E trying sweet potato for the first time. That's my nephew's bib because we forgot her's at my parents' house. That hair! hahahaha



A quick shot before she flips. E is rarely on her back anymore. Everytime I put her down, she rolls over to her tummy.


M's stove and table.


After bathtime.


After church on Sunday, we headed over to my little sister's for her engagement/housewarming party. It was nice to catch up with family and meet her fiance's family too. There was way too much food, and I would have eaten all of it had I not had 2 kiddos to watch. M and the other flowergirl (the fiance's niece) sharing a cocktail bun.



E trying peas for the first time. She actually likes it.


E with a flower in her hair. Too bad you can't really see it that well.


Hubby and I left the kids with his parents, and we kinda ran out real quick. We went to Yogofina for some frozen yogurt. It was a really cold day, but surprisingly there were still a lot of people there. Then we went to the Verizon store to look at some phones. I upgraded my phone earlier this year, but I already had it break down and replaced, and now the camera function does not work. The phone has actually been discontinued. Now we're both getting new phones. And we're going to get a data plan so we can go online. That will help a lot as Hubby uses the laptop for work a lot. Tomorrow is The Great Bridal Expo and trying on bridesmaids dresses. Fun fun!

...for a brief (okay, not so brief) announcement. Our regularly scheduled program will resume tonight.

This has been a hard decision for me, as I have had this entry in "draft" for about 3 weeks now....

It been busy these days, and not just because my two beautiful girls keep my hands full, literally. They are definitely growing up way too fast for my liking.

Hubby is now on staff at our church. He is the Contemporary Service Music Director. It is a part-time position, and the other part being filled by another person who is in charge of the Traditional Service (i.e. more hymns). It's an extra 12-15 hours of work a week. He was already doing part of the job with 2 other worship leaders, so he just took on a few more responsibilities and is getting paid for it now. This is something that he has always wanted to do. A few years back, he was even looking at going to seminary to attain a MDiv with Specialization in Worship Leadership (I forget the specific name at the seminary he wanted to attend). So, he's working 9 hours a day (M, W-F), and then half day on Tuesdays at his regular job, and going to staff meetings on Tuesday mornings. Instead of rotating the duties with the 2 other leaders, Hubby is now in charge every week. He still consults with each week's worship leaders on song selections, but he make sure the tech sheets are sent out and music is printed out, etc.

So part of the busyness is that Hubby is away a little more. We don't notice too much because he leaves for work an hour earlier than before, but while we're still sleeping. Another part of it is that he hogs monopolizes uses our one and only laptop most of the time after the kids sleep. This leaves very little time for me to get on to blog, check email, check FB updates (esp now with the live feed haha), and work on updates, edit photos, photobook, etc etc. (Wow, I sound like a nerd with nothing else to do but be online.) And with the holidays here, and helping my sister plan her wedding, I just can't find enough hours in a day.

Even though I've enjoyed my time here at momaroo/xanga, I think I need to take a break from it. Momaroo has changed from it's initial days where posts were more about everyday life of moms, and it was a little more light-hearted. I started blogging on xanga in 2004, just a few days before becoming engaged, and it has certainly evolved...xanga as a whole, and also why/how I have used it through my engagement days, to wedding planning days, to newlywed days, to mommyhood....and almost everyone who were my real-life friends (actually my Sunday School students at the time) have stopped using it, and now I have some great online friends who I hold just as dear as my offline friends because you all are very encouraging, and you keep it real. Thanks for sharing your stories with me.

I still have a few other places where I blog, so let me know if you want "follow" me at my personal blog. I wish everyone would post a RSS feed thingie onto their page so that I can add you to my Google Reader, but I will come back from time to time to comment. Or if you want to be "friends" on FB, message me your email addy. I love hearing everyone's stories.

I will continue my "Our Week in Photos" until the rest of the year, but then I will probably stop blogging here for a long while. This week's photos will be up later as I still have to sort through them.

M is apparently meal planning.


We went to our first dodgeball tournament at the girls' future middle school. It was for a friend's church raising money to save lives in Africa. Dip Duck Dodge. My brother played with some friends. They team was called Log Rollers. They had the funniest cheer. We got there just in time to watch them play and stayed for some shave ice. My sister and her fiance went in the afternoon. They need some people to play for one team because half of them were at a funeral. My sister's fiance played, and guess what? That team won!


The next day we hosted dinner at our place to celebrate my parents' 34th anniversary and my sis and bro's birthdays. I made so much food and then my dad brought over some too. He can't help himself. M had a lot of fun with everyone visiting. Classic Chinatown cake and classic M eating cake face.


I woke up one more to find E like this. Somehow she got the buttons on the legs undone. Silly girl. She did it again another morning too but it was with a sleeper that had feeties on them, and she was in a sleep sack. Oh the talents of my baby.


These are from my cell, taking photos before bedtime stories for Hubby who was away for training for the week. E was soooo happy to hear Daddy's voice over the phone when we called him. Super happy baby when he called. And M would leave him voice mail by singing songs. (Yes, she does know how to use my cell phone, every function.) These photos are from various nights. M loves her baby sister to pieces.


E with Big Sis' Bear Bear. She loves to grab things lately. So cute.


The Belle doll is from my sister.


Whenever I'm cooking this is what M does. She always seems to be making eggs (and sometimes pasta). She's going to be a good cook one day I hope. I have her help with whatever she can and tell her what I'm doing as I do it.


Talking to Daddy on the phone.


We also went to storytime with our new pastor's wife and son. They had a blast, but I think boys are different from girls. My little cousin's sweet 16 party is tomorrow. I'm hoping for some good weather. Here's a sneak peek below. These are the logos I made. I forgot where I got the L, tennis ball, and racket from, but I found them on google images. Will give credit later. I download the semi-scripty font for the 16 and added the racket to the background.