Change seems to be the word of the day for Kel and I. With a new baby on the way and a new home to move into - I've put together another website for "us".
Disclaimer: (for Kel who is reading this) Kel provided the structure of the site and I provided content.
We've taken the KKYEE brand (used for our wedding website) and redone it so that you can keep up with what's going on in our lives. My current blog site had always been about me and what keeps me amused. The new site is more dedicated to our life together as a family. Check it out when you have the chance. Better yet - update your links to the new site as I'll be posting in there from now on.
Kim & Kel's Universe
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Tuesday, June 09, 2009
June update
I'm getting really terrible at updating this blog. :-) Blame it on the pregnancy. Things have been hectic in the KKYEE household. Here are some of the things that's kept our noses to the ground...
House
The ongoing dream of living in a house continues. It seems like we've been looking for a house for years. Maybe we have! Kel and I put the condo up for sale 2 weeks ago and have been spending our weekends hunting down a new home. My sister Carol is our real estate agent (nurse by day). Sometimes it's nice to have your sister as your agent as you can say things straight up without worrying about being political. Plus it makes it easier when we send her into the wolves's den with super low ball offers! We decided to live with Kel's parents as one big happy family. That meant that instead of meeting our own criteria for a new home - we also had to consider theirs. This was the problem last year when we started house-dreaming...the 4 of us couldn't agree on a home. This year is more successful. We found a few homes that were good and suited our needs. We even made some offers on them but alas - the offers fell through as the sellers didn't see eye-to-eye with us. The value of a home is so subjective. Good news though. We are now in the midst of clearing the clauses off of a current accepted offer. If all goes well - we could be the proud owners of a Port Moody house this weekend. :-) Keep your fingers crossed! Now if only someone would buy the condo...
Baby
I'm now 6 months pregnant. We're done with all the testing and ultra sounds - everything looks great. We even found out the sex of the baby! Think BLUE. :-) As I head into the final trimester, the feeling of being pregnant is more real. The summer heat is not helping at all. My feet have swollen up to the point of not fitting into shoes. Boohoo. I've resorted to wearing flip flops to work - not very professional but at least I can move around. I just have to work till the end of August then I'm off for a month to "relax" before the big day. As the heat rises - my desire to stay in the condo diminishes. The baby is getting pretty big now and when I waddle around I look even more prego then ever. It's a very fascinating feeling having the baby inside of me. He's kicking more so now and appears to respond to sound and touch. Kel and I enjoy bugging him while in the womb by pressing down on my belly to see if he'll respond to us. :-)
Work
What's there to say - Kel is a workaholic and I have crazy shifts. The super early morning shifts leave me more tired in the afternoon and I feel like dozing at the wheel. Bad combo: tired preggo and driving. Needless to say my car has suffered from my drowsiness - I scraped into a post while trying to park. Aiyah! I was too tired to even care. On a tech note, Kel got a crackberry from work (about time since his other work phone was ancient). Now his work can bug him 24/7. Joy.
House
The ongoing dream of living in a house continues. It seems like we've been looking for a house for years. Maybe we have! Kel and I put the condo up for sale 2 weeks ago and have been spending our weekends hunting down a new home. My sister Carol is our real estate agent (nurse by day). Sometimes it's nice to have your sister as your agent as you can say things straight up without worrying about being political. Plus it makes it easier when we send her into the wolves's den with super low ball offers! We decided to live with Kel's parents as one big happy family. That meant that instead of meeting our own criteria for a new home - we also had to consider theirs. This was the problem last year when we started house-dreaming...the 4 of us couldn't agree on a home. This year is more successful. We found a few homes that were good and suited our needs. We even made some offers on them but alas - the offers fell through as the sellers didn't see eye-to-eye with us. The value of a home is so subjective. Good news though. We are now in the midst of clearing the clauses off of a current accepted offer. If all goes well - we could be the proud owners of a Port Moody house this weekend. :-) Keep your fingers crossed! Now if only someone would buy the condo...
Baby
I'm now 6 months pregnant. We're done with all the testing and ultra sounds - everything looks great. We even found out the sex of the baby! Think BLUE. :-) As I head into the final trimester, the feeling of being pregnant is more real. The summer heat is not helping at all. My feet have swollen up to the point of not fitting into shoes. Boohoo. I've resorted to wearing flip flops to work - not very professional but at least I can move around. I just have to work till the end of August then I'm off for a month to "relax" before the big day. As the heat rises - my desire to stay in the condo diminishes. The baby is getting pretty big now and when I waddle around I look even more prego then ever. It's a very fascinating feeling having the baby inside of me. He's kicking more so now and appears to respond to sound and touch. Kel and I enjoy bugging him while in the womb by pressing down on my belly to see if he'll respond to us. :-)
Work
What's there to say - Kel is a workaholic and I have crazy shifts. The super early morning shifts leave me more tired in the afternoon and I feel like dozing at the wheel. Bad combo: tired preggo and driving. Needless to say my car has suffered from my drowsiness - I scraped into a post while trying to park. Aiyah! I was too tired to even care. On a tech note, Kel got a crackberry from work (about time since his other work phone was ancient). Now his work can bug him 24/7. Joy.
