Halloween Post: Spider egg sac

Halloween is my favorite holiday and this year's porch theme is Spiders!!! Last year I saw Martha Stewart's spider egg sac project and I was in love. It doesn't look as good as her's but it was fun to do! 
Tips: - We grabbed white stockings from Walmart. It was $1.97/pair in the girls section.  -Instead of using foam egg, I used baseballs because of the weight and it looks more stretchy with it. 

We also installed some moving objects and a scarecrow that makes scary noises and pops up when you walk into the porch. Unfortunately we had to turn it off because our FEDEX/UPS stopped placing our packages inside our porch and left it outside.  More pics of my front yard to come soon!

Week 35: The Home Stretch

In case you haven't heard... 

WE ARE HAVING A BABY!!! Time goes by so quickly. It seemed like yesterday that I just peed on that darn stick. Instead of having to wait those horrible 2 minutes of am I or aren't, that stick changed color instantly confirming I was SUPER pregnant. 
Are we ready?  I have no idea. How can we be ready. We are so happy and excited but it's scary to think that we will be taking care of a living breathing human being. When I sit down and actually think about it, there is an overwhelming feeling of love. I can't wait to meet this miniature version of what we created.    The Mister has organized and rearranged our house to make it baby friendly. We have already set up the high chair, car seat, stroller, crib, and the diaper changing station. The toys that BabyT won't even get to play with until its a few months old is set up! Everything has its place that when we had a guest come visit, they asked if we had another child around.  *** WEEK 35 CRAVING Cereal and Milk! Sort of just want to eat everything in my path right now DRINKING Starbucks Caramel Apple Cider, 'tis the season! WATCHING Mister and I have been youtubing everything from how to care for a baby, how to bathe a baby, how to swaddle. What the heck is the difference between Desitin, Vaseline, and baby wipes- who knows.  This video made us laugh because 1) this is the worst tip ever and 2) I think there is sometime as too much rash creme. Skip to 1:00

SLEEPING I know your not suppose to stop drinking water but after drinking half a cup of water before bed, I have to get up 3-4 times to pee. Sleeping is hard from the tossing and turning which seemed easier in the early trimester is now difficult because its just very hard to breath. I feel like i'm running a marathon just from the exertion of turning. 

WEARING 

*Leggings! Uniqlo came to my hometown at a perfect time and opened up 3-4 new locations, their leggings are a bit thicker so it looks like work pants ( or at least I hope it does to my boss). Makes me sad though because I can't fit into my old jeans, even my pajamas pants are too tight!

*Coobie Bra. Mannnn my friend recommended them and that is all I am wearing right now because it's stretchy and comfortable and my boobs are growing so basically I can't fit into anything else. 

FEELING tired. A month ago my feet started to swell up and it is NOT PRETTY! When I wake up in the morning it feels funny to walk because of that pressure. I can't fit any of my flats so that bums me out. 

LOVING that it is so close to the end but also scared. 

Paint Nite Date Night

This was from wayyy in Feb I think - so very late post.  ..... Paint Nite is something I wanted to do with the hubby so basically that means I FORCED him. 
Paint Nite is one of those activities that you can do with a date or a girls night. There are so many groupons and online deals right now for it that makes it much more worth it. The con is that if you live with the person your going with, you have 2 of the same paintings in your house soooo that can be problematic. 

We went with our favorite couple!

Here is the final masterpiece! 

P.S. I miss my long hair. It's super short now. 

EVERYTHING IS AWESOME - Heart Shaped Sushi bonding time

To celebrate our 1st valentine's  - as a married couple who is finally living together under one roof no longer long distance love -  YAY day we stayed in and decided to make a weekend out of it.  Friday Night  We DIY Sushi 

quick link for heart shaped sushi Bonded over how badly we made the sushi rice. We still have not perfected the ratio of vinegar to rice.

Tried to be all romantic and made some heart shape sushi. It's my first time soooo..not perfect but he got the message.  Saturday Watched THE LEGO MOVIE.  We may have been there during matinee hour with a room full of ages 4+ but didn't care because it was so awesomely HILARIOUS. During the film we realized the villain Lord Business was someone we both knew- THE MISTER!!!!! If you know the Mister and see how they describe Lord Business in the movie: A tyrant that likes to separate things and have a place for everything.... THAT'S HIM!

After the movie you definitely catch us singing 'EVERYTHING IS AWESOME'
Catch Phases that makes us laugh to ourselves 'RELEASE the KRAGLE' 'EXACT-ZERO' 'POLICE REMOVER' If you haven't watched it, we highly recommend it!

