What's in my diaper bag...

Okay, I don't have a vlog, but I know that there are beauty guru's that does this video trend called "What's In My Purse." This weekend being a whole day away from home, made me really aware of what I have in my diaper bag. I'm one of those people that likes to "have it when I need it even if I most likely won't so just in case."  Hence, my travel size product collection for my purse and etc.

So far I think I've been pretty good about what I keep in my bag because whenever someone asks me for something to borrow for their kiddo..I have it!

What's In My Diaper Bag:

• 4 Diapers (that varies of course depending how long you're gone for and how old your child may be)
• 2 Swimmers (It's summertime and you never know when poolside opportunity occurs!)
• Baby Wipes
• Baby Lotion
• Baby Sunblock
• Baby Wash  (Travel size; you never know when you need to give your kid a bath somewhere)
• Travel Size Q-Tips
• Desitin and A&D Ointment (I use A&D on minor scraps sometimes)
• Baby Chapstick
• 1 Short Sleeve T-shirt, 1 Long Sleeve T, 1 Pair of Pants, 1 Pair of Shorts, 1 Sweater
• 1 Washcloth
• A set of toddler spoon and fork
• Baby Tylenol
• Saline Spray
• 4 Toy cars
• 2 bags of snacks 
• 1 straw cup of water
• 1 Horizon Organic Milk Carton (These are PERFECT for traveling because it doesn't need to be refridgerated) 
• Travel Size of Antibacterial hand sanitizer in Galactic Blueberry
• Chapstick and hair tie (for me)

Maybe I can get this as a trend going.. Instead of what's in my purse, for all you mama's out there. What's in your diaper bag?!?

Glossy Box USA

I'm broken down on the side of the freeway right now waiting for AAA to come to my rescue. Hopefully the motor isn't fried from low engine oil. It's my fault ignoring the light thinking I could get oil on the way back instead so I can get to work early and come home early to spend time with the fiance before he leaves for Havasu. I should've known, that with my luck, that hoping I could put off one trip would land me on the side of the freeway in no man's land at 6 o'clock in the morning.

Of course as usual, I forget I can blog from my phone. So I saw a post from a beauty guru I follow about a monthly subscription called Glossy Box. It's just like Glam Bag or Birchbox. A monthly subscription to receive 5 beauty items, usually travel size and possibly full size. I saw her review the items and I must say I'm intrigued... The packaging seems much nicer, the products were more of value and more useable. She even got OPI nail polish! (oh man I have to potty right now and the baby is kicking me in the bladder.) The items she received in her Glossy Box were: BASQ Cucumber Tea Eye Gel, OPI "Kiss Me On My Tulips", C.O Bigelow Lavendar and Peppermint Shampoo, Cargo Eye Bronzer, Erno Lazlo Hollywood Collection (which is a collection of beauty products like eye repair cream and etc), amd Kryolan High Gloss Brillian Lip Shine. The thing I like about it, is I think everyone get's the same colors and so far from what ths showed it seems like colors that you could actually wear!

You can check out Catalina's review here. Cl24250 First GlossyBox USA

So I went online to get more information about Glossy Box, and the subscription is $21! That's a little bit too steep for me to make s.commitment to, but its oh too tempting. I guess you get what you pay for though. Maybe it's because I'm unsatisfied with my Glam Bag. I wish I could afford it, but I know realisticly I shouldn't right now. ARGH!

Bacon Wrapped Pork Chops in Zesty Sauce (Slow cooker)

So I tried a new recipe yesterday and it came out really good. Even the fiance approved :) He's my picky eater.  He's not picky, but he likes things with a lot of flavor and so if he actually think's it's good, it's pretty good.

I don't cook a lot of pork because I'm just not that into it. Never really been a pork person and it tends to run dry. I have had some good pork tenderloin recipes, but as for pork chops...I think we only eat it every now and then. I came across this recipe and anything wrapped in bacon is worth a try to me!

