Barney Will Be Celebrating Claire's 3rd Bday!

Well, it looks like it's going to be Barney, the Dinosaur for Claire's Big 3rd Birthday celebration! She just LOVES the Purple Guy! Here she is singing her current favorite song! I thought I just about had Rob convinced to dress up as the big purple guy but I haven't yet be able to find a costume! I am still searching!

Busier May!

Whew, May has been sooooooo very busy. Nolan's Baptism/Brunch was the weekend of May 4th. Rob then had his AAA National High School troubleshooting contest at Mt Hood CC the following weekend with Mother's Day (I had a most special, blessed day with my beautiful children) and birthday parties in between. Then Caitlin had yet another dance performance at PGE park May 16th (video clip included), where they performed at the Portland Beavers Baseball game. The entire family attended and we had a great time! Her dance company had also performed at a Portland Trailblazers and Timbers (professional soccer team) game, early this year.

We then celebrated a very special day, May 22nd, our 2nd annual "Gotcha" or Family Day, making it exactly 2 years when we first held our baby girl, Claire, in our arms! I brought out my beautiful Chinese silk table runner, place settings and china! I made Jiaozi (dumplings), Asian Egg Drop Soup, Orange Chicken (which is an actually American Asian dish which the kids love), Apple filled Won Tons and Beef teriyaki. We also had tea in our Asian tea pot! Claire is realizing that she has 2 very special parties, her Family Day and birthday celebrations! The month concluded with more birthday parties (Caitlin and Claire have so many wonderful friends) which we all LOVE to share! June will be just as busy with more parties, including Claire's 3rd birthday!

We have also been in/out of the doctors office! Our baby boy has had 4 ear infections within the past month or so! So, we have an appointment with an ENT Specialist early June, so we are possibly looking into having tubes inserting in his ears. We don't want him to continue suffering so will evaluate our best recommendations!

Busy May!

I have been slacking off on my journaling! It seems like every time I sit to write, the baby or others need my attention! It is very busy around here! May brought us Baby Noli's Baptism! We wore our beautiful silk outfits we bought in Viet Nam! I wore my traditional Vietnamese Ao Dai and the girls, their silk dresses. May 4, 2008 was a beautiful, sunny day, wonderful friends and a most welcome visit from Grandma Carla and Rog who flew in from Arizona to attend! The kids (and we too) were so thrilled to see them! It could not have been a more special occasion! Nolan's Godparents, Kendra and Mark and their boys came, as well as Grandma Linda from southern Oregon! We also had other special friends attend, Aunt Christy, Stacy, Mike, Hannah and Mac! We then celebrated with a wonderful brunch! We couldn't have had a more beautiful celebration on this special day for our baby boy! (oops, the baby is crying! Got to go!)