the perfect onsie

i've never seen ap so disappointed. :) i ordered this from baby gap the other day and it came yesterday.

i got it to bust ap's chops of course this winter when football season rolls around & his lil boy is representin' his arch rival indi. but i also got it because i have a crush on peyton manning. our baby can't possibly be a fan of every team his father roots for. c'mon.  ap's not even a laker fan. so no, siding w/daddy in sports will not work in our family. but i do get a head start by having our baby wear this during indi vs ne game this coming season! ap's threatened to return it or burn it. you can only imagine how well my suggestion of the baby's name 'peyton' went over with ap. sigh~ names...that's a whole different animal in our house these days.

i have to say baby girl clothes are so much cuter and more fun to shop for. of course i'm biased because i'm a girl myself. but even when you walk into baby gap or gymboree, there are more selections for girls than boys and those pink dresses catch my eye more than the blue onsies. it's so hard to choose boy's clothes cuz some of them are just down right cheesy & not what i'd want my baby to be seen in. i guess in a way this is a good thing. the limited selection has kept me from losing control & buying everything in sight.

i was so good about shopping for the past like 2 years until i hit about 18 weeks of pregnancy. Not only did my normal pants no longer fit at that poin but I also opened the baby clothes flood gates as I started to believe more and more this is really happening and baby is healthy. Now, i can't stop browsing around for maternity and baby clothes on sale. Key word - SALE. i used to think oh perfect, I can wear my leggings throughout my pregnancy but oh boy was I wrong. i ended up getting maternity leggings and omg they are the greatest invention next to maternity jeans. i really don't know if i can let go of them even after the baby comes. i also can't wear my favorite undies from A/E. those superman undies are just so comfy but they're not so friendly when you're 18+ weeks preggo. best bet are the lace end undies from V/S. in fact, old navy has some similar lace band undies but V/S ones are definitely much more comfy.  unlike the tight band of A/E undies, the lace band undies are so forgiving of my growing body. it hit me last week that we have a weddig to go to next weekend and i can no longer depend on just wearing one of my normal dresses in the closet. pea in a pod had a great sale the other day so i picked out a dress i'd normally wear even if i wasn't pregnant. lets be honest, some maternity dresses are just hideous so i wanted something i can pull off even w/out the bump.

we'll be heading down to sd this sunday for a short day trip. we've been dying to try the famous pizzeria luigi since it was featured on triple d. our friends also raved about it so yes, we're driving 80 miles for pizza. unfortunately, we can't stay overnight since we're having a bbq tomorrow and i think i'll come in the office to get some work on done on monday. working on a holiday off is never fun but what's worse are piles and piles of work to be done after a long weekend. hopefully i won't gain 10 lbs from the weekend's bbq and luigi's.

eating for two

i bought a scale a couple of weeks ago. only because the dr recommended i get one. i've never been one to have a scale at home. i never really counted calories, grams of whatever, or reguarly weighed myself. now really, not because i did'nt have to. only because i'm too lazy to do anything extra than just eat or diet. but when you've gained 20 lbs in just 20 weeks of pregnancy - RED FLAG! i think i almost put my dr in cardiac arrest during last visit. i had gained whopping 9 lbs in just 4 weeks. it's not like i particularly ate more since i got knocked up but i think now, fat's literally just going right to different parts of my body whereas before, it never found its way there or if it did, did very slowly. to be honest, i think i'm carrying 15 of those extra 20 lbs in my OO's. i swear my baby's growing in my OO's, not my belly.

today's my dr appt and i think the dr will be (somewhat) proud. i've only gained 3 lbs since 4 weeks ago vs. 9 previous 4 weeks. i have the scale at home but don't even really use it. it just collects dust in my bathroom. if i've gained 23 lbs in 23 weeks, i'm on track to gain 40 lbs when the baby comes. woohoo! can't wait to take 18 minutes just to roll out of bed, 57 minutes in the shower and 2 hours to walk up to our apt from my car!

