Sam & Max

Happy New Year 2008

2008-01-06T12:51:00.000-08:00

Best wish to all of you and all of your family as well. I'm still here. It's been crazy around here. I'm so GLAD that the holidays were over. Talk about the hoilday, we went to Disneyland on Dec 26-30. It was so much fun. Sam and Max had a blast so did mommy and daddy.
Here are some pictures from the trip!

Pumpkin Patch

2007-10-16T13:04:00.001-07:00

We took the boys to the Pumpkin Patch in Half moon bay over the weekend. They had a great time. Sam was so excited to see the pumpkin everywhere.

Sam run there as soon as we got off the car!

The front of the hay tunnel. Josh and Sam with "the biggest pumpkin in California".

Another thing's going Max has hand, foot and mouth disease. I freaked out a bit when the doctor told me then she explained what is it . It's very common in preschooler. It's another type of virus.

We're still here

2007-10-12T10:36:00.000-07:00

I know, I've been MIA for awhile. First We all got sick. It started with Max, Sam and I. Then after we got better. I'm just too lazy to do anything include blogging. Anyway I've been awhile since I post so there were lots going on.

As everyone knew I went back to Thailand for my brother's wedding in September. His wife is expecting and she is due in March......I'm going to be an aunt! That's exciting.

Steve and the boys had a surprise birthday party for me. I was in Thailand at the time(Sept 13). Thank you honey for the party and the gifts!

Sam turned 3 on September 28, Happy Birthday to my Sam Sam!!! I can't believe you are three. I love you, buddy!!!

Steve turned 3? on September 29(I'm sure he doesn't want anyone to know how old he really is) Happy Birthday honey!!

Also on September 29 is Steve and I anniversary. It's been the best, exciting, fun and happy 6 years of my life! I love you, baby!!!

Back from Bangkok

2007-09-20T13:16:00.000-07:00

I flew back to Bangkok to attending my younger brother wedding and back home in a week. What a brutal trip!! I missed the boys so much. Steve did a great job taking care of them and the house. Here are some photos from the trip. Enjoy! I need to get some rest. Still Jet lag...

Some pictures from the trip!

2007-09-07T12:15:00.001-07:00

2007-09-06T12:43:00.000-07:00

Yes, we are back home about 2 weeks ago. I've been busy and at the end of the day I got to lazy to update my blog. I promise to *try* keep it up.

While we were at Steve's dad house, I called my parent on Skype. They told me that my younger brother is getting marry and the wedding is September 15, 2007. Next week!! I'm going there alone to attend the wedding. Steve cannot really take off work and Josh just started Middle school last week.

Max just started at the daycare/preschool yesterday. He'll go there 3 days/week. It's the same school as Sam. Max is in the toddler room and Sam is in the preschool class. Last week I've been taking Max to school for couple hours a day to get used to, still he has a hard time adjusting.

Off to visit family!

2007-08-10T20:53:00.000-07:00

Tomorrow we're leaving very early in the morning. I just want to drop by and let's everyone know. I'm not too sure that I'll have an internet connection.

See you again next Tuesday and hope everyone have a nice weekend!!!

Max, Sam, Steve and I simpsonized .

Got the idea from Kyung. Thank you!!

15 month Stats

2007-08-09T13:15:00.000-07:00

Max had 15 months check up yesterday. Here are his stats:
Height: 32 inches
Weight: 25 lbs
Head: 47cms

And there are the list of things that he can as of now (Max is 15 months old today)

1. Crawl: from about 9 months
2. Cruise: from about 10 months
3. Pull-up on furniture
4. Stand up alone
5. Walk: from about 14 months
6. Flip through pages of board books
6. He can say "tinky" for his blanket and "susi" for our cat, Sushi.
8. He can climb up steps.
9. He is extremely attached to his blanket.
10. He can do "high five".
11. He loves to play peekaboo.
12. He eats 100% table foods. He loves fruit and vegetable except pea and corn.
13. He doesn't like strangers. He will cry if the strangers try to talk or play with him.
14. He can drink from a sippy cup -Nuby-.
15. He can sometimes respond to commands such as "sit down"," eat" and "come here"
16. He can respond to his name.
17. He has 7 teeth. 4 on top and 3 on the bottom.
18. He loves taking baths.
19. He takes one 2-3 hours nap a day and he sleeps very well at night.
20. He can clap, wave and hug.
21. He loves to brush his teeth.
22. He likes to point at things.
23. He is trying to feed himself with spoon and fork.
24. He wants to play whatever Sam is playing at the moment.
25. He loves his family, mommy, daddy, Sam, Josh and Sushi.
26. He hates to be in stroller and car seat.
I think that's it.

Bond hit 756 and we were there!!

