2 Months Old Already!!!

Joey is 2 months old today. As a way of celebrating this occasion, we're taking him to his pediatrician for his immunization shots :( We'll see how happy he'll be this afternoon. I have a good idea how his doctor's visit will go... Joey will start to cry and then Andrea will start to tear up. Good thing I'm tough as nails. Right? Wish us luck. (More to come...)

Well, we survived the trauma of Joey getting his first set of immunization shots for now. Joey was very brave. He cried a little (more due to the shock) when he got his shots but calmed down as soon as they were done. I think we are fortunate that Joey is a big baby and has "thor"under thighs (where he got his 3 shots). As far as the rest of his 2 month exam went, Joey pretty much has the body of an average 4 month old. JT is 14 pounds and is 24 1/2 inches tall. He's already wearing 6 month sizes. So all is well for Joey but his parents' arms and backs are getting quite the workout.

Wanted: Your Best Quick & Easy Recipes

As most of you already know, Andrea and I enjoy cooking and eating. With an eight week infant to take care of, it is almost impossible to cook a fancy dish. Luckily for us, our family, friends and neighbors have been very good at feeding Andrea and I with home cooked meals.

A few days ago, Andrea suggested that we gather some of our favorite quick meal recipes into a folder so we can "just grab one and cook it real fast". As I was posting my blog yesterday, I thought of all our friends and family and thought that I would reach out and have you all send us some of your favorite quick and easy (and delicious) recipes. I know that we have lots of family and friends all over the country and overseas who love to cook and eat as much as we do. So please send us your recipes!!! We'd love to cook and eat some of your favorites. You can post short recipes within the "comment box" below or you can email (raykkim+recipes@gmail.com) them to us. If you'd like, you can even mail them to us. What we'll do with this collection (besides to cook and eat them) is to publish all the recipes for everyone to enjoy. We'll even pass them to some of our friends who recently became parents as well. Hope you can take a little time out to send us your recipes. Thanks!

3 hours of freedom

Andrea and I had our first official date about 5 years ago at a Giants game. So it was only fitting that we would return to a Giants game for our first date since the arrival of our son, Joey. The great thing about going to a Giants baseball game is that Steph and Doug (my sister and brother in-law) have a condo right across from the ball park... you step outside the door of their building, cross the street and BAM!, you're at the park. We volunteered Steph and Doug to watch Joey while we enjoyed a foggy San Francisco afternoon ball game.

I have always hated people who came to the ball park and yapped on their cell phones instead of watching the game. But I soon found myself reaching into my pocket on a regular basis to make sure that there were no missed calls from Steph and Doug. It was hard but I even managed to resist the urges to call and check up on Joey. Thankfully, Steph text messaged me in the second inning to let me know that Joey was fine and was taking a solid nap. After a couple of beers, a Sheboygan Bratwurst, and garlic fries, we settled in and started to enjoy our date. The game moved at a really fast pace. In just over 2 hours, we reached the 8th inning where the Giants were trailing the Padres by the score of 5 - 0. We decided that it was probably time to head back and take Joey off Steph and Doug's hands. When we got back to the condo, Joey was still asleep. Steph and Doug didn't even have to change Joey's diaper once. According to them, it was the easiest 3 hours of baby sitting they have ever had! Great... is it too late to buy season tickets???

Joey fast asleep at Steph and Doug's.