week. :p

worst blogger...i totally own that title

For the past 6-9 months I kept telling myself that I needed to record all of the things little B has been doing.  Did I follow through with any updates?  Nope.  Have I forgotten most of the timeline of his little "milestone" moments?  Yep.  Can I do anything about it now?  Not really.  But it couldn't hurt to try and remember things right?  haha...worst blogger.  I totally own that title.   But I couldn't help it...this little fella keeps me busy.  Okay...I'm just going to start posting pictures.  A little bloggie a day.  Baby steps. 

 

8.7.2012 @ CMH



first time with daddy at Children's Museum of Houston

first time mommy could bring her nice camera to capture some pics ;)

 



"hi mama"

 

"ewww...did i just touch that (fake) crab?"

 

"look mommy!  i caught a daddy!"

 

daddy son bonding time :)

 

 

 

B's gangnam style

My son's version of the "Oppa Gangnam Style" Kpop dance really just cracks us up.   For whatever reason whenever he here's this song...and only this song...his arms just rise up on their own and he starts this move.  Then when the song is over...he goes, "more!"  Funny kid. 

Because I'm terribly not tech savvy...I can't seem to embed the video from YouTube...so here's the linky if you want to giggle a little: http://youtu.be/dptlXZVcLzQ

New glasses finally!

It's been 5 years since I've had new glasses made. So I'll be quite happy when my new pair arrives. Here's a preview. ;)

Dental check up

Oh me oh my. I haven't gone to the dentist in about 2 years. Awful. I know. And now I'm trying out a new dentist who is closer to where we live. She's not going to be pleased with me, I'm sure. Okay...here we go!

Friday Foto 2012.03.23

This is a teeny wee bit late...but that's okay b/c it's my blog and I can do what I want ;-p

We had a really great playdate this week...and as a result this guy was so pooped he napped on the sofa while 4 mommas were chatting away all around him.

Got milk?

Future milk mustache model in the making...

Myung Dong

We went to a hole-in-the-wall Korean restaurant last weekend. Seriously, hole-in-the-wall because the place didn't even have a visible sign from the street. Anyhoo, it wasn't so bad and the prices were right. Would we go back...not likely as it was kind of out of the way for our taste. But it was worth taking a couple of pics. Including the Korean savory pancake on steroids. It was ridiculously large. My hubby put his fist by it for perspective. Needless to say, it was not finished even among three hearty eating guys and myself.

Korean savory pancake

I made my first Korean savory pancake a couple of weeks ago. I kept it really simple...green onions and imitation crab meat. It was still yummy. I was quite hesitant at first though because the entire package was in Korean so I wasn't sure about how to even make it. Hubby ate it all up though. Must venture out with different ingredient next time 😄

Friday Foto 2012.03.16

We're back with Friday Fotos!

Looky here...a little bear has been caught rummaging through our pantry...

where have i been?

it's been a few weeks since i've been here blogging...probably because this little guy has been keeping me ridiculously busy.

just before valentine's day (i think...time is such a blur lately)...he started walking...and now it feels like he's just always talking...oh man...i love my days with him.  he'll be 15 months this week.  where did all that time go?!

well...i'm going to try to make a few blog posts over the next couple of days or so...lot's of catching up to do.  i even got a chance to make a few cards recently...that was a great feeling.  i miss my scrapping days!!!

Happy early Valentine's Day to me!!!

Ahhh...the doorbell rang this afternoon and this was delivered...just what I wanted for Valentine's Day :-)

Friday Foto 2012.02.10

What a slacker-blogger I've been this week! Little guy has been feeling under the weather since last week so we've been home all week pretty much. I'm so thankful that he was pretty chill all week.

"Mom!  Let me cover up a little bit at least!  how embarrasing!"

"There, that's a bit more civilized."

Happy Friday, everyone! 

