Hawaii 2008

We got back about two weeks ago from a week vacation on the Waikiki beach with Steve, MO, Keri and Dave. It was a great time chilling on the beach and hanging out at the Hale Koa pool. Steve was the grandfather/ baby hog...he had Jed in his arm 24/7, which thanks to him and Mo, Dan and I were able to have some time alone and rest. We did the typical tourist stuff..but most of all we got to catch up with family, each other and friends.

Meet baby Ching soon to come...Adam and Shandis were great hosts..we miss our friends already!... Its amazing after years of UIUC and cleaning the ching's ceiling fans we return back to HI with a family. We had so much fun hanging out with Adam and Shandis..from tea at the Sheraton to visiting their cozy home and enjoying yummy food at Mac 24/7...they are truly friends for life. Dan and I are amazed how easliy we just get back to the swing of thing as if, we've never left or lost touch...

Doanes--Mark, Tina, and Camden came down for a visit at the pool and watching the Penguins at the Hilton. Even Isaac had friends to catch up with! It was neat to catch up..even better to see Mark finally home from deployment.

as for the kids...Isaac start speaking in full sentences..just one morning, he came up to me and said "mommy, I need my diaper changed" from then on , he was a different person. Jed is getting so cute and cuddly..he is the sweetest baby ever...He is beginning to be more social and showing his needs. If he sees my across the room, he would start to laugh or even whine a little until I come and hold him...Dan, had a good time hanging out with his family..it's never enough time for the brothers...I love my family!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAY!

Its a day late, but we did call her on her b-day...happy birthday MAY

Jed di-di and Big Brother

Jed is almost 4 months now...he's got two bottom teeth fighting to pull through, which is a lot earlier than Isaac did. He is sleeping pretty good. going down at 7 with Isaac and usually is up once at 2 and then 5ish, which is doable for dan and I..although, Isaac was down for the count since 3 months...but Jed is probably one of the best babies I know..and I thought Isaac was easy. He has a really easy going personality..laughs at everything..I almost feel guilty sometimes that because he is so good, I don't spent enough time with him.

Isaac on the other hand is more and more like a little boy. He is very vocal was his needs and wants. Time-outs has been a frequent thing unfortunately...but he responds well. He is also doing so much better with his little brother. He loves giving Jed kisses and hugs....at times even tries to pick him up, but usually concludes "Jed di-di too heavy." ...

The good old days

My oldest girlfriends, Ditty and Freda visited over the weekend. It was a real treat when Dan stayed home with the kids and let me have an overnight in Seattle with them. It's been almost 5 years since we've all been together and that was our wedding...The coolest part of it all is that, we don't talk regularly, but when we got together, it was as if never lost touch...we weren't awkward...in fact, almost scary how we are so open... i'm realy grateful for them...it's like they are one of the few people in my life that knows me since jr. high..

Christmas and New years

Sorry for the late posts...things are just slowing down since the holiday...we had a great time with Steve and Mo. It's nice when family come out and just being able to hang out and catch-up. Dan's schedule wasn't bad over the holidays, which was nice and that we were able to catch-up with some friends. We visited with the Stalls at Zoo lights and got to see the Lambert clan (thanks for bring the yummy food too!)

Videos

over the weekend

Over the weekend, we not only celebrated Isaac's second birthday..we were super busy running around. Saturday I went a Christmas luncheon at a friend's church. It was really nice hanging out with ladies and just remember the meaning of Christmas. Dan on the other hand, took the kids with my friend's husband to a German St. Nicholas festival. Although, everyone spoke german to him, he had a lot of fun, and Isaac ate every sweets there were presented to him!

Saturday night I had my work party. It was a great excuse to dress up and hang out with people outside of work.

Sunday--Seattle Jingle Bell Run for the Arthritis foundation 5 K. I ran it and Dan walked it with the kids. He backpacked Isaac and frontpacked Jed. Isaac's hands were frozen by the end, but he keep sing jingle bells and really enjoy the holiday festivities. I don't know my final time yet, but from just going by the songs I was listening to, should be about 30-35 min. I had a great run. It had two hills than we ran thru the I-5 Express tunnel while everyone was singing Jingle Bells. I had a celebrtiy sighting as well. I saw Susie and Matt from the Biggest Loser! It was neat since I"m addicted to the TV show...

Isaac's birthday party with the family! It was a praise jam at the Solversons!

Isaac singing

So much to update!!!! Where should I start?

Thanksgiving 2007
The day before Thanksgiving, Isaac came down with the Hand Foot and Mouth disease. And it's not pretty..he got blisters in his mouth making it hard for him to eat and rashs of blisters on his palms and soles...poor kid. He would take a bite of food and scream because it hurt so bad. We spent the day lounging around and then went over to the Solversons for the festivities. We topped off the night by watching Blades of Glory...The following morning, I was up by 5am with jed and then hit the malls by 6am and left the kids with Dan. Let me tell you...it was CRAZY!!!! But, i guess the fun of it was just being in the holiday season..I wish I had more people to give presents to...

Now I have offically gone back to work...it wasn't as bad as I thought...between getting two kids ready in the morning and pumping through out the day, it hasn't been too bad...my boss is really laid back and easy to work with. Our offical sign is that if I have a picture of my kids on the door--i am pumping.

