Family! Woo hoo!

My dad came for two weekend visits to see Alex. During the week, he went to Alabama on business, so Houston was a half way point for him. Anyway, my daddy FINALLY got to spend some quality time with Alex. He got to feed, hold and burp him. But of course, when Alex dirtied his diaper, my dad said "I've already done it, it's Mom and Dad's turn." Apparently my dad was worried Alex was going to cry when they met, but it was quite the opposite. They both had a great time together. Here is a picture of my boys, just missing my brother!


My dad left yesterday afternoon. After we took my dad to the airport, James, Alex and I were just laying down for a short nap when we got the call that James' brother Ronnie, wife Eighmy and daughter Alina were coming to visit too! In case you don't know, Alex and his cousin Alina are the same age. Eighmy and I were both in labor at the same time. Alex was born at 1:53pm and Alina was born at 5:05pm. We haven't seen them since the babies were only a week old, so it was great to have them over. The babies got to see each other and everyone ate all of my oatmeal cookies! What the heck?! Anyway, here are some pictures to see the difference in sizes between Alex and Alina. As posted before, Alex weighs 17 lbs 7 oz and his cousin Alina is 10 lbs 12 oz.



Tonight I'm making Korean Yellow Croaker (have never found this except in Asian markets) and cooked tofu. For the Yellow Croaker recipe, I'm sure you could do this recipe for trout, or any other type of whole fish. I haven't tried it yet, but I plan on it in the future. They are my mom's recipes, very simple but extremely tasty:

Yellow Croaker

2 Yellow Croakers (fish)
2 tsp salt
2 tsp pepper
2 tsp garlic powder

Clean the yellow croakers and add the salt, pepper and garlic on the fish. Let it sit for an hour to marinate. Put the fish on a skillet, medium heat. Cover the fish and let it lightly brown on each side. Eat fish whole, make sure you warn those you serve it to! Look out for fish bones. We usually use chopsticks to eat this.

Cooked Tofu

1 package of medium firm tofu
1 tbl salt
1 tbl sugar

Cut the tofu into cubes and put into a bowl. Add the salt and sugar. Make sure each cube has some sugar and salt on them. Put the tofu on skillet on medium heat. Let it lightly brown on each side.