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Thursday, 19 November 2009

Our Week in Photos (11/15-11/21)

We're hosting Thanksgiving Dinner at our place on Saturday, so I'm posting this early. I'm also missing a ton of photos recently since they're in Hubby's camera or my sister's camera since I've been lazy about bringing mine out. At first it was just a small gathering, and then more people were invited, and then still more....I'll let you know how everything turns out.

We went to Papers and Petals in Burlingame on Saturday to try on bridesmaids dresses. Of course, M wanted to try some on too. What little girl doesn't like dressing up? She was particularly excited about the shoe display. The first one was a little ballerina-y for me. The 2nd one costs more than the bridesmaids dresses we tried on. Ridiculous huh? Can't wait to officially go flowergirl dress shopping with sis' fiance's niece.

Gotta get one of E at the end of the night too.

E trying to sit up.

M's "home"

Bathtime for E

I went to change E's diaper one morning. When I went back to check on breakfast, M had set the table.

E trying apple for the first time. She didn't like it as much as we thought she would, but that was a big smile she gave us.

This is after midnight. I have no idea what happened that night. M wandered in and fell asleep on our bed. I had to carry her back to bed, and it's been soooo long since I've done that and I was trying not to laugh as I was carrying her because she's so big now. We're moving the small crib out of our room and moving the big crib in, but hadn't found the time to move it, so E was already on our bed. haha We need to evict these girls.

Happy E under the covers.

E trying bananas. She seems to like it better than the apples.

Friday, 13 November 2009

Our Week in Photos (11/8-11/14)

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!

Monday, 09 November 2009

Our Week in Photos (11/1-11/7)

On Friday (10/30), we went to the Ice Creamery with a bunch of random people for no apparent reason. Well, my brother had his "free sundae during your birthday month" coupon. M actually ordered from the kid's menu this week and ate what she ordered, plus some of my sandwich and salad. She usually never eats stuff from the kid's menu.

Our library finally had it's Grand Opening on Halloween!! In the morning they had The Great Book Pass. Volunteers lined up the street from the old building to the new one to pass the new books. There were sooo many new books and DVDs. The children's area is 1/3 of the whole library. Lots of new computers to use, wi-fi, a teen room, a homework center, meeting rooms, a big conference room. It's still not as big as the one in San Leandro which is 2 stories, and definitely not as big as the one in San Francisco, but our "city" is not that big and the people here have been waiting for a new library for 20 years! The library is less than 20 minute walk away from our house. Oh, there's also an outdoor amphitheatre and a bridge.

This art is called the Tree of Knowledge by Eric Powell. And there's a book return out front. You put the book on the conveyor belt and it reads the barcode inside. I think the books get sorted somehow in the machine.

Oh the way home we saw a caterpillar.

M wearing her necklace she got with her Kai Lan doll.

Big and Little Sister shirts from our friends who 2 kids are both 2 months younger than our 2 kids.

M playing on my brother's drums.

My dad does random things. He came over with wood one day and said he wanted to add an extra shelf to the "shoe" shelf we have. M wanted to help so she went out to get her Handy Manny tools. Manny was supervising, as you can see.

We gave E her first taste of "solid" food. You can see from her reaction what she thought of the rice cereal. We gave her some sweet potato a few days later and she liked that a lot more, but she'll still taste the spoon first before opening her mouth to check which one it is.

Back at the library (now that the parking lot is opened) on Thursday.

Friday, 06 November 2009

We Interrupt This Program

...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.

Friday, 30 October 2009

Our Week in Photos (10/25-10/31)

No, she didn't go down the slide. This is the play structure at the "park" at the SLZ library. We're not going there anymore...Afterwards, we went to my parents' to try the ice cream cake my brother made. It was good. Later my brother picked up Hubby from the airport and dropped him off at home, M put her shoes next to my brother's.

I didn't even take out the camera for my cousin's sweet 16 party, but it was HOT! We had that freak storm come by the previous week, and then BAM, I was sweating bullets that day. No shade either. I hope it was fun for her. I'll post photos once I get them from my sis' camera. Kite-flying (or trying to anyway, there was no wind at all) and Scattegories

Some pics of the girls. People told me that M would get tired of having E around and getting all the attention, but nope, she LOVES her baby sister to pieces.

M loves to sit on the steps of the stage in the church sanctuary. And there she is running away from us.

E likes the musical table.

This is how E looks if we put her hair down. I think we'll stick with her signature look for now... And she's making a funny face too.

M threw up a little during her sleep the other day. While Hubby and I were washing her dirty clothes and sheets, she was playing. Her hair is wet because there was "stuff" in it...and we had just given her a bath before bed too. And how The Little Mermaid characters look at 11PM.

E trying out the Jumperoo for the first time.

E holding Little Bear during changing time.

The blanket is actually a gift from my aunts when we got married, but it's very comfy for laying on and rolling on. We put it over the rug. M used it when she was learning to lift her head and crawl, so now it's E's turn. M wanted to join in on tummy time too.

Warm and cozy for bedtime.

Not much this weekend. Our library is opening again! The new building is finally finished. The last time I passed by, they were still doing the outdoor amphitheater. Can't wait to see the inside. I don't think we're doing anything for Halloween. I'm hoping for a more relaxing weekend. Last Saturday while I was doing my cousin's sweet 16, Hubby was at church playing for the Community Festival. The next day he was there at 8AM manning the sound board for both services, and then he headed out in the afternoon for worship practice for our new pastor's installation service later that evening. I brought the girls for a bit but they got fidgety and it was dinner time. So I took them to my parents' for our weekly family dinner. Hubby joined later. It was a great service, but it was also 2 hours. Anyhow, I should be off. We're having my sister over for lunch, and tonight we going out with some family and friends at one of our favorite places - The Ice Creamery!