I can do it!

So I have been stressing out about flying by myself with Wilson and tomorrow is the big day! I don't know why I'm so scared this time but I think it's a mix of things.

1. I am almost 7 months pregnant. My energy is definitely not what it was pre-pregnancy or even early on in my pregnancy. The thought of this trip is exhausting me!

2. Wilson is a 15 month old "toddler"! (he's not really a toddler right?!?!) He now very much will voice his displeasure and throw tantrums. Lucky for me 90% of the time these little meltdowns have been at home.

3. I'm scared something is going to happen! I'm either going to lose my luggage, miss a flight connection, or engine trouble...



Normally I am a low stress person. I don't freak out badly and once I'm actually at the airport I'm hoping I won't be so anxious. I just want everything to go easily and when in life is ANYTHING ever easy? Haha.

Back in February I flew with Wilson by myself, and it wasn't bad. He was still a "baby", I wasn't pregnant, and it was a nice one-way flight with no stops or connecting flights.

I can't wait for tomorrow to be over and really hope hope hope that Wilson won't be too cranky because I seriously doubt he is going to nap at all while we are flying.

So today is some last minute cleaning the house, doing laundry, packing, and keeping my 15 month old entertained.

I can't wait to see all my family and Jake & Lacey's wedding! I can't wait for everyone to see how big Wilson is!

I can't wait to spend some good quality time with my best friend and her kids! I can't wait to get some Pizza King, Puertas, Amazing Joe's, and Ivanhoes!

I do wish I could've gotten a rental car. It would've made all these things that I want to do a lot easier though! But hopefully someone will take pity on my big ol' pregnant self and feed me!

Are you a real friend?

Wilson is drinking his milk and eating some cereal and I woke up feeling like I wanted to blog about this.

What is a real friend?

Why do we have people come and go in our lives?

I know that thanks to technology today (this blog included) that distance doesn't have to end friendships. You can still keep in touch as much as ever, minus the actual physical interaction.

But really what makes a real friend?

I thought I had some real friends, but it turns out to not be the case.

Am I the only one who feels like, when you invest in a friendship, you aren't just investing in a friendship, you are offering up a part of yourself.

You are exposing yourself, your quirks, your personality, and yes, your flaws and mistakes.

You are holding out this box of you and almost kind of asking "Here I am. I'm not perfect."

The best of friends, they take that box, they look past the mistakes and flaws. But the fake friends?

What do they do?

Is this why we as people normally have our "friendly face" on when we first meet people? We aren't quite ready to expose all of ourselves.

I'd blogged before about making new friends and how it's almost like trying on clothes. You try to find the friends who fit you. Who you can expose the "box" to. Not just "Oh my life is awesome, and I totally just want to have everyone think everything is awesome."

I mean don't get me wrong. We all do that. No one wants to just always be negative, but at the same time, the real friends. They know.

You cry on their shoulder, you vent, you curse, and they listen.

I'm all for having friends you hang out with and have a good time, but I want more than just that.

A friend is one who knows us, but loves us anyway. -- Fr. Jerome Cummings

26 weeks!

How far along? 26 weeks which is 6.5 months along.
Weight gain/loss: 127.4 I just ate and went and weighed myself to make myself weigh more. So from the first post at 115.5 that means about 12 pounds! Go me!
Maternity clothes? Finally wearing maternity shorts but only because I was getting so annoyed with the shorts I have been wearing. They are 100% cotton and have no stretch to them so after a couple hours they are all saggy and loose and I CANNOT stand it! So I bought me two pairs of maternity shorts. One of them are super short shorts though...
Stretch marks? None yet!
Sleep? Bleh... Sleep and I are missing each other. Or I'm missing sleep. I miss sleeping on my belly, rolling over with out squishing my baby, not having to wake up and pee.
Best moment this week? Getting Callie's hospital hat, and announcing her name to family and friends (although I don't think I did a post about it in my blog)
Food cravings: I want to eat everything! Of course! Love love love fresh fruit though.
Gender: still a baby girl! Callie Joy!
Belly button in or out? In, but yep definitely starting to disappear!
Movement? Lots of movement. She is awake in the morning and again right before I go to bed. That's when she does her karate!
What I miss? Sleeping on the belly easily.
What I'm looking forward to: Getting ready to go back to Indiana with Wilson for a little under 2 weeks. I can't wait to see my family and friends and I know I'll be sad when I leave! Not because I'll be sad I'm leaving Indiana, but sad that I'll be missing my wonderful family and friends! *sniff*

Tak Toritang Recipe- a taste of my childhood

Last night I had the pleasure of cooking some Tak Toritang or as I grew up calling it "Korean Chicken."

Essentially it is almost like a stew, super easy to make, just serve with some rice and you have a nice hearty meal!

