Coconut Cream Pie

I want your grease

2011-08-26T14:09:00.000-07:00

After turning in early on Saturday night in Vegas due to our food coma, we happily filled our tummies again at the MGM Grande Buffet. I have no pics but they have a great deal there for drinks ($8 extra for unlimited bloody marys and champagne!). After brunch, we ~~bloated~~ floated down the lazy river. 'Twas truly wonderful! For dinner, we gussied ourselves up and went to SW Steakhouse at the Wynn.

Presenting, Gluttony, Part Deux!

Here's my fine lookin' fellow :)

Here are our fine lookin' selves :)

Here are our refreshing drinks - lychee martini and a manhattan.

And this?

Why this was magical. I know not everyone has acquired the taste of liver. But if you are into foie gras, this was as if liver and butter made a baby. It was insanely delicious.

Why did I post this picture twice? Actually that's not a mistake. The Pies enter into a no limit room when we go to Vegas.

We got ourselves another seared foie gras. Heaven. In. My. Mouth.

For dinner, I chose the appetizer sized lobster pasta.

Didn't disappoint but I wasn't wowed - maybe I'm still thinking of my foie gras.

Mr. Pie got another bone-in ribeye - delicious! I was impressed by this. But I'm still thinking of the foie gras.

The side dish is an unmentionable - green beans, black truffles, bacon and potatoes.

Yeah, you'd think there was a wow factor but it was just ok. We should have gotten the foie gras as the side.

Mr. Pie likes to still play with his food.

So this pretty much concluded our Vegas trip. See? Just food pics. The next morning, we got up early, packed and caught our flight back to reality.

Because I want people to say, see that S Car Go!

2011-08-24T17:11:00.000-07:00

The Pies took a short trip to Vegas this past weekend and let me tell you, it was a truly wonderful getaway. Our stomachs thanked us profusely.

After flying in on JetBlue (yay!)we checked into the MGM Grande on Saturday.

There are no pics of the MGM. Just.food.

Our first night, we dined at one of our favorite restaurants ever - Mon Ami Gabi.

They start you off with warm bread and a corn/tomato side. Great start!

Then we ordered 2 appetizers - the warm duck confit (heavenly)

and our ever so favorite, escargots in butter, olive oil and pesto. If the pan wasn't searing hot, I'm pretty sure we would have licked it clean. But alas, we let our bread do that job! For wine, we had a bottle of the Dr. Loosen Riesling. Sooooooo refreshingly good!

But the cap isn't as nice smelling as a cork :)

Mr. Pie ordered the bone-in ribeye for his dinner while I chose an appetizer for mine so that we could share both.

I got the scallop appetizer - yum.

Aren't we adorable? Sorry for the blurry photo - my camera is drunk.

We are so happy, we ended up ordering 2 desserts!

Bread pudding! Filled with yummy things I don't even remember!

Stuffed inside this crepe was vanilla ice cream. Oh no they din't!

Good lord, we stuffed ourselves silly! Tomorrow's post - part 2 of our gluttony.

Let's go to the OC Fair!

2011-08-19T11:20:00.001-07:00

A few Sundays ago, Peldia came over so that we could all truck over to the OC Fair (the Pies have never been before despite me living here for almost 20 years). Mr. Pie had free tickets and a free parking pass courtesy of his SEO team. We were set! Until we got to the parking line. Then Pablo made a u-turn and we got the dodge out of town (is that a phrase?). So we made it to Boomers and settled in for some mini golf!

Here is Mama Dia with her cute little Paulita! Cuteness overload here. Cuteness overload.

Um, Paulita, we need to walk the course...

The Pies are trying to win a free game at the 18th hole. Hey, where's the bar?

Paulita with my sunglasses. How cool is she?

Afterwards, Mr. Pie whipped up lobster rolls to fill us up after an afternoon of golfing.

Yes, he MADE LOBSTER ROLLS!!!Thanks for coming to dinner Peldia!

The almost OC Fair rules!

The Pies are on the Move!

2011-07-13T17:02:00.000-07:00

Hi There! The Pies are back and better than ever. Did you miss us? We sure did miss you! We've been keeping ourselves, oh a little busy and did this and that. Mainly, we bought a house! You'll remember that we've been house hunting for some time now and then back in November 2010, we finally stepped up our game. We found ourselves a cute little place just two blocks from our previous home. The process itself wasn't too horrible (except for the bank - thanks a lot Wells) and so we settled in by end of January 2011. We have a lot to be greatful for - a great real estate agent, the most wonderful and understanding family and a bunch of friends who rolled up their sleeves and helped us move. Here are some neat pics of Casa de la Pies. Interestingly, these were the only photos of any houses we looked at during our search. It was just meant to be!

Our entryway with the most gorgeous doors

(this picture doesn't quite do it justice - you have to see these doors in person!)

The beautiful gourmet kitchen that captured Mr. Pie's heart

Bonus dining room that is now home to Mr. Pie's childhood dining table

The spacious backyard for the Doggy Pies to run around. The very first night the dogs were there, KobyFur ran around, playing fetch. He never did that at the old house!

We are truly blessed that this is now the beginnings of our family. We hope you continue to stay on this journey of life with us!

Love,

The Pies

Paging mall cop, Paul Blart...

2010-04-02T10:22:00.000-07:00

We had a great time last Friday night with USCCouple at Shabu Shabu, Kojji in the Block. The food was fantastic and we had lots of laughs with one of our favorite couples!

Edamame

Yellowtail appetizer

OMG this was the fried yellowtail - it was delicious!

Mr. Pie's suggestion - dynamite roll and yummy salmon roll

Shabu shabu dabu!

Not to mention with the above food, a large sake after 9 pm at the bar was only $1!!!

Afterwards, we bid goodbye and Mr. Pie and I headed to have dessert at Tu Tu Tango.

That's where we saw "Paul Blart", the mall cop on his segway - hahaha -

complete with mustache.

So if you thought the Block was unsafe...

It takes more muscles to frown than smile

2010-04-01T15:17:00.000-07:00

Last Saturday, we had our dear friends over for dinner, Jimmissa! And they brought their little one, The Bean, who is truly as cute as ever.

Check out the cool parmesan crusted caprese bites Mr. Pie whipped up for us as an appetizer! They were delish!!! I want more please.

Mr. Pie prepared a tasty smoked pork tenderloin WRAPPED IN BACON which we devoured in 10 minutes, compared to him smoking it in the smoker for 2+ hours during day.

I want more please.

He also served it alongside his blue cheese and glazed walnut salad with dried cranberries and a vinagrette dressing and homemade mac & cheese! Nom nom nom. I want more please.

I went with an eggplant parmesan for me and 'Missa.

Our lovely dinner guests sharing their yummy St. Supery wine that they brought! (The Bean did not have any wine with her dinner, thank you) She did, however, enjoy tasty apples and pear!I want her baby feet! Look at how cute! The birthday dude.

What was in the box?

Missa's cracked cookies! I felt like the Cookie Monster going after them. They are like bites of heaven. The BEST cookies you'll ever eat.

And here we are with our babies :)

Thanks for coming over Jimmissa and The Bean! We love you guys!

Happy Birthday, Mr. Pie!

2010-03-21T20:48:00.000-07:00

Mr. Pie's birthday was this past Saturday. We celebrated with a delicious dinner at one of our favorite places, Captain Jack's. We haven't been to this restaurant since before our wedding!

Here's the birthday guy!With their usual huge menu ... followed by their huge food!

Escargot to start - omg so good.

Mr. Pie got the crab legs - you must get these if you come here.

And I got an entire cow! Ok not really but this was the biggest cut of prime rib I've ever gotten.

We had a wonderful time. Happy Birthday to my favorite guy!!

I'll leave you with a pic of him when he was a little tot :)

It's because we didn't have a spatula

2010-03-03T10:05:00.000-08:00

The other night, a few friends from work came over and we attempted to make the ever so popular macaron. I read about it on Bakerella's blog (and several others). Ting had a book and had attempted before. I even aged the egg whites for 24 hours to room temperature.

See? We are ready! We have crown and cokes! Essential for baking - duh!

Ting, happily whisking.

CShells is in charge of the meringue.

Mbeezy was the measuring star (and photographer - thanks for the pics)!

Team work!

Blue hands!

Break for pizza! (That's in the recipe somewhere)

Mmmm...they look good! They are suppose to have the "feet" at the bottom like that.

We felt golden.

Posing for pics! (That's in the recipe also)

I'm wearing MIL's apron!

The end result!

The real end result!

They were not good at all!

Mr. Pie said they were ok and that was a great try for the first time. He must really love me.

We had so much fun - thanks for coming over girls! If you attempt to make these, be sure to have all of the ingredients in the real recipe (taken from Bakerella above) and also mix in a lot of fun.

Purple!

2010-02-23T17:43:00.000-08:00

That's BabyChip's favorite color and I cannot believe how much she's grown that she's now saying that! The Chips came down to see us on Saturday.

Look how cute BabyChip has grown :)

Here she is, being silly :)

"Do I have something on my face?"

With Mr. Pie!

Cutest Family - the Chips!

Hopefully next time we see you will be sooner (as evident by my birthday and Christmas presents we were opening in February!). Also, we can't wait to see a picture of BabyChip in her Red Wings snowsuit!

McDoggies

2010-02-18T13:46:00.001-08:00

My little babies - aren't they so cute?

Falling asleep with Mr. Pie on the couch

Napping with JuniorPink

Maddie is very tired

Peanut loves the camera (ok, so do I)

Peanut & Kobe after a dirty walk

This is the closest Mr. Pie could get them all to pose together

Kobe in his beloved bubble bath!

