You know you've had a little too much Powerade when...

...your milk turns blue. Yes I have had way too much Powerade the last few weeks. I feel so thirsty whenever I'm out and about and there's always a McDonalds drive-thru close by for me to buy a 32-ounce for a dollar.

I've been pumping a little more frequently so I can mix breastmilk with Carly's food. A couple of days ago I went to pull the pumped milk out of the fridge and it was blue. It was kind of fun. I'm thinking I may try the green Powerade and see if my milk will turn green. Talk about a fun game!

I've honestly heard that you start liking Powerade and Gatorade if you drink them when you're really thirsty, but if you don't they just taste like gross watered down kool-aid. That explains why I used to loathe them but now I can't get enough!

5 months old!

Our little Carliflower is 5 months old! Time has flown by! This past month has been by far the best out of the bunch. Carly is so fun to hang out with. She listens to us, gives us tons of attention and entertains us!
Lately she's been making funny faces and growling at us. She also loves to "flap" her arms like she's Tarzan.
Carly loves to always have something to put in her mouth. She'll grab whatever she can get her hands on and put it in her mouth. When we go to get her out of bed in the morning lots of times we can hear her sucking on her blanket through the shut door.
She's also become a lot more coordinated with her hands and fingers. She grabs toys and shakes them in front of her while making dinosaur screeching noises. She's also started giggling when we tickle her or give her zerberts on her tummy.
One of this month's most exciting new found tricks is rolling over. She can roll both from her tummy to her back and from her back to her tummy. She loves sleeping on her side. I put her down on her back to sleep but whenever I go to check on her she's sleeping soundly on her side.
As for me, I've finally been feeling normal again! Besides feeling normal from getting a full night's sleep again, I figured out that the headaches and dizziness I had almost everyday for 3 months after having Carly was caused by the birth control I was taking. No wonder why I felt so good while I was pregnant! I was able to switch to something else without hormones and it's amazing how much better I feel. Now I can finally walk straight!
We are so grateful for Carly! She brings so much happiness into our lives. She is so sweet and has the cutest personality. We are so excited to see what new and exciting things next month brings!

Bulgolgi or bust

Casey served his mission in Korea and since he's been back (6 years) he hasn't ever successfully cooked Korean food. He's been wanting to for a long time but it's hard to find authentic ingredients and then know how to cook it right. Yesterday Casey got up the courage to finally try it out - mostly because I gave him a bottle of kimchi for Easter that we didn't want sitting around for too long! We headed over to our local Asian market which was pretty nice and big due to the large Mong population here. We found all the ingredients to make kimchi chigae, bulgolgi, and japjae. I helped cook and Casey told me how things were supposed to look.

Everything turned out pretty good. The kimchi chigae (kimchi soup) was extremely spicy (I may have added a little too much chili paste...). It was the hottest thing I've ever eaten in my life. It was so hot my inner ears burned while it was going down, and smelling it burned my eyes. The bulgolgi (Korean BBQ beef) and the japjae (Korean noodles) were the highlights of the ensemble. As for the beverage: Casey had us all try some Aloe which is a popular Korean beverage actually made out of Aloe Vera (there were even chunks of aloe in it). Overall is was a ton of fun to make everything and see Casey's excitement in eating it all. We'll definitely make Korean food more often now.

Thanks to Derrick and Karen for wanting to try everything!

Happy Easter!

We had an amazing Easter. The Easter bunny filled all of our baskets up! Carly got a bunny puppet board book from Grandma and Grandpa Hatch, some toys, and a mommy rubber ducky with baby duckies. Casey got a lot of candy and some kimchi. I got a lot more candy and plastic eggs that were filled with memories that Casey and I have of Easter. Casey is so creative, and thoughtful! We had Stake Conference so we we finished church at noon and headed over to our friend's the Callister's apartment for awesome food and fun.
We dressed up in our classic Easter attire. If you want to check out the past three years of Easter pics check out Evolution o' Easter . This year was year four! Too bad Carly most likely won't be able to fit in her dress next year.
Most importantly we are so grateful for the resurrection and life of our savior Jesus Christ. We know we are able to be an eternal family because of his sacrifice.

Spring has partially sprung

Winter in Milwaukee is a blur. The past two winters have come and gone and I can't seem to remember much that happened during those frigid months. It's dark and freezing during winter here. You really don't know what "wind chill" is until you feel it coming at you at 20 mph and at -20 degrees. I'd never run to-and-from our car as fast as I could while holding my coat shut with my face buried under a scarf until we moved here. Today I was looking back on winter wondering how I've made it through two Milwaukee winters without demanding that we move to Arizona half-way through... It's because we have such good friends out here that keep us entertained! We really have the best friends in the world. While it still feels like Winter it's at least officially Spring, and the forecast says it's supposed to get warm(er) this week. Yay!