Here's the ingredient list that I used:

2 packages of fresh Chicken Drummettes (roughly 3 pounds)
4 potatoes cut up
4 carrots cut up
1 large onion
4 cloves of garlic crushed- I cheated and used already minced garlic which was about 4 tsp. of it
1/2 c. soy sauce
1/4 c. water
2. Tbsp. of Sugar
4 Tbsp. of Red Pepper Paste


Here is a picture of everything all chopped minus the water.




Next up: Cooking directions.
This is super easy. Seriously. You mix everything together in your pot over a medium high heat! I did my sugar, water, soy sauce first, then added the chicken, potatoes, carrots and onions, then threw the garlic and red pepper paste in last. Mix it all up well!


Bring your pot to a boil and stir every now and then and reduce the heat and cover for about 45 minutes . I'm impatient and had to get it cooked faster so I didn't really reduce the heat that much and had it cooked in about 35 minutes.


Your end result should look like this:

We served ours with rice and used some of the sauce on the white rice and boy does it take me back!! Wilson even enjoyed eating it!

It has such good flavor thanks to the garlic and soy sauce and not too spicy at all if you stick with the 4 tbsp. of red pepper paste. I actually would've liked it a little more spicy so next time I'll try adding another tablespoon and see if that kicks it up a notch.

Eating this last night definitely took me back to my childhood! The only thing missing was some Ban Chan, which typically for my mom meant Kimchi, Gkakdugi, and Kongnamul.

But even with out the Ban Chan, I still was super happy with it. It was delicious and so easy to make, I can't wait to make more!

Almost 15 months old

My almost 15 month old son. You are getting bigger everyday! More teeth coming in as well! And oh boy that personality of yours is really starting to show.

You now furiously protest if we take things away from you. I can't believe you KNOW how to throw tantrums already. You officially hate getting your diaper changed and will get up and run away from me.

I love and hate that you KNOW when Mommy and Daddy tell you "NO" and you look at us and do it anyways. You still aren't saying words but boy, do you babble A LOT!

You really like music and will bounce up and down, you especially like hip-hop/rap music. You are still the messiest eater and you think throwing your spoon is more fun than trying to learn to eat with it.

Another funny quirk is if you think something is too hot/cold you will put it in your mouth, make a face, and then drop it on the floor. I have a hard time getting you to eat your snacks though. You will take your little piece of food and then just drop it and run off, leaving me to go and pick it up after you.

You are so sweet though. You still love to give hugs and cuddle with mommy sometimes. You love your blanket and when you get sleepy you will go to it and just snuggle with it and walk around with it.

And oh boy... if you are overtired you get SUPER cranky! Just like your mommy!

You are still taking 2 naps a day and you go to bed at 8pm and normally wake up between 6-7 am.

You LOVE to swim in the pool and mommy and daddy should take you to the beach again since the last time you hated the sand.

I think I could blog all day about all the little things you do but I just heard you wake up from your nap so I guess I'll go get you instead!!

Organizing gets me happy.

My cloth diapering is still working out well especially now that I have a great stash! Before I got my bumgenius 4.0 one size pockets, I was using just my 2 flip covers and my 2 blueberry covers and going through at least 6 inserts a day and I didn't have that many inserts.

I had let a friend borrow my cloth diapers and she had some still at her house that she had forgotten. Since I had about 8 inserts per day I had to make sure and wash all of them so that I'd have them ready for the next day.

Then I got my 6 Bumgeniuses in the mail and an extra set of inserts from cottonbabies.com.

I actually got 3 in girl colors for baby girl for when she comes, and then 3 in other colors that Wilson can actually wear.

Then I was able to buy from another Air force wife 6 Bumgenius 3.0's one size pocket diapers with the insert and 3 really cute diaper covers with inserts for 45.00!!! She also gave me all the detergent she used and a wet bag. This is an amazing deal even for used cloth diapers!

So with all that said, I had cloth diapers strewn about everywhere, inserts everywhere, and a baby monster who WON'T sit still for diaper changes!

On Sunday I bought some organizing tools to help with the whole cloth diapering and I'm so happy with it!

My cloth diapering system is now a bit easier since I now have a good supply and don't have to worry about if I'm going to run out of inserts.

The bumgeniuses are a lot more bulky than the covers which make's Wilson's little padded butt oh so cute!

I may still invest in a diaper sprayer when the time comes but my rubber gloves and sink are working out well so far.


So here is what my "organizing" looks like: A double drawer bin and a laundry drying rack! But oh how it has helped!



Here is the top drawer with my pockets with inserts already stuffed in em so they are ready to go!




Here is the bottom drawer with all my inserts!




Here are my clean diaper covers and wipes for a quick grab if I decide to use them instead of the pockets already stuffed.



Here's the laundry room drying rack for my covers and my new best friends: The Sink and Rubber Gloves! Hi friends! I'm sure I'll be seeing you soon!

So sad....

I used to have 2 gmail accounts and stupidly made the one I don't USE my youtube account and when I deleted it... it deleted my youtube account.... there are videos on there that I don't have saved to my computer.

I'm soooo bummed!!