PHOTO-A-DAY: 2013 March Day 14

"tasty"

mmm latte from 'the fat hen' on Sunday brunch with Erika♥

PHOTO-A-DAY: 2013 January Day 5

"movement"

*clap clap clap*

PHOTO-A-DAY: December Day 27

"how i relax"

weekend dates with erika...!

PHOTO-A-DAY: December Day 23

"Joy is _______"

Quality time with family!!!

PHOTO-A-DAY: December Day 8

"someone i love"

part 1:: Kai chan of course♥

"someone i love"

part 2:: erika, only the bestest sister ever!

"someone i love"

part 3:: Jamus the bestest husband ever!

PHOTO-A-DAY: November Day 18

"happened this weekend"

i went out to celebrate my 30th!!

couldn't get my parents to watch kai overnight, so James was stuck watching him...

too bad because i wanted to celebrate with him the most.

but i still had fun!

we had dinner, drinks, pool and hung out with some VERY fun people♥

PHOTO-A-DAY: October Day 21

"calm"

it's quiet...

somebody is falling asleep....

PHOTO-A-DAY: July Day 4

" fun "

attended Mary's wedding today♥

simple, gorgeous and YUMMY food!
great location too! who knew this lovely town existed?
i'm posting other pictures i took

PHOTO-A-DAY: June Day 24

"on my mind"

seattle...going out...beautiful weather...summer!!

went to Issian again with erika again and it was delish!

(japanese restaurant/izakaya in Wallingford)

James loves the place too!

i was nervous about bringing Kai out to a restaurant since i knew we'd be there for a while but he was so good!  didn't cry or anything.  he had his dinner with us and played around mostly..

he seemed entertained enough by the atmosphere that he didn't fuss around.

i guess that means we can go out more frequently now, eh?

hee hee, cute squirt of mayo!

(this is the bacon wrapped mushroom skewers but i LOVE their grilled shiitake skewer!!)

this was scallops...baked? i think..with a creamy sauce and onions... yuM!

we also had tons of other plates...the main dish being the Maguro no kama.

Maguro no kama is the whole head/jaw of a tuna fish baked!

ya sounds crazy and it's huge but a great deal and fantastic!

i'll have to get a photo next time

yogurtland...!

found these stickers--one in ballard and one in wallingford. hahaha funny

mmm yummy! but couldn't finish it all.

i got tangerine, strawberry and choco...

choco was the best!

night out in capitol hill...!

it was my friend jenna's 30th birthday celebration on saturday...! so we went out to capitol hill for dinner and drinks♥

met up with erika in wallingford first...

walked by "po dog"

thought the sign was so cute♥

yay happy birthday jenna!! i've known her the longest in washington...

since senior year of high school so going on 12 years now..!

we also went to the cobra lounge afterwards--all in all a GREAT night :D

must.go.out.more...!

i see you...!!

can you see? it's erika through the peephole!! HAHAHA!

PHOTO-A-DAY: April Day 9

"younger me"

this is me and my sister--circa 1989ish in Hawaii♥

paradise roll...!

my parents are in japan right now--so we set up a dinner date with my grandmother♥

we went to get delicious sushi and it was delicious.

(o and check out erika's zombie shirt...ahem, correction: PEARL JAM zombie shirt.

it's pretty cool)

i got this one, "paradise roll". it was so good...like seriously, so good...

the colorful roe adds a cuteness dontcha think?

PHOTO-A-DAY: February Day 21

"a favorite photo of me"

right now, this is my favorite photo of me :D

that's erika on the left.

this was taken in hawaii and we're wearing yukatas (summer kimono)

erika's birthday...!

saturday was erika's 26th birthday...and we went to mini-celebrate!

she came over and hung out with kai..then we walked over to my neighborhood bar.

it's so close...literally a 5 minute walk. which is nice!

james volunteered to watch kai for me so YAY! i had a few drinks...

wow...my face is...red?! 

i guess my tolerance is back to zero...

happy birthday erika!!!

i know it wasn't crazy but i hope you had fun.

good sister bonding♥

fun with polaroid...!

erika got a polaroid camera for her birthday!

(not the old school kind--but the modernized new one)

the photos are a bit smaller but it's cute! we had a little too much fun taking pictures

photobook debut...!

so i found a website where you can create your own photo book♥

i was slightly buzzed (i had some red wine) a few weeks ago and got really into it.

i didn't even have an idea...i was just fascinated with the fact that i could create my own photobook, so i started playing around. 

so first i decided to make a photo book dedicated to baby kai, of course!

i'm a crazy kai-obsessed mama, so that was the first thing i wanted to do, hehehe.

then i realized it was almost my sister's birthday, so i started creating a book for her too.

these are just a sneak peek...

erika's book is titled " Hey Erika..."

it's a bunch of pictures of erika and each one is captioned with a question/statement starting with "Hey Erika..."

i think it turned out pretty funny so i hope she liked it.  i gave it to her for her birthday last week.

erika's book.  hehehe lots of inside jokes and funny pictures.

i think it turned out good.

and for kai's book, i picked my favorite photos of him from 0~3 months.

no captions or words so this is just a photo book.

these were a test run for me, so now i have even more awesome ideas!

owl tea pot...!

awesome!

erika got me an owl tea pot for christmas♥

i loves it...drinking tea right now!

we just can't get enough...!

this just doesn't get old... this face morphing stuff? it's so great!!

bwahahaha!!!

GAAAAH!!!!

HAHAHA! omg erika looks hilarious!!!!!!