2007-08-08T13:02:00.000-07:00

Yes, Steve and I went to the game last night. It seemed unreal. It was so much excitement at the AT&T park. We had a blast even though the Giants lost. We took ton of pictures and I will post as soon as I figure it out how to upload the pictures from our new camera.

As many of you know, we suppose to go to Buffalo this Saturday to try to see Steve's grandmother(his mom's mom) who just passed away recently. We're still going there anyway to see the rest of the his mom's family that Sam, Max and I haven't meet. Then Monday we will drive to Finger Lake to visit Steve's dad who has a vacation home there. We will be there for a week before we drive back to Buffalo and fly home.

Tagged

2007-07-30T13:25:00.000-07:00

tagged by Grace... Something about me!!!
1. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE? No
2. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED? Friday, Steve's mom called to let's us know that her mom passed aways.
3. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING? No, I hate my handwriting. Ugly!
4. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT? Black Forest ham
5. DO YOU HAVE KIDS? Two boys
6. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU? Yes
7. DO YOU USE SARCASM A LOT? Yes, all the time and sometime I don't realize it.
8. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS? Yes
9. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP? Maybe
10. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL? Special K and red berries
11. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF? No
12. DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG? I think so, I usually carry Sam who's about 30-35lbs and Max who's about 20-25lbs. up and down the stairs all the time.
13. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM? Vanilla
14. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE? Height
15. RED OR PINK? Pink
16. WHAT IS THE LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF? My birthmark on the cheek
17. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST? My husband at work
18. DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO SEND THIS BACK TO YOU? Sure
19. WHAT COLOR PANTS AND SHOES ARE YOU WEARING? dark blue jean, no shoes on inside the house.
20. WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU ATE? Caesar salad
21. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? The washer and the dryer.
22. IF YOU WHERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE? Black
23. FAVORITE SMELLS? Sam and Max's after bath!!
24. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE? My husband
25. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU? Yes!!
26. FAVORITE SPORTS TO WATCH? Baseball, Go Giants!!
27. HAIR COLOR? Dark brown
28. EYE COLOR? Dark brown
29. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS? Yes, I'm blind without them.
30. FAVORITE FOOD? So many, I can't really choose. Italian and Thai.
31. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS? Happy endings
32. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED? The Devil wears Prada
33. WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING? White V-neck shirt
34. SUMMER OR WINTER? Summer
35. HUGS OR KISSES? Both
36. FAVORITE DESSERT? Tapioca drink.
37. MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND? I think most everyone on my blog already did :)
38. LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND? Don't know
39. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW? None
40. WHAT IS ON YOUR MOUSE PAD? Umm...my mouse
41. WHAT DID YOU WATCH ON T.V. LAST NIGHT? I didn't watch TV last night.
42. FAVORITE SOUND? my boys laugh
43. ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES ? Beatles
44. WHAT IS THE FARTHEST YOU HAVE BEEN FROM HOME? Thailand
45. DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT? Cooking, I think
46. WHERE WERE YOU BORN? Thailand
47. WHOSE ANSWERS ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING BACK? Everyone :)

Sad news

2007-07-30T12:27:00.000-07:00

As I blogged from previous post. Steve's grandmother is very sick. She passed away last Friday peacefully. Steve flew to Buffalo to attend the funeral and will be back Wednesday. I'm home with the boys. I'm so sad that we never have a chance to meet her. We booked to Buffalo Aug 10. At this point we aren't sure what we are going to do.

Thai Temple

2007-07-23T21:14:00.000-07:00

Sam in the pray room.In front the temple

On Sunday we went to Thai Temple in Berkeley(Wat Mongkolratanaram). It's been awhile since last time we were there. It was before Sam was born. Shame on me. I guess because we had a big problem with Josh's mom and grandmother last time we went there. They are Christian and very religious. They freaked out when Josh told them how he was enjoyed going to the temple. They don't want us to take Josh there. I didn't want to stir up or argue about it so....

Well the reason we went there because I want to get Sam and Max to learn to speak Thai. I know that they have Thai classes but I didn't know what age group when they can start. Five is the youngest. We have few years to go.

Also every Sunday at the temple, Thai people go there and make food for sell to raise money for the temple. The Temple is well known around bay area for good authentic Thai food and lot of people show up. Check the temple link if you want more photos and info. We also really enjoyed the food our self especially..... me!

I also got to pray in the temple. I'm glad that we went. I'll try to go there more often.

Russian River

2007-07-23T12:40:00.000-07:00

Tim and Josh on the canoe
Sam and Steve are waiting for their turn.
Sam and Steve on Canoe
Tim and Josh are floating on the tube.

