the beach

reiken's first dip into the atlantic...


lazy morning... wait, how'd daddy end up on ME?
















went to south beach for the afternoon - bienvenido a miami!















while there, we stopped to have a nice snack at the news cafe.. prosciutto and cheeze....yummy!





















at first, reiken wasn't lovin the beach too much so he just hung out in the tent...















chillin with mom...















and daddy, who got to wake up to the "beautiful" view...
















he finally starts to explore...
















likin the sand....
















maybe a bit too much??




















so he didn't seem to mind OR even notice...















yay! daddy comes to save the day!
















we got to go to the flamingo gardens to see the animals and some fruit trees..






























chillin at the beach...




















then enjoying the scenery during a walk with daddy...
















our view on a late night walk before leaving the next day..
















reiken got to take home his own souvenir - his top front tooth finally came in! here he is passing the time with daddy at the airport... look closely and you might get a glimpse of the toof... that makes 5!

sunny floreeda

mommy had to go for training so mommy & daddy decided take a mini vacay to ft. lauderdale for the weekend.

waiting at the airport for our flight to board















daddy with reiken right before take-off, and thankfully a long nap...















mommy finally gets window! reiken woke up for a lil bit to celebrate too!















checkin out the bed...
















our room view..
















how's the trip so far? reiken gives ya the 411...

little leap

how excited does reiken get when he sees little leap??

austin, houston, and the sock...

last weekend, we headed down to houston for chu andy's wedding with co quyen -- but not without a pit stop in austin to visit chi tram and have a couple of snacks here and there..

but we didn't leave w/o first gettin reiken's hair did...




















here he is testing out his new booster chair...





















we then met up with co quyen, christine and rolo for a crepe... here's the fruit one...




















and the yummy smoked salmon one that quickly became mommy's lunch...
















then off to houston where we ate, and ate, and ate, then went to chu andy & co kim's wedding... here are party favors from the night...





















here's mommy, daddy & reiken





















you can also check out the following link for more pix from the wedding...
http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=8CZt27dw4aMrc

oh, almost forgot about the sock... reiken's been scratchin the heezy out of his once little eczema spot next to his ear... so much that its gotten pretty raw and keeps getting worse and worse... so for a couple of days, he had to suffer with the sock... oh, the crazy little sock...

r u people listening?

ever since last friday, reiken's been talking a lot more lately. not exactly sure why, but here's just a few things he's had on his mind...

summer break is almost over...

last friday was chi tram's last official day babysittin reiken. we are all quite sad that the summer went by so fast and that she'll no longer be around to keep 'bubba' (and us) entertained anymore ... but excited for her as she gets ready for her move to austin this week... haha, she can't get rid of us that easily tho...we'll definitely be down to visit - go longhorns!!

have we told you how much reiken loves his bottles?


here's his first taste of peas... he does start chewing it...eventually..


and then today we had carrots for the first time... looks like a favorite cause he finished the whole thing!















so milk, yogurt, peas, carrots... ah, yes, its not a 10K calorie diet like some folks have... but he needs his energy for bigger and better things... yup, ninjai by night and SUPERBABY by day!

in loving memory of Nguyen Van Dong (February 12, 1952 - August 8, 2008)

mommy's uncle, Nguyen Van Dong, or Chu Son as mommy called him, passed away last friday in houston of gastrointestinal cancer. fortunately, the family was able to visit him last week and reiken got to meet his great-uncle for the first time. he was a wonderful man with a huge heart; much loved and will be missed dearly.

Chu Son with daughter Alice, son Alex, and mommy and daddy.