one good thing about pregnancy.

Parking spaces for preggo people:

nursery progress.

Clearly, choosing paint colors - and painting walls - is not my forte.

Why don't the colors you have in mind ever turn out the way you imagined them to be? So frustrating. Someone please sign us up for Extreme Makeover Home Edition. FYI,  color samples above were for the bathroom vanity wall. Not nursery room.

sf loving.

I met up with a few ex-workers for brunch today at Boogaloos in the mission. It's been awhile since I've seen them and it was great to catch up on everything! They made me realize how much I miss working. No joke.

I ordered the lemon cornmeal pancakes with scrambled eggs and ham. It was delicious! I may have to reproduce it on my own. I love SF. Sadly, no one ever wants to drive up to the city with me to explore all the good eats. Anyone wanna be my partner in crime? (picture doesn't look as good as it tastes)

fair trade.

We had to return Aiko to her rightful owners today. In exchange, we received a box of Laduree macaroons from my cousin and her hubby.

Worth the trade?  Hmmm...

3D ultrasound round two.

Fail.

This baby moose refuses to spread its legs. Should it really be a girl, I was allowing her to do so just this once. But nope. Either its hiding something or its really prudish.

We give up. Consider the moose a girl for now. Confirmation will have to wait until November.

She looks quite cheeky here:

i want to go to there.

I feel like this piece of art right now.

letting it go.

I've been feeling a bit depressed lately because of how ugly I've become. Ok, utterly depressed.

Bye Bye waist, and soon, Bye Bye toes:

But I guess I should really embrace my fatness and accept the pregnancy ugliness. I have 2 more months of getting fatter and uglier and 2 more months before I am imprisoned for life. So .. I'm letting it all go. Letting myself go that is.

On a side and happier note - my BFF is having a *GIRL! Just like me!! They are going to be big, fat piggies together.

*We're going for the 2nd 3D ultrasound this Friday but I'm almost convinced the baby moose is a girl.

we heart aiko.

We're having so much fun with my cousin's pup Aiko. She's the best Japanese Akita ever! Just like the one in that Richard Gere movie Hachi. I do feel a little guilty though.. like I'm cheating on Shady. But the hubby will be bringing her back soon! I can't wait to squeeze the life out of her. We sure miss having a dog around. Plus, having a dog forces me to walk, which I am in major need of.

mess.

Our garage.

oldie, but goodie

I hear there's going to be a remake of Dirty Dancing . Hopefully, it'll be as good as the original and this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpHQLKK_qQ0

Nobody puts Baby in the corner.

Happy 8/8 Day!

Today is father's day in Taiwan (today's date 8/8 = ba ba = papa in Chinese).  I love you "bottoms up Cheng"!

popbooth.

A fun, new app for your iphone..and FREE! 

pupsitting part II.

My cousin Sooz and her family officially made the move back to Cali from Chicago this weekend. We all met up for lunch today and I finally got to meet my little nephew Max for the first time! Below, a picture of all my nephews and niece. Our baby moose will be an addition to the group of little people very soon. Scary.

Serena, Max, and Jayden

Sooz and her hubby Jim are heading to Paris for 10 days (so jealous!) so we offered to babysit their pup Aiko while they are gone. Our pupsitting days continue! Maybe we should start our own doggie hotel.

Aiko is the most mellow dog we've ever met, but we're having a lot of fun with her as well.

pupsitting.

We're babysitting Shady's friends Milo and Lily this weekend. They seemed to like the hubby a lot, probably because he's too nice. I'm definitely more of the disciplinarian, even with Shady. It was so strange to not have her here. Made us miss her even more.

Aside from pupsitting, the hubby and I attended a "childbirth" class from 9:00am - 3:30pm today. Since I'm on medi-cal, these classes are offered for free so we thought, why not. When we were asked to introduce ourselves, we had to say what we disliked/enjoyed most about my pregnancy. He said he disliked the constant complaining as a joke, but no one had a sense of humor and thought he was mean. It took me awhile to think of something I enjoyed about it, and all I could think of was that people were nicer to me. Everyone else had answers like "the bonding with the baby, the "togetherness" they felt as parents-to-be, and blah blah blah. We kinda just looked at each other and laughed.

And for old time's sake.. 

3D ultrasound.

FAIL.

So we went to get a 3D ultrasound today to find out the sex of the baby. And guess what happened? This baby moose was so uncooperative and just refused to move around for the sonographer to get a good crotch shot! On top of that, the umbilical cord, placenta, hands, feet were all in front of its face. This baby is naughty - we are so screwed.

The owner was really nice and offered our money back or to return in two weeks for another ultrasound, free of charge. We are determined to find out the sex so we will go back in two weeks. Apparently, this rarely happens. Only to me of course. ARGH. Below are a few shots that are a bit more visible.

I think it has my lips and nose. And thank goodness it looks like it has 5 fingers. I'm going to be soooo mad if we don't find out the sex in two weeks. Wish us luck.

butter and cheese.

I want these rabbit eared serving plates from Tina Frey Designs: (not Tina Fey)

Perfect for butter and cheese. Two things I can't get enough of right now but really shouldn't consume anymore.

Her inspiration:

moosetaches and piglets.

I'm totally getting these for the BFF and myself (our meese, that is):

And this:

Get them here and here.

love.

 

via here.

first book for the baby ..

Yes, I am that loving parent every child must have. Find it at papersource.