vegas here we are! :) i'm so excited to be here! finally.. it's been so long since we've been here.. the last time i was here was when i was in my third trimester! gees time flies~ :P
so we got on our flight yesterday at 10am, and james was pretty good throughout the flight. we had some breakfast before we boarded and on the flight we fed him a bottle during take off so his ears won't pop. i gift wrapped some of his books so it can keep him company during the flight, and that worked as well. he slept for a good hour and a half but i had to BF him in order for him to fall asleep. the flight itself was 5 hours and oh.. we also paid extra to sit all he way in the front (jetblue more room seats) which was nice for us as well.
our first trip as a family on the plane!
we're a bit jet lagged but james still seems to be on NY schedule, so he woke us up at 7am. :( hopefully it will work out because we're going to be on the west coast til the 12th!
we've been planning our first REAL family vacation and we're finally leaving next week!! i honestly wish we went somewhere like disney world (YAY!!!), but we're going off to vegas and going to go visit our friend in san jose instead. we were actually considering going to disney world, but we thought it would be a waste because james isn't going to remember a thing and taking a 1 year old to a theme park would be... too tiring.. haha~ we're also traveling with some friends, so i'm really looking forward to having lots of fun. :)
james has been walking a lot these days, and it's driving us crazy (in a good way). it's so funny how he walks too.. he also claps sometimes while he's walking and starts giggling.. it's the cutest thing ever~ funny kid, that guy.
we also had our nephews over the weekend because we were babysitting.. dennis and i decided to only have 2 babies max. LOL~ having four boys was so crazy.. they behave so well, but it was pure madness. i don't know how my brother and SIL does it.. mad props!
oh and i wanted to add in- i went out with some friends last night for dinner, and one of them told me she reads my blog, and asked if i had instagram.. never thought of putting it on my blog! my instagram id is: esthayim. feel free to add me guys! :) the weather in NYC has been really cold these days.. stay warm and don't forget to bundle up!
phewwwwwwwww~ 13 months! in a way it seems like it's been so long.. but in a way it seems so short! these days i've been staying home a lot and resting with james... i don't know why but i've been SO BUSY the past couple of months running errands here and there, but the past two weeks or so has been a bit relaxing for me. i think it's also because we went on a family trip to AC with my parents and we got to just sleep in a lot.
james has been waking up at 10am these days (YAY!) and he takes about 2-3 naps a day depending on his mood. i take a nap with him because i sleep so late at night so i love nap time as well! it's been so hard adjusting to his sleeping schedule because i'm a night owl, but i guess these are the sacrifices you need to make as a mother.
i've been trying really hard to make my baby and husband breakfast and lunch which was really hard for me since waking up in the morning is the hardest thing for me to do, but i realized that by doing that it was just going to hurt me (mentally), and my babies (physically!). so i've been working on it, and i'm finally getting used to it. :)
james doesn't like to eat fruits so i've been trying to put it in his food and that seemed to work. for instance, for breakfast i'd make pancakes.. but one day i'll make blueberry pancakes, and a couple of days later i'll make banana pancakes. i also give him this apple-cranberry sauce that our cousin made for us and i add real strawberries and give it to him with it, and he likes that as well.
for lunch i try to feed him lots of protein. today i made tofu with sauteed spinach, miso soup, mushrooms and meatballs with peppers. thankfully i have a baby who will eat anything and everything so that makes life a lot easier for me. but i won't lie... making a meal plan is hard! :(
but with that being said, words cannot describe how happy i am with my little one. he's walking better as the days go by, and he's getting more independent. he helps us put his shirt on when we're changing him, and the way he looks at me just really melts my heart. these days after he cries for me i pick him up and when i do, he puts his arms around me and holds on for dear life.. and that feeling is indescribable. i thank God everyday for such a blessing like him.
