Guh-Guh's haircut this weekend.  Had to chase him around to take his picture.

Mei-Mei on the other hand, will flash a smile at you any time you've got the camera in your hand.  This is her Hollywood Close-Up!

Guess there’s been a lot going on lately and we’re a little blog-happy, huh?  This entry is dedicated to our friends who are either pregnant with child #2 or recently had their second child (Lis, Es, Sharon, Wendy, Reini, Eryn).  Look what you have to look forward to!

Well, yesterday morning we had the perfect start to our day.  The kids didn’t wake up until 8am and when they did, this is what we heard:  CC woke up first and went to her mobile and turned it on (the poor thing has little battery left so it doesn’t play music anymore and it makes a slow pitiful turn), so she could watch her friends float by.  TJ heard that and darted up and went to her crib to greet her, “Good morning, CC!”  (We were both in bed and listening and smiling, but we didn’t dare go to their room for fear of interrupting their special time together.)  TJ then started playing peek-a-boo with her and singing “Baa baa black sheep” to her.  We could hear both of them laughing and talking to each other (CC cooing, of course) for a good 5-10 minutes.  TJ also tried to play pat-a-cake with her - “Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker sure!”  It was just the best weekend morning that parents could have. 

CC and I had a "playdate" with Alex and Esther yesterday.  Fortunately, since they are still young, playdates can mean eat-dates instead.  Thanks Es, for brunch - you are so generous!  Alex was a CRACK UP!  He just kept laughing all throughout lunch.  And, of course, I'd encourage the boy by laughing along with him, which would just make him laugh even more.  I thought CC was a happy baby.  This boy takes the cake! 

It's cool having friends who have kids the same age as your kids (Alex and CC are two weeks apart).  You feel a bit of camaraderie with them and when they're SAHMs too, it makes it even more special.  Hopefully even though we live a distance away, we'll be able to get together for some playdates often.  Here are some pictures from our get-together.

 Our family went to Disneyland for the first time at the end of April.  We went with some friends of ours, the Zems, who came down from Sacramento for a visit before moving to NY for a few years (come back soon!).  You can view the whole Disneyland Photo Album here, but for those of you who only have time for a picture or two, these are my favorite pictures from the trip.

The weekend after that trip, we moved.  Just a few houses down, but it was still a busy move.  All of us are getting back into the groove of things, since we're about 97% unpacked (that last 3% will take forever, I know).  Oh, and since our family has made a commitment to go as "green" as possible in our lifestyle (global warming IS something we need to fix for our kids), we used boxes from Earth Friendly Moving.  They provide moving boxes made from recycled plastic bottles and rent them out to you for pretty cheap.  $1 a week for each box.  They also provide other packing and moving supplies (their "bubble wrap" is made of recycled cardboard) for you.  They deliver the boxes to your house and when you're done, they'll pick up the boxes from your new place.  Their delivery truck runs on used veggie oil, so they are a really green company. 

And for this Mother's Day, I received my first handmade card.  This one had some help from teachers, but it made my eyes water nonetheless.  Can't wait until the kids can actually write their own sentiments. 

As for the kids in general, TJ is enjoying running around in the big house and CC has started crawling! 

Oh, and for those of you who voted:  Yes, A is me, C is Tim, and B is Tim's sister Kim.  I told her that CC looked like her when she was a baby but she wouldn't believe me.  We agreed that we'd let the votes decide.  Thanks for voting!

OK, so we've been trying to figure out who CC looks most like.  Sure, we see bits of both of us in her, but who does she REALLY look like?  Well, Gina has an idea of who she thinks CC looks like, but there's been a little bit of debate with some family members.  So, we are going to take a poll of you readers out there.  PLEASE, everyone put your comments at the end of the post so that we can all see who people think she resembles the most.  Yes, there are three pictures in there.  It was done on purpose.  So, what do you think - A, B, or C?  Of course, the largest picture is of CC.  The three on the side are the ones we want you to pick from.  Can't wait to hear from you all!

 We have just received an offer by Ford Models to represent CC in print work!  So excited, so exciting!  Gotta get all the paperwork in order and send it in, along with some "clean" photos.  Here are some of the photos they have of her right now...

  I got a really nice picture of the kids while in Hawaii.  This is now my new favorite picture.  I may just have to change my wallpaper again...

Oh, and TJ was such a goofball at the UH volleyball game!

Just read this from my sister's xanga:

Thankful that I was able to find out while on vacation in Hawaii.  Kinda bummed that I had to find out with the rest of the Xanga community.  I mean, this is my Mom.  But, I guess it's not like she's known for weeks and has been keeping it from me.  And I AM in Hawaii.  I'm sure the reason she didn't email me right away was cuz there's not much I can do about it anyway.  Still....I hate being the last to know stuff about my family.  This has always been the case.  Sucks to be the youngest sometimes... 

Ditto request from me.  Please pray for her. 

Watched "Grey's Anatomy" tonight.  I do love that show.  At the end, George has to make the decision of whether or not to pull the plug on his father, who is on life support from his organs all shutting down as a result of cancer surgery.  He does, and not too long after that, his dad dies and he goes outside for some fresh air.  Christina follows him.

Christina (to George):  There's a club.  A dead dad's club, and you can't be in it until you're in it.  Oh, you can try to understand, you can sympathize, but until you feel that loss....My dad died when I was 9.  George, I'm really sorry you had to join the club.
George:   I....I don't know how to exist in a world where my dad doesn't.
Christina: Ya, that never really changes.

I was already emotional by the time this scene came on, but let me say that as soon as this hit, I couldn't control the sobbing.  I'm having a hard time turning 32 (April), and subsequently dealing with the anniversary of my father's death in October.  This year is different.  This year, I will have lived as many years without him in my life, as I have with him.  Typically I have harder times with milestones (graduations, wedding, having kids), but I suppose this year marks one as well.  I am beginning to realize that many of my memories have faded.  I do have a handful of vivid memories of my dad, but I don't have too many and that makes me saddest of all.  It's just that the last 16 years I was older than the first 16 years, and when you're younger, your memories aren't as clear.  Additionally, the years that I had him while I was in high school and part of junior high, we fought quite a bit - mostly about school and boys.  And have you noticed that after you get pregnant and have a baby, your memory deteriorates as well?  Well this doesn't help me either. 

I know I will see my dad in heaven.  I am comforted by the fact that God used me as a tool to get my dad to go to church and get to know the Lord; that just a few months before he was diagnosed with cancer, he chose to be baptized and our whole family was there to witness it, with my sister, Helen, translating for him (yes, you were put on the spot, but it meant so much to him).  Even with these thoughts to comfort me, I still miss him.  I still wish he was here to play with my kids (he loved kids so much) and pamper me when pregnant.  I still have moments where I am sad and full of emotion - a daddy's girl missing her daddy.  So when I watched last night's episode, I used CC's burp cloth to wipe the flood of tears that came down.  I've been a member of the dead dad's club for half of my life.  I get what Christina meant.  Yes, you deal with it and you move on.  But that empty void that someone leaves behind when they die never really gets filled. 

I think I may spend some video tapes recording some interviews with family members.  I can then transfer them to DVD and my kids (and I) will have stories to hear about my dad and know him better.