Not digging the tummy time...

Valentine's Day and Chinese New Year fell on the same day this year so we went out to brunch with Violet's two grandmas. It was her first outing at 6 days old.

Piggy

Violet has been so easy to care for that we feel we've really lucked out. The only time she cries is when she's hungry. Otherwise, she's either sleeping or wide eyed and content. She also doesn't mind an unchanged wet or dirty diaper.

Our yellow baby...from the jaundice, that is.

We are blessed

Violet Jane Chang was born on February 8, 2010 at 2:38pm. She weighed 6lbs, 14 oz and is 20 inches long.

Life officially got better and it was pretty darn good to begin with. She brings us so much joy.

I think she looks like Jon. He thinks she looks like me. We keep discovering things about her that obviously came from one of us. Yeah, we're really into ourselves.

GROWING belly and baby room

The dress is much cuter without the bulge.

I am struggling to get out of this glider!!! Jon should put down the camera and get me outta this thing.

Thanks to my dad for painting the room so Jon and I didn't have to!

I am very proud of this tree decal that Jon and I slaved to adhere to this wall so I am posting three pictures of it just to show it off. It is safe to say that this will probably be the last time we spend so much time prepping for a baby. All the excitement of this babe got us deliriously foolish. But just this once.

I bought this baby memory book on Etsy and love that it isn't too girly or pink. I am being ambitious by getting it in the first place because I don't like to journal and I am especially no good at completing any sort of creative project.

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I don't get paid for these product reviews but I should.

This is guilt-free peanut butter that tastes GOOD. It's lightly sweetened, which is unbelievably hard to find because most good-for-you PBs taste like mashed up peanuts and not like Jif or Skippy. There's no sugar added and agave nectar is used instead. No partially hydrogenated oils. AND it contains flaxseed. Found it on sale at Whole Foods so I had to snatch it up. And when something is on sale at WF, you have to buy it.

Say farewell to eating whole pomegranates and to the stained shirt. You can find these neat packages of pomegranate arils at Costco and life as you know it will improve instantaneously!

I tried this sauce tonight with chicken and tofu. It was so flavorful! It's a teriyaki sauce with ginger, pineapple, and sesame but without the hassle of mixing all those ingredients together yourself. I simmered the chicken in it but did a stir fry with the tofu. It was especially good with the tofu. Serious time saver and high five to TJ for another hit.

babymoon in Leavenworth

Jon and I wanted to take a short day trip to a quaint Bavarian town a little over 2 hours away. Our last-minute trip almost didn't happen when we couldn't find a place that would allow us to spend just one night but lucky for us, a cute B&B had a cancellation!

And since The Sound of Music is obviously the best musical of all time (says moi), this German-inspired town reminded me of how cool the von Trapp family was and how I wish I could create my own little von Trapp family of singers.

Our room at the B&B:

No TV but so glad we brought the laptop!

The cozy library in the house:

The owner made us hot chocolate while we rested before dinner.

Our room had its own entrance and porch.

This was the awesome breakfast portion of our first B&B experience.

Dinner at Cafe Mozart, a restaurant that serves German fare.

Veal schnitzel w/ spaetzle (egg noodle):

Roast duck (I'm pretty sure the only German part about this dish was the pickled red cabbage):

Captured what was left of this AMAZING jalapeno & cheddar bratwurst with fresh apple cider sauerkraut. We regretted ordering only one to share.