On Saturday Tim and his wife Eleen invited us to go up to Russian River in Sonoma. They are renting the cabin right next to the river for 2 weeks. Last time we were up there was 3 years ago. Steve and I love wine. We used to drive up and go wine tasting<--it's the thing in the past=(

We left around noon and it took us about 2 hours to get there. The boys took the nap in car and woke up just right before we got there. Perfect!

The cabin is very cozy and relaxing. The deck is overlook the river. Tim took Josh on the canoe for awhile then Steve took Sam out. Max, Eleen and I were on the deck hanging out. We stayed for dinner and left around 7pm. We got home around 8.30pm. I had a really great time. Relaxing and calm! That's what I felt. I've not feel like that for awhile. You know, the feeling that you have when you are on vacation.

I think the boys had a great time also. I'm thinking to try to rent the cabin in September. It's very affordable.

Sorry, the pictures are small because I took them from the deck.

Random pictures

2007-07-20T13:30:00.000-07:00

4.2 Magnitude

2007-07-20T12:27:00.000-07:00

Early this morning I woke up and went to the bathroom around 4 something. I came back and tried to go back to sleep. I laid down for awhile then I felt the whole house moving, Sushi got freak out and jumped off the bed and I heard something felt down outside. Earthquake!
It was the biggest earthquake I've ever felt since I moved to San Francisco 10 years ago. I was a little scare. When the earthquake happens, I always get paranoid and keep thinking that it'll get bigger and stronger.

2007-07-16T12:42:00.000-07:00

Sorry, I've not been keeping up on blogging lately. The boy kept me busy and Steve was working both Saturday and Sunday.

Because of we bought a condo back in April so we don't have any plans to go anywhere this summer. Now we probably will go visit Steve's grandmother who lives in Buffalo.

I got a sad call from Steve's mom on Friday. Steve's grandmother has been sick very long time and now she got worsen. The doctor gave her 2 months. I want her to be able to see her great grandchildren before anything happens. Sam, Max and I haven't meet her and Josh met her when he was 2. We'll try to go within next 3 weeks because Josh will be home tonight(Yay!!) and will be with us for 3 weeks before he has to go back to Chicago again.=(
I've been looking up the flight online. The cheapest one is about $500 a piece and 5 of us. Geez! Can anyone suggest any website for cheap airfare and hotel?

China Free??

2007-07-10T12:53:00.000-07:00

This morning I went to Mollie Stone to pick up some deli meat and fish. At the seafood section, there is a big sign says "We do not carry seafood from China". It made me confuse and wonder what is going on. I came home and Google it then I found this article "China executes ex-head of food and drug agency" and another couple related news, "Made In China" and "China Free". I'm worried as a consumer and sad because I can see this is going to affect the whole importing in Asian big time. One selfish person puts the whole Asian economy in jeopardy.

After Max went for a nap, I checked all my canned food because most of them, I got from my favorite and biggest Chinese supermarket in my area. I tossed my frozen shrimp that I bought awhile ago because I wasn't sure where it came from(I tossed the bag when I first opened it).
I looked around the house and tried to figure it out what else I can do because it's not only food.

Then I think "Am I be over reacted?"

Weekend update

2007-07-09T10:22:00.000-07:00

What a fun day yesterday! We went to All star Fan Fest. Steve is a Giant fan. It was a very big event. We showed up at 9 am. and took us about 15-20 minutes waiting in line to get in. It's all worth it.
Saturday was boring!! It was a foggy and misty day. Steve had to work and I was with Sam and Max all day at home. The playground was too wet. I have to figure it out what to do with them when one of foggy day comes up again.

About my Soondoobu, it came out great. A while ago, couple of you asked me what is Thai breakfast. It's pretty similar to Chinese. I made boiled rice and served with pork sung, fermented mustard green, Thai scramble egg and Thai salted fish with minced Thai Chili, lime, sugar and red onion(I can't find any pictures on the net. I'll take a picture next time I make it).

By the way, Max isn't walking yet but he can take 4-5 steps and stands for couple seconds.

Our July 4th hoilday

2007-07-05T13:16:00.000-07:00

We pretty much just stayed home yesterday. The weather was super nice and hot, just perfect for BBQ. I made some Korean BBQ. I didn't plan to make Korean BBQ but it came across when I went to Korean supermarket yesterday to get the ingredients to make Soondoobu.

Sam and I Kalbi is looking good!!

Spicy pork, Yum...Our July 4th dinner
Max's eating the very last bite of spicy pork.

Sam loves Kalbi and Max loves spicy pok. The dinner was so good but it didn't sit with me too well. I guess because I've been ate that much meat in awhile. It's all worth it though. Tonight I'm going to make Soondoobu. Let's see how it will come out.

Happy 4th of July!

2007-07-04T07:30:00.000-07:00

I wish you all a happy and safe 4th of July. Here are some random pictures of Sam and Max.

