Baby K'tan Carrier

Sunday, May 29, 2011


My friend Kim got us the awesome Baby K'tan Carrier from our registry. At first opportunity, I snagged a cat and dumped her in. I expected a big fuss but surprisingly Henry really seemed to enjoy it. I really think she would have let me carry her around all afternoon like this.

I hope she doesn't get jealous once the baby comes :).

Henry Cracks Me Up

Saturday, May 28, 2011

Tonight, Badge and I caught Henry passed out like this.


In Badge's words, "it looks like she fell out of a building and fell asleep".

Too funny.

Weekend Recap



As mentioned in my previous post, Monkey and my mom came to visit last weekend for my baby shower. Aside from the shower, we did lots of random things which I shall recap below.

Wed
- Mom arrived, I made a tasty dinner of quinoa, zucchini, squash, and soft boiled egg (taught by Monkey), picked up Monkey from the airport at 11pm

Thurs
- Came back home for lunch, my mom's friend who was in town stopped by and the four of us went to Buga for korean bbq, worked from home in the afternoon, went to indian food with Spike and Frog for dinner.

Fri
- Went to work, ate frozen pizza with the family for dinner (Badge was at band practice), watched How To Train Your Dragon which was super cute.


Sat
- Woke up, prepared cheddar dill scones for shower while Monkey made antipasto salad and a fresh green salad with candied walnuts, went to shower (separate post here), came home and convinced everyone to watch Valhalla Rising on netflix. I was totally fooled by this movie. The description said it's an action sci-fi & fantasy flick. Turned out to be a weird, overly artsy movie where nothing much happened. Boo.


Sun
- Made my mom and Monkey go to Babies R Us to see what kind of stuff they had, relaxed at home, went to Pizzeria Bruno (tasty Neapolitan style pizza), watched Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant at home. Though completely predictable, I found it much more entertaining than Valhalla Rising. Say what you will about my movie tastes.


Mon
-Woke up at 5am to take Monkey to the airport. Mom left later that day while I was at work. I miss them both already but hopefully they will be back again soon!

Baby Shower!




Last Saturday, my sister and Spike threw the best baby shower ever. It was held in the afternoon at Spike and Frog's house. As I arrived on scene, I was completely flabbergasted by the breathe of food and sheer cuteness of the decor. Spike really out did herself on this one. Everywhere I looked I was surrounded by adorable details...from the personalized kisses to the drinks station to the bunny cupcakes.





Even the napkins were adorable!


They also got my favorite cake from Extraordinary Desserts: the Shangri-La. Sounds exotic no? It's a white cake with strawberry/guava filling. In other words, it's heaven.


And of course, being the Queen of Craft that she is, Monkey made homemade soaps for everyone to take home as favors. They were oatmeal milk and honey and they smelled awesome.


Best of all were the actual baby things. I got tons of clothes, swaddling blankets, books, toys, practical things (such as bottles, breast pump accessories, the bummis cloth diapers I plan to use), and much more. Everything was super soft and miniature. It made me realize that soon there would be a little bunny (figuratively, not literally) filling it out. Makes it all seem more real.




The shower was wonderful. It was great to hang out with everyone, eat delicious food, and giggle over things like the hands free breast pump bra. How can I not be excited by the prospect of one day stuffing my babies feet into these adorable booties Monkey knitted??


Three more months to go!!

More pics to be found here.

What's New?

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Well. I've been a delinquent blogger. To make up for it, here's a rushed update that will likely become confusing and A.D.D-esque as I jump from topic to topic. Stay with me.

Mother's day was a couple of weekends ago. We sent Mama Huang flowers and took out Mama Gordon to dinner at Piatti's. It'd been a loooong time since we last went to Piatti's. The bread dipping sauce was amazing, the appetizers/salads tasty, and the entree just ok. I had lamb pasta which would have been good except it was too salty. Luckily dessert was delicious.


On the pregnancy front, things are going well. My stomach is getting bigger by the day and the baby has been kicking up a storm. Last week, I went to the doctor's and did my glucose test which luckily came back negative for gestational diabetes. Unfortunately, she did tell me that I'm becoming anemic and will need to start taking iron supplements. Bleck. I hear iron supplements are nasty. At least I can take this as an an excuse to eat steak whenever possible...preferably smothered in A1 sauce...mmm.

On the exercise front, I bought a maternity support belt to wear when I go jogging. I only had time to try it out once last week (ridiculously slow 3 mile run/walk) so verdict is still out, but I think it helped. Hopefully, I'll get a chance to run tomorrow so I'll have another update.