We're baaaaack!

2010-02-17T16:45:00.000-08:00

Hi There! I've missed you guys! 2010 is starting off wonderfully and I'm happy to say that I've got my blogging mojo back. I'll leave you with some fun pics and teasers of the end of last year and we'll resume our blogging schedule tonight!

The Pies in DC for the Pretty's wedding

Drinking margaritas with BabyPeldia

(just kidding - we can still babysit on Sat, right?)

The Pies in Vietnam (best trip ever!)

Christmas!

Mr. Pie always brings his own gloves and knife to buy the tree and people usually think he works there!

Babysitting our Goddaughter, JuniorPink :)

Endless delish dinners cooked by Mr. Pie

So there you have it! Us in a nutshell :) We are back and here's to a fantastic 2010. We can't wait!

We miss you Mom

2009-09-28T10:43:00.000-07:00

On September 16, 2009, in the evening, my mother-in-law, MommaInLawPie passed away. She had strugged for a very long time with kidney disease, dialysis and just this past year, underwent heart valve repair surgery and had a pacemaker installed. We never, in our wildest nightmares, would think after her strength in going through all of this, would she pass away suddenly. But now we are grateful that she is no longer in pain.

MommaInLawPie was an avid reader of this blog. She was my #1 fan! When I would start lacking on the posting, she would say, I don't know what you guys did this weekend or what we ate! She was a dedicated Mother, friend and wonderful person overall as evident by all of her family and friends at the wake and the funeral.

We miss you and love you dearly Mom and we think of you every day.

"There isn't a sister...Part 1"

2009-09-04T23:05:00.000-07:00

Disclaimer: The blog title references an inside joke and not the fact that LilSisterPie couldn't make it to Vegas!

Last week, the Phamily hopped into a rental car and drove to Vegas! We love Vegas! The first night, we stayed at the Wynn. I thought it was going to be impressive and it really wasn't. Actually it was very disappointing overall - the service, the room and the ambiance. I give it a C+. It gets an A for cleaniness and the garden is gorgeous. Also, the toiletries are short, fat and cute - B+Mr. Pie and I ventured down to the pool and it was just ordinary. Our cocktail waitress disappeared for almost an hour with our change. The drinks were awesome though - I highly recommend them! Mr. Pie is reading up on winning... We laid out by the pool and then gussied up for dinner with MommaPie and SisterPie at Charlie Palmer at the Four Seasons! Dinner was excellent. We had been to this Charlie Palmer location two other times - the first time was very good, the second was only okay but this time was exquisite.

Australian version of Kobe beef

So amazingly tender. Best dish of the night! Grilled lobster

Divine! Halibut

Excellent fish Filet mignon

The filet mignon was a bit overdone but everything else was amazing. We also had this amazing truffle baked potato. I think I didn't have a picture of it because we ravaged it. All 4 forks went in and nothing was left. I was shivering in the restaurant and the busboy came over with a matching shawl for my dress! A+ service!

SisterPie's birthday celebration!Happy Phamily!

Happy Pies!

More blog posts to come with our second day in Sin City!

This puppy can't get up!

2009-09-04T10:12:00.000-07:00

Happy Friday! This video is hilarious!

"Can you leave the table so it looks like I ate this by myself?"

2009-08-25T22:34:00.000-07:00

My Phamily visited from the East Coast and Mr. Pie and I took the kiddies out to Boiling Crab. They loved it. Seriously though, we got crawfish, king crab legs and Newcastle...what's not to love?

Just a Chu and his special Chau

Hair tie? Check! Bibs? Check!

Mmmmm oysters

Can you believe she ate this all by herself?

Crawfish carcasses

5 lbs of crawfish, 2 lbs of king crab legs, 1 dozen oysters and countless beers later...happiness!

Whose black Audi is that?

2009-08-17T20:54:00.000-07:00

About a month ago, I had one of my brilliant ideas (haha) and decided to throw a baby shower for my very dear friend, Peldia (and loyal CCP blog reader!). I enlisted the help of MommaPink who so graciously offered up her beautiful home for the shower and to be my co-hostess with the mostess. Then I began the task of contacting Peldia's family to see if they were free that day and also stalked, I mean contacted, her friends on Facebook as well. The outpouring of love was very evident - everyone was waiting for the day Peldia would have her own baby shower! As you can remember, last year, about a few months before Paulita was born, Peldia had to go on bedrest. So we were only too happy to throw her a welcome party! I do have to say, we pulled it off quite nicely and with the help of many others. My only regret was that I didn't have that many photos but Peldia has great friends so there are a lot of other pictures floating around!

Once we surprised Peldia as she walked in the door, the festivities began!

A super adorable diaper cake made by my friend, Wee :)

The kiddies had fun too and cooled off in their little water section.

Cake time!

Paulita is mesmerized by her cake :)

Presents!

Very cute khaki pants for PaulitaShe kept getting stuffed animals and at one point, we couldn't see her!

There's a leg sticking out there - hahaha.

A very proud Grandma and a partied-out Paulita:)

All in all, I think everyone had a great time. It was a truly wonderful event for Peldia and we're so happy for their little family! And not to leave Paulita's Dad, Pablo out (he was golfing with Mr. Pie and PoppaPink), here they are one morning. It is the cutest picture of them EVER!

That Beetle is so big it needs it's own airport!

2009-08-08T17:17:00.001-07:00

I love Saturdays :)

Mr. Pie made hamburgers!

Then we napped and he had quality time with his girls :)

While my boy and I had some time together too!

She didn't even say Excuse Me!

2009-08-06T15:29:00.001-07:00

Sadly, MommaPink's Grandmother passed away last week. The wake was Thursday night so I offered to babysit my Goddaughter, MJ and BabyPink. Let me tell you, I thought I had it in the bag.

But look at these faces! Who can resist :)

Spaghetti dinner with BabyPink while MJ napped :)

MJ stretchin' her long legs

52 card pick up with BabyPink!

We had a lot of fun and they are such sweet girls. Can't wait to see them again!

4 More Years!

2009-08-05T10:02:00.000-07:00

Brought tears to my eyes. Can he run again PLEASE?

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/08/05/nkorea.journalists/index.html

Go Bill!

Is it Asian Night?

2009-07-29T21:37:00.000-07:00

The Pies have been married for 2 years now! Ever since that fateful day at Starbucks (read recap below) we have been in love for 11 years :)

Swoon! The flowers Mr. Pie brought to my office in person!We took our cute little selves to Taps in Brea. We've dined here before and were very impressed with their baked oysters. We still are. Delish!

We also chose Taps because we had the Entertainment Book coupon - buy 1 entree, get 1 free. Hey, if I save money on dinner, I get a nicer present, right? I'm no fool.

I chose the lamb with a mint sauce. Um, just ok. To tell you the truth, the fact that it came out with the green sauce on top was not appetizing to me.

Mr. Pie had the halibut. It was better.

Taps use to be much better than we remembered. We do still want to try out their brunch some time.

Dessert was on the house and celebrated us - that was a nice touch!

Happy Anniversary to us!

So I can text now?

2009-07-28T21:29:00.000-07:00

If you've been a loyal blog reader of mine or have known me since I was 12, you would already know that my all time favorite band in the entire world is New Kids on the Block. I went to see them with a fun group of girls one Friday night at Irvine Meadows. We had the best time, tailgating in the parking lot and singing along with the entire crowd for 3 hours. I went home, exhausted and elated, relishing in the fact that I've seen them 3x since Oct '08. This is from someone who missed out on their concerts when they were huge in 1989! It was awesome and I was so happy and content because who knew if they would ever tour again? And with that in mind, I fell happily asleep.

Fast forward 8 hours.

I got a text message from MommaPink, thanking me for last night and how much fun she had. I texted back, same here! Then her next text was just jokingly saying, hey, PoppaPink said we should got Vegas tonight to see them. I laughed it off, as did she. But then the texts got more serious. Yes, we should go, PoppaPink was actually encouraging this! I cooked breakfast for Mr. Pie and the texting began more furiously. We should go, we shouldn't go, we are nuts, we are crazy, blah blah.

Fast forward 4 hours.

I was on Travelocity, looking up hotel/airfare packages. This couldn't possibly be happening right? Right?

Fast forward 2 hours.

I'm at the Pinks!

These girls have no idea their Momma was about to board a plane!

Fast forward 1 hour.

We are on the shuttle to LAX!

And then at the airport, we had bloody marys. With McDonald's. Heh.

We took off and MommaPink (bless her heart - she is frightened of flying!) asked me if she could text when the portable device approval was given. I laughed. She is so funny!

(The bloody marys helped her with the fear of flying - hee!)

At the airport, we took a taxi to our hotel, Marriott Courtyard which is away from the strip but very very nice! We loved it!

Here is MommaPink, probably dreaming of Joey.

But no, she's really staring at the crane we have in our view!

We freshened up a bit before dinner ;)

Since the concert was at the Palms,we knew Little Buddha would be our choice for dinner. It was delicious!!

We are a little excited - hahaha.

And then it was time. The concert was kickass. Truly. The show was better than Irvine and again the entire venue was singing and dancing.

I love you Jonathan!

