More Hawaii photos

Monday was May Day, or Lei Day in Hawaii. Since Grandpa likes to make leis, he made one for all of us and one for the neighbor's cat.


Serena couldn't walk right with the lei on.


On May Day, I was taking mommy through the mall, and she saw someone from back in L.A. It was Uncle Steven's friend Maria. She was "working."


Then we went to Kapiolani Park to see the Lei Day festival. There was a lei contest, and all the leis were spectacular. These are some of the kids' entries. You should have seen the grown-ups' ones.


It was a hot day so the adults had shave ice. Mommy said it was better than Waiola's.

On our trip we also saw a lot of friends and relatives. These are some of the ones I visited.


Aunty Misako and Uncle Kenneth. They're Uncle Steven's parents. Don't forget to check out his film!


Aunty Helen. She's daddy's cousin.


This is me and Aunty Lori, Uncle Reid's mom. I'd just woken up from a nap so I was grumpy. That's Uncle Reid in the corner.


Aunty Aki. She made me laugh.

May 5 was Boy's Day. Grandpa was so proud of me, he dug daddy's old carp out of the attic and put it out in the front yard. It is a big carp.


The big carp


Me with the big carp. May 5 was also International No Pants Day. I'm not wearing any pants in this picture. Or am I?

Happy Boy's Day!

My Boy's Day carp.

I'm back from Hawaii! Did you miss me? I'm going to go to sleep now because I'm tired, but we'll catch up soon, okay?

My First Flight

I'm still in Hawaii, but my daddy left for the mainland on Sunday. I made him stay up late to tell you how my trip has been so far!


Here I am at the airplane place. I was trying to fly here, but daddy was holding me down. Later on the plane, I fell asleep and was knocked out until we started landing. Then something weird happened inside my head that I didn't like. I cried and it got better.


The next morning we went out to breakfast with Uncle Daryl and Uncle Lester. We are at the Big City Diner in Kaimuki.


Aunty Daryl and Uncle Lester. Everyone has eaten but me, and I'm hungry! Uncle Lester is helping me find my fist.


Back at home, daddy introduced me to one of his toys from when he was a baby. This is an elephant whose nose he used to chew on 29 years ago. It used be a white nose. I tried to eat it too, but daddy wouldn't share with me.


Sunday morning breakfast with Uncle Mino and Aunty Patsy. We went to Zippy's in Koko Marina. They have the best view of the boats in the harbor.


On Sunday afternoon we went to my first wedding. Daddy got all dressed up. I'm not sure I like it.


Here's the happy couple with their nephew. Again, I went to sleep so I don't remember much of what happened. But the food was good! And I liked the groomsman's toast! So sharp!

Happy Administrative Professionals Day!

Happy Administrative Professionals Day! My own administrative professional has been busy so that's why we've been out of touch the last few days.

This weekend, we went to my first baby shower. It was for a baby girl-to-be, a daughter for daddy's friend from school and his wife. There were lots of other kids there. I even met a little girl who was younger than me. She's a cutie.


Lots of kids need lots of rides


Where's my present?


Who you looking at?

That night we went out with some of daddy's friends to Monterey Park for dinner. The restaurant was called Dragon Mark. It turns out that even though mommy and daddy are both Chinese, neither of them speak that language! So daddy's Chinese friend had to use her skills to order dinner. It was yummy!

After dinner the grownups were excited about going to a place for sandwiches. If these sandwiches are anything like the milk sandwich mommy makes for me, I can see why they're excited.


Aunty Jen and the sandwich truck

During the week, I've been up to the same old same old. Stroller class, going to work to prepare lessons for mommy's former students. Mommy keeps me busy, and I'm learning new songs and new games.


Tonight Aunty Karna came to visit me from Boston. Aunty Karna is very tall. I hope that I get to be as tall as her when I grow up. In this picture, I am about at daddy's eye level.

Aunty Karna also keeps a blog. She just got back from India, and she had uku-plenty pictures.

