A Glimpse of the Week

Potato stamping wrapping paper

Sleeping Beauty's castle during the holidays at Disneyland. Gorgeous!

So excited to see Minnie Mouse!

An unsuccessful trip to visit Santa, even though she said all week she wanted to see him!

We finally got confirmation... We're having a GIRL!

Have a great weekend!

Pizza Making!

Photo by Bob Cho

Photo by Bob Cho

Photo by Bob Cho

We had such a fun weekend filled with swimming classes, birthday parties, and pizza making! Our good friends own Tomato Pie Pizza Joint and so graciously put on a little pizza making class for a couple of their son's little friends. They got to play with dough, put toppings on, attempt to toss it, and eat the final product! The adults had a ton of fun too. Leah continues to talk about it a couple days later.  Hopefully, we'll get to do it again! Thanks Tomato Pie!

Pregnancy...Round 2

A lot of people have asked me how pregnancy is the second time around. I mentioned here that physically, I was more nauseous and tired the first trimester into early second trimester. Mentally, it has also been a whole different ballgame.

After going through the experience of pregnancy once and now having to keep up with a toddler, it has actually been really hard to soak in the fact that I am pregnant. I have yet to take a picture of my growing belly. I have yet to think of any names besides the ones Matt suggests {he has been diligently keeping a list of potential names he likes in his phone}.  I have yet to do any type of nursery preparation besides posting a few pins on Pinterest.  With Leah, I wrote in my pregnancy journal, and organized all my sonogram photos by week. With #2, you'll find sonogram photos on the kitchen counter, in my bag, on the desk, etc. Then, I walk past a mirror and see my belly or feel little kicks and rolls and am reminded that I have this amazing little human being growing inside me. I feel guilty that this pregnancy hasn't received the same amount of attention as the first one, but there is no doubt that the amount of love we have for this tiny baby is already immeasurable. 

For mothers going through pregnancy again, how has the second {or third or fourth} time differed from the first one for you?

*Photo by Goofyfoot Photography

Over the Holiday...

Photo by Jeff So

I hope everyone had a great holiday weekend with nice full bellies. I definitely ate my fair share plus more! Good thing I have an excuse to eat for two! We spent Thanksgiving with both families, and Leah was in heaven. She loved playing with all her cousins, and I could hear her squeals and giggles from a mile away. I love spending time with our families, and am truly grateful that they all live close by. 

Photo by Bob Cho

Saturday, we had a little party for Leah's birthday at Amy's Playground. We invited Leah's closest little friends, and Amy's Playground was the perfect venue. They pretty much do everything for you, and all I had to worry about was providing drinks and paper supplies for the parents. It was completely stress free, and I was able to concentrate on the guests. 

Happy Thanksgiving!

We have so many things to be thankful for this year. I'm thankful for my family, for Matt and Leah, my health, this tiny baby growing inside my belly, for friends, for a roof over my head, for an abundance of food that fills my tummy, and for my salvation. We're having lunch with Matt's family and then dinner with mine. I will for sure be sleeping well tonight! :)

Happy Thanksgiving!

*photo by Goofyfoot Photography

Family Photos 2013

We took our family photos a couple weeks ago, and I'm so happy with the way they turned out! Taking photos with a toddler is exhausting. I get anxious and often feel like we won't get any good photos, because Leah wasn't able to stand still long enough or wasn't in a good mood. Thankfully, I'm always pleasantly surprised! Sorry for the photo overload. I had a hard time choosing which ones to post!

See photos from last year here.

*photos by Goofyfoot Photography

Cupcakes & Feasts

What a week! Besides celebrating Leah's birthday, Leah's school had their Thanksgiving feast, and we had 2 other birthday parties to attend this weekend. 

We're having a little party for Leah next week, so for her real birthday we kept it low key at home. I made her mini buttermilk-vanilla cupcakes, and we sang Happy Birthday to her while she wore the crown she made at school. She was all smiles when she saw her cupcakes, and that was pretty much the only time she would wear her crown for longer than 10 seconds. 

At school, the kids made little Pilgrim and Indian hats and sat around a big table together to eat a Thanksgiving lunch. I totally remember doing that as a kid too! Leah wasn't really feeling the food besides the corn, so I, of course, gladly finished her meal. :)

Photo by Bob Cho

Photo by Bob Cho

Leah finished off the week having too much fun at the birthday parties and eating a ton of cake. 

Hope everyone's having a great weekend!