And then it was over :(

But our Vegas trip was just right in the middle ;) We got drinks at the bar and walked around. MommaPink noticed the Poker Room first and then she noticed the Celebrity Poker tournament sign and then she noticed... LUCKY FROM GENERAL HOSPITAL! Hello, only our favorite soap ever. You know Lucky - Luke & Laura's kid! So the poker room manager is watching us stare at Lucky (I still don't know his real name). We thought he was going to kick us out but he said, what are you girls staring at? We told him it was Lucky and he goes, want to meet him? He totally INTERRUPTS Lucky and Lucky himself even stood up to hug us and take pics - in the middle of his game with 10 other people! After that, MommaPink and I didn't know what we should do with ourselves! We got more drinks at the bar and next to it was a lounge area that was pretty hopping. So we went in there and there was a cover band, covering all of the recent songs. It was so much fun! We maneuvered to the front of the stage, the energy was awesome and we danced our little hearts out. Then at the end, the singer was pulling people onstage! I danced on the stage at 2 am in the morning! It was over before we knew it and we headed back to our hotel. We then took a nap :)

Fast forward 3 hours.

We slowly packed up our overnight bags and headed to the airport. It was so much fun and we were sad to leave Vegas (I had to make BabySasa's 1st birthday party at noon that day). I was so thrilled to have shared it with MommaPink! These are our after pics. Hahaha! Now about that cruise next May...

"Tall Mocha Frap"

2009-07-27T22:45:00.000-07:00

Those were the very first words I ever spoke to Mr. Pie.

A couple of Saturdays ago, Mr. Pie and I were on our way to run errands when he suggested that we stopped at Starbucks for a nice cold drink. I happily agreed and while he was on the phone with a client, I waited for our coffee orders by the pick up counter. I noticed this thing attached to the side of the espresso machine and it made me smile:

It is a timer and one of the first things I noticed about Mr. Pie. It takes me back to 11 years ago, the summer before my senior year at college. I was there for the summer, had a crazy and wild roommate and we were off doing crazy and wild things. Summer classes were only for a month and before we knew it, it was finals week. The apartment seemed small and distracting so CrazyGirl suggested we go to the Starbucks in town to get some coffee and to study. So off we went, in sweatpants and our backpacks. I remember it being a sunny afternoon and as we opened the door to Starbucks, I locked eyes with the cutest barista I had ever seen there. Why had I never seen him before? We moved to the counter and I remember the CuteBaristaGuy asking us for our order and that's when I said the very first words:

"Tall mocha frap."

I remember his smile, I remember some kind of banter back and forth, not exactly what and then CrazyGirl and I settled down with our backpacks and I proceeded to pretend to study while wondering about CuteBaristaGuy. All of a sudden I heard him say "I'm taking my break" and I squirmed in my seat, wondering where he was going. All of a sudden, he was seated at our table and set down his timer (he only had a 15 min break). CrazyGirl was much better with guy speak so she was the talker while I hid behind this:

Yes. I had a book stand. Shut up!

He said something to me, it was a blur and then his break was over. As he was walking away, I said to CrazyGirl that she should give him her number as he seemed interested in her. She shook her head and said that he wasn't her type. So what did I do the following week? Oh, I went into that Starbucks practically every day! And then on the 3rd day when I hadn't ran into him yet, I casually asked his co-worker where he was. I think she took the hint because the next time I saw him, a week later, during the actual day of finals, he seemed a bit shyer around me. After turning in my take home final, CrazyGirl and I decided to celebrate. We hit Duke's for a nice dinner then headed to the local bar. It was only 8 pm and we were already a bit tipsy. Ok, I was a lot more tipsy! So who decides to walk in the door than CuteBaristaGuy himself! I was beside myself but what can I say, I was also empowered with liquid courage :) He took one look at us, brought over his beer and sat down. What did I do?

I wrapped my legs around his.

YES. Me. The girl who could barely speak more than 3 words to him at the coffee shop was now all of a sudden the bravest person in the world.

(By the way, Mr. Pie loves telling this story and is very good at it.)

So we talked and talked and at one point, I actually asked CuteBaristaGuy when we were getting married. Oh the horror. I also spilled his beer on him. Yeah. This guy was sooo going to call me. At the end of the night, our other roommate came to pick us up and CuteBaristaGuy walked us out. I had given him my phone number and made him repeat it a couple of times. We made a date for the following Tuesday. Back at the apartment, we were giggling about CuteBaristaGuy and someone told me to give him a call. He couldn't possibly be home right? It was only about 10 minutes since we had left the bar. So I dialed and who picks up? YES. CuteBaristaGuy. We talked until about 4 in the morning!

Our first date was CuteBaristaGuy making me dinner at his place and the rest is history. We are now living happily ever after :)

Pre 4th of July BBQ

2009-07-20T21:25:00.000-07:00

A few weeks ago, Peldia came to visit us with little P. The doggies sized her up and down, decided she was harmless and was ok with her :) I was a little worried that they would try and jump on her but overall, they were pretty good. Mr. Pie smoked a beer can chicken and also baby back ribs. Great company + delicious food = an awesome evening.

Here's the man with his chicken partner

Mmmmmmm chicken!

Mmmmmmm ribs!!

Homemade pasta salad

Desserts! I made little apple pies and Peldia brought over a Cheesecake Factory pumpkin cheesecake. Divine.

See? The food was so delish, we didn't even take pics of ourselves!

My new fave

2009-07-19T09:58:00.000-07:00

No witty title this time, just my new found love for smoked duck, a la Mr. Pie. He came home from work, cleaned the duck and threw it in the smoker. 3 hours later, I was in heaven! Mr. Pie also made a side of sweet rice which we had never had before. It's one of my new faves. It's a bit on the al dente side if that's how you like your rice. Also, he made one of the best duck sauces ever. I don't know what went in it but it was delicious! Oh and to top it off, he put enoki mushrooms in another sauce. Heavenly combination! I pronounce this my new fave dish.

By the way, I'm out of order on blog posting. Hope you don't mind! I'm just dropping hints on what I would like my next meal to be - haha.

Happy Friday!

2009-07-17T17:10:00.001-07:00

Mr. Pie, being a goofball while getting ready for work (that is the "tie" I had on top of his anniversary gift box which contained dress shirts). He's so silly :)

Someone stole my "nom nom nom"

2009-07-15T11:34:00.000-07:00

Mr. Pie pointed this out to me last night - that someone had a blog post with that title. And then I realized, I have not food posted in a long time! Maybe I'm still too Vegas-lagged from Saturday - hee. Mr. Pie has cooked and that is the reason why I will bust out the Wii Active every night from now on and get around with the step-o-meter. He is always making sure we have deliciousness in our lives!

Feast your eyes on these yummy plates!

Homemade meatballs in a white sauce with spinach on top of pastaSo creamy and divine!

Lobsters in white sauce on top of sweet jasmine rice with a side of asparagus. Fantastic. I literally had no words.

This is the cutest thing about Mr. Pie - he is always making sure the dish looks "restaurant served" by garnishing with lemons or parsley, etc. Yes, I live the life! Tonight, Mr. Pie is making roast duck. This is why I had to food blog today to make room for tomorrow!

We got Lucky in Vegas!

2009-07-12T20:54:00.000-07:00

Yesterday, MommaPink and I did the craziest thing. We hopped on a plane to go to Vegas. For 13 hours. To see NKOTB in concert.

It was awesome.

We partied like rockstars.

I will fill you in on the entire trip as soon as I'm not so beat anymore!

Commercial Break

2009-07-08T10:09:00.001-07:00

From my daily blogging. I just wanted to do a product rave on the best face scrub, ever. It's from Origins - I was there picking up Mr. Pie's soothing aftershave (Fire Fighter) and the sales girl talked me into it. Seriously, the best ever. I love it! Although it is more expensive than what I usually pay at Target for Dove, it was well worth it. You do feel the difference in your skin and mine is actually brighter than usual. Stop what you are doing now and go and pick it up!

Modern Friction

Happy Birthday, BabyChip!

2009-07-07T09:32:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday, BabyChip!

On the 4th of July, we celebrated BabyChip's 1st birthday. Today is her actual birthday - I can't believe she's 1 already! It just seems like yesterday that we rushed to the hospital to meet her for the very first time. Unfortunately, my Saturday photos are at home so I will have to update you on the party later tonight. In the meantime, here are 2 really cute pics of BabyChip!

When she was days old

To now :)

Jazzercise Convention, The Conclusion

2009-07-05T22:23:00.000-07:00

So we are on our last day of our Palm Springs vacation :( The day started out very much like Saturday except we had to pack first. Mr. Pie let me sleep in a bit while he packed pretty much everything except for my clothes (btw, the room looked like we've been living there for days - heh). I sadly packed all of my stuff and Mr. Pie loaded up the car before he left to golf at Nicklaus with Pablo. I kissed him goodbye and made my way to pick up breakfast and headed to Peldia's room. She was pretty much packed as well and then headed off to her massage appointment while I watched Little P. She was an angel and I learned from yesterday to have her bottle ready when she needed it! Afterwards, Peldia came back into the room, looking very much relaxed from her much needed spa time and we packed up the rest of her stuff to both go check out. Check out was very smooth. Then it was time for my seaweed wrap! Since we already checked out, Peldia came along with me and she and Little P stayed in the lounge while I went to get my wrap on. It was very weird but great. I went into a room that had plastic on the table - very Dexter like and laid on it without a stitch of clothing. I was covered you know where with towels while the girl lathered me with a seaweed cream. For some reason, I pictured myself as a sushi roll - haha. After that, she covered me with very hot towels and then massaged my head and shoulders. Ahhhh...the life of me. Then she showered me off while I was laying on the table. That brought it back to weird. She finished with a lotion that was lovely and I felt very relaxed and moisturized. That brought it back to lovely. I don't know if I would do that again. Although the end result was that my skin was smooth and glowing so that was a huge plus. It was also a detoxifying rub so maybe that brought out all the margaritas I indulged in that weekend!

