Stocking for Shearn Yoong

I have been working off-and-on on this stocking for several months. I was hoping to finish it before labor started. Now that it's done, you can come any time, baby!!!

Benji is ready to meet his little brother or sister

Plenty of ginger

Here is the 2.5-plus pounds of ginger root that my mother-in-law has stocked up on in preparation for postpartum care. The Chinese believe that lots of "heat" leaves your body when you give birth, so you need to eat lots of "heaty" foods and rest a lot in the month after giving birth to regain your energy. Sounds logical to me. Some heaty foods include ginger, sesame oil, and meat.

Victoria's Secret

Today I was mall-walking with two friends and our little ones, and I needed to stop in Victoria's Secret. Benji kept on pointing to the mannequins and pictures of the live models and saying "Mommy." I'm not sure if he was saying Mommy because he thought they were all Mommies or because I remind him of them. I definitely see how Benji could confuse me with a drop-dead gorgeous, size 0 model, you know, since I'm 40 + weeks pregnant and all! (see picture posted a few weeks ago - I look the same, just bigger)

Knitting project: felted snowman

This was my first felted knitting project, and it was interesting to experiment. I have quite a bit of leftover yarn so I plan to eventually make a baby snowman.

38 weeks pregnant

in 2004

in 2006

Birthday pictures

The birthday boy with his parents

Benji's 2nd birthday cake

Benji gives the cake 2 thumbs up!

More napkins please!

Yippee! Presents!

Balloons are falling rom the ceiling! Really, all you need for a successful two year old birthday party is lots and lots of balloons.

Happy Birthday Benji

Today our little boy turned two! We had a birthday party with our playgroup pals this morning and will have another party tomorrow - wow, two cakes in two days, can't beat that! We went out to dinner at Red Robin tonight ... and the big perk of Red Robin is that they give away free balloons. So here are a few pictures of the birthday boy after dinner with his lovely blue balloon.

Oops

Today Benji and I planned on meeting Shearn Yoong for lunch. In the end, Benji and I had lunch at the Marketplace in Rogers, and Shearn Yoong had lunch at the Marketplace in Springdale. Not such an intimate family lunch as we had hoped for! Next time we'll have to be very clear as to which restaurant we're referring to. Oh well, Benji and I had a pleasurable time together so it was still a good experience.