Stella's first lunar new year - year of the tiger 2010! What a great way to celebrate with ye-ye and ah ma here in Tulsa...cooking up a storm. We had special soup, curry chicken and a stir fry shrimp dish for new years eve dinner. On new years day we had lunch at Asian Cuisine and then dinner consisted of rice noodles, steamed whole fish, roast pork, asparagus and roast duck with taro stew. Man, I put on 4-5 lbs since my parents have been here cooking up a storm of home cooked dishes. Meme is learning some things too - special pigs feet with vinegar and ginger stew (now she's ready for the future "grandkids" ;) ), taro cake and ninh gao for new years! She's also picking up some Chinese cooking techniques in the kitchen from my parents as well. Although Stella doesn't get to eat the stuff yet...she gets it second hand (boob) from Mommy - LOL.
The day after new years we had home made dim sum - ah ma really out did herself by making a big platter of home made shrimp and roast pork fun rolls, egg rolls, and of course we still had taro cake and the ning gao! WOW - it was a feast for brunch!
Julia and Stella are enjoying time with Grandparents Moy, as are Meme and I - a lot of home cooking, extra hands with the kids and good company.
Stella is so alert, more active and will be fine on her play mat or bouncy chair for a good 10-20 minutes now - she likes to reach for the little dangling toys and she's a talker when spoken to - which Grandma Moy loves to do - it's so cute! Unfortunately we are still dealing with the stomach/gas/digestive issues, but things seem a bit better...or we just got more use to it. Poor Stella...
Happy Lunar New Year!
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