Here’s a card I made for Andrew but I also want to share it with my readers! Download it here for a free pdf template. You can print your own and give it to your valentine. Enjoy!

This is for you, Andrew. Owl love you forever…

Chloe adapts to changes so beautifully.

Before Shane was born, we planned to give him Chloe’s crib, so we bought a twin size bed for Chloe which has been sitting in her room since last November. As time got close to making that change, I got nervous. Shane’s too small for the co-sleeper now and Chloe seemed disinterested in the big bed. I wasn’t sure if it was too early to bump Chloe off her crib. What if she doesn’t like her new bed and climbs out of it to come to our room every night? Plus, I’ve talked to several moms about it and they all told me it’s too early and I should go buy another crib for Shane.

However my mom kept encouraging me to talk to Chloe and she really felt that Chloe is smart enough to understand it, so we started talking to her about making the switch. Also, for couple of days in the past week, I laid down with her in her new bed each night. Then it happened! Last night when I put her in her crib to sleep her, she started throwing a fit. I couldn’t understand why she was so upset. Then she said, "oh, this one! oh, this one!" pointing at the new bed and said, "this is baby’s!"  pointing at the crib. So I gladly put her in the big bed and she slept through the night by herself without making a peep!

She woke up so happy and proud! Oh my beautiful girl…  

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I’ve been taking Chloe to gymboree classes three times a week. I wanted to spend as much time as possible until I go back to work full time in January. This morning because of snow, they were closed and she was so upset! So we stopped by an art supply store and picked up some paint brushes and playdohs. We put on some Christmas music and had lots of fun making a mess together.

More Gymbo!

I took Chloe to a Gymboree art class this morning. She enjoyed painting and gluing things for a while in the beginning but after a snack time, she ran around the room, dancing and screaming, distracting other kids. I think we’re going to try a gym class next time. 🙂

This is my favorite room in the house. I’ve got everything I need to be creative in there… that includes my tiny 6 inch TV. Sometimes, I would just sit there without doing anything and that makes me feel productive…

I love to draw, although I don’t get to do it as often as I would like to since my years in college. I always thought, when I was living in a studio in the city, that one day when I own a house, I would designate a room for painting. But now that we have a house, my priority has changed. We have to make rooms for our babies first. In the meantime, I’m happy I get to do it little bit for work.

I work on trend presentations a lot for work and one of the strongest trends is still the green movement. This is one of art works I did to inspire our clients.