I must warn you the recipe calls for "chili sauce" that is tomato based. I was so confused by that and bought canned chili like...with beans and meat haha. Then I read the recipe again as I was preparing it the night before and realized they meant chili sauce, the asian kind that's sort of sweet. Thank GOODNESS, I raided my pantry and found a 9 oz jar of Thai style chili sauce. Thanks to Brandon's grandma because I wouldn't have went through with the recipe. This recipe...is kind of a pain in the ass. I usually go for recipes that literally are throw in a pot type of deal but I thought it was worth the try.

Bacon Wrapped Pork Chops in Zesty Sauce
6     4oz Pork Chops (I used pork loin chops, just make sure they're thicker cut)
12   Slices of Bacon (A pack usually comes in 13)
1     12 oz jar of chili sauce (tomato based)
3     Tablespoons Brown Sugar
2     Tablespoon Dijon Mustard
1     8 oz canned pineapple chunks (drained)



Preheat broiler and have rack about 6 inches from the flame.

Wrap each pork chop with 2 pieces of bacon. The whole pork chop should be covered. Secure with toothpicks.

Place the wrapped pork chops on a broiler pan and broil until browned. (The recipe says about 5 minutes each side, but I had to do about 10 minutes each side). Remove toothpicks.

In a bowl, mix together chili sauce, dijon mustard and brown sugar.

Place wrapped pork chops in the bottom of slow cooker. Pour sauce mixture over pork chops til covered and cover with pineapples.

Cook on low for 6 hours or until tender.

**Make sure all of your porkchops are submerged in the sauce. I left two on top of the other porkchops because I didn't have room and they turned out really dry while the other ones remained moist and tender.

May's Glam Bag!

I received it in the mail last Friday but I've been soooo busy that I haven't been able to blog about it! I get so excited every time I get my tracking email and I literally cheer when I receive it. When I open it and see what's inside, I guess I'm a little disappointed!

So this month's bag came in something less pink. Which is nice! The only thing I really felt an excitement about was the lipstick and even then I was disappointed by the color. It really wasn't something that I would personally wear. 

Philosophy Fragrance in "Love Sweet Love" $42 (Full Size)

I personally really like the fragrance! I has a subtle, rose petal type scent. It's not harsh and it does kind of go with the name. It's a very dainty, fluffy scent..if that's even a way to describe it. I see a lot of deals on Philosophy products and have been tempted to try some but never got a chance to. I like this scent so much I might consider getting it as my next fragrance! It seems they also have this line in shampoo, body wash and lotion.

My Glam "Concealer" and Defining Eyeliner Brush

So the left one is the "concealer" brush. I actually didn't even think about it being a concealer brush until I read it again right now. It's VERY SMALL. I don't know how it's going to conceal anything but I guess I'll have to try. Personally, I like my concealer brush bigger. However, the hair on the brush is very soft and the brush itself is also a small size. It's probably good for travel in your make-up bag. 

The second brush is the defining eyeliner brush. I'm pretty excited about this brush because it's almost same as the MAC brush I use for my eyeliner. I've tried different brushes to apply my eyeliner, the typical eyeliner brush doesn't work out too well for me. I feel that it's harder to get a defined line. I've been using this brush ever since I tried it two days ago because my MAC brush is ready for retirement. As you can see the hairs on my brush is starting to get ruffled. It's been a good 7 years but I guess this is going to be my new brush from now on! At first I felt like it wasn't really picking up the color so well, but I think it just took a little breaking in. 

Miss Beauty Nail Bling

Okay, I don't really have much to say about this besides the fact that I'm probably going to put this in my drawer somewhere and forget it ever existed. I like the concept, but unless you're 8 years old, I don't really think metallic hearts that looks like a bad phone case cover is something I want to wear on my nails. I wish they gave us something a little more wearable..

