My New Life

One more month!

Its been a while since I've blogged in here...time's just going by so quickly & I've been trying to keep myself as busy as I can. I'm now in my third trimester of my pregnancy and have a month left. My doctor called and told me that I've been scheduled to have my c-section May 19th at noon so I'M SO EXCITED!!!! My daughters are so stoked for their baby brother to join them...just watching their reaction and how they talk to my belly n kiss "him" is just the cutest thing ever! I'm excited for my husband who kisses my belly every morning and says, "good morning son"... he's already talking about playing football w/him :) We haven't come up w/a name yet...I told Bryan (my hubby) that he could give the first name or two & I would give a middle name...He's come up w/Sai because its short and sweet...Sai in Tongan means Good. I guess if he's so stuck on that name its ok w/me? We'll see w/what else we come up with...if you have any ideas please feel free to share w/us! We're open to any suggestions! :) I hope to keep blogging until I have my son...hehehe....weird saying son...a good weird. Ok, I'm going to log off & join my oldest daughter in playing the wii. She's on spring break and we love hanging out together! Til next time :)

healthy snack for ur healthy new start!

ok, so since this is a new year and even though i'm pregnant...i will try to eat healthier n better :)
so wish me luck lol...jk. but seriously? i love vietnamese food! my favorite snack would be the vietnamese spring roll! i found this recipe on another blog site and its exactly the same way my favorite place makes them! so i've decided to post it on here for others to enjoy!



INGREDIENTS:

2 ounces rice vermicelli 8 rice wrappers (8.5 inch diameter) 8 large cooked shrimp - peeled, deveined and cut in half 1 1/3 tablespoons chopped fresh Thai basil 3 tablespoons chopped fresh mint leaves 3 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro 2 leaves lettuce, chopped

4 teaspoons fish sauce 1/4 cup water 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice 1 clove garlic, minced 2 tablespoons white sugar 1/2 teaspoon garlic chili sauce 3 tablespoons hoisin sauce 1 teaspoon finely chopped peanuts

DIRECTIONS:
1. Bring a medium saucepan of water to boil. Boil rice vermicelli 3 to 5 minutes, or until al dente, and drain.
2. Fill a large bowl with warm water. Dip one wrapper into the hot water for 1 second to soften. Lay wrapper flat. In a row across the center, place 2 shrimp halves, a handful of vermicelli, basil, mint, cilantro and lettuce, leaving about 2 inches uncovered on each side. Fold uncovered sides inward, then tightly roll the wrapper, beginning at the end with the lettuce. Repeat with remaining ingredients.
3. In a small bowl, mix the fish sauce, water, lime juice, garlic, sugar and chili sauce.
4. In another small bowl, mix the hoisin sauce and peanuts.
5. Serve rolled spring rolls with the fish sauce and hoisin sauce mixtures


personally, i love to dip them in the peanut sauce...i haven't tried this recipe's peanut sauce..just bought it from albertson's or von's (safeway)...love it!! hope yall enjoy it as much as i did!!!

Baby Just Started School

My oldest daughter Telesa Luevoytamanuela Savelio (Telesa-Lu for short) started school Aug. 27th. She's now a kindergartener! I was so sad to see her go and worried that maybe I should've kept her back another year til she was 5 going on 6 to start....just so that by the time she would graduate, she'd atleast be 18 and would be more mature and make wiser decisions. But....I know that I'd just be holding her back from growing! She'll learn in due time. As for making the right decisions....its up to me as a parent and her father to rear her in that right direction. Raising her in the gospel will help me even more and I'm grateful for that!

This girl was ready to go! She was sitting at her desk, eager to do anything the teacher told her...We were able to stay with her for 30 minutes and then left. Her teacher was a bit older and seemed experienced and knew what she was doing. Not fresh from college and first time teacher. She told us all about her and her family. What her husband and daughters did, gave us her number and email address for the parents. Her teacher gave us a packet and information on what she was planning to do this semester and what we could expect. For me, that was the most comforting feeling...to know that her teacher would take care of her and knew what she was doing! So we said our good-bye's to her and she didn't even cry! She just said bye and smiled....thats when I knew she was on her way to growing up without me in her life 24/7. It's been 3 days now and I'm getting used to it. We have the best talks and she seems to surprise me everyday! This girl amazed me when she was just a year old!

She walked at 8 months old, talked pretty well for her age at 1 1/2. By 2, she helped me clean up when ever she saw me cleaning....asked me if she could help cook and more! Telesa was kind and was already climbing more and higher than other kids (which scared the crap out of me!). By 3 she was walking and talking and riding bikes, swimming and trying to hula dance. When she turned 3, her father and I taught her the alphabet & 123's. By 4, Telesa was writing her name, my name, her dad's name, her sisters name and her cousin maimai's name! She knew her additions and subtractions up to 10 and is now learning past that. We've decided to pause there and let kindergarten take its course and do their part in teach her.

I guess for now its just a waiting game and time for me to be on my toes with everything my kids do! I'm excited and scared at the same time, but BRING IT ON! ;)