Star Wars and more Star Wars

Wei Wei has entered the Star Wars phase. It's all he basically wanted for Christmas and all he's been wanting to play these last few days. Jerry and I are tiring of it and mildly annoyed at George Lucas for creating the franchise.

Let it snow!

We had our first real significant snow the weekend before Christmas and it was Xiao Li's first time in it. As you can see, she wasn't sure what to make of it.

Wei Wei Gretsky?

Santa brought Wei Wei skates, so we've been taking him onto the ice. So far he likes it -- maybe we have a future hockey player on our hands?

Holiday happiness

Ho-ho-ho! The holidays were great -- Santa was very kind to Wei Wei and Xiao Li. Xiao Li is still too little to understand the whole notion of presents, but Wei Wei makes up for it. And with all of the cousins (we're up to six now), there was much festivity. Just seeing them all together makes me smile.

Vanilla wafers

Xiao Li has been in a MOOD lately. Seems like every pic we've taken of her has her scowling or pouting or crying (or some combination). Here are a few from earlier in the month when she was in a good mood. This was her having her very first cookie. She is her daddy's girl.

Chatterboxes

Wei Wei is a talker -- the only time he's quiet is when he's asleep. Looks like Xiao Li is going to be the same. At 14 months, she's already got quite the vocabulary:
> Ma Ma
> Ba Ba
> Ge Ge (brother)
> Wei Wei
> Po Po
> Mei mei (little sister -- Kaiyi)
> Bye-bye
> Hi
> Ni ni (milk)
> Bao (pick up)
> Mao (cat)
> Go go (dog)
> All gone
> Elmo
> Wei? (Hello?)
> Patti
> Kyle

Artwork

Jerry has a new adornment -- that's right, here's his newest tattoo. Actually, that sounds like he has a ton of them when this is only his second. He already has a tattoo of the monkey king (Wei Wei's zodiac sign). Xiao Li's zodiac sign is a rat (not as cute), so he got a phoenix, which represents the female.

This is only part I. He needs to back for part II for more coloring.

Halloween pics

I still can't believe that it's already November. Here are some pics from Halloween of our ninja and cow (and pumpkin).

Wei Wei has been in fine form:

• Do the Wonder Pets brush their teeth?
• When Ma Ma goes to Africa and Ba Ba buys his Ferrari, can I get a metal detector? [These were Jerry's conditions, not mine.]
• Those shoes are adorable.

Jerry is sitting here with his leg shaved. Tattoo tomorrow!

We have real lift-off!

Xiao Li took her first steps today (that we know of, at least). A few steps at daycare, then a few more at home.

We're still here . . .

. . we've just been busy!

Is it me, or is it hard to believe that it's already mid-September? We had a great summer, although it went by too quickly (which is always the case).

Judy, P'ng, and Kaixiang are now officially NJ residents. We love them having them around. It's a hoot to see all four boys run around together. Xiao Li is going to have to work hard to keep up with them! (As is the future Wong-Loke baby girl.)

And in other big news, Jerry turned 40 and Xiao Li turned one. Here are some photos commemorating the big events. Happy birthday!

Budget Friendly Summer Fun

This goes to show that you don't need much to make a four-year old happy. I guess the water was a little cold . . .

Houston..we have lift off!

Here she is with her best attempt at crawling. I give her points for creative form.

I love Pablo

Here is what you've been missing.

Happy Memorial Day weekend!

We've been lame in posting photos, so here are a couple from a few weeks ago when we had a nice weekend.

Xiao Li is still eating like a lumberjack. At her eight-month appointment, she was almost 19 pounds and 29 inches. At this rate, she's going to be Wei Wei's size in about six months.

Some good quotes

Wei Wei's been on a roll lately. He's had some good ones:

• I can't wait until it's winter because then there won't be any pollen.
• If I have to kill a mosquito, I would use a knife.
• I want to work at Noggin when I grow up so I can play with Pablo.
• [Said while getting out of the bath, standing away from me and bent over] Here's your breakfast! Go ahead and take a bite!

Compare and contrast

Garrick and Adelaide at about the same age. I think Garrick might be about 1 month older in his picture.

Here she is trying to roll over again. It takes a little while, but she gets it done!

Some Adelaide video

Here is a quick video of Adelaide trying to roll over. She just didn't want to cooperate. Maybe later. She is 7 months old now, that means walking is coming soon!

Weekend Pics

Here are a few from this past weekend. Wei Wei was trying to look menacing. I'm not sure he got it!

Xiao Li is starting to sit in a high chair and rolling over.