Afterwards, Peldia and I then headed to...

Are we the most predictable people you've ever met? The best part was that the guys finished in time so we were able to end the vacation where we started :) We even sat at the same table! Heck, I even ordered the same thing! Hahaha.

Mr. Pie opted for the cod which came on top of a salad

Pablo had the skirted steak

and Peldia had her turkey sandwich again. Hahaha

Oh and to top it all off, we had the apple tarts with vanilla bean ice cream for dessert. Don't let the one picture fool you - each couple got their own ;)

All in all, it was a wonderful vacation and we are already talking about making it an annual trip! Can't wait for next year!

By the way, when Mr. Pie was back in his office on Monday, he sat there with the temperature being 80 - I guess he was acclimated to the Palm Springs weather and did not notice until later!

Ring around Pablo!

2009-07-01T17:36:00.000-07:00

Day 2 of our vacation! It was a blast of course. I started out by waking up and finding an early anniversary present (ker ching!) from Mr. Pie and a note telling me to enjoy myself and to have fun at the spa. He's so sweet. Mr. Pie left early to hit the golf course early with Pablo. They were golfing at Norman and wanted to get a head start on the heat. Yeah, right, the heat won! I left the room, all bright and shiny and made my way to pick up breakfast for me and Peldia. I decided to also get an US Weekly mag and a book for my babysitting stint. Little Peldia was going to sleep right? So then I could totally read...yeah, right, Little P won! After Peldia and I had breakfast, she took off to the spa while I was going to watch Little P.

She is very sweet looking...

But if you don't give her a bottle when she needs it, she will let you know. She let me know.

However, she is still so very adorable so it's hard not to coo and ahh :) After her Momma came back, glowing from her facial, we headed off to lunch at...

Twenty6!

Hahahaha - what can we say, if it's good, why change it. And I didn't. I had the bone-in ribeye AGAIN. And again, it did not disappoint.

That's not my pic from last night, that was my lunch! Peldia had the turkey sandwich - it was stacked and was so yummy! Of course, Little P needed lunch too :)We tried to order the apple tart but there was a huge birthday lunch before us and they stole all of them. Whatever. But being the good wives that we are ;) we called the guys to see if they wanted us to grab to go lunches for them. They both settled on the fish special of the day and we met them back at the room. Before they came back, we played swimsuit dress up with Little P. It's like having our own dress up doll! The guys came back, I bid adieu and headed off to my own spa treatment! I LOVED THIS SPA! It was fantastic. Truly. It's very tranquil, the staffers are very nice and the facilities are clean. There was an outside co-ed area but because it was 1000 degrees, I didn't venture out. My day got better - we dressed up a bit to go to cocktail hour and dinner at the other nice restaurant, Adobe Grill. When we got to cocktail hour, Pablo had already ordered margaritas for us! We sat outside for a while and then went inside for dinner. As we sat down, I spilled a margarita on my lap :( Refreshing, yes. Embarrassing, yes. But it was all in fun, I got another one for free.

We munched on yummy chips and salsa and then soup and salad.

The tortilla soup was only ok

But the salad was kick ass. Also, it kicked our asses. It was so spicy! That's attributed to those seeds you see. Mr. Pie dared Pablo to eat 4 at once. I pleaded with him no. He didn't listen to me. Lesson learned.

I snuck a pic of Mr. Pie before dinner arrived - isn't he so adorable?

We are kinda cute too ;)

Then...dinner!

I had the lamb chops - yums yums yums.

Mr. Pie and Peldia had the halibut - which they maintained was their signature dish - but it was very disappointing because it was dry! Pablo had the winning-est dish - prawns in a cream sauce. It was divine. At the end of the night, we were dipping freshly made flour tortillas into the sauce.

We tried to give the baby her bottle but this was sort of a bottle warming fail - it was too big for the cup!Don't worry. We fed her ;) See how happy she is in her Poppa's arms?

I could have sworn we took many photos at dinner of us but maybe I had too many margaritas. I didn't forget dessert though...

Flan

Fried ice-cream - hello - soooo good!

Cheesecake

Overall, Twenty6 was a way better restaurant but it was nice to get something different than bone-in ribeye...yeah right! After dinner, we changed into bathing suits (because hey, the best time to swim is after all that food right? haha) and took a dip in the pool where we made Peldia laugh with synchronized swimming, Cocoon jokes and ring around Pablo. Oh and there was a shark in the pool! Or was it Mr. Pie with his hands clasped together, chasing me? I swear it was real yall. Stay tuned for Sunday's recap!

Happy Anniversary to Us!

2009-06-30T13:58:00.001-07:00

The Pies are celebrating our 2nd wedding anniversary - 11 years altogether!

Jazzercise Convention, Part 1

2009-06-29T21:37:00.000-07:00

The Pies had a wonderful weekend in Palm Springs! We decided to take advantage of this package at the La Quinta Resort and invited the Peldia family along so that Pablo could golf with Mr. Pie while Peldia and I hung out little Peldia :)

First order of business? Check in and cocktail hour! The Pies had a bit of a snafu with the rooms (by the way, if you ever go to this resort, do not book a room in the 300s. Any other rooms are waaaaaaaaay better - trust us) but we were situated correctly the 3rd time and we were even given a better rate. I love me some Mr. Pie!

We met up with Peldia at the restaurant, Twenty6 for cocktail hour and it also happened to be where our dinner reservations are.

Yes, we have a baby. In a bar.

Dinner was AMAZING. I'm not kidding. We were a bit hesitant on how good the food would be at the resort, considering it was inclusive. We thought our choices would be limited. We were happily wrong - this is one of the best restaurants I've ever eaten at!

We started with french onion soup and salad.

Bone in rib eye for me and Pablo

Filet mignon with blue cheese crumble for Mr. Pie

Peldia had roast chicken (which we forgot to take a picture of!)

Also included in dinner was dessert! We love dessert - nom nom nom!

Chocolate mousse for me

Mr. Pie had the fruit sorbet

Pablo had the chocolate brownie sundae

Peldia had the apple tart with vanilla bean ice cream - best dessert of the night! At one point, Mr. Pie wasn't giving it back to Peldia - haha.

Oh my gah - this dinner was the best way to start our vacation!

Even more interesting at the resort was the Jazzercise convention! Think lots of cougar type women in leotards. Hahaha

Tomorrow's post will include a food repeat performance and my babysitting adventure :) Stay tuned!

The tassle was worth the hassle!

2009-06-16T10:17:00.000-07:00

We celebrated USCGirl getting her doctorate on Saturday. Her parents really went all out for her party. And I'm confused as to why I only took pics of the cake, taco man and fruit man but none of us or USCGirl. Hahaha. It was a lot of fun and we are so happy she is done with school!

Yummy cake

Taco Man! He was awesome. I already let Mr. Pie I wanted him for our next party. The Fruit Guy was equally awesome! Whatever kind of fruit you wanted, he would cut it up and put it in a bag for you, squeezed some lime in it and shook chili on it. Awesome. We took our big bag to go!

burp.

2009-06-14T23:14:00.001-07:00

Sorry I was away so long! Here's a recap of our meals - hahaha. And of course, they are cooked with love from Mr. Pie.

Mmmmm...more stuffed chicken breasts

Beer can chicken!

Langostino pasta

Hold the phone. I think in the middle of all of this, I did cook one meal. It was eggplant parmesan with sauce that I made fresh!

[patting myself on the back]

Ok, back to Mr. Pie's meals...

Pork Spare Ribs - my new favorite!

Mr. Pie went to his favorite butcher and ordered the pork ribs that had more meat on them. It was excellent. I loved every bite.

Beef Ribs - nom nom nom...

See? You did miss us.

Happy 1st Birthday DJ!

2009-06-11T15:54:00.000-07:00

Look how big he's gotten! Can't wait to celebrate with you on Saturday :)

I'm sick

2009-06-06T21:56:00.001-07:00

with the flu. Hence, no postings until I'm better :(

Scored!

2009-06-01T10:05:00.001-07:00

A couple of months ago, I read on another blog that she was able to get free rooms at the Westin via this travel blog. I bookmarked it and roamed it from time to time to daydream vacations :) Well last week, I clicked on the blog and it let me know of a twitter contest the Westin was having! The first person to click on a link and reply would win a free night stay and dinner at their restaurant. I entered the contest and was bummed to find out nothing that day. However, the next morning when I logged on, I found out I won! And then the whole office found out since I was shouting it. And then Mr. Pie was amused because I think I interrupted him when he was in court to tell him. So anyway :) We won a free Saturday night stay at the LA Westin Bonaventure. It was awesome!

Our heavenly bed that they are always advertising. It was very soft!

Our view of LA - hahaha.

I was hoping for a car chase...

Fun hotel soaps and toiletries. Yes, I took it all home with me.

I lounged around and Mr. Pie was able to catch the rest of the Red Wings game on tv. They won! Woohoo! Then it was off to dinner.

Mmmmmm...martinis pre-dinner. Dirty Belvedere for me and Lychee for Mr. Pie. Both were equally delicious!

Also, the Chivas girl was there to promote the scotch brand and Mr. Pie scored a glass for free. It was way too strong for me.

Finally, our free dinner at LA Prime. We were given the pre-fix menu.

Bread and wine to start, but of course! The wine was also on special that night - I think it was $32 a bottle.

For the first couse, we enjoyed the brandywine tomato caprese salad and the seafood bisque. Yum yums!

Prime rib for Mr. Pie - so divine!

