nightmare

the other night i had a nightmare that i was fully pregnant again- my water broke and was about to deliver another baby - what horror! It's just too soon to think of another baby. Especially when Jacob is getting harder to handle! 13 hrs of straight blissful sleep through the night are indeed LONG GONE since like 6 weeks ago... sigh. Lately, a good sleeping stretch on a GOOD night for Chuperbaby is like from 9:30pm - 6:45am. So like from 13 hrs down to 9 hrs straight. We need to work on hitting double digits at night again. I blame teething and yet I haven't seen any signs of em tiny pearly whites. But I do think his gums feel a lil tougher.

Tonight I had to miss women's bible study again b/c I'm beginning to feel sick. blegh.. Whatever Chuperhubby had is what I might be having. Sore throat, fatigue, dry cough...no high fever tho which is good. I'd be okay without the fatigue part. Which brings me to my next point.

We're looking for a nanny and we're serious this time! Jacob ain't getting any lighter and my back ain't getting any stronger. All the in'n'out of the car with Jacob to daycare is a lot of hassle, plus since he started daycare, Jacob has turned PRO at building his immunity. He gets sick like once a month. Frankly, I'm burnt out (hence the need to get trashed on my bday haha).

Some good news tho, Jacob can sit up on his own! For instance, he'll start off on his belly and push himself up into a sitting position. So cute to watch fat lil Chuperbaby move around. He's been wearing 2T and 3T shorts/pants since he was 5 months old, not to mention size 5 diapers as well. And today, he wore 24 month PJs. Fits perfectly except that the sleeper is too lenghty and the waistline is a bit snug. Ok, so not perfectly... haha

A-ma's b-day & Pool-time!

..but first, a recapo of tiramesu's dirty 30 @ javier's haha:

• setting the tone for the evening: pre-partied at home with 1/2 the crew, imbibed whole bottle of champagne, had some strawberries
• walking into javier's: champagne hitting tiramesu HARD... i found it very difficult to walk at this point and for the rest of the night haha. i was heard chanting "marcos room! marcos room!" "dirty 30 dirty 30!" "pretty wall"
  
• vaguely remember greeting anan, el gato, c-note & joey.. sorry! didn't mean to get wasted that fast haha... vaguely remember greeting everyone else... there were prob a lot of sympathetic eyes saying "wow, this is what motherhood has done to tiramesu"
• for the first time in my entire life, i actually skipped dinner!!! i felt sick from all the champagne & strawberries. i remember chuperhubby and yuko we're trying to force feed me but was met with much resistance.
  
• it was super challenging to blow out all 30 candles, especially the last one!
• i not only embarassed myself that night but i managed to embarass my commitment phobic bro-in-law ... "seal the deal!"
  
• i spat on judy bootie a few times while talking about her upcoming wedding next yr haha
• i wanted to go to ocean club afterwards haha.. had extremely difficult time walking there with one arm slumped over yuko's shoulder and other arm slumped over hubby's haha
• ocean club was jam-packed... no worries, i was in no condition to go on.. so that was the end of the night... only 10:30pm... but clearly i was done!
• went home and puked twice... i know, very gross... i won't say i will never drink like that again, but i will say that i won't be drinking LIKE THAT any time soon. haha

I think and hope everyone had a good time. Apparently, I'm quite the happy drunk.
I'm gonna shy away from posting shameful pix of myself hahaa.... a drunk tiramisu is very unattractive altho if you log onto f-book, you might see some incriminating pix haha.

My mom and I have bdays very close to each other. So pretty much the entire month of August is overloaded with various cakes, desserts, and pastries.
On the day of my mom, or A-ma's, bday - we went to Tommy Bahama Cafe on a fluke. Unfortunately, Chuperman was still working and missed dinner, so it was just me, chuperbaby, a-ma, and a-gong. It was only my 2nd time at TB. Everything we ordered was really delicious. My dad got their famous pulled pork sandwich, my mom got a light and healthy seared ahi tuna salad with coleslaw, and i tried their lobster grilled cheese sandwich with a cup of tomato soup as displayed below:


The lobster grilled chz sandwich was pretty good, but not overwhelminglygood. I still think Doughboy's afterschool special - grillled chz sandwich with 4 different kinds of cheeses and tomato soup is my top choice for comfort food.

Below is chuperbaby enjoying a-ma's pina colada hahaaaa..... the alcohol gene is being passed on as we speak!




First time swimming!!! Jacob is now 7 mos old and is still tubby as can be:
Chuperbaby loves his new ride - a swimming sea turtle!


I fear that Chuperbaby will start to crawl soon as he is able to get on his feet now and sorta crawl forwards and backwards, as well as rolling from belly to back and vice versa.

Oh, and Chuperbaby can say "ma"! He can also unintentionally say "hi" "hey" "hello" "a-gong" "a-ma" ... needs to work on saying "da da" or "ba ba". Okie, jacob is calling for me!!

Happy August!!!

I think I had a similar subject title last year hahaa... it went something like this... i love august cuz it's my birth month and i get to eat cake every single day!!! haha.. Oi... i can't believe it's been a year already since I started this post! I am indeed turning the big 3-0 tomorrow. Silence.

Gosh, what an eventful decade. Here's a timeline of Tiramesu's 20's recapo haha:

• 20-21 yrs old: went on loveboat and learned to party even harder than in sorority, gained like 20-30 lbs in college (undergrad)
• 21yrs old: after i graduated from undergrad, my mom forced me to go on a diet - lost 20-30 lbs in about 6 months, simultaneously I worked at crappy puny i-bank in irvine/costa mesa
  
• 22 yrs old: a dark time - continued working in oppressive corporate setting, gained some weight back haha
• 23 yrs old: ceased working at Equicrap, started small business with mom
• 24 yrs old: got bored. took golf clinic with anan and el gato haha. took wine tasting class by myself! husband search began and succeeded! found Chuperman on FRIENDSTER haha... or, we remet in cyberspace. y'all know that chuperman had a crush on me first in junior high right?! apparently he got a big kick outta me cuz he remembers that i sold super lemons to unassuming white kids for $1/piece and that i'd always wear a pink hypercolor shirt haha
• 25 yrs old: long-distance with chuperman... chuperman was up in berkeley finishing up his MPH while i was down in OC slaving away at the family-owned lab. every single night we'd be on the phone until 3am
  
• 26 yrs old: got engaged, then got hitched (weight was coincidentally at all-time low to fit into dress), moved to W-bury, started grad school
  
• 27 yrs old: the passing of my MIL. God bless her soul. we miss her everyday:( definitely the most difficult time in our lives.
  
• 28yrs old: enjoying baby-free lives until oops - got knocked up to make golden piggy deadline, moved back with parentals
• 29 yrs old: preggo's - gained 35 lbs, finished thesis, gave birth to Chuperbaby, lost 35lbs, and trying to get the hang of this whole mommy thing!
  

My 20's were an eventful and hectic time for me with many life and career changes. This decade was also a time for me to try to conquer my life-long battle with weight haha. Recently, like last wk, my mom so very tactfully reminded me that I look huge in short dresses and that I look better covered up in skinny jeans. She also inquired "why do you look so tired all the time? why are you tired?" THANKS mom. Do I really need to explain myself.

I have a feeling I won't be slowing down in my 30's with being a soccer mommy haha.

In the meantime, Chuperbaby got sick again this wk, but this time it only lasted 2 days. However, Chuperman is now sick! He had a fever of almost 104 on wednesday! Let's hope he's all better for my bday tomorrow!!

Looking forward to downing champagne and margaritas....!!!!

TGIF!!!!!!!