Saturday, May 09, 2009
that tropical feeling
Today is such a beautiful day. The sun is shining and the condo is a nice toasty tropical temperature. :-) It's making me and my new orchids happy! They're thriving in the humidity of the condo so it's making me super happy to come home and see new blossoms!
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
G-spot
Just wanted to say that I love my Snoogle. Chicky got it for me for my birthday. It's an overly priced body pillow but who cares. What makes mommy happy makes daddy happy right? With my expanding belly - I'm finding it challenging at night to find a comfy position. I cuddle Snoogle and it cuddles me back. What a perfect relationship we have - I drag it around the condo and it never complains. It's quite a big pillow so it takes up a lot of room on the bed - I think Chicky is getting jealous of how much time Snoogle and I spend together. :-)
Tuesday, April 07, 2009
updates
It's been awhile since I've blogged. Life has been hectic with work, etc. Here are some updates:
Attended Joshua's birthday party and had a great time catching up with friends and seeing how big the kids have grown. I can't believe he's 2 already - where does time fly?
My baby bump is getting more noticeable. I've finally told my coworkers so its public knowledge, which is a relief as I can wear my maternity clothes in freedom. On the downside - sleeping is getting difficult with the growing belly and my stuffed up nose. I find that my allergies have worsened ever since the pregnancy. This only sucks because I can't take any medication for it. So I have to suffer - boo!
On the weekend I stopped by the house and took some pictures of Tyson and Lily. Those 2 are growing up so fast too! I see Tyson often (as they live close) but Lily comes down once every other week so she's full of surprises when she's here.
Attended Joshua's birthday party and had a great time catching up with friends and seeing how big the kids have grown. I can't believe he's 2 already - where does time fly?
My baby bump is getting more noticeable. I've finally told my coworkers so its public knowledge, which is a relief as I can wear my maternity clothes in freedom. On the downside - sleeping is getting difficult with the growing belly and my stuffed up nose. I find that my allergies have worsened ever since the pregnancy. This only sucks because I can't take any medication for it. So I have to suffer - boo!
On the weekend I stopped by the house and took some pictures of Tyson and Lily. Those 2 are growing up so fast too! I see Tyson often (as they live close) but Lily comes down once every other week so she's full of surprises when she's here.
Saturday, February 28, 2009
busy little bee
Hi everyone,
It's been a while since I've had a chance to get to writing in this blog. Things have been pretty hectic as of late. If you don't know by now. We're pregnant! Yup - I'm 11 weeks pregnant (not yet 3 months) and am excited about the whole experience. The pregnancy has been ok so far. I'm mostly tired and don't suffer from nausea too badly (knock on wood). I've had one scan done but unfortunately the image is too blurry to post onto the website. The baby looks healthy and normal. I'm gaining weight at a steady pace and it's getting a bit hard to hide the pregnancy at work. I've had many people ask but I haven't confirmed with them. I'll probably tell the group next week though when I'm 12 weeks.
The baby is not the only thing that's occupied my time. I've been working like crazy. We've been understaffed for awhile so I've been working 6 days a week and sometimes that includes 12 hour shifts. Shift work is not exciting as it's unpredictable. There is one good thing that has come out of all of this. My hard work has enabled me to move up to the next level of analyst. Yah! More money, more responsibilities...DUH! The downside is that the shift bid came out last week and my new shift is Tuesdays to Saturdays. So my days off are now Sunday and Monday. This is sort of good as Mondays are the busiest day at work. Bummer is that my Saturdays are basically ruined. The weather hasn't been too good lately so I don't mind being inside on Saturdays. There are only 2 of us working on Saturdays (one in Victoria and me) so it gives me the opportunity to do things like blog! :-) It's a bit slow right now so I'm sitting here at work blogging.
Hopefully I'll be able to catch up with everyone soon. Miss you all!