Dancing - part 2

Someone really enjoyed the half-time show during this past Sunday's Superbowl:



Coming up...more baby steps :)

Friday Foto 2012.02.03

I'm really loving Sally Hansen's Diamond Strength nail polishes lately. Especially when they are on sale for $2. The third color I've tried is called "24 Karat" and makes me feel like I have some bling on my finger tips.

Happy Friday, everyone!

Mandoo Part Two

So, remember those dumplings I made the other day? Well those first ones were wrapped to be steamed or boiled to cook. By wrapping them in another fashion, then they are ready to be pan-fried. Both ways tasted great :-) thank goodness!

Here are my first pan-fried dumplings...success!

Cuties

Here is a pic of my cuties from this morning. Like father like son :-)

We had a very relaxed Saturday. Started with breakfast at Cracker Barrel. This was B's first time there. We hadn't been there with him b/c of the smoking section...but then found out today that they no longer have a "smoking section". Praise Jesus! Except now instead of leaving and smelling like an ashtray we smelled like smoked ham. Oh well.

After breakfast, we came home and I put B down for a nap and then hubby and I watched Moneyball. Man, that Brad Pitt is certainly a good looking man. The movie is pretty good too ;-)

I also watched My Brother is an Idiot while DH took an afternoon. And later on I took B to the park to use the swings. He missed his afternoon nap so he was pretty pooped after a bath and then dinner. I say he missed his nap but in reality he just refuse to nap. I put him down and he just never went to sleep. Oh well.

Now I'm super pooped. Going to sleep now. Sweet dreams everyone!

Mandoo

So for the very first time in my life, I'm attempting to make Korean dumplings aka mandoo. Apparently this is one of my hubby's favorite foods that I have never made. So here's to change! I hope they turn out okay. He had a sneak peek of them while I was making them and I said that I wasn't promising they would taste any good and he just said, "they look pretty." i just hope they taste as good as they look.

Strawberries

I decided to finally give B strawberries this week. What took me so long, you may be wondering?  Well, he's had a mild case of eczema since he was very young, so i figured i didn't really want to take any chances.  But now, I think he's mostly okay.  So we picked up some strawberries this past Sunday and I've tried for the past two days getting him to eat them.  But he's just been spitting them right back out.  I was dicing them into small pieces and even tried to cover them in vanilla yogurt for him but no success. 

So today I decided to just hold the strawberry by the leaves and have him just bite into it...and it worked!  He actually ate about two strawberries.  Yay...persistance pays off.  Guess he'll be having a couple of bites over the next few meals :)  they were pretty yummy ones too...even pretty to look at.

okay...we're going to enjoy the indoors today while it pours outside.  tried to have a Skype conference call with family members in Boston, New Hampshire, and Vietnam this morning but the internet connection was not cooperating most likely to the storms nearby.  boo.  oh, well...sunny skies are just a day away...or a few hours knowing the weather patterns around here :-P 

happy humpday, y'all!

Finally!!!

So no one told me that in order to lose weight I needed to give birth to a baby. You see over the past 10 years or so I've gained over 30 lbs. Not cute. Currently, I'm down 20 lbs from my pre-pregnancy weight. Yay me!

Now, one of the things that I didn't do after all these years is get rid of clothes that I hadn't worn in over a year. I read that as a tip to help streamline your closet and purposefully ignored it b/c I was determined to get back into my old clothes. Okay, don't worry .... I'm not that much o a hoarder. I did give away a bunch of clothes (and even shoes!) over that past few years.

Anyhoo. There was one dress in particular that I never wanted to give away. A black wool crepe sheath dress that is the perfect LBD for me. Love that dress. Bought it when I was still working at Banana Republic and all their clothes were still classic and timeless. It's a size 2 dress and I dreamed of the day when I could wear it again.

Well, dreams do come true. After 11 years, I was FINALLY able to put that dress , zip it all the way up and even sit down comfortably. Now, I may not be able to eat a very big meal. But I'm okay with that! Haha! Now, if I could just lose 5-10 more lbs I'd be super happy. Actually, if I could just figure out how to get rid of my double chin, that would be a real dream come true.

sorry for the messy bathroom :P

dancing

I'm going to attempt to upload a video clip here for the first time on my blog.  It's just a little clip of B dancing in his high chair.  Let's see if it works :)

Happy Lunar New Year!

