Funny Story

On Friday Night, we were at my nephew's 21st birthday bash at my brother in laws. It was a great night of eating and hanging out with family. At around 9pm, we were ready to call it a night and with the help of my 19 year old nephew and his girlfriend, we got our 3 kids together and proceeded to our new minivan. Kyle, our nephew, was happy to check out our new car. Hubs opened up all the doors and the trunk. Kyle goes to the rear to check out our trunk space and he goes, "What's this plastic thing?" I thought he was asking about the cool grocery bag holders but when I went back to see what he was pointing at. I said, what? And he goes in a bit of disgust, " THAT?!" He was pointing to this

I then looked at his facial reaction and I burst out in laughter. I go," It's NOT what you think!!" But I was laughing so hard I couldn't even explain properly. You see, it's an empty joo joo ba. It's a korean icee pop and my girls have been addicted to it. They'll eat it and throw the wrappers on the floor. I don't even know if Kyle believed us being Caucasian and never ever had the opportunity to see what a joo joo ba is. Then my brother in law chimes in and says," Hey, they just had their 3rd they need to make sure they don't have a fourth." NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I say.

For those innocent ones, my nephew thought this was a condom. so funny.

I asked E to make J pose a picture with her. J would not listen to me. I asked her over and over to pose with E but she just wouldn't stand still.

And then poor E gets slapped in the face by her younger sister. I've never heard of a younger sibling beating up their older sibling. I remember beating up my younger brother when we were kids. Yeah, I made him cry.

We traded our Toyota Highlander for this sporty new car. A Chrysler Town and Country MINIVAN. I never thought I'd get one. I thought I'd be the cool mom sporting a cool SUV. Cramming 2 carseats and a booster was really tough. Also lifting that infant car seat over either booster or car seat was very tough on the back. Let me say that having a minivan is awesome. I never thought having dual power doors and power trunk (power gate) would be such a luxury. We don't have a DVD system in the new car and I thought our kids would have a fit about it but they transitioned very well. We'll see about long car rides.

I have to say that driving around this hot red minivan, I'm feeling quite the cool mom. I'm officially a mommy of three little ones. :)

J, the little ballerina!

Happy Father's Day?

We took JD to church for the first time today. During the service, I went over to the children's service to help watch the kids and left Jd with hubs. After 45 minutes, DK came in saying that hubs needed me. I thought JD must be getting fussy for a feeding. The second I went outside to cross the street to the church I hear hubs shouting out my name. As I got closer, I see Hubs holding JD via baby bjorn and this bright mustard blob oozing down the front of his pant leg. I just start laughing. He yells, "He sh@# on me!!" I say, "don't curse in front of the church." JD took a major poop and it oozed out of his pants and on to poor hubs. We took an emergency run home where they both got changed. It was quite a sight.

Due to lack of sleep, I'm quite crabby these days. I just feel so blah and I take it out on dear hubs. I don't mean to be such a wench but I just am sometimes. Today, Hubs would lean over to give me a kiss and I'd turn my head away being such a brat. Then he'd get this sad look b/c I totally dissed him and I'll feel bad and then I go," oh, yeah it's father's day!" and pucker up but then he's already rejected and he's like, 'no I don't want a kiss b/c it's father's day>" I know, I'm such a brat. But i didn't do it only once , I kept doing that and then remember it's fathers day. I need to try to be pleasant even though I don't feel like it.

Then hubs banged his head b/c he wanted to run a bath for the girls and the water came out from the showerhead surprising him and he banged his head on the side bar of the bath tub. OUCH!! Then I hear him saying to himself," Yeah, happy father's day to me" Poor guy.

I keep forgetting what not to do... Tell your 4 year old toddler of upcoming events in advance. Due to E's inability to understand "next week", "next month", she gets overly excited and anticipates the event will happen that day. Once I made the mistake of telling her about a birthday party when we received the invitation a month in advance. "E you'll be going to Molly's birthday. Isn't that exciting?" Yes she answered and every hour she pestered me about when we were going to Mollys. Not till next month but with each day, she gets more upset. "E, let's go visit so in so..." " NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We have to go to Molly's" I told myself not to tell her of events until the day of. However I use the events to bribe E to behave. " You better be good or no (upcoming event)." Then she'll try to behave herself while pestering me and hubs about when are we going. (It's not for another few weeks)

So in 3 weeks E will be going to our neighboring park summer camp. We just registered for it and again we made the mistake of telling E. Every day since registering on Monday, E has been dressing herself and running downstairs yelling, " I have summer camp today" and we have to disappoint her by telling her it's not today. She'll be cranky and whiny for a couple hours but does the same thing the next day. UGH!! why don't I ever learn?!

JD will be 1 month this Friday. It seems like he's been here for awhile longer. This first week without my mother has been hard. Hubs couldn't get off as much as he planned so being home with all 3 kids have been a bit trying. I'm hanging in there knowing that it'll get better. It seems like I started off really well. JD seemed to sleep well at night getting up every 3 hours for a meal and returning back to sleep but starting 2 nights ago, he's been very fussy from 10 pm to 3 am. Breastfeeding seemed to go well in the beginning but now I feel like one breast isn't producing a lot of milk. He prefers the other breast and cries out with the lacking one. Now, one breast is becoming sore so I'm hoping it's not a beginning of an infection. I know, I just need to overcome this hump but man, it is hard. I envy those women who pick up on breastfeeding quickly and have absolutely no problems. I couldn't do it with E but with J, I was able to do it for 15 months. Hopefully, I can do it for at least 6 months with JD.

J really likes the baby, now. Everytime she sees him or hears him, she'll go, " ba beeeeee, Joe---- naaaaaaaaaah!) So cute!! Oh, and she still in her stripping stage. She loves taking off her clothes. I'm just so glad it's only at home.

I wish I could be that woman that can run on low sleep. I need my sleep... I love my sleep....

GOODBYE MY BROTHERS!!

A couple of nights ago when I was doing my nightly prayers with my daughters, I prayed that God will be with my youngest brother as he travels with my mother to Korea for the summer. E got all teary eyed and asked why her halmoni and her youngest uncle was leaving. I told her that halmoni lives in Korea and that youngest uncle will be back to go to college. Then I prayed for doc bro that he'll be moving out to go to NYC. Then E breaks out in to tears and said,"I don't want Uncle doc to go... he's our family.. ah!!!!!!!!!!" I realized that ever since E was born her uncles were living with her except for 1 year when we kicked them out. But they've been there in her home living among us. It will be a bit of a transition for her and for all of us. Well, she was sitting there with her hands to her face crying. I comforted her and told her that Doc bro has to move on and become an important doctor. She continued to cry and then I said," E, Uncle doc needs to go to NYC to make a lot of money and everytime he comes down to see you, he'll buy you nice gifts." Then she looked up at me and said, "OK! good night mommy" and laid down like nothing upsetted her. She's so funny.

Eventhough there were some trying times living with my brothers especially the teenage one, we've shared so many good times. It's a new chapter in my life and for my brothers. The sacrifices we've made for my youngest brother so that he could have a better education. I wish I could say it was all worth it but hopefully one day my youngest brother will finally grow up and realize what was done. Living with a teenager was trying but I know I've learned a lot about myself and how I want to raise my children. I'm so grateful to my hubs for enduring his brother in- laws. If it wasn't for this time, hubs and doc bro wouldn't have grown so close. And I'm thankful for the bond that they share.

My youngest brother graduated high school today.

Happy Birthday, E!!!

My little E turned 4 yesterday. I can't believe in those 4 years, she has become such the little girl. I still remember bringing her home and being so excited b/c she was our first child. She is so sweet and her personalitiy is so fitting for the oldest child. She is nurturing and loving. She is already such the helper. I love her so much!!