Filet mignon for me - delish!

For dessert, apple tarts for the both of us with a side of vanilla ice cream.

The bill was only for the wine! Woohoo!

Then it was downstairs to the revolving bar which we had heard so much about. The drinks were free also since our dinner was late in coming out! The Pies are lovin' life!

The only thing scary about the Westin Bonaventure is their elevator. It is very fast and all glass so you can see yourself going up and down at a very fast pace.

Here are more pics of the hotel - it's a little outdated and very '80s. But hey, it was free!

These are just some of the movies that have been filmed there.

We should have upgraded to the Rain Man suite!

We had so much fun at our little staycation :)

Happy Friday!

2009-05-29T15:58:00.000-07:00

Cheesey Hands!

2009-05-28T09:34:00.000-07:00

BabyPeldia got a little cousin this month! You can see the cuteness overload here :)

Get out my crib

No way, I was here first

When do we get to eat?

Where are our cheesey hands?!

Can I have a straw for my beer?

2009-05-27T11:26:00.000-07:00

We hung out with BabyChip again! Oh and her parents and our other friends were there too :)

Look how big she's gotten!

Mr. Pie patted some ground beef down and made them into juicy delish burgers! Of course his hands were not free for his beer...

Someone loved his burger before we sat down :)

DolphinGirl with BabyChip!

MommaChip made sweet cupcakes.

The only thing missing was Chip himself :( He was at his grandparents, scaring away a racoon!

That chicken is not a virgin.

2009-05-26T14:13:00.000-07:00

The Pies had a loooooong and restful weekend :) On Saturday, Mr. Pie worked his usual magic and made beer can chicken! It was absolutely delicious and tender. What can I say, I live the life.

After we had dinner, we went to the Final Frontier! Such a great movie - I loved it! Sylar/Spock was awesome.

More on the rest of our weekend later...

"I don't want to see it"

2009-05-21T10:21:00.000-07:00

Look who's decided to join the party!

BabyPink's Little Sister!

Isn't she such a doll?

Rumor has it there's a video of the birth and Mr. Pie definitely does not want to see it - lol.

I can't believe it looks like that!

2009-05-18T10:47:00.000-07:00

Last night the earth moved and shook! And I think it was praising Mr. Pie for his glorious dinner and not just an earthquake either. Take a look. Let your eyes wander. And yes, it tasted as fantastic as it looked.

Bacon Wrapped Stuffed Chicken Breasts

I forgot what Mr. Pie stuffed them with - he was talking, I was chewing. I think he mentioned shallots, brie and something else. Whatever it was, it was heaven in my mouth. I can't believe Mr. Pie grilled/smoked it and it came out so tender. We had brown rice and grilled veggies alongside the stuffed heaven, er, I mean chicken.

Oh and we did have a real earthquake - 5.0!

How old are you?

2009-05-16T23:53:00.001-07:00

Today was an awesome day for the Pies! First, Mr. Pie made a delicious bbq lunch. Beef ribs & corn!Then we napped for like 3 hours! Heh.

Afterwards, we headed out to here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is where we were in line at about 8:30 pm. We were all waiting for this!

Then at 9:45 the chef came out and said they weren't taking any more orders :(

However, my hubs was quite resourceful and found some kids to order for us :)

Happy Pies!

Korean short rib taco

Spicy pork burrito

I highly recommend the Korean short rib taco. And if I knew better, we would have ordered more! I could have eaten five of those things!

Next time though, instead of waiting 3 hours in line, we'll just go here!

The only thing that didn't make this day great was finding out my car AC costs more than $1k to fix :(

I just like saying Banzai

2009-05-15T11:35:00.000-07:00

I know, you want to know what I had for lunch yesterday. We had coupons for bottomless drinks at Red Robins so we headed off to there!

Yums, strawberry freckled lemonade - bottomless!

Burgers!

Whiskey River

Banzaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaiiii

Chicken burger! Whiskey River style

Mmmmmm....fries

Mmmmm...side salad

You go Grill!

And that's what I had for lunch yesterday.

Chocolate Thunder from Down Under

2009-05-14T13:08:00.000-07:00

On Mother's Day, we went down under to Outback to celebrate! NephewPie with the waiting beeper and NiecePie, conked out.

She thought the wait was ridiculous too.

NephewPie Photography! Watch out Kim Le Photography - both are up and coming :)

Mmmmm...at last, bread!

Wedge salad and regular ranch salad

Yummy ribeye steak with garlic mashed

Side of scallopsKiddie chicken fingers! Fry-stache Peppered steak

Lobster tail!

Chocolate thunder from down under dessert (no really, that's what it's called!)

Nerdy Rock Stars!

2009-05-12T15:33:00.000-07:00

Such a cute ad!

Happy Mother's Day!

2009-05-10T08:49:00.000-07:00

To our Moms and all of our mommy friends :)

Mi Kwon

2009-05-06T23:25:00.000-07:00

Tonight we headed off to one of our favorite restaurants, Favori. Favori specializes in French/Vietnamese cuisine located in Santa Ana. We can always count on it for Phamily style sharing dinners. We were also celebrating Brother-in-LawPie's birthday!

Here's the Birthday Guy with my sister

Yummy grilled catfish! We take the fish and then roll it with rice paper and veggies.

Mi Chang knows how to roll!

Seafood hotpot - my absolute fave!

And for dessert? Flaming bananas!

But this picture is more like, bananas were flamed and the fire is now out:

Also this week, my eye is infected :( Perhaps I should stop playing with funky sunglasses.Special shout out to my other Brother-In-Law who helped me see an opthamologist today!

Hangin' Head in Shame

2009-05-05T14:08:00.000-07:00

Fine. I went to that place. It was glorious. I hugged a cart. I kissed the $1 bins. I walked away with 3 birthday presents, my prescription and other small things.

TKO!

2009-05-04T14:10:00.001-07:00

Round 1 - Friday The Pies headed off to watch Wolverine on the big screen. We took NephewPie and met up with the LeeLees. The movie was awesome - go see it! Round 2 - Saturday After errands, we settled in for the main event - Manny Pacquiao vs someone who wore shorts with fringes. It was a TKO! The fight was very exciting. But I think Mr. Pie won with a TKO on his tri tip that he charcoaled/smoked for 4 hours! Oh and he won at poker too but we're not gonna talk about it. Round 3 - Sunday Mrs. Pie vs. BabySasa! He won - totally had me in a head lock position.

Here he is, mocking me before the rumble:Kids these days!

For dinner, Mr. Pie made stir fry. Dang, my white boy can cook!

This weekend was a total knock out!

Too cute, I can't stand it!

2009-04-30T09:46:00.000-07:00

BabyChip and the Chipster, hanging out!

What else do you have in your purse

2009-04-29T22:44:00.000-07:00

Tonight a couple of girls and I went to the $2 theatre to watch Confessions of a Shopaholic. It was such a cute movie! I highly recommend it. Isla Fisher is adorable as usual.

I ended up sneaking in a coke, candy and chips for everyone to share. They wanted to know what else was in my purse - ha! Total cost for the night was $5!

Which one is the baby's daddy?

2009-04-27T09:56:00.000-07:00

Helloooooo...remember me? I know what you are thinking - where have the Pies been? Are they starving? There are no pics of food! Did Mrs. Pie run off with Donnie Wahlberg? Is that why we have been staring at him for the past week? Where are they? Well, have no fear. The Pies are alive and well. I have just been busy at work, on FB and Twitter kicks and fighting the Target addiction. Detox is so hard.

So here's last week's recap - it was packed!

Monday - picked up Mr. Pie from the airport, poor guy was sick but we were extremely happy to have him back! I made lasagna but I've made it a trillion times so no pics :)

Tuesday - Mr. Pie was still sick :( I, sadly, eat leftover lasagna.

Wednesday - Mr. Pie was still sick :( I, sadly, continue to eat leftover lasagna. I don't think I want to look at lasagna for a long, long time.

Thursday - Ting and I took passport photos! Except they look like mugshots - ha! I will probably retake mine. The girl at Costco said not to smile. Whatever.

For dinner Mr. Pie whipped up yummy chicken, rice and corn for us from the charcoal grill! Yay, he's back! He's back!

Friday - exotic car day at work! That's an Alfa Romeo I'm in. When I got home, Mr. Pie goes, what kind is it? And I said a red one. He meant what kind of model is it - ha!

Even more fun? Sushi that night with a bunch of co-workers! We had a blast!

Saturday - we took the Pie doggies to the vet for their annual shots. None of them flinched (even though I did) but Mr. Pie was the champ since he took them in and I waited out in the waiting area. The rest of the day was spent lounging for me and backyard clean up for Mr. Pie. He did send me to the salon to get a mani/pedi - sooooo nice!!! And then when I came home there were flowers waiting for me and he was busy making dinner! What a lucky chick I am!

Jamaican rub pork tenderloin! Scrumptious!!!

Sunday - I went the swap meet with MommaPie and then that afternoon, Jimmissa came over and we fired up the charcoal grill for yummy steaks.

Missa's macaroni salad - the best I've ever had.

Mr. Pie's perfect grilled veggies

He also whipped up 3 beef ribs from his prime rib roast from Christmas. Guess who are the lucky beneficiaries of leftover bones :)

My juicy ribeye steak from Mr. Pie!

And the guys and Slim had t-bone steaks - all of the meat was absolutely perfect!How could we overindulge? Missa made chocolate cake with banana filling and a chocolate mousse frosting. OMG. That is all that can be said about that! It was woooooooooooonderful!!!!

