My Princess at 2 Months

Another milestone: Baby Eden hit the 2 months mark yesterday! She's doing great and I'm just having so much fun with her. We attended my step-brother's birthday dinner at BJ's last night and surprisingly, Eden did great especially since it was extremely loud. I didn't know how she would react to her new environment but I'm glad she was so good. Being a first-time parent, I get a bit nervous taking her to places because I just don't know how she's going to act. You know you've seen the mother who's little one is crying hysterically and throwing a tantrum on the floor of a doctor's office. I never ever want to be that parent but I know that those days will come. Eden is saving those days for the right moment. lol Every parent experience those moments at one point in their life.There are days where she's fussy and days where she's really good. I just hope for the best. 

I love dressing Eden up. For the dinner party, I was going for the Audrey Hepburn look. Breakfast at Tiffany's is one of my favorite book and the movie is just as great! Baby Eden looks so adorable in her outfit. I love you princess!

My version of Breakfast at Tiffany's

I love the outfit

Eden with her Ba ngoai

This is her typical face expression 

Soooo not my day!!!!! :(

Made my day! A bookworm just like her mommy!

Amazed at Grandpa

I just love her!

My favorite part of the day: tucking her in at night

I was so excited for today. I had everything planned from the early morning to evening. My morning was amazing. I already knew from the moment Baby Eden woke up, she was going to have a good day. She woke up with a smile so I couldn't ask for anything better. She took her naps throughout the day and pretty much hung out with me while I was doing chores. In the afternoon, I had a lunch date with my bestie, Erica whom I haven't seen in a long while. She also hasn't seen Baby Eden yet so we were all due for a meet up. Eden, Erica, and I all went to Jumba Juice and we got to catch up on old times. We reminisced in the past and talked about our plans for the future. Oh how I miss girl talk with my bestie! Baby Eden on the other hand fell asleep on us the entire time we were out. How like her! She loves to sleep.


That evening, I had a night class at Fresno City College. I was super excited to be starting school again. Anyone who knows me well would tell you that I would much rather study than actually go to work. I just love school. The night before I was stoked to be packing my backpack and made sure I had enough colored pens, highlighters, and notebook for class. I was waitlisted for a comm class a few months early but received an email that I was enrolled so I was sure that I had one class down. I arrived 15 minutes early for class which started at 6PM. It literally felt like the first day of high school where everyone was crowding around the classroom door. It felt like no one wanted to be there but they were forced by the parents to go. I went inside and the professor walked in 5 minutes later. What caught me by surprised was that she pulled out her roster and started calling out names. I was taken back because it took 15 minutes. They definitely don't do that in large lecture halls at UCLA. When the professor does that, you can't help to try to match the names with the faces. I got caught up in looking at people's faces as she called their names. I didn't even noticed until the end that she didn't even call out my name.


Then there was the waitlisted people who are eagerly waiting to see if there were the "no shows" on the roster. There were five people who didn't show up so the first five people on the waitlisted were automatically enrolled in the course. No fair! For some reason, I wasn't even on the waiting list. I totally got screwed. To make matters worse, I had to take the walk of shame out of the classroom! It was SO EMBARRASSING to walk out but I didn't leave without a fight. I went up to the professor and explained to her that I received an email saying I was enrolled in the class. She looked on her roster and said that she didn't even see my name on either the roster or the waitlist. Totally screwed! I told her that I can forward the email that I received and if she would allow me to get into the class. The professor told me to try her other section and hope that someone would drop. The worst part was that I had to walk out of the classroom as the entire class stared. So not my day! Enrolling in community college class is 10X harder than enrolling in a UC course. I was so upset! If you don't get in, you have to wait until the next semester to enroll, not 10 weeks! They need to fix the enrollment process. I came home disappointment and my mother could tell. I was in class for 15 minutes of roll call and when I got back home, I've emailed my professor. Hopefully I'll hear a response back soon.


That evening totally lag but Baby Eden made me feel better! I gave her a bath and she was playing with her rubber ducky and babbling. It made my day because she was having so much fun! Eden does that a lot. She can bring a smile to my face when I'm feeling the worst. So thank you baby for saving my day! :)

Sunshine Daisy or Yellow Power Ranger?

Who me?

She's full of so much cuteness

Look at that face!

Shake it!!! Shake it!!!

Ok, now she's mad! No more pictures ma!

Who does she remind you of? Sunshine Daisy or the Yellow Power Ranger? After uploading the pictures on my camera, I realized  how much she reminded me of the Yellow Power Ranger with the outfit I had her in. Anyone remember Trini? LOL. We've been doing the little bows in her hair which she loves. She's not a fan of the headbands though those are my favorite on babies.


