Stacy trying to play peek-a-boo or she is trying for the muslin look:
Early talker or slow walker. Stacy coo’s and babbles way more than Jack did and she has very strong legs already…but I am guessing Stacy will be an early talker:
One of the RARE pictures of me with Stacy…rare because Aya does operate the camera well so I am the one always taking the pictures:
Oh look…just like mommy, Stacy is hungry and eating!
Jack is getting so gosh darn comfortable in the water now, that I think he will be swimming like a fish by the end of summer.
He was really grown leaps and bounds the past month or two in swim class. You can just see the confidence he has in the pool now. Jack is holding his breath well and paddling and kicking his legs well. I think he will finally move up a swim level now. Woo-hoo!!
Where does all the time go? When I first met Daniel he was so young and short and now he just graduated High School and is attending George Washington in the fall.
It is doubtful but hopefully Jack can grow over 6ft like Daniel:
Jack with his cousins, Daniel, Andrew, Nicole, Matthew, Taylor and Troy:
Oops, we forgot about Stacy and Grandma Chaunch:
Jack rooting on his buddy Kobe Bryant to back-to-back championships!
Jack trying to play basketball with his older cousins (yes, they really are cousins, who are 1/4 Japanese):
Jack getting some help from Andrew:
After the Lakers lost Game 5 in Boston, I was thinking the Lakers are going to have an uphill battle to win the NBA Championship. On Facebook I posted that if the Lakers win game 6 AND game 7, I would wear all my Laker gear to work on Friday the day after the Lakers win the championship.
True to my word, I wore all my Laker gear to work:
Proof I was at work…I even had to attend 2 meetings dressed up:
I also got to attend the E3 show at the convention center the day Game 7 was in downtown LA. It was zoo in downtown that day. While lots of nerds were there to play video games, I went solely to check out booth babes. Sadly I joined EA too late to get my E3 badge so I had to go the day after all my coworkers went so I didn’t really take pictures with the booth babes…well except for the playboy playmates at the Mafia 2 booth:
Booth babes are way better than looking at video games…plus, xbox made you sign up for an appointment to try Project Natal, PS3 had a long line for their motion sensor. I think the best thing I saw at E3 other than the booth babes was Nintendo DS in 3D.
Jack is the only one that can consistently make Stacy smile and/or laugh. Stacy is not as personable as Jack. Jack used to laugh, smile and let anyone carry him. Stacy is more reserved and more private as you can almost see the wheels turning while she debates if she likes you or dislikes you.
The only exception is Jack…Stacy will always smile for Jack and Jack always looks out for Stacy. The other day, Jack was just entertaining Stacy making her laugh her head off:
So no updates last week because I left my camera in the car and I just kept forgetting to bring it into the house and download pictures. I think I forgot because I was on brain overload from going to birthday parties FOUR weeks in a row…although this birthday was NOT just another birthday…it was Aunty Nora’s 60th Birthday!!
We celebrated Aunty Nora’s birthday aboard the Mojo in Newport Beach.
Aunty Nora and Uncle Ken joined the yacht via a gondola ride:
I was secretly rooting for Aunty Nora and/or Uncle Ken to take a mis-step and fall into the ocean as that would have made for a good photo opportunity and a legendary story…but alas everyone made it onboard safe and sound:
It was a great day to be on a boat in Newport:
We had a great time celebrating Aunty Nora’s birthday. Nice weather, good food, open bar, friends and family…HAPPY 60th birthday!!
P.S. - I bet you wanted this back for your 60th birthday present…maybe I will consider it on your 80th birthday. hahahaha!
See this just goes to show you that Mother’s Day should be treated like ANY other day because Father’s Day just isn’t as celebrated as Mother’s Day. It was Father’s Day weekend and it was the same as usual…I made breakfast, Aya slept in, I cleaned the house and ran errands.
Jack did get me a nice Father’s Day present but it looks strangely similar to what Aya got for Mother’s Day…I wonder what it is??
Happy Father’s Day to me!
I open Stacy’s closet and all I see is pink, pink and more pink.
Why Aya puts a hat on Stacy indoors…I have no idea.
We celebrated Taylor’s 3rd birthday on Saturday. Jack was happy because Hans setup the piñata:
Jack is not like the other kids that grab as much candy as they possibly can, instead he just picks out the stuff he wants to eat. In fact, he even recruited Aya to hold his bag while he gathered up the goodies!
Jack in the bouncer with Taylor.
We celebrated my dad’s birthday on Saturday by going to his favorite restaurant, Sakura. After dinner we went to their house for cake:
We gave Grandpa his very first iPod!
Here is Stacy at just over 4 months old with her big eyes:
Stacy when she smiles has NO eyes just dime slots:
I suppose you either spank or you don’t spank your kids. I think the parents I talk to it is about 50-50 if they spank their children or not. I am one of those parents that spank their children.
I figure I grew and got spanked…I turned out okay…so why not spank my own children. Aya and I read some parenting books before Jack was born and we talked about NOT spanking our children. It sounded like a good idea and I was up for it. It all depends on the child and how well they behave. We tried several techniques but in the end it has come down to spanking Jack.
Aya RARELY disciplines Jack. She has a hard time even raising her voice with Jack...so it is no surprise Jack doesn’t listen to her at all. Now, if I raise my voice Jack tends to listen…but not always.
The other day Jack was not listening and I gave him so many chances to avoid a spanking and just LISTEN but he just kept pushing it and pushing it until I finally said, “Okay, time for a spanking. I will be waiting in your room and when you are ready come in and get your spanking. For each second I count that is how many spankings you will get.”
Of course Jack doesn’t listen so instead of coming into the room at 1 for 1 spanking he waits until I am up to 4 and then realizes he is going to get 4 spankings. Jack is so mad and so stubborn he yanks down his pants, bends over, looks at me and tells me, “You can spank me but I am NOT going to cry. No crying.”
Okay…if you want to dare me…WHAP!!
I gotta say Jack kept to his word and didn’t cry at all. He got his spankings, he listened to why he got his spankings and he sat thru a time out AFTER the spankings. Only when we said sorry to each other that is when Jack started to cry. He is so sensitive just like his mom.
Really…how expensive would it be to develop film if digital camera’s were not invented? I mean I would be paying a boat load of money for pictures I probably would not want. Taking pictures with two kids is so difficult.
Jack smiles…Stacy cries:
Stacy is moving and Jack is “popping his collar”.
ONE decent usable picture:
