Hai's first base ball game!

Hai got to meet "Lou Seal" the Giants' mascot. That was clearly the highlight. I'm not sure he actually knew there were players on the diamond.

I enjoyed my beer and hotdog, of course :-)

Love all - Melissa

Memorial day at Sequoia National Park - 2009

Easter Weekend

Farmer's Market & Dim Sum on Sunday

Hi all -

Yesterday we went to the Mountain View Farmer's market and Hai got an Elmo balloon - after trying to take the money from the balloon guy while we waited, the balloon man produced a complete Elmo for Hai without making him wait in the line of 4 little girls all wanting princess balloons.

Mom ended up carrying the balloon later in the day... of course.

Lila! Lila!

Lila came to visit last Friday night. We had a great time eating pizza and hanging out. Hai has been saying "Lila, Lila, Lila!" ever since. When we come home to our parking lot he says "hi, Lila", "bye, Lila" (that's where he saw her first and said his last goodbyes). When he looks at the shells in the bathroom or sees the flowers Lila clipped in our house he points at them and says "Lila, Lila!" When he eats leftover pizza he says "Lila, Lila!". I think he's a little obsessed. Maybe Lila is Hai's first crush.

Anyway, we had a wonderful time and we are happy we were lucky enough to spend some precious hours with Lila - I think we got 12 of the 36 she actually spent in the Bay Area!

Love all,

Melissa & Hai

Milestone - caution, Mommy moment!

Last night we had a major milestone. Hai went pee pee in the toilet for the first time! He had just had his bath and he asked to put the kid's seat on the toilet. He got up, held mom's hands and then.... there it was! My little boy isn't a baby any more.

I think we probably have Christina to thank for Hai being such an early learner - he seems to follow her into the bathroom several times a day. When I tell him how proud I am of him, he says "thank you". It's almost too cute.

He wanted to try again this morning, but we were not as successful, but he's definitely motivated. He knows that he can ask me or Bebe (his nanny) if he wants to go now, so I suspect we'll be spending a bit of time in the lavatory going forward...

So, time to buy some pull ups I guess. He seems to be ready.

Wow.

Love all,

Melissa

Lemos Farms in Half Moon Bay

Saturday we went to "Lemos Farm" with Maria and Christina - this is our family photo as we rode the train. Hai had a great time playing with all the toys and running around feeding the goats. Christina particularly liked the pony rides!

Hai shows Lila his funny face!

Last night we got to see Auntie Lila, and Nabeel and Asha. Hai was being quite the ham with Lila and showing his funny faces!

Love all,

Melissa

Yes, we went to Chuck E. Cheese's last Sunday for Hai's birthday - #2!! We had a ball. There were about 12 or 13 kids there and parents. It was great to catch up with some folks in a place where the kids can basically run free. Oh, and Hai really got into his cake this year - but he was a little afraid of Chuck E. Can't imagine why a 2 year old would be scared by a giant rat in a baseball hat. Guess we'll have to wait a little while before that Disneyland trip...

Love all,

Melissa & Hai

Hai and Keith read a book

Slumber party!

Christina and Hai after our Christmas slumber party.

Happy 2009!

Hi all,

Happy 2009 to you! We "rang out" 2008 with a bang and a whimper... Hai and I flew back from New Mexico yesterday afternoon. Everything was going great... he fell asleep as we took off from Albuquerque and I thought "I'm home free". Next thing I knew he was awake... gagging... Yes, Hai barfed on the plane. 15min into the flight. Fun. The worst part was - NOT ONE SINGLE flight attendant lifted a finger to even bring me towels or help in any way. When I finally took Hai, covered in vomit, back to the bathroom, one of the flight attendants handed me a garbage bag and said "please put the diaper and stuff in here, I don't want it in the bathroom trash". Rene' & Murf, if you are reading this - this was a PHOENIX based crew on their last leg from ABQ to PHX, flight 1651. They sucked.

The flight attendants that joined us in PHX for the flight to San Jose' were much nicer... but of course I'd cleaned up all the barf and Hai was sound asleep on my lap for that whole flight. Hmmm...

Other than that, we had a great time at Grandma and GrandDad's, despite my Dad's attack of gout and both Hai and I having sinus infections for most of the time... We spent a lot of time in "quiet activities". Hai got to play with his new puzzles and his new train. He's still a little small for his new trike, so we left it there so he can ride it this summer. It will be perfect then.

I hope you all had a great holiday and are having a happy new year! We are off to Whole Foods this morning to get some probiotic yogurt to see if we can get Hai's gut back to normal after the antibiotics...

Here's hoping your New Year does NOT start with barfing... :-)