That's the full week in recap :) Oh and I'm now on 2 weeks of not stepping foot into a Target but those bastards sent me a coupon. Are they reading this blog too?!

Indescribable

2009-04-19T10:13:00.000-07:00

Amazing. Lucky. Fantastic. I don't have a voice left. One of the best nights ever. I'll finish posting more later. But for now?

We were on a BREAK!

2009-04-17T22:16:00.000-07:00

5 bonus points if you know where that is from.

BTW, does this count towards my no Target pledge. It doesn't, right? RIGHT?

Mr. Pie's New Girlfriend

2009-04-16T22:58:00.000-07:00

She's smokin' hot!

Last Saturday, Mr. Pie left in the morning to go get his hairs cut. He was gone for a while. Now, I know his head is not that big but I also know that he likes to run all of his errands on Saturday while he's up in his old hood, check on his other office, etc. So I didn't really think anything of it. Plus I knew he'd be home soon because we had later afternoon lunch plans with Jimmissa. A few hours later, Mr. Pie comes through the door, with a handsome haircut on his head and a smile on his face.

Mr. Pie: "I have to show you what I bought."

Mrs. Pie: "Oh really?" I'm not paying that much attention.

Mr. Pie: "It's in the garage, you have to see it. I went to 2 different Lowe's!"

Mrs. Pie: "Ok, make it quick, we're gonna be late for our lunch."

2 different Lowe's huh? Mr. Pie loves Lowes. Once, he went 3 times in one day, "forgetting" to buy a thing or two from the previous trip.

And what was it? Well, it's his new girlfriend!

He spent most of Sunday night paying attention to her!

But boy...can she cook a mean steak.

One of the best steaks I've ever had!

I don't know what Mr. Pie does with the wood chips he buys or the 1000 lb bag of charcoal sitting in our garage but whatever it is, he can keep this girlfriend!

And tonight? He made carne freakin' asada! That he's been marinating for the past 2 days!

Look how much he loves her ;)Yummy carne asada

He also whipped up a spicy guacomole dip! Oh joy oh joy! Welcome to the family, Mrs. Charcoal!

Hi, my name is Mrs. Pie and I have an addiction

2009-04-15T09:14:00.000-07:00

Dear Target, We've been together, what, 16 years? I remember the first time I laid eyes on you - your strong symbol outside, the shelves glistening with product after product, your attractive selection of health & beauty products. Oh, and let's not even get into how I drooled over your $1 bins and your clearance sections - your clearance makes my heart skip a beat. We've been together for a long long time - longer than I've been with my husband. And I know, over the years, I have been to other stores. I have! But I've always come back to you. Even when I got married and my husband didn't understand why I had to be with you for hours during 1 shopping trip to get toothpaste, I still knew, we had something special. But Target, I am sad to say that I finally come to the conclusion that we have a co-dependency relationship and that I am addicted to you. What was the straw that broke the camel's back? The Monday after Easter, I risked being late to work to peruse the aisle for Easter candy and other discounted items. I shoved my way in there with the other housewives, hoping for that deal. It also could be that we are now stocked with 20 bars of soap, 150 trash bags, an endless supply of ziploc bags and kleenex and also a ton of disinfectant wipes. Where is this going, you ask? Target, I am so sorry but I pledge to not visit you for meaningless items (only necessary groceries and household items). I am so very sorry but I need a break. I will try this for 30 days to give us the time that we so desperately need. I hope you understand. However, still feel free to send a store coupon my way so that I can hold on to it after the break. I will always hold a special place for you in my heart. Sincerely, Mrs. Pie

"The only bro who can cook marries the only sister who can also cook. that's not what I call check and balance....."

2009-04-14T09:50:00.000-07:00

Ha! My older sister made that comment on my FB status. Mr. Pie cooked last night! He's the best.

He hadn't cooked in a while so he came back in a big way (that's what she said).

Italian meatballs made with ground turkey, and spinach, mushroom, onions and asiago cream sauce over thin spaghetti! So goooooooooood. I scarfed it down. It's amazing there was a picture for you to see.

Peanut was the recipient of leftover spaghetti.

Then we tried to recreate the Lady & the Tramp scene.

Everyone had some!

Um, Mr. Pie...you have a little something on your left...um, no still there.

Funny Pies

2009-04-13T10:45:00.000-07:00

Hoppy Easter!

2009-04-12T17:19:00.000-07:00

Happy Easter everyone! The Pies went to Mass this morning and had a wonderful Scott's Seafood brunch. The food was underwhelming but it was still nice to enjoy :)

Bear with me for this photos - Easter is at the top of my list of fave holidays next to Christmas!

Easter home decor

Easter baskets galore!

Scott's Brunch with the LeeLees

Kobe says Happy Easter too!

Eggstravaganza

2009-04-10T11:52:00.000-07:00

We celebrated Easter early in our office since we can't have meat on Fridays :) So we decided to have an Eggstravaganza! Everything is made with eggs or has egg on it - ha!

My eggs benedict

Joma's pasta carbonara

Little B's salad with hard boiled eggs

And for today, I baked goodies for the office :)

My arm is tired

2009-04-08T11:08:00.001-07:00

Weeks ago, I went with the girls to Shabu Shabu. I had never been before so I wanted to know what was up with this Japanese way of cooking. It was lottsa fun and very filling!

The crew

The refreshments

The MEAT

The veggies

The best! Pretty much what you do is you order the meat(s) you want and in front of you, is your individual stove with a hot pot of water to cook it in:

You can add onions and other seasonings to flavor the water. Then you dip your meat and veggies in and eat it with a side of rice. Pretty good...except your arm will get tired - ha!

I do not suggest being brave after a couple of beers and sake shots to let the server drop hot chili oil into your soup because it will make you want to call the fire dept on your mouth. Dayam - that was hot!

But we cooled it down afterwards :)

That guy looks like the Asian Danny Gokey...

2009-04-05T23:30:00.000-07:00

After the wedding on Saturday, the Pies tried to rest their bellies and take a nap before dinner. The doggies napped with us :) After some half-slumber, we took off to Tokyo Table. I think I've blogged it before but we ordered different items this time so I'll blog about those.

Check out the cool decor

A chandelier of sake bottles!

We started off Sat night right ;)

Watermelon mojito for Mr. Pie

Lychee Saketini for me (I'm still on my no hard alcohol for Lent promise!)

Both were delish and refreshing!

Also tasty was the ahi tuna salad. The dressing is awesome and the waitress also mentioned you can get it on the calamari salad (hmmm...will have to save that for the next visit!).

Some of the tastiest salmon nigiri I have ever had!

Eel and avocado roll - also delish

And then we started to get full but out came one of their signature dishes - garlic shrimp.They cook it at your table in a hot stone bowl. We had a couple of bites before we asked for it to go. It was delicious but we were stuffed Pies. We had a wonderful time on date night!

By the way, I highly recommend OpenTable.com - I was able to make our reservations online about 40 minutes before. It's easy and you can get reward points!

Mazeltov!

2009-04-04T23:31:00.000-07:00

Today the Pies attended BridetoBee's wedding. It was lovely and the best surprise was seeing Tams! She flew in from NYC early this morning.

Here's BabyFuzz nappin' before the ceremony

The Pies all gussied up

Me and Tams!

The cake!

BabyFuzz loves the chocolate cake

Mr. Pie was amazed by BabyFuzz's throwing arm

We couldn't get a picture of BabyFuzz throwing his baseball but he has a pretty good arm for a 16 month old!

I had never attended a Jewish marriage ceremony before and it was wonderful. We watched as the both the bride and groom participated in the stepping of the glass and we all shouted "Mazeltov!", wishing them good luck. I don't think they need it - they are madly in love!

Feeling blue

2009-04-03T17:06:00.001-07:00

I'm not having that great of a day so I thought I'd post things that make me smile :)

Lunch with BabySasa yesterday

Office Crazies

My loves

Sundaes with great friends

What's on your list to smile about :)

Happy Friday!

2009-04-03T09:55:00.001-07:00

Knock Knock - where's Tiffany?!

2009-04-02T11:40:00.000-07:00

Happy Slappy Hour at Maki Maki Sushi!

The prices are pretty good and happy hour is until closing (much better than the ones that are done at 6 pm when I'm just leaving work!). The service was another story...

Happy Birthday, Mi Trang!

2009-03-30T15:49:00.000-07:00

This is the last of Mr. Pie's birthday celebrations! We went out to Brodard Chateau for a lovely dinner with the Phamily. As always, we are crazy.

Duck salad and nam cuon spring rolls to start - delicious!

Someone is having too much fun...

Salmon egg rolls

Chicken curry (my pick and one of my faves!)

Chilean sea bass in black bean sauce - easily the best dish the night Banh xeo

Bo luc loc (shaken beef)

Break for Bromance!

SisterPie - why so red?

And why are you scared of this little thing?

Happy Birthday Mi Trang! (By the way, this is the restaurant where the Pies had their engagement party!)

When 2 bloggers get together...

2009-03-28T22:20:00.000-07:00

We had the most wonderful time today with one of our favorite families - the Chips! Mr. Pie and I drove out to visit the Chips and it was well worth it. BabyChip is too cute :)

We had a lot of fun playing with her! Of course, Chip himself would like us to take his picture too :)

I got to give BabyChip her bottle...

After a fun day at their house and the park, we headed out to dinner at Filippi's. BabyChip brought her own...

We enjoyed pepperoni pizza and spaghetti with a meatball the size of a baseball. The seasoning is too delish to just enjoy at the restaurant ;)

We had great food and great company!