Yoga is still going strong. Of course I can no longer do much forward bending or deep twists but my back remains as flexible as ever (drop backs no problem). Surprisingly, I find the big belly helps balance me more in inversions such as handstand and forearm stand. I did go to a prenatal workshop this past Sunday at my studio. It was a bit long and we did more talking than yoga but it was nice to get together and chat with some other pregnant women. I can't say I'm interested in doing a prenatal class though since they seem very much geared towards beginners. So I'll continue sticking it out in my favorite classes and see how it goes.

On the work front, things have slowed down now that I got a major project out of the way. However, many little things still add up and before I know it, the day has passed without me feeling like I've done very much. I guess that's what it's like as you move up the management chain? Luckily I've been working on a side project outside of work which has been keeping me interested. I could tell you more about it...but then I'd have to kill you.

Last Friday, we caught up with our friends at The Red Door for a delicious meal. I've never been to this Mission Hills restaurant but it was quite cute and very tasty. We started with mussels (must preface by saying these were the fattest mussels I've ever had, apparently they're from Prince Edwards Island), shrimp creole, and corn soup. For entree, I had a truffle seafood risotto and Badge had catfish. For dessert, we had strawberry rhubarb cobbler. YUM. Can't wait to come back.

Over the weekend we watched Ip Man 2 on netflix. If you haven't seen Ip Man, watch it. It's awesome. The martial arts is kick ass. I have a minor Wu shu crush on Donnie Yen. The sequel wasn't as good as the original but it was still pretty entertaining.


Speaking of movies, who wants to see Thor??

*crickets*

moving on...

To wrap up, I'm super excited for the weekend. My mom and sis are arriving tomorrow for my baby shower on Sat. I'll be sure to document the event much better than I've documented anything in the past few weeks. Stay tuned!

Restaurant Review: K Sandwiches

Monday, May 2, 2011

On Saturday, we hung out with the family at the dog park, watching Truffles and Chofies galavanting around. Afterwards, we decided to try a nearby Vietnamese sandwich shop called K's Sandwiches. It seemed to have good reviews on Yelp and there were lots of people milling around outside so we decided to be adventurous.


At less than $3 a sandwich, this was a pretty tasty treat. I got grilled bbq pork. which was nicely balanced by the pickled daikon and smattering of veggies.


We also got taro cakes that appear to have been dipped in egg and sauteed. Also very tasty, esp with the sauce that was a bit sweet and spicy.


Lastly, we tried tofu spring rolls. Not so good. Very bland.

Overall, K's Sandwiches is a nice cheap spot for a quick bite. I would definitely stop by again if I were in the area.

To The East

Sunday, May 1, 2011

This post is long overdue considering we went to NY/Baltimore two weekends ago. Well, better late than never. Here is a speed post of what went down.

Thurs
- Arrived at JFK at 9pm, took cab to P's in East Village, went with P to Momofuku Saam Bar for a delicious late night dinner of many pork buns (my fav!), spicy sausage rice cakes (korean style), raw oysters, and jumbo crab claws. Stayed up late chatting with P and her friend while having a night cap (Badge did, not me).

Fri
- Woke up late, went to Dumbo to have lunch with Mason, ate fried oysters, cornbread, bbq pulled brisket sandwich and a slice of apple pie, walked back across the Brooklyn bridge with Badge and slowly made our way back up to E. village. Took nap in the afternoon, met up with Dave for drinks at cool nearby bar called Heathers that had no sign out front, moved it over to Motorino for delicious neopolitan pizzas. At this point, Badge and Dave broke off to visit a friend in Williamsburg while I met up with P at a bar in LES for her sister's birthday bash.

Sat
- Went to my baby shower (yay!) at Uttara's mom's house, ate scrumptious home cooked indian food, played hilarious games, ate many cupcakes.



My friends are the best.


Took cab to Penn station to catch train to Baltimore, were picked up at station by Aunt Kaye and Uncle Chuck, who drove us to a relative's chateau where we were staying. Went out to dinner with more relatives at chinese restaurant, watched many basketball playoff games on enormous home movie theater screen (we were crashing on the super comfortable lounge chairs), watched Matrix Reloaded and Revolutions into the wee hours of the morning.


Sun
- Went to Grandma Ann's unvieling, went to dinner with everyone for brunch, went back to house to hang out and nap, watched Tangled on demand (very cute), went out for dinner at crab house (packed away 5 crabs), then back to house for more basketball.




Mon
- Woke up and headed to airport to fly back to SD.

Many more pics posted here.