Studio Gear Complete Color Lipstick "Misty Mauve" $15

I must say I was most excited to find out through Facebook's "sneak peak" that we were getting a lipstick in our bag! Woohoo! I've been experimenting with lipstick colors so I was hoping for something good. The packing on the lipstick was nice. I don't know if I'm just unlucky with the random drawing of colors or what but I never seem to get something that would fit my taste. The lipstick is a good texture and is very moisturizing. It doesn't make you look like you have chapped lips after applying. However, the color that I got is kind of dark! Maybe I can try to wear this in the fall and see if I feel differently. Right now I'm into bright lipsticks since it's summer. Hell, I've never been into dark lipsticks period I'll be honest. Overall, the quality of the lipstick was good. I just wish I got a better color. 

So far, I guess I am a little disappointed with the products I've been getting. Yes, the lipstick itself is worth more than the $10 dollars subscription, but I wish the stuff I got was more wearable for me. Maybe I just have bad luck. I never really was lucky when it comes to winning anything. 

I hate my OB..

I had my doctors appointment yesterday. I'm going to start going to my appointments every 3 weeks instead of the usual 4 now! It means it's getting closer. I now weigh 124lbs and I started at 107lbs. I've been gaining about 6-7 lbs a month now. That explains why I'm starting to get uncomfortable and having trouble rolling out of bed. Literally, I have to roll out of bed. 

I don't recall if I've written about my OB before..but I don't really like my doctor. Every time I go, I feel a little more...what's the word dissatisfied? I understand that this is my second pregnancy so I don't need the hand holding, but I want to feel a warm welcoming feeling with my doctor, a bond! Literally, I go to my appointments  and I ask him questions and he's so blah and brief about it. He doesn't ask me how I'm doing or any small talk. I know it's not necessary but wouldn't you want to build some sort of relationship with your patient especially if you're going to help deliver their baby into this world? I don't need him to be fake and ask me about my life story but maybe a little more personable would be nice. It's to a point where it makes me feel uncomfortable and not that excited about my visits. He doesn't even look happy half the time which drives me crazy. He just looks at me like alright there's a heartbeat, this is what you need. Get out. 

I wish I changed OB's sooner and I almost want to right now still but I feel like I'm so far along in my pregnancy that it's too late. What the difference though if he hasn't even done anything for me to begin with. When I go in, he doesn't even know anything about me. He doesn't remember my due date or how far along I am. It makes me feel like maybe I don't trust him to perform a C-Section on me. I mean that's serious surgery!

I'm so unhappy with my doctor and it bothers me. With my first OB, they were so friendly and my doctor was outgoing. He made me feel relaxed and excited about the baby and I looked forward to my visits. We actually talked about the pregnancy and it felt casual. They also gave me ultrasound's whenever they had time and was just very welcoming. Yesterday, I asked the nurse there (the nurses are nice) if she thinks I could ask my doctor for another ultrasound. I know that I had my ultrasound already and he saw it was a boy and so did Brandon, but for some reason..I didn't. With Chase it was obvious that he was a boy and I think because I couldn't see it..it kind of bugs me. I felt like Rachel in that episode of FRIENDS where she just couldn't see it! 

She told me to ask my doctor when he came in, he might. So when he came in, he goes I heard you wanted to ask for another ultrasound. I told you it was a boy wasn't it? I wrote it on the paper that it was a boy. It's 99% accurate, it wasn't like I put maybe. So I explain to him why I wanted another one, but it's okay if he doesn't. He goes on about my medical only allows for two and he would have to request it and blah blah. Honestly, you have the machine in the freaking office. Is it really that hard to just look again free of charge? My old doctor did at least 4 and they didn't make a big deal out of it. Maybe I was spoiled by the convenience. 

Anyways, I hate my OB. Every time I go there I dislike him more and more. His personality bugs the crap out of me. I don't even like seeing him because I feel like he's a gray cloud over my prenatal visits. I go in and the appointment takes about 3 minutes and most of the time it's me asking him questions. He barely even looks up from his computer thingy. Ugh. I don't know what to do. I almost wish he won't be the one to delivery the baby.

12 Weeks Left!!

I've been desperate to blog but I can't find the time since I've been so busy at work. FINALLY I'm catching a break to..catch up? lol.

