Thursday, April 30, 2009

Max’s 100 day Celebration

It’s Chinese tradition to have the baby’s celebration at either a full month or 100 days…so, as luck would have it, we were in California for Max’s 100 day. Here we had a family get together with my father’s side of the family.Me & Eric. I was so happy to have Eric with me...I went to California two weeks earlier and Eric stayed behind to finish some big cases...and to make matters worse...we got too busy with Easter that he didnt' even have any food in the house...on several occasions I called him at the office at midnight while he ate a lunchable for dinner!!!

Me and Max.

I like this picture of Eric and Max.

Max’s yummy strawberry sponge cake!!! MMMMmmm good!!


Here is a picture of me, Eric and Max at the beach by my parent’s house. If you notice, we are each wearing a Bjorn…that’s because we were testing out the final two we were deciding between. A few of my parents’ neighbors were so excited to see twins and as we got closer and they noticed that I was carrying an empty carrier, they all just looked as us oddly and didn’t say anything! We were wearing our matching plaid outfit….
Here’s Max’s plaid outfit…we didn’t want him getting cold on the walk earlier.
These are two of my best friends Tamara (who was my maid of honor) and her husband Curtis.

Here we are at the Coriya Hot Pot City. Hot pot is sort of like a Chinese fondue, except instead of cheese and wine, it is a broth and everyone gets to put in whatever meat, seafood and vegetable they want. It was so much fun!!!


Next we got an opportunity to visit George and Joan. It was funny…Max LOVED Joan! Immediately, he couldn’t stop smiling at Joan!

Here we are at the fabulous restaurant they took us to in Los Altos. The waitor was the owner. Interestingly, a few nights earlier we went to one of my favorite restaurants where the waitor was also the owner. I ordered one of my favorite dished (eggplant) and the owner saw Eric roll his eyes and told us that he, too, did not like eggplant. He suggested we order the green beans instead, I politely said we would order both…he tried to dissuade us, again,…but I was determined to get my eggplant…apparently he was more determined for me not to have it, as they never brought it out and he refused to get it for me…random, huh?!

Sunday, April 26, 2009

Max's big introduction to the world

Greetings from California! I’ve been visiting my parents for the last two weeks and we’ve been having a marvelous time. Max was amazingly cooperative on the flight and none of the stewardesses even knew there was a baby on board.

What a difference three months makes...here he is at two days and here is Max the day we got there…he’s wearing his new little baseball hat…



My mom has bought him so much stuff for him to have while he’s here with his ‘Wi-Pua’ (that’s grandmother in Chinese).
Here's my mom holding Max

Hanging out in his little green outfit (I took this picture for Kristina Hopper because the outfit has a frog on it and says, ‘Little Hopper’ and it made me think of you).
A few days after we got here, there was a heat wave (low 90’s here and higher inland). Here is a picture of Max taking a nap in just his diaper…he was SO hot!!!
Here we are on our way for a little morning hike in our new baby Bjorn…way more expensive than other carriers…but also worth every penny!!
We went to San Francisco Chinatown and found this little outfit for him…it’s a hoot…he’s so cute!!!! My favorite part is the braid that is connected to the hat!!!

You can see he was a little bored with pictures after a while!!! I finally understand what Meradith means…I’ve got a serious crush on this kid!!!

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Oh my goodness!

Oh my goodness....so, I just found out that I am pregnant, again!!!!

So, Emily and Annie suck!!! You two ruined my April Fool's Gag!! :)

Linzie's Blessing and Baby Steps

This weekend we went down to Utah and got to go to Jared and Kristee's new baby's blessing.


Here's the proud Papa with Kenzie.



Carli (the Giant) and me (the Hobbit) in Jared's basement.
We also got to spend Saturday with Meradith and Jason. While Jason and Eric went to the Jazz game, Meradith and I got to do some shopping.
So, baby step number one:
I know it doesn't seem like a big deal, but it was for me...Here Max and I are in front of the Target!!! Oh how I miss Target!

baby step #2 He took a pacifier. It's funny, before becoming a mother, you don't realize how many issues are issues amongst other mothers. I didn't have a feeling one way or the other about pacifiers...it's just that I'm a stay at home mom...when did I ever have a chance to use a pacifier...if he needed me, I'm right there,...but this trip was a great opportunity to try a pacifier out. I'm proud that Max seems to be an adapter.


Baby Step #3 Being around other babies


Here's Lucia Christiensen...she seems to LOVE Max...

I thought this picture was cute...that's me on the side kissing Max.



Baby step #4 Going out for a walkHere is happy Max getting ready to conquer the outside world!


This picture is kind of weird since I had to angle the camera to not show the flash in the mirror. Max did wonderfully outside...except for the cursed snow that blinded us. Baby steps...