Week of Thanksgiving

It has been a busy week for me. My grandpa just past away last Saturday and I had to visit his viewing and share my eulogy about him. It went really well and I'm so happy I had the opportunity to do so. My grandpa has a lot of relatives that live here, in the US. Most of them I haven't really met, but they were definitely nice enough to come to the viewing. I will definitely miss my grandpa and I'm so grateful to have such an awesome grandpa. Now I just need to focus on helping my grandma get through this. She is my only family that's close to me and I can't afford to lose another loved one right now.


On a lighter note, we had so much fun celebrating Thanksgiving. Matt and Nina were here to visit us and it was great to get to know them even better. Also, Melody and Kuma got to play with them. Matt did a great a job making Melody smile, by making funny faces. Nina was so sweet and she seemed always concerned about baby Melody,especially when Kuma is always trying to get on the baby.

Melody with Nina and Matt

 Our aunt Jill hosted a yummy Thanksgiving dinner. I was trying not to eat too much, but that was really hard to do. There was karaoke singing and the boys were out in the woods riding quads. It was really great to spend time with family. Especially when I get to have break from carrying Melody, since everyone wants to hold her.

Megan circled around the kitchen while holding Melody for half an hour.

I wish that we would have taken them to more places, since they drove all the way from Utah. But it sucks to be on a budget, when going out always cost money. But I'm glad we got to go to San Francisco. We went to Pier 39 where they had amazing shops and had yummy lunch at Bubba gump shrimp. Shrimp is my favorite food, but I recently found out that I'm officially allergic to shrimp, which basically means my life is almost over. But that's okay, I'm still grateful that I can eat fish. Just not shellfishes.

Baby waking up from nap/two hour drive to the SF

Fisherman's Wharf and behind us is the Alcatraz

Bubba gump shrimp

Run Forest! Ruuuun!

 We went also went to Fisherman's Wharf and it pretty much reminded of Waikiki. They had that famous clam chowder and sourdough place and as you can see in the picture below these people are pretty serious about their sourdough bread.

We haven't had very many family pictures and I really love this one.

Turtle sourdough breads

Overall. it was a great week. Even though the first few days was very sad, it lighten up pretty quickly because I got to see some family and spend some quality time with them. I have so much to thank for this year. I'm thankful for my family, a healthy and safe pregnancy/labor and most of all, for a beautiful healthy baby.

Melody: 3 months old

Dad forces her to wear this every bears game

  Our baby girl, Melody, turned 3 months today. It's crazy how fast time goes by and how she's growing so quickly. She already has so much personality and I find it so fun to learn new things about her. Every morning, when she wakes up she would make noises like "ahgoo!' or "aahh" to her elephants (it's basically a mobile of little elephant heads attached to her playpen). Sometimes, she would be up at 5 am talking to the elephants and it would wake up Chris and I. She also has learned to smile a lot if you talk to her or if you're just saying hi. She is very particular with how she wants to be held. She prefers facing front, just so she could see people and join the party. She hates being held like a baby, unless she's sleeping.A few weeks ago, she started to roll over by herself a few times one day. She didn't seem to know what she was doing but it looks like she enjoyed for a bit. Here is a proof.

 Bedtime has definitely gotten a lot easier for Chris and I. It seems that she has learned to go to sleep on her own. I usually would put her down give her a binky and hold her hand. If she is having a hard time or if she's just plain fussy, Chris would play the guitar and we would sing her songs. Sometimes I'll play the ukulele to her too. It really calms her down, and she seems to enjoy music very much. Chris and I love music. Why do you think we named her Melody?Anyway, she's gonna grow some more and we're so excited too see what's she gonna do next, in the following months.

  As for now, Christmas is around the corner along with the new year. We will be in Chicago for a week to see family and have a fun white Christmas. Then in early next year, Melody and I will be traveling to Japan to meet her Obaa-chan and Oji-chan (my ma and step dad). The 14 hour plane ride would suck, but it should be worth it. There's so much to look forward to!

Halloween!!

We didn't do much on Halloween but we had a great time carving pumpkins and dressing up for the trick or treaters.Chris dressed up as a hula boy. He pretty much wore my hula dancing costumes. I dressed up as a Japanese doll, Melody was a ladybug, and Kuma was a bee. I thought of a themed look for the whole family, but since we're watching our spending,we just worked with what we got in our wardrobe.