Keeping Busy

I'm officially 37 weeks pregnant today. I can't believe I'm so close to meeting my baby. I'm super excited! In the meantime I've been trying to keep myself busy with a few projects. I decided to give my niece and nephews their Christmas gifts in handmade stockings. I also made stockings for my in-laws and brother-in-law. The only 2 left that I still need to make would be for me and my husband. Here are the stockings:

Who will she look like?

Min (Tim's brother), mother-in-law, & Tim

Tim

Tim

me

looking dazed and confused

Tim and I often talk about who Emerson will look like. Will she be a combo of both Tim and me or will she look more like Tim or more like me? I think Tim was such a cute baby and he's so handsome to me right now so if she looked like her dad, then I would be happy. There are certain things that I really hope she inherits from Tim such as his height, his slim-fit body, and his hands. However, I wouldn't mind if she had my eyes or my nose (even though I hated my nose growing up). I think Emerson might be born with a full head of hair. In both our baby pictures, we both have major fro action going on, lol. 

Very Pregnant

I haven't blogged for a long time. I thought I would blog at least every week during my pregnancy to document this experience, but unfortunately blogging was the last thing I felt like doing. Now, I'm fairly close to my due date and before I completely neglect this blog ( i hope i don't), here are a few pictures of my baby bump in no particular order. 

Yummy Chicken

Saw a chicken recipe on www.milkandmode.com. Recipe is from Jenny Rosentrach's book Dinner: A Love Story. This chicken is really good and easy to make. Make it this week for dinner. It will not disappoint.



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Sushi

I am looking forward to meeting my baby girl, but one of the drawbacks of pregnancy is that I can't eat sushi. I absolutely love sushi and used to eat it at least once a week. I hope to go to Japan one day to eat at Sukiyabashi Jiro. If you're a sushi lover like me you must watch Jiro Dreams of Sushi (watch instantly through netflix.com). 

Seattle and Portland Part II

We loved Broder from 2010's trip to Portland that we decided to hit it up again. Finally got to try Pok Pok and unfortunately it wasn't as good as I thought it would be. I had high expectations because I read about it so much and waited a year to go there. The wings were too sweet/salty/sticky. Just too much sauce going on. Everything else was good, but not worth waiting a year for. I don't think I'd go back to Pok Pok even if I lived in Portland.

Split pea soup and Swedish meatballs

Pok Pok

The famous wings at Pok Pok and some catfish noodle dish with peanut sauce.

Seattle and Portland Part I

First meal in Seattle: Mother-in-law's home cooking, YUM!

We headed south to Portland the following day arriving at the lovely Ace hotel. This was our room.

It's an open kitchen at the Beast

Made reservations for brunch a month in advance

housemade apple butter clafoutis with soft whipped cream and maple-glazed bacon

Beast Hash: lamb sausage & pork belly, market potatoes, delicata squash, turnips, cauliflower & brussels sprouts topped with poached farm egg and whole grain mustard hollandaise.

chocolate truffle cake with whipped cream on top