Well it's the Lunar New Year...happy year of the Dragon!


image via Google Image search

Going to see if I can make it to meet a couple of girlfriends for lunch in...gasp...Chinatown today.  I think it may be mad crazy.  Then I'm going to stop by and visit my momma.  B is feeling better today...a little stopped up at the end of his pipeline...but I gave him a few teaspoons of prune juice this morning.  Hope it helps :-)

Anyhoo...happy Monday y'all!  And Happy Chinese New Year to my Chinese friends!  And Chuc Muong Nam Moi to my Vietnamese friends!  and Happy Lunar New Year to the rest of my Asian friends!  Happy everything everybody! :)

Baby Steps...literally

Before I forget. He is 13 1/2 monts old.B took three steps to me all by himself tonight. Twice. This was right before I put him in bed for the night. And before I forget, I wanted to jot it down. It was quite exciting of course. Figures it would be the one time I didn't have my iPhone nearby to capture his first steps. Oh well...maybe he'll try again tomorrow. I rather wish he'd keep practicing going downstairs instead. that would be easier on my arms and back. :-p

On another note, I just joined Pinterest. I don't know what I'm doing yet, but I do know that this can be very addictive. This may impede my ability to read all of my google reader posts. Oiy.

Friday Foto 2012.01.20

My li'l guy has been under the weather for a few weeks now. I started him on an antibiotic this week. His mommy and daddy haven't been 100% either. It's hard to keep your germs to yourself when all you want to do is hug and love on this...

Tyin' the Knot!

Haha! That's the name of my nail polish that I'm currently loving :-) I already tied the knot back in 2004 in case you were wondering :-p

I keep looking at my nails (although my hands are so tired looking) so I figured I'd just blog it. I think the color is rather hip and i'm pretty unhip most of the time. Also, this is my attempt at more frequent blogging, lol!

Anyhoo, I picked up this polish the other night while it was 50% off so it was $2.50. Ahhh...I love a good deal. And that's way better than the $8 for OPI polish that I splurge on.

Anyhoo---happy hump day folks!

Waiting

Our entire family has been quite under the weather lately. After almost two weeks of runny noses, congestion, and coughing...I took both B and myself to our doctors on Thursday. B was a very patient boy waiting at both his doctor's office lobby and mine.

3rd cut

Here's B getting his 3rd haircut ever from his granny. He looks much older than a 13 month old here.

36

I turned 36 this past weekend. I really cannot believe how fast the years have flown by. 35 was a very fun year...mainly b/c of my new baby boy I was with everyday. I'm sure this year will be just as fun.

Hubby helped me celebrate by getting Benjamin a babysitter so that he and I could go catch a movie together for the first time since B was born. We went to see "Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol" and the added bonus? We watched it on IMAX. That definitely was a neat experience. I should have made DH take me to see Twilight's "Breaking Dawn" instead...I would've loved watching that for a third time :-)

After the movie, we enjoyed a nice dinner with Benjamin and his babysitters-his favorite Uncle Jae and Auntie Jina and cousin Madison. We went back to a Brazilian steakhouse that hubby and I tried out about a month ago for the first time. Needless to say, it was delicious :-D

On the day before my bday, I met up with my closest girlfriends at my favorite tex-mex place...Chuy's of course.

And on the day after my bday, we had a late lunch at my MIL's home.

My favorite gift? The external flash for my camera that I had on my wish list :-) that comes in later this week. Can't wait!

Maybe this'll be the year I finish up some of my scrapbooking projects. Maybe I can finish at least 36 pages?!?! A girl can dream, right?

Here are a couple of pics...then it's time to give my fingers a break...blogging from my iPhone is not a comfortable thing to do. But I must try to keep up with this blog this year. Wish me luck with that!!!