salt and pepper

toni was in town once again so we met up at thai bbq earlier for some quick QT. we took another picture after, but this one makes me laugh because it exaggerates our salt-and-pepperness. (=

date with silla

silla came home with us after the party last night to sleep over. before dropping her off at her dad's house earlier, the two of us went to the mall and then to blenders for some calamari and boba. love her!

russellmania

today was russellmania! despite the gloomy weather, lots and lots of family and friends came out to celebrate this boy's baptism and first birthday! as serena would say, he is loved SO much!

gruezo baby shower

today was a busy day! in between russell's two celebrations, we made our way over to carson for kevin and nina's baby shower! we weren't able to stay very long, but i didn't want to miss it. anthony, reese, and i are very excited for baby nico's arrival!

russell's baptism

say hello to the newest member of the catholic church! russell was baptized at st. christoper's in west covina this morning. it was a small, private ceremony, but i was happy to be there to witness and celebrate with him. yay, russy!!

6 months

today reese turned 6 months old! i can't believe it's already been half a year! in the past month, he has learned to roll around in both directions like a pro. he started eating solids. he sleeps on his side now (instead of his back), which anthony and i say is because he knows he has a flat head. he has really started to develop a sense of humor. he not only laughs a lot, but he makes us laugh by doing things or making funny sounds (usually in his monster voice). and of course, he kisses!

long awaited arrival

yay! look who just flew into town! i'm so happy they're here!

funny face

reese makes the funniest faces. this is what he looked like while anthony was smothering him with kisses this morning. he makes the same face whenever i stick the thermometer in his ear to take his temperature. =P

weird

yuck, i was so out-of-it tonight. carla came to torrance to visit and also treat me to dinner at musha. i unintentionally ordered a ridiculous amount of food, kept dropping my chopsticks, and kept forgetting what i was talking about mid-story. i told you i was tired! regardless, i still had a nice night with carla. as we seem to do every single time we see each other, we still found interest in talking about things that happened back in junior high and elementary school. we've always been big weirdos anyway, so i guess my questionable behavior tonight was pretty normal afterall. p.s. when we got back home the boys were totally knocked out so we posed with anthony on the couch behind us.

new clothes

ever since becoming a mom, my world has been all about reese, with very little focus on myself. i guess that's becoming quite apparent, because a number of people have been asking me if i'm tired lately. haha yikes! last week i did something that i almost never do.. i spent $$$ of myself. i'm tired of looking and feeling so frumpy, so i ordered a bunch of new things on forever21.com. the package arrived today. woohoo! i'm excited about that. but now the next step is actually making the effort to look more "put together." and seeing how i didn't even manage to zip my shorts all the way up, i've got a long way to go! haha.

carla's bridal bunch

i stole this picture from carla's facebook. tonight we had a "meet & greet" with all her bridesmaids. we had a tasty dinner at bottega louie, followed by some delicious macarons gifted to us by both the bride-to-be and her MOH, missy! so much love being spread around. i'm so excited for the big day!!

teenager

we went to corona tonight to celebrate eanna's birthday! i can't believe she's a teenager now. and i can't believe that in three days, silla is gonna be a teenager, too!

mini me

do you think reese looks like me? if not, you must be blind. haha jk.

favorite hang out spot

jenn treated me to dinner and boba at cha2o tonight! after we got back to her house, she didn't have a key to get inside so we sat in my car 'til mark got home. he felt so bad, but we probably would've ended up doing the exact same thing even if she wasn't locked out! ha!

christine's belly

christine picked me up from work earlier and treated me out to lunch! i had a fun time with her and babygirl. isn't my niece cute?!

tuesday

just hanging out! boring, i know. i'm so lazy to blog nowadays, but i do it for you, jenniferjennifernasangka!

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rianne's treat

we headed out to downtown disney this afternoon because rianne wanted to treat us to some sandwiches at the newly opened earl of sandwich! we also got some beignets and then i traded pins for a bit. thanks for the treat, rianne!

birthday dinner

i wanted filipino food for dinner, so we headed out to artesia to eat at magic wok. jenn and mark joined us, too.

birthday lunch

it's my birthday! i requested lunch at la creperie with my family. wish granted. woohoo!

anthony's birthday

today is anthony's 32nd birthday! he took the day off for some free golf, and then we all went to dinner at tamaen with his family. we were trying to recreate this picture, which was taken at the same place two years ago. wrong!