Cute Valentine's Ideas

Not my ideas but random cute heart recipes or love messages that I am loving this valentine's season and wanted to share. 

http://www.livinginyellow.com

http://www.100layercake.com

DIY Canvas Art

http://www.simplyxclassic.com

http://smittenkitchen.com/blog/2013/02/salted-caramel-brownies/

Baby Shower DIY: Owl Theme

As promised here are the goodies that her best friends and I concocted for my sister's baby shower! The theme was owls. At first, I had no clue why she was obsessed with them but after working with everything, Owls can be PRETTY CUTE!

the decorations

Diaper Owl Cake ( tutorial here)  

the desserts

BIG EYE Owl Cupcake Recipe(HERE)

My scary melon baby (Here)

A lot of the guests wouldn't touch the crib because they were scared Chucky might come out of it or something.

Homemade Watermelon Lemonade 50/50 Punch with ginger ale

This was a hit! We used real watermelon and store bought lemonade and blended them together. Then added Gingle Ale to taste. It is pretty easy to do and was very refreshing.

From afar you couldn't tell which was the real cake  (L) versus the diaper cake (R). My aunt did an amazing job making the diaper cake!

and I wasn't sure if I should post my version of an owl cake pop but here it is...

WARNING: IF YOU OWN ANY PET CHICKENS, COVER THEIR EYES. 

It is my first time making any sort of creative cake pop so of course the first times always the most hardest -slash- ugliest. I mean COME ON, look at the cake pop on the right, it looks like the brain exploded.


CLOSE UP OF EXPLODING BRAIN 

But at least it tasted good!


Our generation's most popular motto:

Congrats to the happy couple on their bundle of joy!  

...and if you didn't get a chance to see their city hall wedding- They are HERE. So beautiful!

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P.S.

Everyone's been asking us when we are going to have kids and my honest to god answer is... I have no FREAKING CLUE. I hope not soon. SO STOP ASKING ME! 

I find that to be the most annoying question you can ever ask a married couple especially newly weds because general opinion of people getting married is to have kids. BUT I am in the group where we want to be married because we want to be committed, not to procreate.

ok- I am no longer venting.  BUT.... now it JUST got awkward....

Posting now!

Happy 2014

Happy New Year! I am only 3 days late but better late than never. 

I have been busy with rotations so hopefully after that I will have time to work on the blog as well as study for my boards. I only have one block left and then am free after Feb 14. Isn't that romantic?

Recently we have been getting our home ready for new years eve. 

We..okay really ME.. didn't want to plan a get together because of the clean up and expenses. BUT I really wanted to end the year with a bang so everyone we invited was really kind and helped chipped in. We made it a pot luck- they bought drinks, food, champagne and even decorations! We are REALLY lucky to have such great friends so THANKS GUYS!!!

We planned it really last minute..like the day before.

So I didn't have time to DIY anything >.< other than my quick 2014 number sign with whatever items I had lying around the home. I promise next year it will sparkle!!! 

2013 has been really good to me. Quickies Updates:
I recently have become an auntie !!! Niece photo below. I am not a big baby person and it totally took the pressure off me but my mother in law is all about babies once she saw this one. 

The baby shower was super cute and there were some nice DIY projects and pretty decorations so hopefully I will chat about that soon.

Hubs and I just recently celebrated our 1 year anniversary. 

YAY we made it! It was sad at first because majority of our newlywed stage was long distance but now since I have FINALLY settled back home again FOREVER I am happy. 

We celebrated in style by going to OYA 

They are very well known for their creative sushi dishes such as the Omakase so that's what we got. Since 1 year anniversaries don't happen everyday we decided to splurge on it. 

They have been featured in:

Food & Wine as one of the world's 10 best new restaurants of the year, 

Zagat's America's Best Restaurants, 

Bon Appetit's Top 10 sushi Restaurants in America, 

Eater National Nine Exceptional Omakase Menus Across the U.S., AND 

Andrew Zimmern from Bizarre Foods named OYa as one of his top 5 favorite restaurants in the country. 

You can kind of see why based on the photos below. 

Instead of freezing our wedding cake for the year because it just takes up space and I don't think it will taste that great, we just ordered the same cake favor ( strawberry grand marnier) and shared it with our family after Christmas dinner. Glad we ordered it from a regular cake shop so that we can do this every year!!!!!

Time to get some work done. Rotations start Monday!!!