Getting on the God Team

Still catching up...

June 24, 2007

Baptism Weekend

Kai was baptized in Cleveland with his cousin, Nathan. And while Nathan is three months younger than Kai, he's quickly caught up to and surpassed his weight. (Come on, Kai, keep eating! ) Kai was very lucky that Vickie and Alan agreed to be his Ninang (godmother) and Ninong (godfather).

There are some great pics from that weekend. Some of my favorites are Kai almost sleeping on Vickie during the ceremony (he kept opening his eyes every time I clicked the camera), Kai trying to grab for Lucas (we're not sure why he was fixated on Lucas), and the one that looks like Kai is going to give Vickie a high five.

Kai's outfit was borrowed from his cousin, Lucas (thanks to Michelle and Tom for letting him borrow it). He wore the same barong (traditional Filipino top) that Lucas wore for his baptism.

The last picture in the album is when Kai and I were hanging out at LaGuardia airport, waiting for RJ to come and pick us up with the car. He had jumped on the shuttle to the parking place before Kai and I could say "We'll miss you" and off he went. Kai and I went to sit and wait and since it was one of Kai's first times in the city, I decided to take pictures. It was in the searching for the camera that I realized that we had what RJ was going to need: the keys to the car! :) Being the supermom that I am, I called RJ to tell him to stay where he was (he had already made it to the parking spot), and Kai and I got on the bus. I had Kai, the stroller, and a bag to get on the shuttle, but I did it!

Rachel + Brad K-I-S-S-I-N-G

Still catching up...

May 2007

Rach + Brad's Wedding

My sister, Rachel, got married to Brad on May 26 in Cleveland. Of course, we were there and had tons of fun. The amazing thing about the wedding was the weather. The ceremony was planned to be held outdoors around 3:00. That morning, it was raining. In fact, it was raining off and on right up until 2:30 or so. When people started to sit down is when the clouds parted and the rain stopped. And it held out until after the ceremony, in fact, it held out until dinner started (when we were inside eating, anyway!). It was a pretty special day. And although Kai was exhausted (see last picture in the album), he was pretty good the entire day, until the ride back to the hotel (30 minutes of screaming!).

Great Grandma Hanson had all of her great-grandkids visiting, so we got some pictures of that. It was difficult to get them all looking at the same time!

The last picture worth telling a story about is the one with Kai trying to catch the water drops from the shower at the hotel. Now we know why babies get baths, not showers: they are VERY slippery!

Clicking for tunes

Clicking for Tunes

My cousin, Jake, got me a cool gadget for Christmas. (Thanks, Jake!) And I just finally figured out how to use it. See, Elmo's holding blocks and if you press the blocks, tunes start to play. And every time you push the blocks, a different tune plays. Daddy called it a baby ipod, but this one is an Elmo, not an ipod. He's a silly Daddy!

Mommy got me on camera clicking for my tunes. Maybe someday soon Daddy will get me a REAL ipod!

I'm not a creep(er)

I'm not a creep(er)

Mommy wanted me to write to tell you all that she's freaking out a little. I'm not quite sure why. All I did was greet her this morning on my knees while my hands were up on the crib. I was holding on to the bumper so I could see her better. I think I'm starting to understand why Mommy and Daddy are upright all the time: you can see much better!

Daddy thought I was cool when I pulled myself up on the stereo stuff he has in front of this really big, thin box that shows neat pictures sometimes (Mommy calls it the tele). I really was just trying to touch the pretty blue light. Maybe I'll be able to start to use this new power of mine for good!

Well, gotta go so I can practice some more. I think I'm going to set it as my personal goal to walk before I turn one.