Friday, August 10, 2007

Off to visit family!








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!!

Thursday, August 9, 2007

15 month Stats


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.

Wednesday, August 8, 2007

Bond hit 756 and we were there!!

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.

Monday, July 30, 2007

Tagged

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

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.

Monday, July 23, 2007

Thai Temple

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




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.