surprisingly, 3 lbs only. considering how much i pigged out in vegas last week. ap and i took a much needed vaca and i accomplished everything i wanted to during our relatively long trip. we leisurely shopped (the outlet in vegas is amazing) and got some adorable baby clothes, even stocked up on some christmas gifts so we don't have to worry later, and ap scored on a pair of shoes he's been eyeing. went to a buffet and did my normal 4 hours. got a couple's massage. bet on 14 and 24 and won which never happens! and ate gelato every day. we stayed at vdara half of the vaca and palazzo the other half.  we're not going back for a very long time so it was nice to just indulge for a little bit. i'm thinking all the walking i did in vegas did the trick in keeping the gain at 3 lbs.

i can feel myself getting heavier but most importantly, it's harder to clean the house. ap's been amazing and doing most of the chores because i just can't bend, scrub, wipe around the apt as easily. we seriously need to tidy up and reorganize the apt & make room for the baby soon before i get any more immobile. although we'll only stay where we are for a few months after the baby comes, i think it's only fair we give the little guy some closet & living space.

the baby has been the greatest blessing of many God's shown us, and he's already such a good son to mommy. i haven't had the normal PITA pregnancy effects - the consitipation, breakouts, heartburn, strech mark, back aches. knock on wood though cuz i know i'm only a little over halfway there. i guess the extra 23 lbs makes up for the lack of all other symptoms though. haha.

game 3...

i would like to give myself all the credit for the lakers' win last night. ap came home from his tuesday basketball game during halftime. we were up by 12. and then what happens? that 12 point lead was shaved down to 0 eventually in the 3rd quarter. i always say this to ap but i think lakers just don't play well when he's watching the game with me! i asked ap to leave the house. i know. what a terrible wife. he thought was was joking. no...i'm being serious...can you please just leave for like 5 minutes? he asked if he can just go to the bedroom instead. well, he ended up staying where he was because i got focused back into the game instead of convincing him of my extremely rational request. he ended up in a position where he was sitting on the floor leaning against the couch. 4th quarter. 3 minutes left. he decides to come sit next to me on the couch. NO! please! go back to the exact position you were sitting in. the lakers played some defense when you were in that position.

i'm surprised he hasn't hung himself by now.

so yes, my conviction in ap's positioning in our home made lakers beat boston last night. that and derek fisher.

lazy man's heaven.

i went to jjeem jeer bang for the first time today.  the trip was with my sisters and their husband/bf.  ulrich called the place "a lazy man's heaven".  i couldn't agree more.  i didn't get it.  what's the hype about a huge (and a little stinky, if you ask me) room full of people just lying around either sleeping or watching tv?  isn't that what oh, i don't know...your HOME is for?

we had free tickets, thanks to my easy-sale mother, and they expire at the end of this month, so we wanted to check it out.  the best part of it all for me was the shaved ice we shared.  i didn't try the various sauna rooms, so maybe i shouldn't be so quick to judge.  i'm glad ap didn't go.  he would've hated it.  he hates lying around just doing nothing at home and gets bored easily, so i can't imagine him doing that with 100 strangers in the same room!  i have 5 more tickets left so we decided to go back again next monday.  this time, i think it'll be a little more entertaining for me since we decided to take some facial packs, mags and games.  we were such newbies today and didn't know better. 

i am so not looking forward to work this week.  well, not that i ever do any week, but especially this week.  we have 8 days of training since we have now officially taken over countrywide and their processes/systems.  but at the end of the next 1~2 weeks are some very exciting days for us so i'm just gonna tread through these next several days and try not to lose my sanity.

i heart charles...

the lakers opened a can of whoop ass on the suns these last 2 games. now, if only they can play like that the rest of the playoffs. whenever i watch laker games, i always notice the same things and wonder these same things:

