I am currently in Philadelphia without the husband, who is the designated photographer, but I wanted to take advantage of my family and some of my old school friends for a Small Bites photo shoot. This East Coast “photo shoot,” was accomplished through me taking all the pictures through my phone. It included two different states, three cities, two babies, and a pair of expectant parents. Here’s just a little tidbit of what my friends and family accomplished together. I’m definitely one lucky duck to have people in my life who gladly offer up their babies to be my models…free of charge! I even got an offer to photograph another baby when I get back to California. Yup, we are surrounded by babies right now, and that’s why we came up with the idea to start a foodie onesie line in the first place.

We did have to battle against some quick moving little ones, which resulted in a whole slew of unfocused, majorly blurry pictures, but I think we also got a few good ones. [...]

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I’m usually good about keeping you updated with what’s going on and what I’m up to, but before I knew it, I was packing my bag and up in the air already. Well, after an all-day excursion of two plane rides, including a layover in Houston, and an over-priced Panda Express lunch at the airport, I’m here in Philadelphia, my home town.

I arrived on Wednesday and have been very occupied with my family and especially my nephew. The first and last time he saw me in person was when he was 3 months old, and now he’s turning one! In Korean tradition, when a baby turns 1, you have this big celebratory shin dig called a “dohl.” So I’m here for that. But I’m also going to be making the most of my 2 1/2 week trip by meeting up with as many people under the sun as I can.

Joe will be joining me here next week. But before I left him behind, I made sure that my non-cooking husband would be well fed. I made huge batches of three different dinners entrees in one night and froze everything in individual portions for him. Yeah, sometimes I even surprise myself. [...]

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It seems like everyone and I mean everyone around us is having a baby right now. I think it just comes with our age and current season in life. We are already an Aunt and Uncle, and of course we love our niece and nephew! But now we have so many more babies to love because most of our friends are taking on the roles of first time parents. It’s definitely exciting! Let me tell you, my facebook news feed is covered with just pictures of babies! Since we wanted to join the party too, we’d like you to welcome to the world, our long awaited brand new baby, Small Bites! This is the “project” we’ve been lovingly nurturing lately, so we’re excited to FINALLY reveal it and share it with you!

Small Bites is a line we specifically designed to help kids develop an interest in food and even cooking, starting from an early age. We are beginning with baby onesies as a nod and tribute to all of our friends who are currently expecting, or have just become new parents. We thought it would be a fun way to first introduce healthy foods to young kids, through these cute and quirky characters. And of course the onesies would make perfect gifts for parents who are foodies!

But the real reason we are revealing this to you TODAY is because it also happens to be my 30th birthday! That’s right! I thought it would be fun and symbolic to celebrate a new chapter in our lives, and the “birth” of our business, on a day that is an important landmark to me. Woah…deep. [...]

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I plucked a gray hair off my head. It was the most discouraging kind…the one where it’s colored half and half because as it was growing, it started to lose pigment. I naturally have black and I mean dark black hair, so when I have a menacing white hair, it’s totally noticeable. I can’t be bothered with the truth or myth about when you pluck a gray hair, two more pop up in its place. When I spy one, out it must come! In fact, I think I have gray-hair radar. Sometimes I even yank them out of my friends’ heads, often even without their approval.

I guess that just means that it’s time to face the music and embrace the fact that another year has passed, and I can officially kiss my twenties goodbye. Yes, in less than two weeks, I will be thirty. But honestly, I don’t mind being 30. In fact, I’m actually looking forward to it. I hear that women gain confidence and become more comfortable in their own skin when they reach their thirties. That’s a good thing, so I’m hoping that this is true for me too. I’ll let you know.

But besides me becoming another year wiser, I’m looking forward to a ton of stuff this year: [...]

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We were on a budget but still decided to go on a last minute road trip to Las Vegas for Thanksgiving because we weren’t able to be with our family this year. Okay, I know that Thanksgiving was last month, but I still wanted to post our video of the fun time we had there. Even though we were kindly invited to several different homes by our lovely friends this year, we just wanted to get away and travel somewhere close by without spending a lot of money. Thanks to a tip from our friend Amy, we discovered that Vegas is quite cheap around this time of year. In fact, we were able to stay right on the strip for only $45.00!

This trip was just want I needed because I’ve been a bit stressed with the project we’ve been working on lately, so it was good to get away and enjoy each other’s company, without thinking about anything for a moment.

I decided to try something new and film this entire video on my phone! So pardon all the nauseating shaky cam and grainy dark footage. I wasn’t sure how it would turn out, but now that I know how to use it better, next time I’ll try to make our videos clearer and less crazy. But I must say, filming these vlogs on my phone is way more convenient because I can be an incognito mosquito, and not have to carry around my tourist-looking video camera while everyone stares at me. [...]

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Yes I am alive! You all know that I’m usually better at updating. If you’ve been a faithful reader, I apologize for not posting new content regularly lately. You see, we’ve been a little preoccupied around here. And I wanted to wait to reveal why later, but my friend urged me to write at least a little something just so you would know I was alive.

We are working on a new exciting project. I don’t want to give away too many details just yet, but I will give you a few hints.

If you ever took the time to read our “about us” section, you would already know that I used to be in fashion design before moving onto food. Also, remember that my husband is an art director and graphic designer.

So I guess you can say this project is sort of like a “fusion” of all our interests and skills combined. It’s been a learning experience and I’m glad we’re doing it. [...]

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