Out with the old

Yesterday when we were leaving my parents' house, my dad was standing outside and Eggy was saying, "Bye habuji!" from inside the car.  Obviously, he couldn't hear her so Eggy says, "Habuji no hear me.  How come Habuji no hear me?"

Me:  Because you're in the car and the windows are up and harabuji is outside.  So he cannot hear you.

Eggy: Oh.

Me:  Plus, he's old and he can't hear that well anyway.  

Eggy:  Habuji is old.  Let's throw him away.  

Me:  What?  (not sure if I heard right)

Eggy:  Throw him away.  

A minute later...

Eggy:  Halmuni not old.  She's new.  

Hello 2012!

Hope everyone's holidays were happy.  It went by so fast, no?
Here's a recap of some of our good times.

Saying hi to Santa at California Adventure before our passes expired :(

Visiting Santa officially

The ornament she picked out this year

We bought this Gingerbread Man Kit from Trader Joe's because I'm way too lazy to make it from scratch. I helped her decorate.  Basically, she told me where she wanted to put the candy bits and I squeezed the frosting for her.  She did pretty good.  

But she definitely enjoyed eating it more than decorating.  She ended up picking off all the chocolate candy and left the rest of the cookie.  

Some more holiday eats.  

Eggy's also been enjoying the holiday music.  Her favorites:  Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Feliz Navidad.  

Eggy asked to have her nails painted.  I asked her if she wanted to do Christmas colors, red and/or green.  "No.  I want o-dange."

She only wanted me to paint one hand.  That's because she wanted to paint the other hand herself.  

Last year, Eggy enjoyed opening her presents but I don't know if she understood that the presents were for her.  This year, she didn't care who the presents were for; she wanted to open all of them.  She barely looked at her own gifts because she was too busy trying to open everyone else's gifts.  "Oh!  Rapunzel!  What's next?!  Let's open this one!!"  

There was one gift for my sister that was in a big box.  Eggy kept wanting to open it.  I told her no, that it was for her eemo.  She said, "Okay, I open it with Eemo.  She share with me.  I get a big present because I'm a big girl now."  Huh, if you were such a big girl, how come you don't go to sleep by yourself?

Opening presents at halmuni and harabuji's on Christmas Eve

Can you believe her Christmas pajamas from last year still fit?

Celebrating The Rock's birthday

It's hard to say what her favorite gift was this year.  She's really enjoying her tool set from SokSok but she also likes to wear her Rapunzel crown from Auntie K while she's "fixing" things.  So girly and so butch, haha.  And she thinks her new camera from GooGoo is hilarious.  And the only present that gave Eggy pause in her wild unwrapping spree at my parents' house was the Rapunzel nightgown/costume.  In her haste to try it on, she ended up pulling her underwear down with her pants.  Whoops!

"I'm a princess!"

Scooter from Santa

Still getting the hang of it

With Baby Dos on the way, I know 2012 is going to be a crazy year.  But I'm looking forward to it.  As long as we have our family, friends, health, and home, I can't ask for much.  I'm a lucky girl.  

Our Holiday Card

So I totally wasn't going to send out Christmas cards this year for a bunch of reasons.  Eggy appah's camera is busted.  I'm too lazy.  And we're too cheap.  BUT!  I was able to get it done at Costco for super cheap and super quick so I present to you....

Why yes, that is Mr. Fast and Furious.  Do you like our coordinating outfits?  Yes, we totally planned that.

I know.  Sometimes, I have too much time on my hands.  But tell me you're not jealous.  Sigh, he was totally my white boy crush during college.  Can you tell how close I was trying to get to him (see how squished cozy Eggy looks)?
Anyway, I told Eggy that we were going to take a picture with her new daddy.  Later, when I was looking at the picture again, Eggy says, "Look!  It's Eggy, umma, and new daddy."
Then, before bedtime, Eggy was playing with her dad.  She has this new game where she calls him an ugly triceratops.  (I may have given her that idea.  How was I to know that it would stick?!)  So I asked her if she thought her appah was handsome or ugly.  "Ugly!"  Oh well, that's not very nice.  Okay, how about new daddy?  Is he handsome or ugly?  "Handsome!"  Girl knows what she likes.

