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Let me just start by saying, I love Korean food.  I grew up eating rice, pickled radish, seaweed, a variety of spicy stews, glass noodles, all of it!  My husband, the real “chef” in the family, often jokes that I should cook more Korean food since I enjoy eating it so much, and I use [...]

*Special thanks to all of the mamas who gave me permission to feature their sweet progenies in this post! One thing I hugely miss about staying at home (while on maternity leave) is having regular play dates.  Not being able to have regular play dates makes me sad on two accounts:  1) Baby Checkers does [...]

I was inspired by Mrs. Sketchbook’s stuffed avocados on her last food post to create this dish!  I love quinoa, and since Baby Checkers loves it too I am always thinking of new ways to infuse it into meals (usually dinner since it is really the only meal for which I am home to cook during the [...]

Over the last couple of months, I have made an effort to attend networking lunches and reach out to other successful working mothers (for whom I have the utmost respect) to hear about their experiences as female leaders, and as working moms. In all honesty, I have just been wanting to hear from other more [...]

Somewhere down the road, wink face became stink face. 21 months.  I think I have been putting off plans for Baby Checkers’ 2nd birthday party because I am partly in denial.  Most days I cannot believe she is almost two years old.  In my last monthly update, I shared about her fiery moments, which are [...]

I have struggled to write this post for some time.  I was afraid revisiting my thoughts on and memories of postpartum depression (PPD) might cause more anxiety as we talk about possibly expanding our family in the future. I am more scared today of having a(nother) child than I was two years ago before Baby [...]

Baby Checkers is now TWENTY months old and we are closely approaching the Terrific Twos (which I hear are lackluster compared to the Thrilling Threes Mrs. Cowboy just recently mentioned in her last post).  Some days I feel like she is a one-and-a-half year-old going on thirteen, and I know I will just eat my [...]