New Year’s Celebration Prep

There isn’t much turnaround time between Christmas and New Year’s, so it’s time to start thinking about the foods that you want to ring in 2011 with! Growing up, my parents always had big New Year’s Eve celebration at our house and there were many dishes that made appearances year after year. Filipino classics like BBQ skewers, sweet spaghetti, chestnuts, all kinds of fruits, palitaw (Filipino mochi cake), etc. So now, I’m thinking of making all those food for New Year’s Eve but laziness is creeping up on me. I’m crossing my fingers that I’ll get into the cooking mode by tomorrow so I can start grocery shopping!

Christmas 2010

We had a wonderful, magical, blessed Christmas! It was all around a fantastic 4-day weekend, spent with those we love, enjoying great food, and counting our many blessings.

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Expanding at Light Speed!

I am almost 9 weeks pregnant and I am showing so much faster than I did when I was preggers with Jordan. I know that you usually show faster with the second one but I didn’t think it was this fast. I have already grown into a new bra size and my pants are snug so I finally pulled all my maternity pants out last night.

This time around is a completely different ball game but I hope that this is not a peek into how the rest of my pregnancy will go. Does it level out or will I continuously blow up?

Wordless Wednesday: We Are Expanding Our House Two More Feet

Our Photo Christmas Cards Holiday Tradition

I finally finished addressing our Christmas cards last night. As you all know, I take my card seriously, designing and printing it myself.  However for this year, I just ended up ordering a card off of Shutterfly but I have to admit, I am so happy the way it turned out! More

Wordless Wednesday: Pregnancy 2009

Last night, I received an e-mail from one of my readers asking if I could share some of my pregnancy pictures on my blog so here’s some of my favorites…

At 26 weeks

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What’s in our Camera Bag?

I have had many people ask me what kind of camera we use to take the photos featured on this site and on my facebook page. They often ask if it’s one of those big black professional ones that take really good pictures?

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Cupcakes Take the Cake Birthday Bash

As you all know, I love cupcakes. So when I found out about the Cupcakes Take the Cake 6th Birthday Bash in Seattle, I couldn’t help but drag my husband to the party.

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Custom Holiday Card Winner

It was fun host­ing the cus­tom hol­i­day card give­away and I’m thrilled to finally announce the lucky winner! A big con­grat­u­la­tions to JANE (who will be notified through e-mail as well), and a huge thanks to all of you who entered!

Thanksgiving

It’s that time of year again – a time when we traditionally look back over the previous year and think about all the things we should be thankful for. It’s a time to remind ourselves to see and acknowledge our blessings. Here are just a few things I am thankful for this time of year. More