Weekend photos1

2007-07-03T13:22:00.000-07:00

On Saturday we took the boys to Discovery Museum in Sausalito. They had so much fun!!!

After we came back they need the new change of clothes, they were wet, dirty and covered in paint.

Need to vent a bit.

2007-07-03T13:11:00.000-07:00

How can two little people tired me out very badly? I felt like I run a 20 miles Marathon at the end of the day everyday last week. I had no energy to do anything. Max was sick for a couple days and still teething. Sam was so sensitive and every little things upset him. He was so needy and still. I'm sure Josh's being gone plays the role on it. And Steve had to work very late last week so I had no help.

Friday already?

2007-06-22T13:26:00.000-07:00

I guess it's me. It seems like this week just flew by. I'm trying to catch up with stuff around the house, finance, blogging and etc.. You get the picture.
OK, let's see what was going this week.

Josh - He left for Chicago on Monday. Steve and Sam got to drop him off at the gate while Max and I were waiting outside the security checkpoint. Sam was crying and calling Josh while he was walking into the plane. Sad!
While he's in Chicago, I'm looking into the summer camp for the 2 weeks that he'll be here. Don't want to bore him to death hanging out with Max and I with our every day errands. Probably I'll get him to the Y.M.C.A. close by Sam's pre-school. It has great programs there. Hopefully it will has a space open and it will be easy drop off and pick up. Two in one!

Sam - He got a new favorite character, Lighting McQueen from Cars! It started from the movie that we rented from father's day. Now everything is "McKeen". About the PT, he is doing great. No more accidents. No more diapers! Well only at nights. He finally does the number 2 in the potty. The only problem is he won't goes anywhere else but home and school. Humm?

Max - He's teething again. =( My poor baby!! He doesn't want to eat or drink anythings even though I gave him Tylenol or teething tablets. I hope this will pass soon.
Now he can walk while holding my hands. He can push the ride on bike with his legs and controls where he wants to go. He transits to one nap very well.

Sushi - She got much better and be able to steal our foods again.;p

Steve and I - We are trying to get healthier. We decided not to eat meat for awhile and do more exercises. I started running/jogging/walking in the morning around Sam's pre-school since Tuesday. So far so good. I'm getting better everyday. The first day was hard. I'm trying to do 20 minutes a day.
More picture from Sam's pre-school
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Our Father's Day weekend, The final!

2007-06-19T14:10:00.001-07:00

On Sunday we didn't go anywhere. I made my Thai breakfast and gave Steve a father's day card and Barnes & Noble gift card(I know how much you like reading books). The boys gave Steve a card and 2 beach chairs(he mentioned that he wanted a chair that he can sit in the backyard and no too big so I think the beach chair would be perfect, right?) We had a pizza party instead of my nice dinner's plan. The boys really enjoyed it. I let them eat off the sofa and the floor while they were watching "Cars"(now it's Sam's favorite movie).
Then we had cakes for desert!
Josh was posting for the camera.Max was eating cake too. He was about to take more bites.=)
I think Steve really enjoyed his day. Happy Father's day!!

Our Father's Day weekend part 2

2007-06-19T13:19:00.000-07:00

After the museum we drove to Sonoma and went to the place called "Train town Railroad". We been here before many times. It has a train going around and children rides. Max was very excited! You can tell by the picture.

Picture with the train. This is the only picture of all of us. The sun was too bright. That's why Josh was covering his eyes. Max on the train.
Josh on Merry-go-around
We had so much fun. The boys slept very well that night. =)

Our Father's Day weekend part 1

2007-06-19T12:51:00.000-07:00

We had a wonderful father's day weekend. It started off on Saturday. We decided to drive up north because it was kind of foggy and cool in the city. We wanted to see some sun!

We ended up drive to Napa because we haven't been there before. We drove to downtown and found a Napa fire museum. It was a very small museum but the boys loved it especially Sam. They got to ring the bell(many many times).
Sam enjoyed taking pictures with the firetruck!
It was so hard to get everyone looking at the camera. That was the best one I had

Max was tired. He didn't really nap well in the car and he also just started taking one nap. Still adjusting...

My sleepy boy :P

Happy Father's Day!!!

2007-06-17T22:17:00.000-07:00

I'll update our weekend tomorrow. Hope all the dads have a happy father's day. =)

Father's day at LDAC

2007-06-15T10:18:00.001-07:00

It was Father's Day celebration at Sam's pre-school yesterday. The children helped make pretzels and lemonade for the dads.

It was nice and relax. Steve was blowing bubbles for Sam and Max.

We all had a nice day yesterday. Josh was busy playing baseball with the children there.