Jed sleep 8 hours at 10 weeks but still refer back to 4-6 hour every couple of days...in the past two days, he has been sleeping 4 hours and feeding every 3 hours..he finishes the 5 ozs of the bottle too..he is a growing boy! He is the sweetest baby...always smiling and very chilled. Isaac will be playing rough with him, he would still laugh back and just hang out with us. THe brothers I know will be great friends. They are both sleeping in the same room and Isaac isn't waking up anymore by Jeds cries in the middle of the night. If Jed is not in the room with Isaac in the morning, Isaac would roam around the house going "Jed di-di." Very sweet!! I can't remember when kids roll over, but just yesterday I put him on his stomach and I turned around he was on his back....

Isaac just turned two yesterday. We had a little party just ourselves...We decorated his room the night before with streamers and balloons...The following day, did he feel like the special boy. He was singing happy birthday all day to himself. The highlight was going to the doctor for his 2 year check up...He was very cooperative and enjoyed beging "checked out" except for the two shots he got, which immediately afterwards, he said to me "Isaac go, Isaac go.." I guess that was enough for him and he was ready to go...Potty training--we are not pushing it, but we did buy a potty and are just more aware whenever he is about to go especially pooping. He has been telling us whenever he goes to poop for months now..so in the past week, we've been catching him starting to push, we would then rush him to the toilet. He gone in the potty twice and very proud to see his poop get flushed away!

Dan--he is the best dad ever! Whenever he is home, he takes over the kids and lets me have my time....which has been nice...the best part is that, he is the one getting up at night...we are finally adjusting as a family of four, and it wouldn't of been so smooth without Dan being so hands on and helpful..the other morning Isaac asked, where's daddy..I said, at work..Isaac answered "oh, yeah" just daily fun with the KIDS!

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Jed's 8 week appt (though not quite 8 weeks yet)

Jed-di-di is what I call him..he is now entering 8 weeks old next monday. He has been sleeping 6 hour stretches, but starting at 7pm, which wasn't set by me but himself. For some reason, he will not stay awake pass 7, wondering if he knew that his brother was going down that same time. With Isaac, we had to stay up till 10 and then he'll do his 6 hours stretches as we call it--sleeping thru the night:) but back to Jed. He'll sleep from 7 to about 2am and wake up every two hours from then on, which is not too bad..in fact, since we've been back from Chicago, we've been going to bed around 8:30 -9...kinda in between time zones...

The appointment--

Weight 13lbs 10 ozs--90th percentile
Height 23.25 inchest- 75 percentile
Head 15.25cm- 40th percentile
He cooed the whole way through the appt. THe doctor was like, is he like this all the time? yup, we have a talker, he has been like this since 5 weeks old. He is so interactive, which made me love him even more! He had a hard night last night after the shots..i'm crossing my fingers as in how he'll sleep without the vaccination still brothering him..will update soon!

We are back!

Jacob and Jed
Before the reunion--check out my ghostly face--its an illusion the makeup artist was trying to create.
Solversons

Solversons and yangs at my church
Jeanette and Lester
Isaac and his friend, Nathan--if we lived closer, these twos would be
best of friends!
Isaac and my sister

We are back from our week in Chicago...boy, do we miss home...nothing like the easy access to family, friends, and of course for me personally-chinatown:) We went there twice in one day..kinda crazy...The plane ride was good, Isaac was doing really well until landing after waking up still tired! Jed pretty much slept the whole way, which was nice..the hardest part was trying not to pack so much, but how can you when you have two kids...we had three suitcases, two car seats, one stroller, my breast pump, diaper bag, oh, and our two kids...It was nuts! I should of taken a photo of our stuff!

It was a jammed packed week from visiting family to friends...and meeting new friends (Jen) as well. It awesome to see my kids playing with our friend's children. I hope and wish that our friendship will last through generations..what a blessing!

Highlights:
Yang's home coming dinner was food heaven...as my parents welcomed us home with tons of friends and family from my church
Visiting the Burks at their new Narnia
Hanging out in Chi-town with my sister, Michael, the Wongs, and Muriel..oh, and catching up on Heroes till wee hours of the night (DAN!)
Kat's awesome massage treatment and some good quality time catching up and hanging out
Stall's gourmet meal and seeing the kids play together was such a treat!
Meeting Jeanette and seeing old friends--Lester, Judy, Courtney
Chicago outing with my sister and hanging in her new dig as Dan catches up on "Heroes"--he stayed up till 3 am!
Hanging out with Carla and her baby Jacob
Hanging out with the Solversons and celebrating Kat and Mo's b-day
Shopping by myself--trust me, it was great!
Power shop with Mo and Keri

One of the main highlight was Dan's 10 year high school reunion...can you believe it, 10 years? It was a nice night out for Dan and I..can you can see, I got my makeup done at the Estee counter...I didn't realize how ghostly white my makeup was until the photos, yikes! But, it was nice to see some of Dan's friends that I've only heard about and never met.

Every time I see family and friends it makes me treasure those moments even more...it's amazing how even though we live states away that we always have great family and friends whom always hang in there with us as we journey thru life...