I have my doctors visit today so hopefully I'll find out how much more weight I've gained along with when I'll officially be starting my maternity leave (thank goodness). I don't really keep track of how far along I am until someone asks me. Then I just kind guess. I have this app on my phone from What to Expect and it tells me how far along I am and how much more I've got to go along with some weekly and daily updates on growth. I don't check it very often until I'm reminded to. I officially have 12 weeks and 1 day (but who's counting that one day) left! I can't believe how fast time has flown by and now that it's closer I have to get moving on some things!

I don't know if its common for second pregnancies to be a little neglected. The first one is new and exciting and you don't really know what to expect so you're all about it. With this one, I'm just kinda like, when the baby comes he'll come. Bad mentality. Now all these things that I thought I had so much time for..I REALLY DON'T! One thing I'm quite disappointed in myself about is working out. I remember talking about working out more and maintaining a healthier and stronger body so after the baby I can get back into volleyball sooner. So I've decided now that it's warmer I'm going to start going on walks with my neighbor and friend Kat. I HATE WALKING but its not so bad when you're doing it with someone else. Plus I bring Chase so pushing about 25-30 lbs is a good workout as well and he gets to go outside and enjoy the ride. I only started this past Saturday but my hips and shins were killing me. My legs do feel a little tighter today. We're going to try and go every Saturday. We're also going to try yoga together Sunday! I'm REALLY excited about that. I got a free 3 day pass to 24hour fitness to see if I even like yoga first. I've never done it before but it seems like it's something that will tone my body out and help me relax. God knows I could use a little relaxation right now, esp mentally! I'll have to update on how yoga goes.

Another big thing is...baby name. Everyone keeps asking me have you thought of a name yet? I go mmm we like Hunter, but besides that we haven't really sat down and talked or thought about it. Well I look at accounts all day so I see all sorts of different names. I saw the name Trent and instantly I loved it. It was a name that I had forgotten about for a while since I don't know anyone named Trent, but I do remember this MTV cartoon I use to watch called Daria and Daria's best friend's brothers name was Trent and he was so cute (for a cartoon). I really like that name it's masculine, strong and unique. So on my way home I looked up what the name Trent means and it means traveler, journey across. Ilike that. Traveler.

I suggested the name to Brandon and since Hunter was something we both really liked we decided on Trent Hunter Chalecki. I'm getting more and more excited as my due date is approaching. I feel like now that it's close enough I can get excited about it. Interesting enough Chase Ryder is like the reciprocated version of Trent Hunter since Chase means huntsmen and Trent means traveler (ryder).

I can't believe I've only got about 3 months left to go. I'm excited, nervous, worried, thrilled, anxious but hesitant all at the same time. I'm interested to see who baby Trent is going to look like.

Starting My Own Clothing Line?

So lately I've been looking at baby clothes online for our new baby's bring home outfit and for Chase's summer wardrobe. As I'm looking for these "alternative" style hip baby clothes I realize how expensive and hard it is! You've got to do some interesting online searches and even then you come to a website and it's so expensive! It reminds me of one of my few passions.. I've always wanted to start my own business. I know a lot of people talk about starting their own business, but no I really have thought in depth and even tried to plan it.

I've always like crafts. I use to cut up my stuffed animals just so I can sew them back together. I have a bunch of Frankenstein looking stuffed animals haha. My toys must think I'm like Eddie from Toy Story. That's his name right? The scary kid that mistreats his toys? Anyways, I always tried making my own things. It's always easier to be inspired when it's something you want too. I made my own homecoming dress (it wasn't anything fancy.) My mom sews, I guess that's where I got it from. She made our dresses and barrettes that we wore to our uncles wedding.

Recently, I've been getting into wearing bows! The problem is I feel like bows are WAY too overpriced. The cute ones are at least. So I got this idea, how about I make my own bows?!? If they're cute enough maybe I can even sell it! I thought I'd start on that when I'm on maternity leave since that's the only time I feel like I'll have time for anything. Well, now that I've been looking for little boy t-shirts I thought to myself how nice would it be if I could just design my own.