About Josh's summer plan, every year he goes visit his mom and grandma in Chicago for 6 weeks during summer. He goes there 4 week, comes back for 2 weeks and goes there again for 2 weeks. Then home about a week or two before school starts again. He'll be leaving for Chicago next Monday. We'll miss you, Josh!! =(

Last day of school and my sick cat! =(

2007-06-13T10:30:00.000-07:00

Sushi is a 6 years old black Cornish Rex.
At the restaurant, please excuse my tired no make up face!

Yesterday was last day school for Josh. He didn't really has to go to school because there is nothing going on but he wanted to go to help his teacher clean up the room and get it ready for the next school year. While he was at the school, I was trying to get an appointment for my cat, Sushi. She has been sick for a about a week. Lost appetite, throwing up then and there and lost her energy. It seemed to get worse yesterday. There was nothing open so I had to walk in as emergency.

As soon as Max woke up from his nap, I went to pick up Josh and took sushi to see the vet. After we were waiting there for more an hour, she finally saw the vet and he couldn't find anything really wrong with her. He gave her an anti-vomiting shot, meds and special food to take home with us. Hope to see her better soon.

We also went out for dinner last night as a graduation's celebration for Josh.

Josh's 5th grade graduation

2007-06-11T21:43:00.000-07:00

This picture is from his pre-school graduation. I can't believe it how much he grows since then.

Now With his classmates
Giving the speech
Hanging out
After the ceremony

Congratulation Josh, I'm so proud of you. I can't believe it. He already finished his elementary school and going to Middle school next. Time sure flies.

I still remember dropped Josh off first day of school and then helped him with his first homework, color the balloons after one balloon he told me that his hand was too tired to color and the teacher said the parent could help with the homework. Smart kid!

Over the weekend we went on the shopping spree. Josh need new clothes and shoes for graduation and Steve need more clothes and shoes for work. I also got a new Puma and a skirt from H&M for myself. Sure it was hard shopping with 3 kids. I think it was the first time we ever done this. Max was a good boy the whole time. Josh got bore after first 20-30 minutes and Sam was a nightmare. I have a really hard time with him lately. I don't know it's terrible two or what. By the way while I'm blogging, he is calling me. He's been calling, talking and yelling since I put him to bed at 7.30 pm. It's about 10pm and he isn't sleeping!!! He used to be so easy with sleeping and napping. What's happen???

So sad!

2007-06-06T14:38:00.000-07:00

First attempt of taking picture of Sam and Max together for my dad.
Before leaving for the airport

Sam and Ama are at the SFO.

I dropped my mom at the airport today. I can't believe it's been a month since she got here. Time flew by! I'm so sad and down. I miss her already. I always have been very close to her. Even though she annoys me sometime. She is flying to Japan and will stay there for 3-4 days before she goes back to Thailand.

I took Sam to the airport with me. Steve took Josh to school and got Max down for a morning nap. Sam was so sad that Ama was leaving. I don't know when we will see her again.

All last week I've been busy taken my mom around. My mom pretty much got everything she needs at Costco. Mostly they are gifts for relatives in Thailand.

ARG!!

2007-05-30T10:35:00.000-07:00

I'm really annoy at my mom. She cut Sam and Max's hair even though I told her not to do so!!
She was complaining about how long their hair are. I did tell her that we like their hair long and I'll take them to get it trim if the hair gets to their eyes.
I left Max with her yesterday morning while I dropped Josh at school and Sam at pre-school. I normally take him with me but he was sick so I decided it was better for him to stay home resting and I won't be long. I came home and noticed that his hair was much shorter and not even!! I was so upset and mentioned it to her how bad it was. Then she said don't complain if you want it perfect, do it yourself. I said back to her, I won't do it because I know it will come out bad and he DOESN'T need the hair cut!

Fast forward to early evening, I was giving Sam and Max a bath and I took Max out first because Sam still wanted to play with his bath toys. I asked my mom to hang out with Sam in the bathroom while I was getting Max ready to bed. While I was getting max ready, I heard Sam's screaming and freaking out. He was yelling and screaming "no Ama(it means grandma), no" to my mom. I went in I saw my mom was trying to cut his hair with the comb with build in blade(you know, the one that you using for layering the hair). I was pissed so it's Sam. He told my mom to get out the bathroom and don't cut his hair. "NO Cut Sam's hair, Ama. NO"
Apparently, she didn't get much of his hair. Still I could see the different. By the way, she got the comb from my aunt. She borrowed it while she stayed with them.

Sam and Max still sick. They both seem to get worse. Max is the worst one. He's also teething pretty bad on top of having a cold. Poor guy! He didn't take his afternoon nap yesterday so he was super grumpy. Somehow I got some good pictures of him before I tried to put him down for a nap. Can you see the different of his hair?