Tomorrow we leave for daddy's home town--Honolulu! It will be my first flight and my first time out of Southern California. I hope it's as much fun as the airplane rides daddy gives me at home!

Ice cream sandwich

This is an ice cream sandwich that mommy made. It's in the shape of a cow's head! It looks so yummy, but again, no treats for Owen.

First Baseball Game

When is the B2 going to fly over?

Tonight I took mommy and daddy to my first baseball game! The Los Angeles Dodgers were playing the Arizona Diamondbacks. We got there early to get our tickets, and we even got to see the Diamondbacks take "batting practice." Maybe the Dodgers skipped their batting practice, because the Diamondbacks were ever so much better during the real game.


Dinner at the ballpark. Who needs a Dodger Dog? I packed my own food.

There were a lot of Korean fans at the game because Jae Seo, a Korean hero, was pitching for the Dodgers. He used to play for daddy's favorite team, but they traded him to the Dodgers for 2 pitchers. I thought that meant he would be good, but instead, he was very nice to the Diamondbacks. For his willingness to let them hit his pitches, he was taken out of the game by the 4th inning. Then a lot of his countrymen left. Of course a lot stayed to enjoy the rest of the Dodger loss.


Jae's countrymen


Dodger Stadium

Since it was past my bedtime, I was really sleepy. But every time a Dodgers player did something good everyone would yell in my ear. It was really loud! Mommy and daddy said we had to go after the song in the 7th inning so that I could go to sleep. We didn't miss too much since the remainder of the game consisted of strikeouts by the Dodgers. Final score: Diamondbacks 5, Dodgers 4.

I wonder who my favorite team is going to be?

Tummy time

Today I was minding my own business, chewing on my fist and looking at my quilt, when daddy came along and laid down next to me.

I think he was jealous because he started eating his hand too. Pretty soon though he left and I kept eating.

Daddy gave up too quickly. Mommy came and got me for snack time after I had eaten my hand for a good half an hour. If daddy had waited, I think he could have gotten some snacks too.

Baby Una!

Mommy and Baby Una; Aunty Rachel and me

This week I had lunch with my friend Baby Una. We'd met each other before in the childbirth class and in the breastfeeding class that our mommies took, but this was the first time we actually got to see each other. She is so big! This is the only time I ever get to call a girl "big" and not get in trouble, says daddy :)

Una is a great writer. She also takes very cool pictures. She puts these up on a blog too. She is so creative!



On the way home from lunch, I saw these horsies. They were at a gas station. Daddy says that maybe he will have to get me a horsie because driving a car is getting really expensive. I hope gas goes to $20 a gallon so that I can get that horsie!

Hundred Day Old Beach Party!

On Sunday I took mommy and daddy to the beach to celebrate my 100th day birthday. At least, that was what I was celebrating. It turned out that they were just going to meet up with some friends from their childbirth class, Uncle Matt, Aunty Shelley and their daughter Yasmin.

Yasmin was born the day before I was, and they were our neighbors in the hospital. I don't remember meeting her, but daddy said that I talked with her at night while we were both hungry.

We went to the Santa Monica beach. Uncle Matt brought an umbrella to keep the sun off of us, and we had lunch and talked about our lives in the last 100 (or 101) days.


Me and daddy at the beach


Keeping warm in the shade


Me, daddy, mommy, Yasmin and Uncle Matt

Spam-ku: I won a haiku contest about Spam

While I know you, my dear reader, come to this site to read about my latest hijinks, I have to give a shout-out here for my Uncle Steven.

Uncle Steven is a filmmaker whose latest short film is called Spam-ku: I won a haiku contest about Spam. I thought it was really funny, although I don't know what this Spam substance is yet. I highly recommend it. If I could put my thumbs up, I would!

Spam-Ku is about five minutes long and it's at:

http://www.atomfilms.com/af/content/spamku

Check it out and support my family!

