Growing Up!

Oh dear! Guess what happened tonight? It was so unexpectedly for me. While I was making dinner, my husband started to feed Conner some baby jar food. He asked me "should I try & see if Conner will feed himself?" I said "I don't know. He has never tried it yet." Without thinking about reaching for my ipod camera, Conner got the spoon and did it like it was the most normal thing to do. He spoon-fed himself!! Ahh! Of course, I ran to get my ipod and record it. *Dramatic mama's memories insert here* What's funny is that he made a couple of little spill on his shirt. Usually, he does not wear a shirt (or has a bib on) whenever he has his meal. This time we forgot to but hey, who says there is a perfect non-messy child? haha! I really can't believe Conner is growing up. He is only 10 months old for goodness sake! Ok...he is really almost 11 months old but don't remind me just yet. 

So thrilled for Conner to be growing up!--Mama! =)

More about Picnik.com

Picnik.com is a fun site to edit your photos into something different. It is not hard to do. It's free and fun, especially for those who don't have Photoshop. Here are some tips on editing a picture or two. *Make sure you pick a clear picture.
*If you want words on it, pick a photo that has space for words. Or add an extra space for a 2nd photo but only use one photo.
*Don't be afraid to use the effects for your favorite looks. You can even apply more than one effects. *Play with different fonts and colors.

The key to creativity is to "play" around. It gave me a few fun ideas that I never thought of doing. Here are a few examples:

I used a photo that has space on the left side of my subject. Then I changed the effect to 1960's look. I adjust the contrast and light. Then I added my favorite song into different fonts/colors. Highlighting the words such as "sunshine".

I chose to use collage but only added one photo. So I can have extra space for words. Then I changed the contrast color to the picture.

I chose the 3-spaces for 3 pictures. Then I reduced the spacing size to join the pictures together. Then I auto-corrected the pictures. Also lighten the dark space so I can see the faces better. Then I added frame and wording with icons.

Hope these ideas help you get started on your fun editing time. Click here to check out the Picnik site!

A Blessed Heart

Today, I thought about how blessed am I. Of course, I am not rich in money, things, or even a house/car. I am rich in family. It's my son, my husband and my extended families. My heart is blessed as I watch my kid learned how to pick up his toys whenever they fall of the couch. He learned how to bang things together. He learned that he can throw cherrios on the floor but still go pick it up and eat it (or if my dog is lucky, she probably will get it first). He learned how to listen for his mama & dada's voices. He just makes me SMILE! Yes, like I said, my heart is blessed beyond than I could ever imagined!

*Thank you Lord for all the blessings that you have given to me. You are the Lord of lords and forever my God! I love you!*

Standing & Walking

The weekend of my anniversary, Conner had started to stand on his own for a few seconds. It surprised me so much that I was already having dreams about it. Such as Conner walked into the kitchen unexpectedly while I was cooking. Kinda scary but exciting at the same time. I think this event is making me realized how fast Conner is growing up to be a toddler soon. Today, Conner already could walk a few steps without falling down (only with a happy face). Seriously, whenever he tries to walk on his own, he has this big grin that makes his nose and eyes squish up. It's making me laugh on how much Conner tries with this silly face on. I am thankfully that he is willing to take a dare (in a good way) and learn how to do things on his own. Now if only I can get my dreams to calm me down. haha!

2nd Year Wedding Anniversary!

Yesterday was my 2nd wedding anniversary of being married to McStud, (a.k.a. Brian). We had been married for 2 years. It doesn't seem that long but it sure feels like we had been married for years. Who would know the first time I met Brian in the dining hall at TTU would be my husband? He was wearing a fancy suit & tie outfit. He just got back from meeting George Bush, former president of USA. Pretty neat uh? He didn't know sign language. All he loves to talk about was football and have a political debate with his friends. haha! Eventually, God directed his heart toward mine. =) I glad to say, I'm pretty darn happy that he keep "chasing" me. Who knew that 4 years later we would have this healthy & happy 10 months old baby boy? My life is blessed!

On that note, I got to surprise Brian with few adventures & a dinner date. I kept warning Brian not to eat too much homecoming meal at church that morning. I hope he listened. haha! We dropped our boy off at Mimi & Opa's house for the night. Boy! I was so excited for this surprise trip for Brian. He had no clue what we were doing. I had him drive to our 1st destination. Ice skating! It was so cold in the building. I had forgot to bring my hoodies. We had fun despite of being way out of shape. Lucky for us, we didn't fall down and hurt our booty. lol!

at the ice skating rink!

pre-snack. No this didn't make us full because we were skating so much!