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  there is this one asian ajooma who sits courtside with a white lady every. single. game! they're on the side jack sits. hmmm...what do they do? they're always there.
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  the coaches in their snazzy what appears to be zegna or armani suits hug their players after the game. uh...do they dry clean these suits after every game? what a waste! they just sit there for 3 hours at most and have to dry clean after one game? i always think when they hug "uugh - the sweat!"
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  i know there are reporters in the lockers after the games...what about the female reporters?
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  how come the staples center is so dark compared to other arenas? other arenas, you can actually see the fans. ap thinks it's a "hollywood" thing. i think it's just another reason they call laker fans boring and unenthusiastic. we can't see them!
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  if i saved $5 each day for a year, i could probably afford a playoff courtside seat. or maybe not. and i wouldn't want to go alone so it'll be $10/day. ugh. nevermind.
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  where's khloe sitting?

honestly, what i enjoy more than the game itself or checking out the fans is watching tnt's inside the nba. more specifically charles barkley. he is undoubtedly the funniest man on television, unless russell peters is on comedy central or hbo. after watching last night's inside the nba edition, i youtube'd all charles barkely clips. i'm just about borderline obsessed. haha. did you know he's blacker than snoop dogg?

can you tell - i pay more attention to things that have nothing to do with the game itself?

on a very depressing note...i tried on the bridesmaid dress again last night (I've been trying it on every 3 weeks or so just to make sure), and uh oh....i almost peeled off the skin on my thumb trying to zip that sucker up! and did i mention, the wedding's next weekend?  

it zipped up - i just can't breathe. i'm just praying there is no wardrobe malfunction next week! i was about to text the bride to tell her about my dress ordeal but stopped dead in my track because i didn't want to freak her out. what bride wants to know 1 week before the wedding that one of her bridesmaids will need an oxygen mask the entire day of her wedding? yea, i think i'll just stick with starving myself 36 hours before the wedding.

dads, grads and the newlyweds

beginning of each year is always hectic of me, hence the 5 month hiatus!  it's crazy how after one holiday or birthday, another one hits you like a train again. my sisters and i always wondered how amazingly our parents timed our births to be right around the same time of the year. i think it has a lot to do with my father working abroad seasonally and coming home certain months of the year only. obviously, they were busy during the summers. can you blame them? after months of being apart and seeing each other on hot sunny sticky korean afternoons when my mother was probably wearing a slinky summer dress? ok, yea, that's my parents and my imagination stops right there!

luckily, ap's family's birthdays are pretty spread apart so it allows us to take a breather before that train hits us again. but summers - oh the summers! may/june probably falls under the busiest months. just when family birthdays all packed in from jan-april are done and over with, moms, dads, grads and the newlyweds await us starting in may. i think i found my one stop shop with etsy though. what did i ever do before etsy came along? birthdays, check. graduation, check. moms/dads/babies, check check check!  these are on my list of i-want-to-buy:

i think my breathing room will come in july & august when ap and i are hoping to take a vaca. for one thing, our wallet will not be as busy although we'll need to prep for ap's bday and the holidays that follow! a summer getaway is always nice though. but let me go on record and say i will not be sporting a slinky summer dress on a hot sticky day. i'm sure my mother pulled it off better than i would this summer!

Coolest Thing Ever

I love Coke as in Coca-Cola. I'm very loyal when it comes to brands. I get really irritated when ap goes to Target and brings home Crest instead of Colgate or Gain instead of Tide, etc. Coca-Cola tops Pepsi period. Even when we go out to eat, I have to ask the server "do you have Coke or Pepsi?". If it's the latter, I always opt for an Iced-Tea or just water.

Last night when we went to one of my all-time faves Rubios for dinner, I could not believe what I saw! I love Rubios even more now, as if that was possible. They had the new Coca-Cola 100+ flavor fountain drink dispensers. It's this digital techy big red machine that looks more like a big red television but you touch the screen and choose your coke flavor, anything from flavored Dasani to Orange Caffeine Free Diet Coke! I tried all the 5 or 6 different Diet Coke flavors. It was just so cool. I just kept staring at it even while we were eating to see people's reaction. I just hope these invade all eateries and restaurants soon. Check it out~! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1Lnn7KULHc