Tuesday

2007-05-29T09:01:00.000-07:00

My weekend was great. We didn't go anywhere. It was so nice to be home. Even though Sam and Max got sick. It started with Sam and passed it on to Max. They just have a cold.

On Saturday my aunt Lek, my uncle Minh, my niece April and Jan came over for lunch. My mom made Thai Suki Yaki. It was DELICIOUS!! I ate so much and got a stomach ache afterward but it was worth it. =) Then my mom went to stay at their house the rest of the weekend. Give us some family times.

Later at night I gave Steve a permission to blog on my blog. I told him that he can help me blogging and he can blog anything he want while I was in the shower. As you saw he was blogging about me. You are so sweet, honey. I love you so much too.

On Sunday the weather was so bad. It was so cold and foggy. We stayed home all day except in the afternoon we took the kids to dinner at Rain forest Cafe at fisherman wharf. It was fun especially Sam. He was so excited to see all the fishes in the tanks and amazed by the animal's sound. I forgot to bring the camera so no pictures to share. =( By the way today it was Golden Gate bridge 50th anniversary.

And yesterday the weather was nice and sunny so we went to Golden Gate park had a picnic and walked around a bit. We had our lunch at the playground after lunch we walked to rose garden and then went to see a big pink head.

What a great weekend we had!!!

Thai Suki yaki: It's a hot pot. You cook meat, seafood and vegetable in the hot broth. Then you dip it in the sauce. The sauce makes from Thai Sriracha hot sauce, garlic, thai chile, pickle garlic, oster sauce, sesame oil, sesame seeds, cilantro and lime.

My Wife

2007-05-26T22:17:00.000-07:00

My wife...... Is the most important person to me.........

You might ask me why!!!!!! but it i impossible for you to know or tell me why.

But I will.....

I love my wife more than anything!!!!!!!!
She is the best and most woderful person I have ever known.

Simply that, Steve

Update on PT

2007-05-23T10:33:00.000-07:00

Max and my mom at Dim Sum restaurant.

Sam is doing much better. He'll tell me when he needs to go. Sometime he is not going for awhile I'll ask him to sit on and try it. He is so proud of himself when he goes. We have the potty seat from the baby bjorn(the one that puts on the real toilet seat) and Sam loves the idea of flushing the toilet he think it's fun thing to do.

The only problem we have is he won't do the #2 on the potty. He will sit for long time, holds it and will not go. Then when he pulls the underwear up, he goes in the underwear. Sorry it's TMI. I guess it takes a bit longer to PT for #2. I'm very happy with the result so far. It's been only 4 days and he did a great job.

PT day2

2007-05-20T20:48:00.000-07:00

What a nightmare! PT isn't going so well today. Sam got #2 accident in the morning. It was so painful to clean it. He didn't really want to sit in the potty after that. Then later on at nap time he refused to take a nap for some reasons. He was so over tired and started to loose it. Luckily Max is such a good boy today. Otherwise I don't know what to do.
We didn't really do anythings this weekend. Steve had to work all day today. Hopefully we'll do some fun for the kids next weekend.

PT day1

2007-05-19T20:19:00.000-07:00

I knew for awhile that Sam is ready for PT but I'm so scare to do it. Somehow I did start it today. He did make it to the potty twice and got a little piece of chocolate for reward. He had 3 times that he didn't make it. I think he did great for a first day. We'll see what's going on tomorrow.

Any advice??

I post some pictures of Max sucking on his blanket. I think it's kind of cute and I want to share them. He LOVES his blanket. I don't think he can go to sleep without the blanket!

Roseola?

2007-05-17T13:17:00.000-07:00

Started Sunday night Max had a fever between 100-103 degrees and it had been bother him for 3 days. Now the fever is gone but this morning I noticed some rash all around his chest and trunk area. I suspect that he may has Roseola. I sort of remember when Sam had it when he was 10-11 months old. It's nothing I can do just like a cold. It eventually will go away by it's own. It is contagious but once he has had it, he'll have immunity to it.

I love my mom very much but sometime she just so aggravating. I know she loves me so much that the reason why she is who she is. She can go on and on how I should live my life and take care of the kids. I think she just forgets how the life here is different from Thailand.

Monday

2007-05-14T09:56:00.000-07:00

Hope that everyone had a wonderful Mother's Day. I had the worst one this year but I don't want to go on to the detail. Thank you for my lovely husband, Steve who tried to save my day. I'm very thankful to spend my day with my children, my husband and my mom. Steve got me a beautiful bouquet, Sam painted a flower pot and Josh, he is so sweet. He wrote me a letter as a mother's day gift. This is what he wrote.

Mother's Day
Lets face it, We often forget to get things for mom. And on this day, what could be worse? Here are poems I have created for mothers day to express your love for her. Without getting a million dollar bracelet.
Note: Don't use these as gifts, If you can get the bracelet.