It was too long in between visits so we hope we can see them again soon! In the meantime, we'll stick to reading the BabyChip blog :)

Oh and special shout out to PoppaChip for making my new banner! Thanks!!

Check out the new header!

2009-03-28T14:52:00.000-07:00

Check out my new header! Courtesy of PoppaChip :) We're having lottsa fun times right now at their place. Come back later for a full recap!

That's a fake egg

2009-03-27T10:40:00.000-07:00

On Tuesday night at Koki's...

I met a cute boy in the lobby and he agreed to have dinner with me :) But then he made fun of me for using a fork on my fried rice instead of chopsticks like he did...

It was ok - I laughed too since I had a couple of these

Food was delish

Maybe I had too many...

That was a scary troll like thing that the chef held up to me to scare me! It had blinking red eyes!

Slim had fun too Here's the fake egg! The chef threw it at someone - hahaha

Japanese Lucky Cat says see you next time! He did, he said it to me!

I took the cute boy home with me :)

Mmmmm...lamb chops!

2009-03-26T10:57:00.000-07:00

Mr. Pie gave the doggies his lamb chop bones from Antonello's. These dogs were in heaven! Peanut even took hers outside so she could focus on it all by herself :)

That's my Bentley

2009-03-24T09:53:00.000-07:00

Segment 2 of Mr. Pie's birthday weekend celebration! On Saturday we visited LittlePeldia in the hospital (you can see the post below) and then we gussied up for a fancy dinner with Jimmissa. We were also celebration Jimmissa's birthday! So we headed out to Antonello's which is the restaurant where they got engaged. It was great too - we are now 2-0 for dining out this weekend!

Mr. Pie and I shared the beef carpaccio with endive hearts while Jimmissa enjoyed the mozzarella and tomato salad - both were delish!

For dinners, I chose the veal saltimbocca while Mr. Pie picked the lamb special for the night.

The lamb was divine! The veal was a bit salty but that was to be expected.

For dessert, we shared the chocolate suffle and the apple tart. Mr. Pie had a dollop of Italian cream with his espresso. Heaven!

Look how cute our dinner dates are

And no, sorry Mr. Pie, that's not your birthday present (but you do look pretty good next to it!)

I'm too short to take this picture

2009-03-23T10:46:00.000-07:00

On Friday night, we celebrated Mr. Pie's birthday at Scott's Seafood. It was awesome! The Pies have broken their string of bad luck with restaurants :)

Let's forgo the formalities and get down to the food shall we?

We started off with lobster bisque and calamari in their special sauce (we got it on the side)AMAZING. At one point, I was pouring the sauce on everything.

Mr. Pie chose the dinner package that was from their restaurant week which included a choice of appetizer, soup/salad, entree and dessert. He chose so wisely! We ventured into Mr. Pie's territory with the crab cake (his is so much better and I'm not just saying that because I would like him to make more in the near future, no I'm not ;)...hint hint!)

The Scott's version was good

Pear Salad - crispy and palatte cleansing!He picked the sole for his dinnerDelicious and divine!

I had the scallopsSo tender and exquisite!

Notice no meat? We're still going through Lent people!

Here's my birthday guy :)

Mr. Pie picked the almond tart for dessert. It was excellent! The ramekin is filled with a yogurt like consistency of pannacotta. Refreshing! The best part of the meal was the bill - we were able to get a 20% off discount with my spa membership. We had a great time and it was only the beginning of a 3 day celebration birthday weekend :)

Welcome to the world little Peldia!

2009-03-21T23:51:00.000-07:00

Absolute perfection.

Happy Birthday, Mr. Pie!

2009-03-20T06:10:00.001-07:00

I love you!

Isn't he so fine?!

Sweet Midwestern Grub!

2009-03-19T09:52:00.001-07:00

We had delicious Kern's bratwursts last night, courtesy of MommaInLawPie for Mr. Pie's birthday! Thanks Mom!

Kermit's here, he's green.

2009-03-18T10:58:00.000-07:00

When the Pies celebrate St. Patty's Day, we celebrate it right!

Old school co-workers!

New school co-workers!

Yes, Kermit was there.

I got to kiss my own Irishman :)

More blog please :)

2009-03-17T00:19:00.000-07:00

Sorry for the absence! I've been requested to step it up here :)

Yesterday we visited Peldia for a little bbq and had a wonderful time. We were able to see their little baby nursery, ready for the little M any day now (I'm also taking recommendations for her Pie blog nickname). It is so darling - they did a beautiful job with the baby furniture and the clothes - the clothes! I almost stole a cute little yellow flower dress!

There were more kids! They are all waiting for little M too to play with - in the meantime, they played with her toys :)

MmmmmmBaby (this is the sound she makes when she thinks something is yummy) - so cute!

BerryBaby (noted for her love of strawberries) - I loved carrying her around!

And of course, BabyPink - she's ready to be a LakerGirl for sure!

And then, there was us, the adults. During the middle of the bbq, Pablo came running into the dining room and exclaimed, "Did you hear that?! - It's the ice cream truck!" And out the door we all ran. It was like we were 10 again!

Peldia is very happy with her strawberry shortcake selection

Mr. Pie is still searching for his...

Thanks "Daddy Pablo" for the treats!

We celebrated Peldia's birthday with cake and presents. Now if only little M would come - that would've been the best present of all for her! Thanks Peldia for an awesome time!

Phamily Fun

2009-03-14T20:52:00.001-07:00

This is one of the pics from the Kim Le Photography launch party!

Love is in the air

2009-03-10T21:13:00.001-07:00

My niece is getting married! Her engagement photos are up on Laura Ashbrook Photography. I can't wait for their wedding in Oct :)

Aren't they just so frickin cute??!

I know.

2009-03-10T11:12:00.000-07:00

I so lazy. I haven't blogged about the weekend yet! I'm on an FB and Twitter kick this week. So I'll write back more later. In the meantime, don't forget about my other blog, SmallSavings4You and just stare at Hello Kitty down below some more. You know - you love her too!

Hello!

2009-03-06T10:00:00.000-08:00

Hello Kitty! You may be the reason I jump back to Bank of America...

https://www6.bankofamerica.com/myexpression_banking/productInfo.do?affinity=22755&segmentid=SPIN

Yes, I'm 12.

It is written.

2009-03-05T11:05:00.000-08:00

If you haven't seen it, you must go see Slumdog Millionaire. It is a beautiful, poignant film about love, faith, perserverance and the ability to rise above your surroundings. I enjoyed it immensely and I can see why it won Best Picture!

"I'm glad I didn't have her take my boudouir photos before this."

2009-03-03T22:14:00.000-08:00

On Saturday night, we gathered together to celebrate a very special occasion - SisterPie's photography website launch! It was a wonderful party, filled with lots of fun, lots of wine, lots of family and friends and one very talented little sister. Seriously, I thought it was just a hobby at first - hahaha. If you have time, check out her site!

My beautiful Phamily!

Kanye's Mom came! Oh wait, that's my Mom.

MommaPink and Me :)

PhotoMom and her +1

The crazy photo booth my sister set up - we had so much fun with the props!

The cool thing about the venue, Pop the Cork, is that they hooked up SisterPie's laptop to the 2 tv screens so the website looped throughout the night on the big screens. That's when my older sister remarked that she was glad she didn't have SisterPie take her boudouir photos before this night - haha.

The night is not complete without Sprinkles!She's having a special this month so comment and leave your email if you want to know what the dealio is!

Chew another piece of gum...

2009-03-02T21:31:00.000-08:00

My friend BridetoBee is getting married in April so we gathered together on Saturday for a bridal shower. It was hosted by her sisters in one of their very lovely lovely homes.

Check out the spread!

Sprinkles!!!!!!

A cute lil' cake

Her adorable niece!

Very cute shower favors

Fun shower games! One of them was that she had to answer questions about her fiance and if she got it wrong, she had to chew a piece of gum. BridetoBee ended up with a lot of gum! It was fun to watch :) I won the celebrity couples matching game!

The family

The very happy BridetoBee!

That is the best cheese bite EVER

2009-02-27T21:02:00.001-08:00

Last night Slim and I went to a Banana Republic sales event. It was awesome! They had passed hors d'œuvres and white wine. Wine + tasty treats + 30% off sale = happy girls! We had a lot of fun.

There was a DJ!

Slim made friends!

It was busy! Plus there was a weird guy who led Slim away at one point to ask her to participate in some shady discount deal. Ha!

During the sale, I picked up a few birthday items for someone whose birthday is on March 20th. I hope he doesn't look in his closet at what it is.

Afterwards, we headed to the Quattro Cafe. This is a huge fave of mine and Mr. Pie's. As usual, I was not disappointed (totally made up for the last two restaurants!).

Slim had the divine lobster ravioli. It's not even on the menu. You have to ask for it. No, I mean, you HAVE to ask for it.

I participated in the OC Restaurant Week menu so that we could get an appetizer and a dessert to share. I'm so sneaky!

Calamari - scrumptious - nothing like Chart House's below.

Small rack of lamb accompanied by spinach and mashed potatoes. If today wasn't Lent, I would totally have gone for the leftovers! And we got the banana torte to go so that we can share with Mr. Pie :) I didn't take a pic but it was delicious!

Wine + tasty treats + 30% off sale + delicious dinners = happy Mrs. Pie!

We're just going to stay in from now on...

2009-02-25T21:54:00.000-08:00

Since it's OC Restaurant Week, Mr. Pie and I decided to incorporate date night into it. The Chart House in Newport Beach was only offering $30 for a 3-course meal: appetizer, entree and dessert. We've been to this restaurant before in Malibu and remembered it being delish. So off we went!

