Grandma and Grandpa visit

Which included a weekend to Portland via Amtrak.

Amigos

Hanging with the girls, again. We're confident that the manly snake-vulture tatoo offsets the glam-froo-froo shoes.

Welcome Thad Lambert!

Congrats to Seth and Janelle on their baby boy, Thaddeus James Lambert (I hope I'm spelling his name right) born today! Welcome to the children's club! Your lives will forever be changed and forever be blessed! We are so excited for you both!

San Diego family vaca

Welcome Addison!

Welcome Addison Kanaelilia Ching born 5/29/08...

Congratulations to Adam and Shandis on their new baby girl! We can't wait to meet her!

Who's who?

Can you tell which two pictures are Isaac and which two are Jed?

These days, Jed is more often able to fend for himself during bath time since he is officially crawling. Compared to Isaac, he's definitely more on the serious side, but he'll often let loose with a giggle and a smile. As you can see, they wear the same size diaper.


Jo thought it would be so cute for Isaac to finish his cold stone in the car. She thought he had until she discovered the cone tucked away in the the car seat the next day. Not so cute.

Tacoma City Marathon 10K

I must clarify because people are thinking that we ran the marathon, when we only did the 10K! Dan was too lazy to update..we ran the 10 K, which was part of the marathon...but hopefully, you will see more "marathons coming." I find it more of a challenge to train and reach that goal has been good exercise and also goals to reach..next up--Narrows Bridge Half Marathon. We are running it on our 5 year anniversary!

Guys day out-photo shoot

Here are some photos, Dan and Rob took on their rare guys day out around town. I recommend whoever reads this blog and works for Lucky--you have a new male model.

Catch up Time...

Time has been flying at our house..Jed is now seven months..he has been sitting up and crouching quite a bit..just two days ago, he started from stomach to sitting up and started holding his bottle. Yay! Jed is getting to be a big boy eating three solid meals daily and enjoy playing under the crib with his brother.
Jed is our super chill man, he loves to be around people, but never fusses or cries
Dan calls him our observer.




Here is Isaac and Hannah at the Puyallup Spring Fair with Joy. Isaac only went on a few rides before he got freaked out, also, over half of the rides, he was way too short--I hope he doesn't have my genes when it comes to height!



Last weekend, Selin and I went on a girls day out-Shopping, while Dan and Bruce took the kids out to the Pacific Science center--here is Isaac and Rohan on the ride.


Tacoma City Marathon-10 K..for mother's day, Dan and I did the Tacoma 10 K together. I normally do not like running with Dan because he is a lot faster than me, but we decided to run together, but he cannot talk to me because I am an oxygen hog. We had a really good run thru downtown and stadium/theatre district...it was slow but nice pace..at the end, I sped up and sprinted for the finished line, little did I know, Dan was behind me walking up a hill...needless to say, let the time tell the story.

315 Jui-Han Tacoma , WA 29 F 33 137 210
Chiptime 01:09:00.0 Finish 01:09:05.0
314 Daniel Tacoma, WA 29 M 10 74 211
Chiptime 01:09:03.5 Finish 01:09:08.5


YES, that is correct, I beat Dan by 3 seconds! And he honestly did not try to let me win!

Well, this is a quick catch-up on our end, we've been having a great time getting to know new friends, trying to work-outs (the spinning class killed my butt, overall was a good experience though)..Dan found a new photo buddy..and our family of four is just getting comfortable and enjoying everyone's company!

Re-tagged

The rules are:

* The rules of the game get posted at the beginning.
* Each player answers the questions about themselves.
* At the end of the post, the player then tags 5 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know they've been tagged and asking them to read your blog.


The questions for Mimi:

What I was doing 10 years ago:
Ten years ago, I would of been just graduating from East HS and heading to UIUC for college.

Five things on my To Do List today:
1. Fold laundry
2. Put kids to bed
3. Run
4. Sleep
5. Fold more laundry that Jo left from the week before

Snacks I enjoy: Thin mints, mint chip ice cream, fruit pies, banana pudding

Things I would do if I were a billionaire: pay off student debt, pay off my house, and my family's..and help out whoever..oh, and then invest in ?stocks. Ha
Three of my bad habits:

1. I scratch my head and rub my hands when I get excited
2. I am a maniac when it comes to cleaning
3. I love my mac

Five places I have lived:
1. Rockford, IL
2. Urbana-Champaign, IL
3. Detroit, MI
4. Kansas City, MO
5. Quito, Ecuador

Five jobs I've had:
1. Lawn mower
2. Office Assistant-data entry
3. Chem TA
4. Worked in a foundry and drove a fork truck
5. Retail, all departments, even womens plus sizes!
6. Tech support person

Current position: Resident

I tag Rob, Seth, & Adam

we are still here!

So, there is much to update...since our last post, Dan is finally done with his boards and now we can relax and have fun!...He was studying daily for a few weeks...we literally felt like he hasn't been home. Isaac would come in our room surprised and said "oh, Daddy, your home?" it was cute and sad at the same time...

Jed is now 7 months and ready to crawl...he would put up his little legs and trying to move..he is so sweet and honestly, an easy baby..he loves playing with his old brother..it would be Isaac trying to hop over him or at times pull on his hair..he is always giggling..he is even more intrigued with his dad. When Dan is home and dosen't say hi to him after he gets in the door..you can see his eyes following dan around and start to whine...He is now eating three meals of solids and waking up once a night around 4-5, which has been great for us. They both go to bed at the same time, so after 7pm party at our house...:)

Isaac is talking up a storm..thank GOd for kids, because they sure put you in your place. One morning, I had a really hard time with Isaac. He was probably in timeout 2 or 3 times already. We got into the car with me still upset and didn't really feel like talking. Once we got driving, Isaac goes..."mommy, lets pray" I was like "you want to pray" Isaac replied, "yeah, lets pray." here are a few fun thoughts from a toddler...

after having a little hard time with bowl movement--"Mommy, I have a rain-deer in my butt, its ou-ie"

"mommy, i have a good idea, lets go to church and then hana's house. I think that's a good idea"

"mommy, i have a fever in my toe"

"daddy, you have an ou-ie?"--pointing at the zits on dan's face

"I'm a king and grandpa is a fat kitty cat"

"I have a big penis too..and daddy and Jed-di-di"

"a worm bite me"

"leave me alone, i'm doing something"

"no, Jed, don't touch me" --as Jed sat helplessly in one spot

"oh, that's my church"--as we drive by

"mommy, i go to big boy class. I'm not a baby"

"I want a drive a little bit"

Embarrassing story

Gon-gon and Po-po recently visited Taiwan and sent us a whole box of gifts that they got from there for us. Isaac's favorite gift is this new shirt (shown front and back). He likes all the letters even though sometimes they don't make sense. Yesterday, he wore it proudly to church, and I'm sure as soon as it makes it through the laundry, it'll be on him again this week.

On another note, I might be losing my touch with the art of hosting guests at our house. Saturday we made a last-minute decision and invited Mimi and Rob over for dinner. Jo took Isaac and went grocery shopping for the ingredients, while I had the dirty job of cleaning up the house with Jed. (Jo makes fun of me, but I always clean the house in only my boxers.) In the midst of all the noise from the radio and the vacuum, I didn't really even hear our early-arriving guests open the door and walk in, witnessing me full-frontal in my favorite camouflage underwear. Although it set the mood for a much more casual evening, i think it's safe to say that they definitely lost most of their appetite. You could even say that we bonded.

Didn't you know that grandpa is actually two words?