Pics from Wongville

Some photos from Wongville when we actually WEREN'T eating:

Swimming with Danny

Cuddling with Po Po after swimming

Taking a bath with Kaixiang

Kyle, Wei Wei, Kaixiang, and Nathan.

It's not easy to get all of the kids looking in one direction. It took three of us to get even this.

Wong-ville

We're back from a weekend in the Poconos with the family -- the entire family! Audrey, Badri, Nathan, Kyle, Judy, Kaixiang, Alice, Danny, Mom and Dad. We ate, hung out, ate, swam, played with the kids, and ate some more. My body is going through Combos/Oreo/Skittles withdrawal.

The four kids are adorable together, but you can tell what a handful they will all be in a few years. We got some great pics and will post some soon. Highlights of the trip include:

• Hearing Nathan and Kyle giggle (which they do a lot)
• Watching them eat -- unlike their cousins, they can sure pack it away
• Hearing Kaixiang learn how to say "Wei We" -- we unfortunately weren't able to get him to perform for Jerry
• Seeing Kaixiang bust out his dance moves. He's got some good ones.
• Watching all four kids in the pool. And noticing how darn white Wei Wei is. Wonder where he gets that from.
  

Wei Wei continues to want to assert his independence. Jerry was trying to explain the concept of "bossy" to him because that's what he's been.

Had my 20-week ultrasound last week. Didn't find out the gender. We took Wei Wei and he wanted to know why it was so dark in my stomach.

Seriously, what did we do before the internet?

Jerry's noticed that there's been an animal pooping in our yard. With a quick google search, we were able to identify the origin. Jerry is so impressed with this website that he thinks we should bookmark it (because we would refer to it all the time?!). I share it with you here: http://icwdm.org/Inspection/droppingfeces.asp

Dentist -- Take II

I had taken Wei Wei to the dentist several weeks ago -- and that trip was a D-I-S-A-S-T-E-R. I thought the first visit would be all fun: check out the fun chair! The equipment! Let's count some teeth. Nope, this dentist went straight to business. Not only did I have to hold him down, he has three cavities and the dentist said that at least one of them needed to be filled. Which meant drilling. Which meant numbing. Which meant using restraints. I was sick about it.

We decided to get a second opinion and went to see a new dentist today (thanks to Nancy for the referral!). This visit was MUCH better. Poor Wei Wei was so traumatized from the first visit that it was dicey at first, but the dentist had "Cars" on. Smart dentist. Also plenty of time for Wei Wei to warm up. Smart dentist. Also no poking, just looking. Smart dentist. It was miraculously a good experience. No tears from our little delicate lotus flower.

This doctor recommended taking baby steps, so we're going back in a few weeks for another look, maybe a cleaning, and definitely more tv.

I LOVE this new dentist (and not because he's a dreamboat either).

Our new favorite dentist---

Toddler logic

Wei Wei wanted to play a game tonight, but BaBa said we needed to cook dinner. Wei Wei asked why we always have to cook dinner. Jerry's response was that dinner didn't cook itself. Wei Wei's response: "It can't cook because it has no hands."

True, enough.

In unrelated news, I'm 18 weeks along and livin' large. Recent cravings include: root beer, root beer floats, grapes, oranges, frozen pizza, and cheese subs.

We went to Auntie Andrea's and Uncle Loi's house yesterday. We think Wei Wei would do well spending a weekend with them. It would toughen him up for sure. Wei Wei loved playing with all the boys. And their toys. You'd think that kid never saw a toy before in his life.

Unrelated photos: here's Wei Wei enjoying some vanilla wafers (another pregnancy impulse purchase -- never send a hungry pregnant woman shopping . . . .) .