Bryan's Baek-il (100 days birthday)

I've been so busy, it's hard to make posts nowadays! These are pictures from Bryan's 100 day birthday, Setember 16th. It is a Korean tradit...

Vegetable Eggroll Recipe

I've had a lot of requests for my veggie eggroll recipe, so here it is! Ingredients (makes about 20 eggrolls): 1 package Eggroll wrapp...

Bryan's Futon

Today Bryan received a futon from his great-uncle in Korea. It's very cute, but unfortunately Bryan sleeps in a crib, not on the floor like ...

Bryan is growing so fast!

Bryan is two months old now, and full of smiles! He's learning new sounds and likes to coo all the time. He giggles, but it is mostly breath...

Pierce County Fair 2010

This weekend in my home town is the Pierce County Fair. It is a fair basically celebrating farm life and simple things. There are carnival r...

My Little Boy is a Ladies Man

Today I had a doctor's appointment. Like always, the nurse on duty was cooing over how cute he is. In the exam room Bryan kept staring at th...

Barbie-sized Temari

Very small temari I had made years ago. I just found them under a dresser. I think my cat thought they were toys. The designs on these were ...

Sick

I've been sick a lot lately. Everything with pregnancy and delivery went great, but nursing has been a little problematic. I keep getting br...

Nosy Neighbor Syndrome

I have not been blessed with good neighbors. One neighbor revs their dirt bikes at all hours of the day. Across the street used to be rednec...

Giggles!

Bryan is learning how to giggle! When I play with him he gives me big smiles and waves his arms around and makes quiet giggle-like noises. H...

Bryan Smiles!

I managed to get pictures of Bryan's smile! We had a good time with grandma today.

1 month old!

Bryan is one month old today! Tomorrow he has his wellness checkup. He's grown so fast! Today we are going to visit family. Meanwhile, I hav...

Sleepy

Tomorrow Bryan will be 3 weeks old! He's settling into a pattern of being sleepy during the day and fussy at night. I read somewhere that it...

Bryan meets another newborn!

Bryan is doing good! He's 16 days old now. At his 2 week old doctor's appointment he had gained weight, now 7lbs 3oz. The doctor was pleased...

Welcome Bryan!

Bryan Henry Sarnoski Born 6-6-2010 at 10:45 am 6lbs 9oz, 19.5 inches Bryan is finally here! On the evening of the 5th I was counting my co...

Still Preggo

So I'm still pregnant. At my last appointment my doctor said I wouldn't need to schedule another appointment and that I'd have the baby by t...

Zokei Bonsai

On my previous post for the Seattle Cherry Blossom Festival 2010, I mentioned that I learned to make Zokei Bonsai - bonsai trees made of sil...

Beaded Scorpion

I used to make beaded spiders for my co-workers. For my husband I made this beaded scorpion to use as a prop for an L5R card tournament. Thi...

update

Yesterday I had a doc appointment. Originally the doctor said that he thought I was going to have a big baby, 8-9lbs, so I asked for an ultr...

Bryan's first handmade blanket

Today I received a handmade baby blanket for Bryan. My mom made this for Bryan, and is in the process of crocheting many more things! :-)

Nursery

We have the nursery set up. We were lucky enough that Bobby's mom bought most everything we needed. Unfortunately, that means we didn't get ...

Belly Pictures

Mother's day marked day one of my 9th month of pregnancy! For my Mother's day gift Bobby got me a massage. It was nice, I'd only had a profe...

Another passing

Today my uncle Butch passed away. This death was expected, and isn't as hard on me as my father-in-law's was. I wasn't very close to my uncl...

Photos from father-in-law's funeral

My brother-in-law took photos of the honor guard ceremony that was held at my father-in-law's funeral. I thought I'd share them. After the ...

Matrix and socks

There is nothing my kitty loves more at the end of a long hard day than to curl up with daddy's socks. Or really any of my husband's clothin...