Well, today was one of those lazy days where you just kind of clean and lounge around. I call them my GTL days. Gym: consisted of me doing a 25 minute yoga on Youtube. Of  course I can never do the entire 25 minutes in one sitting with the baby so I break it up into two 12-minute sessions instead. It's hard to get out of the house to an actual gym which is what I'm used to so I gotta improvise. Tan: I wasn't trying to get my tan on or anything. In the evening, I went walking with Baby Eden in the stroller around the neighborhood. The sun was still out but a lot cooler. I actually felt a breeze which is pretty rare in Fresno. The invisible sun rays hidden behind the clouds were still radiating my skin so technically I was getting my tan on. Laundry: I had loads of baby laundry and while I was at it, I decided to wash my bed linens as well. Pretty much got everything that I needed to do today. Baby's asleep and I'm exhausted! Good night peeps! <3

Daddy's Little Princess

We had quite a busy weekend yet a fun one! We were traveling, shopping, job hunting, and enjoying our time with Baby Eden. We took Eden to Fashion Fair Mall to do some shopping. She loves looking at the lights and colors in the stores. I can't wait for Baby Eden to be old enough to play in the kid's corner at the mall. We took her over there and she just watched the other kids play. I can tell that she wanted to play too. It was so cute because I would hold her up and she would move her legs wanting to walk. It was so adorable! 


We traveled to LA for my 6 week postpartum doctor's appointment. Everything went well. Eden got to spend time with her grandparents. She was a bit fussy this weekend for some reason. I feel as if she learned how to cry because she never cried as much as she did this weekend. It was a bit frustrating. When we got back, she mellowed out. Now that I'm back, I'm on a hunt for a job. I'm looking at pharmacy technician jobs so hopefully I'll be able to get one soon. I decided that I wanted to work for a while before I go back to school. I figure I save up some money and take some time off for myself which would allow me to solidify what I want to do in the future. We'll see how it turns out. More later!

She loves her Daddy!

car seat hair

baby and bowsies

So, where to now?

My growing girl is 6 weeks old. At a month and a half, she definitely does not look like the baby I held in the hospital. Eden went through a complete transformation last night because when I held her this morning, I was like, "Eden, how come you're growing so fast. Stay tiny and small so that I can always be able to pick you up!" Eden just babbled. The reason why I think she's getting bigger so fast is the amount of sleep she's getting throughout the day and at night. This girl can sleep! At one point, I was asking myself why she slept so much. Some days she would take 4 hour power naps and other days we wouldn't see her all day (sucks when family members want to see her and play with her). Wanting to know more about it, I jumped online and researched it. I found that studies have shown that there is in fact a link between infant growth spurt and the amount of sleep they get. Infant sleeping patterns are correlated with his or her growth. Growth spurt in length tends to follow after increased sleepand nap time that the infant gets. This makes sense intuitively because in the later stages of sleep, growth hormones are being produced in the body. In an infant, they need as much sleep as they can get to grow mentally and physically. (I love PubMed). I'm a bit obsessive compulsive when it comes to checking baby information on the internet. It's a characteristic of new generation mothers because everything is so accessible on the web. After reading a couple articles, I came to the conclusion that Eden is hitting a huge growth spurt and with all the sleep she's been getting I probably won't recognize her a few days from now. lol

Back then, only a day old!

Another important highlight of the six week milestone marks the end of maternity leave. Yup, maternity leave is 6 weeks long and today I would technically have to go back to work if I had a job. I had to ask myself the most challenging questions, "So, where to now? I know that there are many paths of opportunity to take now that I finished college but the hardest part is deciding which one to take. Do I work a while or do I dive right into furthering my career by taking another 4 years of studying? Or am I content with staying at home for at bit longer because she still depend on me? I get overwhelmed when I ask myself who would be able to take care of the baby while I work or how would I be able to breastfeed/pump while I'm away from her? Quite frankly, I have never been without her for more than a few hours. Am I emotionally ready to be away from her? I remember telling my cousin that I was ready to start working when she was three weeks old but now that it finally sank in and it's time to make a decision, am I really ready?

Now, 6 weeks old!

Weeks just flew by...

I know myself too well. My career is very important to me. If I say otherwise, I would be lying to myself. I also know that raising a family is one of my top priority. I want to be able to raise Eden and make parenting decisions throughout her life. I'm in limbo. I want both and I want to do well in both. Where's that Staple's "easy" button when you need it the most!