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!!!