Haiku: To one who loves me
To the one who cares for me
To whom I call mom

Limerick: Just giving something
To someone kind and loving
Wise and smart and knows what to do
You know who I'm talking about,
I'm talking about you!

Life's been busy lately, I guess since my mom showed up. We had a great birthday with Max. He really enjoyed it. I think he knew it was his birthday day. He also had a one year check up on that day. Now he is 21lbs 14oz and 30 inches.

On Saturday we went to see Thomas at Day out with Thomas in Sacramento. Sam had so much FUN. He was so excited to ride on the real Thomas train. We brought the camera but I forgot the memory card(still in the computer after I uploaded Max's birthday pictures). We bought one picture with the Thomas train from there. I'm trying to figure it out how to scan and post it.

Happy Birthday Max!!!

2007-05-09T07:22:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday Max,
I love you so much!!

Busy ..Busy...Busy

2007-05-08T10:49:00.000-07:00

Max's birthday and Max's 1 year check up is tomorrow. Also it looks like my mom will make the flight and will be here tomorrow.

Me, I'm running around like crazy!! There are couple things need to be done.
Cleanning the house, get the car wash and get something small for Max. He doesn't need any more toys. I'm also making montage at One true Media for Max as well. It's almost done. It looks pretty good. I'll post it tomorrow.

Halloween already??

2007-05-06T19:50:00.000-07:00

No.....Sam found his Elmo costume from last year and wanted it on. He's such a funny boy...LOL

The weather is super nice this weekend. It's too bad Steve has to work today and he will be there pretty late. That sucks!!

The boys and I went to check out the playground close by. The closest one is about 4 blocks away from our house. It's in the Golden Gate park. The playground was OK, it's more for older kids. Max couldn't really play anything but a swing. Sam and Josh didn't seem to care much about but it was so good to walk around the park a bit.

School Carnival

2007-05-05T14:31:00.000-07:00

Josh had a school carnival today. It was a very small carnival but a lot of fun. It's raising money for art and science programs at school. Josh and Sam were really enjoying the carnival. They did the cake walk but didn't win any cakes. That's good because we don't really need more sweets. Then they were playing at the game booths. It's a great way to help the school.

I end up went to visit Aod and the baby yesterday. =) Matty is so cute. He weighs 8lbs and has full head of black hair. I brought my camera but I forgot to take any pictures. I was too excited, I guess. =0

Sam really like Matty. I think Max got a bit jealous when I paid too much attention to Matty. He started crying and wanted me to hold him.

Welcome to the world!

2007-05-04T14:12:00.000-07:00

A very good friend of mine, Aod went to the labor last night. She was laboring all night and just had a healthy baby boy, Matty around noon. Congrats!! I don't know the detail much. I talked to her a bit right after the birth. Matty is about 8 lbs and has nice big cheeks. I'll post some pictures tomorrow after I go visit her and the baby.

Now I want more kids!

Great news from Bangkok

2007-05-03T13:54:00.000-07:00

I love these pictures of them, Sam is so goofy and Max is so curious.

Sam and Max were helping daddy put the TV. back together!!

My mom called me last night and told me that she is coming to visit us next week! Yay! I'm so excited. Last time she was here when I gave birth to Max. It's about a year ago. By the way, it's reminding me that Max's 1st birthday's coming up. Geez!! I can't believe it. It's been a year already???

It would be great if my mom can make it by Max's birthday(May 9). She will fly standby and so far the Tuesday's flight is looking good. It's so sad that my dad can't make it. He hasn't met Max yet. Too much going on with works, like always.

Prettiest moms

2007-04-30T09:58:00.000-07:00

I got tagged by Grace and I am supposed to tag the five prettiest moms on my blogroll but it seems like everyone already got tagged so I'm not going to tagged anyone.

Before I was a Mom I never tripped over toys or forgot words to a lullaby.
I didn't worry whether or not my plants were poisonous.
I never thought about immunizations.

Before I was a Mom - I had never been puked on. Pooped on. Chewed on. Peed on.
I had complete control of my mind and my thoughts. I slept all night.

Before I was a Mom I never held down a screaming child so doctors could do tests.
Or give shots. I never looked into teary eyes and cried.
I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin.
I never sat up late hours at night watching a baby sleep.

Before I was a Mom I never held a sleeping baby just because I didn't want to put them down.
I never felt my heart break into a million pieces when I couldn't stop the hurt.
I never knew that something so small could affect my life so much.
I never knew that I could love someone so much.
I never knew I would love being a Mom.

Before I was a Mom - I didn't know the feeling of having my heart outside my body.
I didn't know how special it could feel to feed a hungry baby.
I didn't know that bond between a mother and her child.
I didn't know that something so small could make me feel so important and happy.