A Trip down to San Diego

On Saturday I took mommy and daddy down to San Diego. They wanted to go see some friends before we leave So Cal.

After meeting up with mommy's friends Michelle and Ravi, we went for lunch at daddy's favorite Mexican restaurant, Kotija Jr's. He always stops there when he's in San Diego. It was my first time, and I agree, the carnitas burrito that mommy had was yummy!

Next stop was the Flower Fields, which is some kind of flower farm in Carlsbad.


Rows of ranunculus


More ranunculus


I was underwhelmed


Michelle and mommy


Snack time and grooming time

In the evening we went to mommy's friends' house for dinner. Uncle Mark and Aunty Tina have triplet girls: Chloe, Emma and Isabella. They are much bigger than me. They are 4 years old. They're going to be like 6 feet tall when they grow up.

The girls helped give me a bath and showed me how to decorate Easter cookies. They also read me one of their favorite books, Blue Hat, Green Hat and my favorite book, The Very Hungry Caterpillar. After reading this book, I was very hungry myself, as always. Mommy fed me and I went to sleep.

Uncle Mark is a great cook. He made roasted salmon with peppers and some kind of lemon dill aioli. I would have stayed up for this, but I was too tired after my big day.


Uncle Chris holding Bella and Chloe. Chloe is the one with wings. Emma was busy watching a movie. Uncle Mark is holding me. Apparently I was practicing my boxing at the time.


Uncle Mark is very tall

Neighbors

This is my neighbor Sam, his big sister Zoe, and his daddy James. Sam and I were supposed to be born one day apart. Instead, I came three weeks early, while Sam was right on time.

Every time I've seen him before this, either I've been asleep or he's been asleep. Ah, the life of a baby. Anyway, this morning, he took his daddy to check out a garage sale, and we met them coming back.


Me, Zoe, and Sam


If you're a baby, please stand up!

Fourteen weeks

I am 14 weeks old today. I thought I would have gotten to 14 pounds by now, but no, I'm still only 13 pounds, 12 ounces today. That's just 2 ounces this past week. I guess I did have a big poop before mommy weighed me.

Whatever, I was eating too much anyway. I don't want to look like this when I grow up.

Growen up

Here's another example of how I'm growing. The first picture is from when I was 4 days old and the second picture is from today. It's the same onesie that mommy made with my vitals on it, only now it's a little tight!


It fits much better now, thank you

A Breezy Walk and Reading

This afternoon, Aunty Leng was over to do more baking. She made yummy oatmeal and cranberry cookies this time. When daddy came home, we had run out of sugar, so I took daddy to the market. It was kind of breezy outside, so daddy showed mommy that he could keep me warm.


I feel a draft around my feet though

After the cookies were done baking, Aunty Leng read me a story. It's from a Thai book about a lion and a mouse. Think you've heard it before? Actually, the story goes: the lion eats a bunch of animals and falls asleep. A mouse falls onto the lion's head. The lion lets the mouse go because he's too small to eat. Then the lion gets caught in a net, and the mouse frees the lion by biting through the rope. Maybe there's no thorns in Thailand.


Here I am, listening to the story


Is the story over yet? I'm getting sleepy.

Hi there!

My good morning smile...

Birthday Party in the Park

This weekend I went to my first kid's birthday party. Daddy's friend from school has a baby boy who turned 2 years old this week. Unfortunately there weren't any other babies my age to play with since he's the first grandkid in his family, just like me!


Here is daddy's classmate and me. His name is Jonathan and his son's name is Nathan. Neat how that worked out, huh? Jo-nathan. I'm going to name my kids part of my name. Wen! Come over here!


Mommy and me in the park


Here is Nathan's mommy feeding him pizza. There was a bouncer house at the party. I couldn't go on it yet, but I liked the colors. I stared at the colorful netting for a while. Nathan is going to have a new baby sister soon. I'm glad my mommy and daddy aren't making any competitors for me yet.