2nd destination: We went miniature putt-putt golf at the Pirate's Cove. I really like the decor'! I'm a fan of pirates even though I know they are dangerous and stinks! I loss my ball in some random creek on the 16th par. oops! I was here to win but left a loser. Yay for BG for finally beating me at a round of golf.

this is how I golf. JK!

3rd: since we had more time to burn off, we went to the Gwinnet Mall. Needless to say, it's a nice mall compare to what it looks like outside. Never judge a book by it's cover. =)

4th: Yes, Brian was impressed that I made reservations for the 1st time. I took him to the Melting Pot. It's pretty much everything dipped in your own bowl of fondue. It's the BEST FOOD EVER! So romantic and the food was amazing! I just want to have another fondue cheese bowl to take home!

The best place for awesome fondue!

He was really excited about cheese on bread

Amazing plate of goodies!

Then we stopped by a beautiful hill with a huge oak tree on top. We watched the sunset for a little bit. Then we went home because we were so tired from having such a busy day. Brian was nice enough to let me watch the finale of "The Next Food Network Star!". Jeff Mauro, the sandwich king won! I wanted Vic to win but Jeff is pretty good and I cant wait to see the pilot of his very 1st show. The next day, BG surprised me with breakfast in bed from McDonald's & the prettiest set of flowers! We watched a movie, "Peggy Sue Got Married".  Then we went to pick up Conner. Man I miss his so much! He had a lot of fun at Mimi & Opa's house. He seems to have grown so much overnight considering he is already starting to stand up on his own. SCARY! It's a great process for Conner!

Then we had to do our food shopping but what was nice is we shop in the middle of the day. Usually, we go after BG gets home from work in the evening. So it was nice and quiet at Krogers. Later, we went to the library because I have been wanting to check out a couple of books to read. Also we took Conner to the park for his 1st experience in the baby swing. So much fun! I didn't want the weekend to ended but we both were blessed to have special time together without having some chaos in our life. Last year, we didn't have that great of anniversary. We had to throw away our cake topper a week before our anniversary because we had to move away. In the middle of all that, we didn't have time to just have a good weekend together. It's ok, we still love each other ;) haha!

Giggles & Handprint Art

Last Saturday was such a fun day! Pinterest had inspired me to do this hand prints art on a couple of canvas. If you hadn't check out Pinterest.com, you should! It is full of inspiring ideas, cool recipes, random photos and so many countless things on the website. The handprint art was something I wanted to do. Yes it was messy but super fun! Brian, Conner and I had much fun because we just made memories. =)

And oh you gotta check this video out. Conner was such a silly boy that day. He thinks that everything is funny and he is so ticklish!

Our Lil Bug's 100th post---the best gross story ever!

This is really a really gross story. So don't say I didn't warn ya!
AHHH! Tonight turn out to be one of my first many gross stories that I will have to face with raising a baby boy. I was busy doing something and had my back to Conner for a few minutes. Those few minutes turn out to be a really quiet. Too quiet. I wonder why so I turned around and saw my innocent swet baby boy sitting among dog POOP! He was playing with it like a play-doh and I hate to say it...he was EATING it!! AHH! That freak me out. If you know me, I don't like to handle poop. I gagged at the smell of it. As a mommy, I must take a stand and make a quick move. I hurried & grab Conner up and yelled for BG (who was in bed, sleeping). BG woke up suddenly because he thought something bad had happened. Well, duh yeah! This is a disaster and I need HELP! He quickly got up half -asleep and saw the poopy mess on my living room floor. He said "Oh whoa!" I told him " no not that, LOOK AT CONNER!" BG was shocked! He ran to grab some baby wipes and cleaned out Conner's mouth as much as he could. He struggled with cleaning Conner's hands because Conner was too excited. Conner tried to get away from us to play with some more unmentionables. BLAH! The poop was getting everywhere. It was on Conner's legs, BG's arms and my hands. Lord have mercy! Life does gets messy!

After that, I washed Conner's hands with soap and water. Lucky, Conner loves water so he didn't fight with me. Ugh...I still smell his poopy breath. This is NOT good! Again, I washed his mouth with wet paper towels and brushed his teeth/gums. Then got his bath set up. I let him play with the bubbles as much as he could. There! He is all cleaned, so squeaky clean and smelling fresh like a sweet smelling baby. My hubby went back to sleep after he helped clean off the floor. I read Conner some books, fed him and put him to bed. He went right to sleep with no problems. Only because the night was so much fun and worn him out. Ugh! Now I think about it, I'm not sure that I like the idea of feeding Conner some milk after he tasted dog poop. I need a shower after this eventful night. Story of my life of raising an active baby boy! I hope I will never again will have to face something like that but who knows...this is only the beginning.

*Oh by the way, happy 100th post on "Our Lil' Bug" blog! What an awesome post, uh? =)