Before I was a Mom - I had never gotten up in the middle of the night every 10 minutes to make sure all was okay.
I had never known the warmth, the joy, the love, the heartache, the wonderment or the satisfaction of being a Mom.
I didn't know I was capable of feeling so much, before I was a Mom.

Thanks Grace, this is so true.

Happy B day! Josh

2007-04-30T09:28:00.000-07:00

We had Josh's B day party last night. It's a late B day party. His B day was back in April(April8) but we were so busy with buying a house. Also Josh and Steve weren't around at that time. Josh was in Chicago visiting his mom and grandma over the spring break and Steve was in Poland for work. It made perfect sense for do it later.

I think they all had fun. Sam was trying to tell everyone that it was his B day. He kept telling me to get Elmo Birthday cake and balloons. Josh was so sweet, he let Sam picked the balloons and cake(well, they both agreed on a chocolate cake). We had Indian food for dinner(Josh picked it). Great choice, Josh

I post some pictures of the party and some of our new home.

Such a daddy boy!

2007-04-26T09:58:00.000-07:00

Max is such a daddy boy. He prefers Steve over me even though I'm the one who spend most time with him. When Steve come home, Max pushes me out and try to get to daddy. He doesn't want anyone else to hold him except daddy. It does bother sometime and I'll try not to think too much of it. I'm not used to it.

In the other hand, Sam is a mama boy. He wants me to do and helps him with everything. I mean everything! Give him a bath, get dress, put him to bed, get him out the crib, etc. It's tiring but I love it.

Update on Max's cold, It's nothing serious. The doctor just told me to give him some decongestant drop and spray Alfrin before he goes to bed. He hates the spray, we have to hold him down but it's clear up his nose and he can breath better and sleep better at night.

Oh! on the hammer thing, there is no hole on the wall but the piece and some of the paint came out. We can paint over it and doesn't look to obvious.

New house

2007-04-25T13:59:00.000-07:00

What a move! We finally moved to our new house last Friday. It took the movers all day to move our stuff to the new place. It was great that we moved on Friday because Sam and Josh(my stepson) were at school which helped a lot. Max was so good, he even took his morning nap in Sam's bedroom while the movers moved the stuff to the truck.

I went to pick Sam up later than usual, tried to get thing done as much as possible. We came back home around 6 pm, Sam was so excited about the new house. While I tried to put his backpack and lunchbox away, he grabbed the hammer in the toolbox on the kitchen counter and slammed to the wall. GRRRR
With in 5 minutes that he's home. He destroys our new house!! I think he's trying to fix stuff just like daddy. We got a good laugh afterward, at that time Sam got the big time out.
We pretty much unpacked most of the boxes. Still it's a lot to rearrange. It's good for now.

Sam really like our new house. He mentions about it then and there. Like this morning while he's eating his breakfast.He told me that "Sam like new home". That's a good thing. Max's been miserable. He has a pretty bad cold since Saturday. It seems to get worse. I'll take him to see the doctor this afternoon.
Josh LOVE his new room. His room is downstairs with his own bathroom.He finally has more privacy without Sam and Max try to get in to his room and his stuff. It's harder for Sam and Max to get down there especially Max because there is a door before you can get down there and of cause the door has to be close at all time. We don't want them to fall downstairs.

I try to post some pictures of the house when I find the camera!

box, box and more boxes

2007-04-19T09:58:00.000-07:00

It's everywhere. Can't walk around anymore. I probably won't be able to blog for awhile until I get the Internet access in the new home. All right I got to go back to packing!

Here the pictures

2007-04-18T20:12:00.000-07:00

Most of the time when I tried to get his pictures, he always closed his eyes. His eyes are sensitive to the flash, I guess.

two more days

2007-04-18T09:29:00.000-07:00

Two more days until we move to our new home. I'm so excited to move there. It's our first home! It's not too far from where we are right now and it's still easy for Steve to drive to work. Max will has his own bedroom, he is now in our bedroom.(I can't wait to get my room back!!) At the same time I'm kind of sad leaving here even though we only live here for a year and 1/2.

I still have tons of stuff to pack, especially our bedroom and kitchen. Steve is so good at packing. It should be because he moved a lot before he met me. This will be the 19th! Moving is so stressful!! Can't wait it to be over and settle in the new house. I'm hoping to see the boys growing up in this house.

Sam and Max seem to doing OK with the whole thing. Max has no clue what is going on except having fun with the boxes. Sam got upset when we were packing his stuffs. I tried to explain to him. I think he sorted of understand.

Number 1

2007-04-17T21:17:00.000-07:00

All the nice ladies that I met on Asian American board on BBC are inspiring me to make my own blog. So I did! I love reading all the blogs that you guys made.
Here is some pictures of the boys.