We started out with Noblino white wine for Mr. Pie and Korbel champagne brut for me

For appetizers, we shared the calamari and seared ahi tuna. Both were kind of just regular and just ok.

Mr. Pie ordered the prime rib - medium rare for dinner and I got the coconut shrimp. The meat was tender and delicious while the shrimp had great texture but was too sweet.

Dessert was key lime pie and creme brulee. Both were ok as well but I thought the key lime was way too tart.

Overall, for $100 total, it could have been better. We all know Mr. Pie cooks waaaaaaay better than this so I think it might be a while before we head out again! Good thing he doesn't mind cooking ;)

I'm going to use the chair on him...

2009-02-23T22:49:00.000-08:00

The Pies had a pretty busy weekend! I didn't have a chance to hop on the computer to blog about it! We stayed in on Friday night, I made stuffed shells with ground beef, cheese and spinach. It was yums and cozy.

Saturday was BabyPink's 1st birthday party. We had a lot of fun watching the birthday girl enjoy herself. We also made butterfly shaped ham sandwiches and grilled cheese shaped fish sandwiches but for some reason, I have no pics of that!

The Birthday Princess with her cake and her haul!

The Pinks :)

BabyPink & her CousinPink

GrandmaPinks galore!

Also, we met Mark Munoz, MommaPink's cousin who is a UFC fighter (let's call him UFCPink - haha)! He's the one I wanted to use the chair on ... hahahaha. Afterwards, we cleaned up and waited for Jimmissa to come over to celebrate J's birthday. We had a banner waiting for him :) We headed out the The Auld Dubliner for dinner and drinks. And also, the place where I accidentally walked into the men's room. Oops. Thank goodness the only thing I saw was someone drying his hands! On Sunday, we headed off in separate directions - Mr. Pie golfed while I shopped with SisterPie and MommaPie. It was a lot of fun and I picked up a couple of sale items from OldLady (really OldNavy but that's how my mom pronounces it). Then at night, for the Oscars, I picked up champagne and Mr. Pie picked up Boiling Crab! Delish - here's my first grub and no other pics since my hands were dirty soon after! Mr. Pie also whipped up bananas fosters again. Sigh - it is so hard to be me!

Black Sabbath

2009-02-20T14:10:00.000-08:00

It's a slooooow news day. So where's what I had for lunch and below are pictures I never showed you before!

Curry House (14407 Culver.Dr./Irvine, CA 92604) - delicious, cheap and even cheaper on Feb. 25th - their Katsu plates will be $4.99!

My yummy Menchi Katsu plate ($9.45) - this is ground hamburger,

cooked with a layer of tempura around it.

Ting's chicken curry lunch special ($8.99)

Little B's beef curry lunch special ($8.99)

Here are the Currazies at lunch:

Here's Domo Valentine!

Peanut giving us mad kisses

A really cute wine apron

And the funniest website I've seen in a long time. http://www.fmylife.com/

Happy Friday folks!

Happy 1st Birthday, BabyPink!

2009-02-19T09:20:00.000-08:00

BabyPink turns 1 today! Here are some of my favorite photos of her.

Her famous pucker up smile

BabyPink - plays hard, falls asleep (and loses a sock in the process)

Being her usual cute selfCan't wait to celebrate with you on Saturday!

"It's all blue"

2009-02-18T18:25:00.000-08:00

I have no pre-story here. Just a few thanks from my stomach to Mr. Pie's ears. On Monday, Mr. Pie made yummy gorgonzola and green apple soup. He had not made this since he was living a bachelor lifestyle in the LBC :) Delish! And he also grilled chicken breast with pesto and sun dried tomatoes in our sandwich maker. It was perfect for a nice cold rainy night. And then, last night he outdid his gourmet self and made pork tenderloin with a jerk rub, paired with asaparagus and wild brown rice and a refreshing side of chutney. I am making myself hungry again! Forget OC Restaurant Week, I'm just going to stay home!

Don't any of you couples want to be alone?

2009-02-16T22:16:00.000-08:00

Valentine's Day was great - I am going to divide everything up between the Good, the Bad and the Ugly. I'll start with the Ugly! Ugly is more juicy anyways.

Ok, so our ugly was dinner. I think that I may have mentioned in a past post that we were going to Mastro's Ocean Club. Since V-day fell on a Saturday and Mr. Pie and I were not together the last time it came around (12 years ago!), we were very excited to make it a date night. Plus we had a $150 gift card. Heh. So we dressed up - Mr. Pie put on a coat and tie, I wore a sparkly dress and worked some heels - it was Prom night! We entered the restaurant - it was gorgeous:

Look dolphins!

It went quickly downhill... We started off with cocktails - a berry martini for me and a sidecar for Mr. Pie

The bread was delicious! Here's my pretzel bread. The cocktails were good too. We were happy Pies. Clap clap! Then we ordered escargot for our appetizer and shared a lobster bisque. These are two of our favorite foods in the world. We adore these foods. We did not adore the Mastro's version. Ugh, blech.

The escargot was sweet. Huh? It was really bad. Even the toast was too soggy with oil.

The lobster bisque was bland. Too milky and the only saving grace were a couple of chunks of lobsters.

At that point, I was almost sorry we ordered entrees. I asked our waiter, MarcoPolo, what the market price for the lobster was. He said $30/lb and they had 3 lb ones that night. I laughed. Seriously? What a horrible markup for them to have on a holiday. Shame on them. Here's our f*#$&'d up meal:

My charred steak - I don't think it's suppose to be BLACK like that.

Our side was lobster mashed potatoes. Ok, that was decent. The potatoes were watery but they got the chunks of lobsters just right.Sorry for the blurry photos, I think my camera was rejecting this meal.

Here's Mr. Pie's seabass:By the way, the entrees came just as plain as they tasted. Mr. Pie's fish was a piece of fish on a huge white plate. He ordered it with their special spices and seasonings. It tasted like no one even spiced it up! I wonder what would have happened if he didn't order it that way.

So we're trying to enjoy this meal and much of it was distracted by the people watching. Apparently, huge groups of people decided to make this a party V-day. Nothing wrong with that, except the 12 person group sitting next to us decided to have a dance party too. It got way too loud and rambunctious. I wanted to slap every single one of them. At one point, it looked as though they were leaving. Everyone got up, they hugged, kissed, blah blah. People put on their coats. Then only 2 of them left and everyone sat down again. We groaned in our seats as they got louder. One guy even yelled out HOOKERS. Yes, yes he did. Mr. Pie wanted to know if any of these couples wanted to be alone. Haha.

Here we are, smiling but crying on the inside.

After we were asked my the maitre'd if we were enjoying out meal, we just nodded towards the loud crowd. He kind of understood but didn't say anything to them. Here's what we got for free because of it. Big whoop. It's their apple butter cake. Mr. Pie loved it, I thought it was ok.

So the food was horrible but the decor and the company (Mr. Pie) was quite lovely. He kept me laughing the whole night as we people watched like mad and thought of many quotes. Plus, we got a cute little box of chocolate truffles.

Today, the restaurant called me to thank me for coming. I just smirked into the phone.

Hi

2009-02-16T19:52:00.001-08:00

Hi readers! Sorry I have been lazy about blogging. Today was my day off (thanks Presidents!) and it was my day of leisure. I will blog more tonight about Valentine's dinner.

Happy Valentine's Day!

2009-02-14T18:44:00.001-08:00

With much love, from the Pies. We are headed out to dinner - you know I will blog about that meal later! Also, more on our love story (ahhhhhhh) tomorrow :)

"Did you drink your butter?"

2009-02-13T21:57:00.000-08:00

Today was fantastic (minus the rain but even that was nice...when you're inside). I got to leave work at 2 pm, ran some errands and picked up lobster claws at Costco (they have 2 lb bags for $20). So I got home early, hung out with my dogz and then cleaned up and readied dinner for Mr. Pie and Slim. I hope they like lobster. Yeah, right, they loved it. Mr. Pie bartended with fruity tonic drinks (plum wine + tonic water + lemon zest) while I steamed the claws (they were already cooked, just previously frozen). I also prepared asparagus, drawn butter and mashed potatoes. All of those combined for a delicious Friday night in-dinner.

Dessert was chocolate fondue, accompanied by strawberries and marshmallows.

Heh, I set my marshmallow on fire.We overindulged for sure!

Love is in the air

2009-02-12T15:12:00.000-08:00

Ahhhhh, Valentine's Day is fastly approaching. I know, it's just another day fabricated by Hallmark to win your card/flower/stuffed animal money but I like to think of it as THE day Mr. Pie and I got engaged. Swoon [back of my hand to my forehead motion]! It was romantic as romantic gets. I'll tell you the whole story on Saturday (I'll let the anticipation build).

In the meantime, here are pictures of our wedding details that I absolutely adore.

My lovely bouquet (that weighed 10 lbs!)

The cake table, beautifully decorated with orchid petals

Our exquisite Waterford toasting flutes!

The delicious cake

Our wedding rings - mine nestled in his. So poetic!

All photography is by Trista Lerit.

Cuties of 2009, Part 3

2009-02-11T15:45:00.000-08:00

Here's BabyPink, acting goofy and being too cute. Happy almost 1-birthday, BabyPink!

BabyPink, looking cool in her 3D shades for the SuperBowl

She's standing! MommaPink says that she can take a few steps these days.

This is what we gave her for Christmas.

She loves Maddie, our doggie, so much that we gave her a replica of her!

Hey BabyPink - I can't wait to trade Hello Kitty watches with you :)