Baby's now the size of an appleseed!

Baby doesn't look like much more than a tadpole right now, but is actually starting to form major organs (heart, kidney, liver, stomach) and systems (nervous, circulatory, digestive).

Taken from http://pregnant.thebump.com/pregnancy/first-trimester/articles/your-pregnancy-week-5.aspx

Baby's now the size of a poppyseed!

Taken from http://pregnant.thebump.com/pregnancy/first-trimester/articles/your-pregnancy-week-3.aspx

This is out of order but...

WE'RE PREGNANT!!!!!! =)



(Due March 2, 2010)

Super busy recently, hence the lack of posts, but had to put this one up asap. =) I'll back track and cover all the exciting stuff I skipped over, along with a more detailed post about our new baby!! I will say though, we are SO super excited. =)
xoxox

Climb Every Mountain...

All the pictures from our epic hike are on our shutterfly account. www.josephandgina.shutterfly.com
And now some movies for your viewing pleasure... =) xoxox

Yummy! Yummy! Yummy! I got love in my tummy!!

So, thanks to Em and her amazing Christmas present of the Dinner-on-a-Dime Taste of Home cookbook, we have been eating fantastic meals over the last 4 months, none of which have been repeated or were old favorites before, but they soon will be.

(I was especially grateful for this gift because I had forgotten to pack a cookbook in my unaccompanied baggage! We would've been without a cookbook for a good 2 months, and while I am excellent at following recipes, I'm not willing to free-style it like that just yet. So hooray for well-timed gifts. =)

Anyways, the latest of these fine culinary creations that I have effortlessly whipped up came from said cookbook. (I revised the recipe slightly, as it was supposed to have vanilla chips and those are not available here. But other than that, it's the same.)

So, I whipped up a batch of sugar cookie mix (from Mom & Dad for my birthday - yay you guys!)

Chopped up 3/4 a jar of maraschino cherries
And viola! Vanilla Chip Cherry Cookies, sans vanilla chips. Heaven on earth...

I have been noting Joe's response to the new recipes in the margins of the cookbook so when I have tried them all and do start repeating them I'll remember which ones he liked and what he didn't care for so much. His response to these? "Holy shit. Where are the rest of them and why aren't they in my mouth?!!" BAhahahahaa! I love my husband. And yeah, they're THAT good. =) xoxox

P.S. I would also be including a picture of the finished masterpiece, but I just ate the last one. =)

And Many More...

Thank you Grandma...
for a beautiful birthday card and the enclosed gift!! I love you. xoxox

Happy Birthday to You!

Thank you Mama...
for a lovely birthday card! She also enclosed some birthday money and instructions for me to find something Korean for myself in one of the little shops by our apt - I'm on the hunt! =) xoxox