For a little bit, I was making my own shirts and sweaters that are "smoker friendly." Whenever I wear them, people compliment me on it. It's something unique and different. I feel like I have all of this creativity inside me and no way to express it. Now a days, with the internet being so helpful I feel like I can just dip my toes in the water and try to sell things online instead of making a full commitment of actually starting a business. It's less time consuming so I can just do it on the side. Ultimately, I do want to be a business owner. Right now is not the type economically and financially, so I'll just have to find another way for now.

I just found the site that I was making the clothing from and you can also have your own "site" to sell them. But personally it's way too expensive!

I gotta learn about this screen print thing because apparently that's how you get your graphics and design printed on a shirt. I just feel like I want to do SOMETHING!

Rimmel Volume Accelerator (Week 2)

So this is going to be a quick update on my Rimmel Volume Accelerator lash growth. I took a picture last night instead of this morning. I did forget to apply mascara once this week =X

So honestly, I can't really tell much of a difference from last week to this week. I did a poor job of removing my eye make-up last night, that's for sure! I almost feel like my lashes look shorter.

Be back next week!

Oh no! Itchy Belly!

My stomach has been SOOOO ITCHY today. I'm trying so hard not to scratch but instead use a rubbing motion. I have been trying everything I can to prevent stretch marks on my stomach. I was lucky enough to go through my pregnancy with Chase unscathed. I have a feeling I won't be as lucky the second time around. I read that its hereditary and all these lotions and oils really have nothing to do with it, but I don't care I'm willing to try. Ever since the day I found out I was pregnant. I've been lubing my belly with Palmers Stretch Mark cream. I do it every night after I shower. I think it's time I increase the frequency to morning and night. I also carry around a tube of it in my purse. Towards the end of the pregnancy is when you grow the most and more rapidly. I believe stretch marks are caused by sudden stretching of the skin. So drastic weight gain or maybe even weight loss? I could be wrong don't quote me.

I've been wearing a lot of maxi dresses ever since I've been too big to fit into anything comfortable. I snuck into the bathroom to put this on and frankly I'm not sure if I love the scent. The one I have at home does not smell like this and before when I've purchased this one, it didn't smell like it. It doesn't smell bad, it just smells like...chocolate?? I quite pin point what the scent is. Anyways, I swear by this and hopefully it won't disappoint with this pregnancy. 

The Daunting Reminder of Terrible Twos

So I'm sitting here at the lab waiting for my hour to be up for my glucose testing. For those that are unfamiliar with the procedure, you have to fast for 8 hours then come in, drink this orange drink ( I chugged it like a champ causing a brain freeze) then you wait an hour for your blood to be drawn. It's very important to get it right the first time, because if not I believe you have to come back another day and go through an even longer test. I'm not sure exactly, but I haven't had to go that route. So the best time to do this is first thing in the morning. There's not a darn thing to do while waiting, so brilliant me, now that I have 20 minutes left I remember I can blog on my phone!

So ever since Chase came back from spending the weekend with my parents he has been the biggest jerk. He has been mean to me specifically, back to this angry teenager attitude and this new "mine" thing. He has wanted nothing to do with me and wants only his dad. He literally sees me, I say good morning while his dads in the room and he yells no, angrily. At first I dealt with it, but frankly now its just pissing me off. I feel like maybe the cause is because lately I've been spending more time with him than he does with his dad since Brandon has been busier than usual lately. I know that I'm not the fun one, I am 6 months pregnant so it's hard to keep up. I'm the discipliner and the care taker. I know it sounds silly, but Chase's attitude has really hurt my feelings. I know he doesn't mean it or even realizes it. That he probably doesn't even remember it 5 minutes later, but I do everything for him and yet I'm the one that's mistreated? You have to have a heart made of stone to not feel a little hurt at the very least.

