Outfit of The Day! Mama and Baby :)

Since summer's coming, and to me dressing up is the most fun during the summer, I decided to start posting OOTDs!

Today went up to 90 degrees! 

I haven't written an update on my postpartum weight loss yet, but I am proud to say I am now 5lbs away from my goal weight! I will write a post about it soon! 

On our walk today :)

-Jess

Memorial Day Weekend

This Memorial day weekend was very busy but fun! My husband wanted to go away for at least one night so we decided to go to Philly. We left Sat. morning and came back Sunday night.

The weather was going to be better then NY and the drive wasn't too far so it worked out perfect. I was concerned about Nabi but thankfully we found a pet friendly hotel right in the central area of downtown Philly. Hotel Palomar was beautiful, chic and modern. Although we only stayed one night, we had a very relaxing time. 

We didn't plan the trip, so we just went to wherever that was close by. There was a lot of shopping and parks around. 

Some places we visited were Liberty Square, Rittenhouse Square, The Love Park and the Rocky Statue at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

On Memorial Day we decided to throw a last minute BBQ at our house which is always fun ;).

Watching The Incredibles :)

Rocky statue

Yumm. Tony Luke's Philly Cheesesteak

Finally tried Luck's Lobster Roll :)

Awesome building art.

-Jess

My 27th Birthday Weekend :)

My family and I celebrated my 27th birthday this past Saturday. New York weather was pretty gloomy and rainy, but I still had a pretty good time :). My husband took Emma and I to the mall to do some girly shopping, which is always fun. I only got a pair of sandals with my husband, which were buy one sandal and get the second pair 50% off.

Sketchers is really not my style, more of my husbands style, but he found a sandal he liked, so I just picked out a simple wedge that I could wear with most outfits in the summer. I'm excited to wear them!

For dinner my husband and I met up with my mother in law, my brother and his girlfriend for dinner at a sushi buffet. I was craving sushi, but after my birthday dinner, I probably wont be wanting it for a long time! I ate wayyyy too much.

After dinner we went back to my mother in law's house to cut cake. It was seriously the yummiest cake I ever had! 

It was pistachio flavored. I loveeee pistachio. 

Im really blessed to have such wonderful family and friends. But the best gift I received this year is having baby Emma. I love you and daddy so much!! :)

-Jess

Emma's 100th Day Celebration

Emma turned 100days old (Baek-il) yesterday! It is Korean tradition to celebrate the babies 100th day of living because back in the day the mortality rate was so high that many babies didn't live past 100 days. On this day friends and family celebrate the struggle of the first 100 days for the baby and mom along with wishing the baby to live a long and healthy life moving forward. Also it is believed that if you share rice cake with 100 people the baby will live a long life. 

We only invited immediate family to the dinner. My mom came and helped me cook traditional Korean food. Unfortunately I was very busy, so I was not able to take many pictures of the food.

Her dress!

Yarn around her neck, symbolizing long life.

Showing off her bling bling haha.

Her 100day rice cake

Her table setup

<3

-Jess

3 Month Update!

Emma went to her three month checkup today. Time sure is flying by! I forgot to write down her height but her weight was 13lbs and 6oz. She is in the 75%. This month there are definitely lots of changes in her and I'm so excited to share her milestones!

Eating:
Nothing really changed with her eating schedule. We are still nursing every 2-3 hrs. She is definitely a great eater so I'm really happy about that! I still love nursing her and love the bonding time we have together during it.

Sleeping:
We have been putting her down to sleep at around 9-9:30 at night, but she usually doesn't fall asleep until 11 or 12pm, after her last feeding of the day. She still wakes up 1-2 times to nurse at night depending on when she falls asleep. If she sleeps at 10pm she would wake up at around 1-2am, again at 5-6am, then she would go back to sleep until around 9-10am (wake up time for the day). But if she sleeps at 12am she would wake up around 4-5am, go back asleep until 9-10am.

