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Happy
Leap Day!! Also, happy birthday to our friend Rosa who turns 10
this year...well, she turns 40 but only got to officially celebrate
her actual birthday 10 times. So today, my bosses and co-workers
threw me a baby shower at work! It is especially meaningful since
the average age of my company is about 65, most of my co-workers are
beyong the baby stage of their lives. They got me adorable
stuffed creatures, cake, baby food games, balloons (see the stork
above), and tons and tons of diapers along with other gifts and cards.
I really can't thank my co-workers and friends enough!
Since
today is Leap Day, we naturally discussed the tough question of which
day would you least want to be born on. With our little boy two
years ago, his due date was January 5. But I desparately wanted
to avoid Christmas being his birthday. January 1st was a
possibility as well, but I was not as averse to that day. This
time, we're going to do everything we can to avoid giving birth on
April 1st, our baby's due date! Someone mentioned that they would
not want a girl to have her birthday on Valentine's Day! Another
co-worker was born on Mother's Day, which I thought was kind of nice.
But he told me that he always feel like it'a all about his
mother! Haha. I think the worst day for me is Christmas,
not only will you get a combined birthday-Christmas gift, you actually
have to give other people gifts as well! Plus, you have to wait
an entire year for your birthday, only to be short changed!
Lastly,
pregnancy update...I'm still huge, baby is super active, espcially when
I lie down at night. My belly literally shifts from side to side
and I can feel knees and elbows moving about. My hips hurt every
morning and my lower back will not allow me to stand for longer than 5
minutes. My doctor also started me on the Nonstress Test twice a
week to monitor baby's heart rate. So far everything looks great.
She's also head down, in perfect birth position!! I only
have one more week of work to go. Then it's nesting time! :-)
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Posted February 29, 2012
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We
took a brief trip to Arizona to visit the In-Laws over Presidents' day
weekend. Mr. BAW's brother and his family met up with us there as
well. Though it was a short trip, we had tons of fun. Our
little guy got to hang out with both of his cousins, 7 and 1 year olds.
The boys became fast friends. My In-Laws somehow managed to
borrow tons of toys to entertain the guys. Everyday, their house
looked like a hurricane went throught it with the toys littered
everywhere! Thanks to the Grandparents babysitting, we also got
to go on a double date with Mr. BAW's brother and SIL. That
deserves another blog. But for now, enjoy some pictures from our
little trip.
| | The Grandparents and their three little monkeys. |
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| The cousins, this picture took quite a while to capture, as one can imagine! | 
| | A rare moment when all three boys stayed still long enough for an unblurry picture. | 
| | Most of the time, the boys spent wrestling and running around...like this. | 
| | We visited an old Western town. Uh oh, is our boy sitting on dynamite??! | 
| | Here's a belly shot, at 34 weeks. |  |
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Posted February 24, 2012
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I like to take credit for this even though I didn't make it. I discovered this chocolate mousse recipe from this blog.
This was tauted as the best chocolate mousse recipe ever, using
only 2 ingredients, one of which is water! Every time I ask Mr.
BAW to make/bake something he would always have to run to the
supermarket because we're missing one or more of the ingredients.
So if something this good only takes one real ingredient and it
only takes 5 minutes to make, then the clean up should be just as quick
right?? By the way, he cooks and I clean so I'm always excited to
find ways for Mr. BAW to make yummy food with less mess. He's
always up for trying new recipes and he's a chocolate lover so this is
the perfect recipe to experiment with. So the verdict? Yes,
it is indeed the best chocolate mousse I've ever had!! Seriously,
better than mousse we had at very fancy restaurants. And just
because he's a true chef at heart, Mr. BAW had to make real whipped
cream to go with the mousse. SO, SO yummy! I always eat the
mousse with equal part chocolate and whipped cream, so I run my spoon
straight downt the middle of the brown and white boundary. :-)
Pregnancy update: I'm officially ready to
have this baby! I am so craving raw fish, sushi, rice, shark fin
soup, a giant cup of mocha blend, Indian food, rice pudding, and a
giant piece of tiramisu. Most of the foods I can't have right now
due to my gestational diabtes. I'm up to 126lbs. My
fingers feel tight, my hips hurt every morning, and I had the most
horrible leg cramp two days ago. I only have another month of
work to go. Then it's getting the house ready for the new baby,
getting rid of more baby boy clothes, and packing for the hospital!
Oh, and I STILL have to decide on the baby's middle name!!!
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Posted February 10, 2012
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With
V-day coming up in less than a week, I thought I'd share a restaurant
recommendation with you. Last year we had a date night to a place
called The Little Door in mid town LA. We received a gift card to
the restaurant and had never even heard of it before. The
entrance to the restaurant is literally a discreet wooden door.
You can not see any other part of the restaurant from the street.
But once inside, you are treated to a beautiful setting with
quaint garden seating or indoor seating. The food is
French-Moroccan. The food is quite amazing, with exotic spices
mixed with classic French cuisine. It has also been rated as one
of the most romantic restaurants in LA. We highly recommend this
place for a date night. If you can't get a reservation, we also
recommend that you just go next door, to their more casual place
called, what else, The Little Next Door. They have a similar menu
but in a more casual and open setting. I think that The Little
Next Door is just as romantic and beautiful in a different way.
It is more French charm with lots of twinkle lights. Sorry
for the fuzzy photos below of The Little Door, but it was really dark!
As for this V-day, I'm just too huge and too tired to go out. I think I may just request for my favorite cookies.... |
 
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Posted February 8, 2012
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February
started out with a mystery for me. A few days ago, I picked up
the little guy from daycare. Once we got on the road, he started
asking for "bitsy pi-er." I didn't know what he was saying so I
thought I would just placate him by saying "Oh, ok, is that right?"
He kept saying "bitsy pi-er!" I knew he was asking me for
something and that placating him wasn't going to cut it! So I
asked him "Is it a food?" "No...," he responded, disappointedly.
"Is it your friend?" "NO!" "Is it a toy?"
"NNNOOOOOO!!!" He was getting increasingly frustrated and
continued to scream for "bitsy pi-er!!" The entire drive home, it
was me trying to figure out what he wanted, him screaming with
frustration. Finally, we get home and he moved on to other
things. But I could not drop it. For days, I kept thinking
about it, what can it possibly be??? What is "bitsy pi-er????"
Then, last night we went out to dinner and Mr. BAW was driving
while I sat in the back seat with the boy. He once again asked
for "bitsy pi-er." I immediately asked Mr. BAW and he indicated
that he doesn't know what it is either. But he suggested that I
should just sing to him to make him forget it. Then it finally
hit me, he had recently learned a new song from school, Itsy Bitsy Spider!!!!!
I sang it to him on the way to school one morning about a week
ago! He wants me to sing Itsy Bitsy Spider to him!!!
Finally, mystery solved!! Of course now I have to sing that
same song for the entire trip to school...
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