Dylan, our god son, had his 2nd birthday party yesterday. It's nice that he's conveniently 2 months older than Chase because you get a glimpse of what Chase might be going through soon, but sometimes it's also a little scary because I guess Dylan is going through terrible twos. Terrible twos is a widely know phase that boys go through. It is what it sounds like, terrible. The thing is I don't know if there is such thing in the Chinese culture. People start asking has Chase been more defiant? Oh he's just going through terrible twos or starting his early. I almost feel like its a way people accept their child's behavior because it's supposedly "expected." It's really making me a little nervous and scared of Chase turning 2. I'm sure that him being in school where other kids behave that way is not going to make it any easier. It almost makes me want to home school him just so he doesn't become another statistic of rambunctious behavior.

Hopefully, this is just another phase like the one he went through not too long ago. Although it doesn't seem to be improving and it's been almost two weeks. Just gotta keep our fingers crossed! Like Brandon says, there is nothing we can do but keep being consistent with our discipline. One thing that I am very relieved about is that we have very similar, if not the same, mindset on discipline. I think it is very important that parents are on the same page because if not, that will confuse the child or lead them to think they can get away with it with a specific parent. I feel like we are on the right track with Chase. Others may think we are too strict but I guess there is no way to tell but to see the end result in 16 years!

Francesca's Collection

So let me start off by saying OMG, I'm trying my hardest right now to not buy anything from this site (probably because I can't decide on what.)

I recently subscribed to Glamour magazine. I only did it because it was dirt cheap for the year. In the magazine they do those where to get this look kinda and I noticed there was this royal blue crossover body bag for $35 dollars. I'm like you've got to be kidding me right. Something in Glamour magazine saying it's actually affordable for us average folks?!? I kept forgetting to check out the site but I finally did and I AM IN LOVE!

I've been dying for a crossover body bag for ever now. I keep having second thoughts mainly because I don't know if I can pull it off. I've been carrying my handheld LV bag that everyone and their momma's got and it's such a pain in the butt because you can only put it around your forearm, not even your shoulder. I recently switched back to my old Coach bag that I can wear around my shoulder but it's still a strain to my shoulder after a while. This site, has VERY affordable bags that are super cute! I just hope it stays that way!

So the site is Francesca's Collections. When you first go on the site you get this hippie/indie feel. I love hippie/indie style although I could never pull it off. On top of the fact that everything is cute and affordable, it's $5 flat rate shipping. Did I just hear the birds sing or what?

How cute is this dress, and it's on sale for $14.98. Too bad they only have mediums.

This skirt is on sale for $14.98 but after I put it in my basket it's only $8.99. I've been trying not to buy things that I know I can't fit into right now. This is just too cute to pass up and I can wear it for work!

It did it again, $14.98 but $8.99 in my cart! I am obsessed with cardigans because it's easier to just do a cardigan with slacks or a skirt and it's nice to layer when you're in the office because you never know what the temp is gonna be in the office that day!

Okay, this was the bag featured in Glamour, except they posted the royal blue one. They must not have it in stock anymore...I don't wear red so I am ABSOLUTELY BUMMED! Guess how much? $38.00. 

I'm kind of torn between which bag to get...I really shouldn't buy one but it's Mother's Day. I can treat myself right? :)

I don't know which one! They are both under $40. I love the stripe and I think it's more casual but I feel like the black one I could wear with more things. It's also sleeker!

Okay, I know I said that I want a purse I can wear as a cross body (and this one you can but it's probably cuter not) but how cute is this. Alright I need to get myself out of here!

Rimmel Volume Accelerator (Week 1)

Okay! It's been one week officially since I've been trying the Rimmel Volume Accelerator Mascara. I've been VERY GOOD with wearing it everyday (with the exception of today). It's not like me at all to wear mascara everyday and I even wore it to 2 funerals (tears included) and it didn't run down my face like a bad movie!

Here is a picture of my lashes from this morning.

Here is last week's picture..

To be honest, maybe it's too soon to tell a difference haha. I think MAYBE I look like I've gained a couple lashes? I've gotten a little bit better at applying it as well. Keeping it from clumping. We will see next week's results!