She has been sleeping longer intervals at night (4-5hrs) and has been taking 3 shorter naps during the day (40min to an hr). Im definitely happy about those two things, but one of the bigger changes this month is Emma sleeping in her crib! I actually loved co-sleeping with her and thought I would be doing it until she was about 5 months or so, but sometime in the middle of the month I decided to try having her sleep in her crib. As much as I love sleeping next to her, I knew if she slept in her crib, both my husband and I will get deeper and better sleep. I guess because she is still young her transition was not as hard. It doesn't seem like she really cares to sleep with us! She usually just soothes herself to sleep with the pacifier or after nursing.

Misc.:
This month she has been cooing, smiling and laughing so much more. It makes my heart melt every time. She has been sucking on her hand much more frequently and she has been starting to enjoy her toys. She even started to reach and try to grab her swing toys! But her favorite thing this month has been her crib mobile. She can stare at it and babble to it for along time. Instead of helping the baby fall asleep it keeps her up! Ha ha.

Other new things is she has been able to sit on the bumbo! She loves sitting up now. We would sit her on the bumbo and she would just watch us eat dinner :).

Generally she has been much more alert and her facial expressions has matured tremendously.

I hope I'm not missing anything! So much has changed this month I really look forward to her next month though its so bittersweet watching her grow up so fast. :(

Bumbo!

Loving her new car seat toys

Tummy time on her boppy :)

So pleased with her mobile haha.

-Jess

Relationship Changes After Baby

Honestly it has been pretty tough for me to balance out our married life with the new baby. I know its still quite early and its probably normal for the mom to be attached to the baby the first few months, but having the new baby definitely changed our relationship for both the good and the bad.

We both feel extremely blessed that Emma is now in our lives, but we definitely do miss being able to have our alone time. It's hard since I am exclusively breastfeeding now and my husband has been working quite a lot recently. I know I can pump milk and have someone watch her for a few hours, but honestly I just don't feel comfortable having someone else watch her yet.

It was upsetting my husband for a bit because I hardly took notice of him after the baby was born. It was wrong of me and I totally understand why he was feeling the way he was. Its true, I was too caught up with the baby all the time, but I do think its normal for a first time mom to do. It was just hard for me to find a balance.

I love my husband very much so I felt pretty terrible I was pushing him in the corner and only really asking him things I needed help with. So with all this going on the past two and a half months, I set aside some time to really think about how I can better our relationship now with the baby.

First, I realized how important it is for us, especially now to be in the best communicative and physical state of our relationship now we have a child together. Our baby is going to be learning by watching us so it just makes sense to continue to have an active and healthy relationship.

Second, I told myself to relax and don't stress too much about the little things having to get done right at that moment. I tend to stress and start nagging if the house isn't clean or garbage is around etc. In the beginning I'm not sure if it was the postpartum hormones, but I would ask him to help or do something in a tired and nagging way which pretty much annoyed him. I was obviously just stressed and overwhelmed about the house not being tidy and things like that. Now that I realized how wrong of me that was, I truly have been trying to be more relaxed and calm.

After working on these things for the past few weeks things have been much better between us and we have been happy learning and developing as a bigger family.

Family time watching anime :)

Celebrating Nabi's 1yr Birthday :)

Nabi, my corgi turned 1yrs old last Friday, April 12th! It feels like we had her so much longer haha. She still acts very much like a hyper puppy. Its pretty rough at times controlling her crazy energy but she is nonetheless a very sweet and playful dog we have grown to love.

Ever since Emma came in to the family she has been pretty much the same. She barely takes notice of her. She just wants to smell, lick her then move along. But she is still a hyper jumpy dog so it will be awhile until I let Emma and her stay too close for a long time.

So for her 1st birthday I baked her pupcakes using this recipe. It was super easy and luckily I had all the ingredients on hand, so I didn't have to go out and buy anything new. One thing I wish I had was some cottage cheese so I can make it look like frosting on top.

She enjoyed them very much!

She got so big!! And she looks so different from when she was a pup. I believe she is about 3-4 months old on the left picture.

Nabi and Emma relaxing on a Sat. afternoon :)

-Jess