Favorite Things Part 1

I've been browsing through Oprah Winfrey's Favorite Things shows. I'm impressed and inspired. Although I can't afford to give all of my readers (all 5 of you :D) an iPod Nano or a Burberry coat, but I can blog about my favorite things.


The first of my favorite things are chocolate bars from an organic food company. Recently, I bought Dagoba (yes, like in the planet Yoda lived on) milk chocolate and dark chocolate bars at Whole Foods. Usually I wouldn't buy these because they're so expensive, but they were on sale. I ate the milk chocolate one a couple of days ago and I was knocked out. It was so rich and dense. It was like eating dark chocolate. Rick is now eating the Eclipse bar. It has a real bite to it. He's loving it.

Stay tuned for more updates...

Milestones

Emi-chan recently reached a few important milestones! First is she started eating solids. She's still not quite sure if she likes rice cereal, but she likes sitting at the big table and "using" a utensil like mama and papa. We're also trying to get her to drink from a sippy cup, but she doesn't like the cup.



Emi-chan also had her first haircut. Her bangs kept getting in her eyes, so we asked Grandma to trim them for her. Emi-chan didn't like that. She kept fussing and wriggling. Grandma did her best with a wriggly baby. I'm happy with the results. Emi-chan's hair doesn't bother her, and she looks like Spock.


Emi-chan is now strong enough to sit up and her balance is relatively stable enough, so on a recent shopping trip, I put her in the shopping cart instead of hauling the car seat out and setting on the cart. She did pretty well, except she kept trying to lick the cart. Bleah!

Happy Birthday to Moi

Today is my 15th anniversary of my 25th birthday (do the math). Hooray! It was a pretty relaxing day. I got a b-day call from No-ah, and then Rick took me and Emi-chan to a Malaysian restaurant in Milpitas called Banana Leaf for lunch. It was so good! I was going to take pictures of the dishes we ordered, but they looked so good, we ate them up before I could take them :) I'd like to go back again.

Then, I went (with Emi-chan) to Whole Foods to buy some fruit and a piece of cake and walked out with a cart load of stuff. I was a little disappointed that they no longer carry my favorite cookies :( When I got home, I had a b-day message from Ms. Lily. Happy, happy.

Had leftovers for dinner, and Grandma and Grandpa called to sing "Happy Birthday" to me. Smiles :) Later on, Rick and I had some cake. It was dry. Half a smile.

All in all, I had a good day, except I'm still in a little bit of shock over turning double 20. I'll get used to it.