It's been a while since I've had a chance to get to writing in this blog. Things have been pretty hectic as of late. If you don't know by now. We're pregnant! Yup - I'm 11 weeks pregnant (not yet 3 months) and am excited about the whole experience. The pregnancy has been ok so far. I'm mostly tired and don't suffer from nausea too badly (knock on wood). I've had one scan done but unfortunately the image is too blurry to post onto the website. The baby looks healthy and normal. I'm gaining weight at a steady pace and it's getting a bit hard to hide the pregnancy at work. I've had many people ask but I haven't confirmed with them. I'll probably tell the group next week though when I'm 12 weeks.
The baby is not the only thing that's occupied my time. I've been working like crazy. We've been understaffed for awhile so I've been working 6 days a week and sometimes that includes 12 hour shifts. Shift work is not exciting as it's unpredictable. There is one good thing that has come out of all of this. My hard work has enabled me to move up to the next level of analyst. Yah! More money, more responsibilities...DUH! The downside is that the shift bid came out last week and my new shift is Tuesdays to Saturdays. So my days off are now Sunday and Monday. This is sort of good as Mondays are the busiest day at work. Bummer is that my Saturdays are basically ruined. The weather hasn't been too good lately so I don't mind being inside on Saturdays. There are only 2 of us working on Saturdays (one in Victoria and me) so it gives me the opportunity to do things like blog! :-) It's a bit slow right now so I'm sitting here at work blogging.
Hopefully I'll be able to catch up with everyone soon. Miss you all!
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
too lazy to loadup
http://www.andme.ca/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=21238
Thursday, February 05, 2009
home movies
Kim Anh sent me a funny movie that I thought I'd share with the rest of you. It reminds of the blockbuster buster that Chris, Chicky, Toshiki, John & John made oh so many years ago...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goix7jFXD9Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goix7jFXD9Q
Saturday, January 31, 2009
uploads
I had some time tonight to upload pictures from Lily and Gregory's birthday parties plus a few more pics of the condo renos from August. See the my web album. Both kids turned 1 this month. How sweet that they're growing up so fast.
in need of a toque
This morning I went with Chicky down to Lasik MD for a consultation. He wants to get laser eye surgery. I've had mine done 3 years ago and can't imagine life with glasses again. If you ever get the opportunity to have it done - do so! The consulatation would take 2 hours to complete so I decided to walk over to Stanley Park and take a stroll on the sea wall. I brought my camera with me in case there was anything interesting to take a picture of.
The weather was very chilly (no sun till noon) and my ears/cheeks froze. I was in dire need of a toque. Luckily I had mittens so every now and then I would take my hands out of the mittens and put it against my face for warmth. Though it was brisk outside, there were surprising a lot of people on the sea wall. I saw many runners, bikers and families out for an early morning stroll. The park is still recovering from the winter blahs so there wasn't much to take a picture of (in my opinion anyways). I took one of the lookout lighthouse cause there was this seagull staking claim to it. There were a few people taking pictures of the Vancouver city skyline but that didn't really interest me. :-) I looked around the Yacht club to see if there were any interesting ships parked there today.
So if all goes as planned, Chicky will have his eyes zapped on Thursday and will be free from glasses as of next weekend. :-)
The weather was very chilly (no sun till noon) and my ears/cheeks froze. I was in dire need of a toque. Luckily I had mittens so every now and then I would take my hands out of the mittens and put it against my face for warmth. Though it was brisk outside, there were surprising a lot of people on the sea wall. I saw many runners, bikers and families out for an early morning stroll. The park is still recovering from the winter blahs so there wasn't much to take a picture of (in my opinion anyways). I took one of the lookout lighthouse cause there was this seagull staking claim to it. There were a few people taking pictures of the Vancouver city skyline but that didn't really interest me. :-) I looked around the Yacht club to see if there were any interesting ships parked there today.
So if all goes as planned, Chicky will have his eyes zapped on Thursday and will be free from glasses as of next weekend. :-)
Monday, January 05, 2009
a year in review
Happy New Year!
Chuc Mung Tan Nien
Xin Nian Kuai Le
Manigong Bagong Taon!
Akimashite Omedetto Gozaimasu
Chuc Mung Tan Nien
Xin Nian Kuai Le
Manigong Bagong Taon!
Akimashite Omedetto Gozaimasu
2008 had been an amazing year for me full of many changes and new experiences. There's so much to remember and reminisce about. A few big one are...
- getting engaged
- planning a wedding or two
- getting married to the love my life!
- 2 new babies in the family (Lily & Tyson)
- more new babes (Gregory & Evan)
- 2 friends falling deeper in love: Shawn & Tracey's wedding
- a great academic accomplishment: Dr. Shannon Ho Sui!
- first time cruising
- first time in Greece & Egypt
- setting up a home
- a new cell phone (twice!)
See 2008 as seen through a lens:
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/12/the_year_2008_in_photographs_p.html
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