Justin Walks Pretty Well

Justin walks pretty well now.

Justin Started to Walk

Justin started to walk few days after his birthday party.  He took about 2 steps and then would sit down.

Justin's 1 Year Old Birthday Party

We celebrated Justin's 1 year old birthday a little bit late (cuz I was trying to find a best date for everyone.  I prefer to have party or attend party on Saturday but grandma usually works on Saturday and uncle too).  However, recently Uncle Dennis schedule changed (off on Tues and Wed).  I invited uncles and aunties.  My sister, nephew, and niece couldn't come because my sister can't handle over an hour drive and kids have to attend school the next day. 

Eric and I didn't sleep the whole night preparing for the party.  Although we didn't invite many people to come, we tried our best to prepare for everything.  I even went shopping at Wal-Mart at 2:30 am and then went to Winco too.  I did a "LORAX" theme.  Justin's new favorite movie is Lorax.  He can even say the word "Lorax".  I only invited few friends (the ones I'm sure they would like to come).   I didn't want to just invite everyone (some people probably don't want to be invited). 

I didn't have enough of time to prepare everything that I wanted to do.  I didn't get to finish my Lorax pinata.  I wanted to do stir-fried noodles, baked Madeleines, make mango pudding and etc but didn't get the chance to. 

I designed my own cupcake toppers on Avery.com.  I asked Vicky to print them out for me but she couldn't get the color printer to print out correctly.  I ended up going to FedEx.  I baked some cupcakes and then put the cupcake toppers on them.

I bought wafer sticks.  My idea was using it as a stick which cotton candy can be on the top as "Truffula tree".  I used them to decorate the cake that I baked.

Party Favors
I made "Truffula" pencils (painted white with acrylic paint, drew black marks as the tree marks, made yarn poms poms and brushed them so that they are fluffy like the Truffula trees). 

Eric suggested to use hole puncher to make a hole on the Mason jar lid.  I got this idea from Pinterest.  Some people used Mason Jars as party favors (pour drinks in them). 

I bought cotton candy machine from Kohls.  Vicky was having fun making cotton candies. 

Eric started bbq pork ribs early in the morning (took 6 hrs). 

Dancing

Grandma said Justin started to dance.  If you tell him "tiao wu / yao yao yao", he'll move side to side.

Wyatt's 3 Year Old Wellness Checkup

Wyatt didn't get any shots today ( Lucky! )  ^__^

Justin's 1 Year Wellness Checkup

Today is Justin's 1st birthday!!! Happy Birthday Baby Justin!  I took him to see doctor for his 1 year old checkup.  He received 3 shots.  He was so brave, only cried for few seconds (1 shot on the right and 2 shots on the left).  He's such a small baby. 

5th & 6th Teeth

I noticed Justin's 5th tooth (bottom right) came out today.  6th Tooth came out right after.

"Mommy, my butt hurt"

Wyatt: "Mommy, my butt hurt"
Mommy: "why?"
Wyatt took off his undie and shorts...mommy looked at Wyatt's butt...no rash, no cuts...
Mommy: "I don't see anything"
Few minutes later
Wyatt: "Mommy,  my butt hurt"
Mommy: "Your butt? your 屁股？“
Wyatt: "Yes."
Mommy: "Go upstairs, go take a bath"
Mommy called grandma and found out Wyatt didn't poo yesterday.
Daddy told Wyatt to sit in the toilet and then he went poo poo.
He just potty trained 3 weeks ago.  I guess that's his way of saying he needs to go poo poo.

Getting Off Of the Bed

Justin knows how to get off of the bed properly (crawl to the edge of the bed and turn around so his legs go down of the bed first).  Good job baby!!!

Big Accomplishments

Big accomplishments this week...Wyatt is potty train, Justin is finally drinking from a bottle (he can suck from a straw too).  
We tried to potty train Wyatt last year while I was doing my "sit month 坐月子".  He wasn't ready at the time so we stopped trying.  
We tried different bottles on Justin but he refused to suck (Avent, Nuby Natural Touch, Playtex Drop Ins, Breastflow, and one from Taiwan with straw).  He finally suck the one from Medela.  

Poo Poo on Shirt

Mommy was doing the laundry and brushing teeth.

Ethan - "Mommy!!!"
Mommy - "What?"
Mommy - "What happened? Did you 抱抱 弟弟？"
Ethan - "No, I hugged him"
Wyatt - "What's that?" pointing to Ethan's shirt
Ethan - "Poo poo...wahhhhhh...I don't like poo poo"


Poor Ethan but it was quite funny at the same time


Ethan was crying

 Justin was smiling

Haircut

Daddy cut Ethan and Wyatt's hair today.

Ethan and Wyatt's Bday

Since mommy and daddy bought them Legos for gifts (Pirates of the Caribbean and Batman), mommy thought Lego cakes would be nice.  

Grandma, Great Aunt, Great Uncle, Uncle Dennis, Uncle Dennis's friend, Vicky, Robert, and Cathy came to our house.  Most of them came to visit for the first time (except Grandma and Great Aunt).  Grandma cooked rice noodle 米粉, sweet rice 油飯, stuffed bell peppers with rice, smoked turkey, smoked pork, 滷肉，and 滷蛋.  

Blessing the House

Father in law, Mother in law, and Brother in law Tri came today.  Mother in law looked up Chinese calendar and said today is a good day for moving into the new house.  So they came and prayed and blessed the house.  They brought stir fried egg noodle, sticky rice, roast pork, banana muffin, and tapioca dessert to eat.