Reiken chit chattin with mommy

After his first outing onto bellaire, Reiken tells all about it...

Week of Reiken's Baptism

After dinner at Abuelo's for uncle Andy's bdayand then an "eventful" Saturday night of Poker at home, Reiken was baptized at St. Thomas on Palm Sunday. He was such a good boy, listening and observing intently the whole time, and only barely crying cause of the cold draft. And of course never forgetting daddy, Reiken had his own gift for him after the ceremony - heehee. THANK YOU again to everyone who came out or met up with us afterwards to celebrate this wonderful occasion, and for all of the well wishes and lovely gifts!

On another note, Daddy has now returned to work on a new site, thankfully in Houston this time, so the whole family headed down on Monday. It's been so fun hanging out with Baby Audrey, and we even got to celebrate Aunt Stacy's bday as well! We'll be heading back on Friday morning to spend the Easter weekend back in Dallas - Happy Egg Hunting everyone!

Reiken before the baptism in his Sunday BESTEST!

















































Here we are on our way down to HTown...




















What a life! Eating & sleeping all day can get oh so exhausting!




















Thanks for dropping by and we'll see ya next time!

What a night!

before we tell you all about our week, we just wanted to let everyone know that Reiken slept from 1:30 - 5:20 AM this morning! the longest yet and mommy was so proud and ecstatic, and most importantly, much more well rested! hehe - it may not be a regular thing but it was quite exciting either way! anyhoo, we now get to go out and about once in a while so that mommy doesn't go stir crazy. We went to the pedi's and the rash is getting better, but we are still working to get rid of it for good! even better news, Reiken is now 9.4lbs and 20in long - thats over 2lbs & 1.5in more since birth! then later in the week, Reiken got to spend his first overnighter on Saturday at Ong/Ba Noi's house, first time at Church, and then back to Ong/Ba Ngoai's house for the first time as well! Vinny mouse also came by for a play date and it was so fun and we were so pooped, that Vinny took a little nap in the papasan - check out his cute pic and all the new pix & visitors in our slideshow!

always happy in one of my UT outfits! Sorry Uncle Douglas but
Go Longhorns!















mass on sunday was so relaxin like jim hansin,
slept the whole time and didn't even cry!
















posing for mommy...
















bath-time is now spa-time! mommy and daddy got the bathroom all nice & cozy so made it oh soooo relaxing this time...















my name is Reiken but you can call me Rosco Pico Train!

One Month Old This Week!

Rashes are no fun! so after our visit to the pediatrician, i took some time to contmplate in this oh so comfy outfit that co Thuy L. got for me.




















chillin with dad..
















mommy & daddy were busy and now that i'm a whole month old, i walked to the grocery store to get some milk.

















first tub bath... so fresh so clean!






























Another first - first snow day! afraid it would melt, so we woke up really early to see the snow & got to enjoy the view before falling right back to sleep again!

My first bottle

This past week, Daddy got to bottle feed for the first time. Is there an olympic event for bottle feeding? cause Reiken finished it in record time!
















Here I am, getting ready for my first outing to Babies R Us...




















This was my first time, awake anyways, and in full swing on the Papasan. Fear of heights? Hopefully not, but that swing sure did go fast!

Another week gone by

Here he is...doing tummy time
















Going to the pediatrician's office for the first time..




















Cau Kevin, Mo Chau & kids came to give Reiken his first sponge bath..
















Here he is in all his glorious hair...
















Chuc Mung Nam Moi everyone from our family to yours!!
































Taking a little nappy nap until next time....

January 31st ....just waiting....waiting...and waiting

6am - Servadeal takes serious effect after 12 hours, contractions intensifies on a pain scale 8 of 10 from a previous 2 of 10.

6:30 - Ivy takes a quik shower and prepares herself to be bedridden

7am - Nurse and anastegiologiest comes in to prep her for induction while telling jokes

7:30 - crouched over, chin to chest, and got stuck by the epidural needle - couldn't look but it looked freak'n long

8am - numbness kicks in and cathader goes in - Dr Sigman says shes only dialated to 1.5cm

8:30 - She can no longer feels her legs or the contractions...everything is heavenly for her.

9am - 12pm - getting sleep around the frequent check ups and babies heart-beat monitor in the background

12:30 - dilated to 2cm by Dr Sigman...contractions are coming every 2mins at the intensity of 64-65 / baby's heart-beating at 142 - 155 / Moms at 88 over 47....its gonna be a long day

1pm - Ivy goes on O2 because baby Reiken's heartrate starts to decelerates after each contraction. And the dosage of pitocin goes down to slow down the contractions

1:10 - Reiken likes O2 and stabilizes - moms knocked out again

2:30 - The nurse sees the pitocin is causing stress to Reiken and informs us that they may have to perform a C-section for the safety and health of the baby.


3:30 - Dr Sigman checks for dialation which is still at 2cm and confirms that the C-section will be the method of delivery and prepares us for the procedure.

3:30 - 4:40 - We pray for Ivy and Reiken's safety and pray that if I hit the ground...it will be gently. At this point, shes very very drossy from the medication and falling in and out of sleep. I packed everything we brought to bring to the new room. The nurses come in and wheel her into the OR. As im left in the room to put on scrubs, my minds going crazy can't believing whats about to happen.

4:45 - I get escorted into the OR by one of the nurses.