Baby Names

Eggy appah and I are trying to come up with names for Baby Dos.  Boy names are hard!  Of course, I had like three names picked out if it had been a girl.
Anyway, for fun, I've been asking Eggy what she wants to name her brother.  Do not ask a two year old for advice on baby names!  At first, she would just say random things.  She even wanted to call him Bacon at one point.  But now she's found a name and it's sticking.  Eggy wants to name the baby Christopher after Christopher Robin from Winnie the Pooh.  I didn't even know she liked Christopher Robin, much less knew who he was.  I like the name and I like that she picked it out but I feel like Christopher is kind of long.  That's a lot of letters.  No, I don't want to call him Chris.  Plus, the hubs has a cousin named Chris.  We tried to make other suggestions but she keeps insisting, "No!  Christopher!!" Sometimes, it's Christopher Bacon.  lol.
I guess we'll see.  At least she didn't want to name him Eeyore (or Ee-ho as she says it).

My kid is cooler than me

We already know that Eggy is a better dancer than me.
And even though I'm the one dressing her, she's got cuter clothes.  She can wear things that I just wouldn't be able to pull off.

Waiting in line for Santa

She still loves to sing but now she's moved on to hipper material.  

Okay, so it's not like the coolest song ever but it's still pretty cool for a two year old.  She also recognized Adele's Someone Like You on the radio.  But don't worry, I'm not making her listen to anything too mature.  (Okay, maybe she might have heard a few Rihanna songs but definitely no videos!)  She still enjoys the age appropriate songs though too.  

And just as a bonus because Christmas is only ten days away, here's a video of Eggy, reenacting the boat scene from Tangled that I mentioned before.   

It's a...

Sons vs. Daughters

Since we were supposed to find out the baby's gender last week, the topic has been on my mind a lot lately.  Too bad the little stinker wouldn't cooperate and show us the goods.

Anyway, before I had kids, I would have said my ideal number of kids was two, one boy and one girl, the boy being first.  I think a lot of people probably think that way.  It's like having a complete set or something.  Obviously, I did not end up with a son first.  When they announced that it was a girl, I was too preoccupied with making sure that she was okay (remember, I had had an emergency c-section) to really think about the gender.  Without all that drama, would I have been disappointed?  Or just excited to finally meet the little one?  I guess it doesn't matter because she was mine and I've loved her ever since.  

Now I can't imagine anything different.  How glad I am that Eggy turned out to be a girl!  Girl clothes are so much cuter!  (Sorry but boy clothes are only cute up to a certain age and I'm not really into puppies or monkeys or dinosaurs.)  And I've never been surprised with a stream of urine to the face during a diaper change.  So this time, I want another girl. I really really really want Eggy to have a sister.  I have a sister so I want Eggy to have that same kind of relationship with her sibling, fights and all.  And of course I'd get to recycle all of Eggy's old clothes again and buy even more cute clothes!

But here's the biggest thing.  What's that saying?  A son is a son until he gets married but a daughter is a daughter forever.  It's totally true.  If I have a son, he'll grow up, get married, and have his own family.  His wife will be #1 in his life as it should be and I'll be the mother-in-law.  (My own mother-in-law is great and the hubs has a good relationship with her but what if I turn into that psycho mother-in-law?)  But your daughter will always stay with you.  When she has her family, she'll probably need you more even.  I know that once I had Eggy, I grew closer to my mom because I felt I had a better understanding of her and a much greater appreciation for everything she's done for me.   

I must sound really selfish and petty.  After all, if I had had a son first, I'd probably be saying something totally different.  Most of our friends have boys and they're all so adorable.  I should just be glad that I'm pregnant with a healthy (so far, knock on wood) baby, no matter what the gender.  And I am.  And I'm sure I'll be excited and thrilled when the baby is finally here, boy or girl, but I can't help hoping and wishing.  At least, I already have one girl and she really is the bestest.  I don't know what I'd do if I had two (or more) sons.  No offense to moms of only boys.  You guys are the toughest moms I know; I just don't think I could be that tough.  

I also think because Eggy was a relatively easy baby (even now, she's so good!) that I'm hoping the second one, if it's a girl, will be similar.  But I don't think we can be that lucky twice.  If the first one is good, the second one has to be high maintenance, right?  Maybe I'm not just hoping for another girl but Eggy 2.0.  

I'm pretty sure I just jinxed myself with a colicky, high maintenance, fussy baby boy who will pee on me every chance he gets because of all my complaining.  The universe is just waiting to give me a bitch slap.  Actually, I just need to read this and I'll hit myself for being such a whiner.  Then, I'll go give Eggy a big hug.