Bed time routine

Chase and I never had a bed time routine for Grey when we were staying at his parents house. We didn't really see the point. Now that we have our own space, it's easier for us to have one. And now that we started one, I love it. It's definitely more for us than it is for him! It's a time for all of us to unwind as a family and to be together. Plus, I love reading to Grey and hearing Chase play his guitar for us.

This is a Korean book from my childhood. A 3-year-old can read this. So basically my Korean reading comprehension is that of a 3-year-old. Even then I have trouble reading it.. -_- So yesterday I started watching Korean dramas again. HA! Also, Grey has more Korean books than English.. So I really need to brush up on my Korean ASAP..

Chase doesn't know any lullabies on the guitar so we've been singing Under the Bridge by Red Hot Chili Peppers. Gotta start 'em young, eh?

Chase's New Hobby

We haven't had a coffee table for about two years. Our first (and last) one was from the As Is section of IKEA that we bought for $10. There was a scratch on top but we covered it with contact paper. It was cheap and fast. Then we got rid of it because it was just an eye-sore. Since then we haven't replaced it because money. Now that we're a dual income household, we've been in the market for one but Chase is a picky one so he decided he'd BUILD it. Weirdo. Well, he actually did it. Unlike me. I would've given up after trying to figure out what type of wood I needed. He built it with his bare hands like some sort of animal. He bought the wood and stain at Home Depot and the hairpin legs online. It came out to be around $120 for the materials. He borrowed tools from his dad and friend.

Cut, glued, sanded down, and ready to be stained.

The finished product!

Oh, and this is our partially finished living room! At least this wall. Like I said...we're missing pictures.

(I love my blankets!! The one on the couch is handmade from the Philippines. The one on the floor is from Mexico. We don't have any rugs...and since they're so expensive I thought we could just use a blanket and I actually really love it now. I just place Grey on it and if he spits up like he does 829734x a day, I can quickly throw it in the washer and not have to go to a laundromat to use those commercial washers.)

Grey's Nursery

Grey's nursery/our music-sewing-guest room is slowly coming together!! It's probably the most "together" room in the house so far. We're still missing pictures on the walls (which I love! but Chase hates. We're trying to figure out a happy medium..)

chair: originally IKEA but Chase's dad got it for us at Goodwill (we're going to get a new cover for it)

lamp: Chase's dad found it by our old L.A. apartment dumpsters

ukulele: Hawaii (Chase's)

basket: IKEA PLANTER!! $14!! Cheaper than most baskets out there.

crib: originally IKEA but we got it off Craigslist for $40 and got a new mattress ($35)

mobile: gift from my aunt in Korea

print: Etsy $20, frame: walmart $2

dresser: thrifted for $20 and painted

changing pad: Chase's parents

TOTAL = $117

Grey's Blessing Weekend or The First Time My Family Met My Baby

A couple weekends ago, my family came to visit us so they could finally meet Grey. They were only here for two full days. (HALLELUJAH.) And they stayed at a hotel. (PROOF THAT THERE IS A GOD.) So their visit was actually quite pleasant. For both parties.

It was their first time in northern California so we really wanted to take them to San Francisco. We only had one day so we did a quick hop off, take pics, hop on tour of the city. This whole traveling-with-a-baby thing is new to us and it was the longest we've been out of the house with Grey. He also had a diaper blow-out and a million spit ups. Literally. (Not literally.. Give or take one.) So that was fun.

While they were in town, we also had Grey blessed. We did it at home to include Chase's grandma and because we felt it was a personal and intimate moment that we only wanted to share with family and not a ward full of people we hardly knew. And it was beautiful. I just wish I had been included in it.

Love that face.

He has...

His daddy's eyes. My nose. My ears. Daddy's hairline. My hands and my feet. My eyebrows. Daddy's lips. We like to call it the birdy beak. His daddy's baby chunk. He'll probably grow up to be nice and tall like his daddy too.

We have an apartment!!

We finally found and landed ourselves an apartment in Sacramento. We were debating on the outskirts of Sac, like cheaper cookie-cutter suburbia or the pricier downtown/Midtown area. We wanted the latter - we love the city and its walkability. Suburbia...not so much.. We also had a few specifics in mind that made the search more difficult and longer.

We started moving some things this past weekend but we're still staying at Chase's parents'. I love not feeling rushed to have everything in place. I'm so Type A about having things put away that the whole packing-moving-unpacking process really gets to me. Also, my family is coming later this week and I really didn't want them to stay with us. (In case you missed it....) I didn't want to feel extra rushed to get settled in and my mom has the tendency to reorganize our entire kitchen because who doesn't like not knowing where anything is in their own kitchen??

That same weekend, we bought our first new couch at IKEA, which we budgeted and saved for but it was still a lot of money for us to put down all at once. We also bought Grey's crib because he is quickly out-growing his bassinet.. So this month was the month of a lot of necessary expenses but it still gives me a mini panic attack whenever I log in to our Mint account. Too many reds. :(

I'm so excited to decorate and maybe do a few DIY projects if I'm feeling Pinteresty enough but let's face it... no. And Chase wants to build our coffee table. He sketched it out and made models of it on his computer. He lost me at "build."

Cryball

I'M POSTING FROM MY PHONE!! Am I cool yet? (Answer: never.)

Last night around this time, I couldn't sleep because my schedule is all whack. Thanks, boobs. (Not...) I usually surf the Twitter and get caught up on blogs but I had already done that 3747538 times so I went through my phone pics...going down down down the rabbit hole.. I had taken a few pictures of Chase and Grey together earlier that day and pulled those up to get a closer look at my talent. And as if on cue I started bawling. No, wailing. So loudly in fact that I woke up a startled Chase.

I just had this overwhelming feeling of love for Chase and Grey that I started crying.

He asked me today why I was crying because it's unlike me to be so emotional and stuff. This kid is changing me for the better. I think we'll keep him.