STAND UP

Karissa & Kody finally can stand up without holding onto something. HA HA. Just a trick. I just got them lean onto supergate...so they can stand lor. But both don't get used to standing. Both kneeled down quickly...back to their favorite 'crawling'.

Cuddle time 2

It's great that I can bring twins to go to Cuddle time again. I already made out a June work schedule that gives me Wed/Fri off, so I can take twins to join Mother Goose at our local library. It's a lot closer to home. I hope Mother Goose program would be as good as Cuddle time.

Enjoy AC @ Stoneridge Mall

Today is so HOT(103F). That's why we chose to stay in local shopping mall (just 5 mins highway drive away from home)for lunch & rest afterward. So COOL. Terence & I really like the new feature in this mall. Over a year ago, it had renovation to create more seating area with chair & sofa. Now, this becomes our favorite place for rest & bottle feeding.

@ Fresh Choice

Karissa was sleeping, so she didn't get a chance to try out Fresh Choice's salad buffet. Kody enjoyed it very much. Me too. But my focus was not in food. I enjoy using Fresh Choice's high chair. We have tried out different high chairs available in all the restaurants we've been to. Fresh Choice so far is the only 1 that can hold Kody down. Even he is tiny, he could not slide himself out like what he did to other high chairs. This high chair really gave us a peaceful lunch time.

寶寶爬行梗頸四

Thanks for info from coworker Shirley so we know of Singtao baby crawling contest. It was a wonderful experience. Even Kody sat still at starting point for long, he was still able to run into 4th place (out of 22 babies). That's very good. He started crawling when the fastest contestant already finished 2/3 of the road. But Kody still could be just 0.5 second slower than 3rd place. As my coworker Shirley said, Kody would have got in 1st place if he started right away. I bet Kody had more interest in the strange surrounding than anything else. Plus the stage played the theme song of 'Mission Impossible' so loud that distracted Kody so much that he could not even hear me calling him.

We used plastic water bottle to attract Kody. It's not strange enough compared to what other parents used. 1 parent even used a laptop to attract baby. Too bad that we didn't take many pics because we were so concentrated on attracting Kody to crawl.Plus friend Anna was not able to get good video of the contest d/t her son tried to play with our camcorder.

Cuddle time

When I was a student nurse back in Canada, I observed how Mother Goose ran. Now I have my own kids. I like to take them to Mother Goose. Finally, I find out there are some similar programs available for babies. Today is my day off, so I take Kody & Karissa to Walnut Creek library to attend Cuddle Time.
I wish I can always get Tuesday off, so I can take them to attend this kind of activity often. We sang rhythm song, played ball & read too. I really like the book that was given to each parent for free. The book tells you places/activities that are good for children...very useful.
Kody didn't like to leave nanny. Karissa enjoyed playing balls & books so much that she didn't notice I left her (I went to other side of the room to pick up the free book.)

1st Mother's Day

Home after visiting Walnut Creek Mall

Pottery Barn Kid

We went to Pottery Barn Kid..just to take a look. Surprisingly, we found some settings are so unique that are good for taking photo. We all enjoyed it so much..till a salesperson told us that no photo taking allowed in store.

姐弟情深

While we were in car waiting for daddy to finish grocery shopping, I noticed that Kody reached out to hold onto Karissa's hand. Not just once. He did it repeatedly. So sweet.

Kite surfing?

I took kids to park & saw this @ park. I don't know how to call it. But it seems so extraordinary & fun.

Sam Ng's ordination party

My coworker Joann's husband Sam becomes pastor today. We went to Cupertino to attend his party. Terence met an old church friend there. Cuz Sam & Terence went to the same church during their school year in university. People there said different things about our twins. 1 said they look alike. Another said they don't look alike. But 1 thing for sure. People like Kody more. Even the photographer for the event took several shots of Kody instead of Karissa. Joann also said Kody looks a lot different from before. He now looks v.smart (jin link) & more beautiful than Karissa.

Kody learns to talk

Kody now learns to talk(it has been quite a while). Even he is having a cold, he's still in a good spirit/shape. Even he just can say'bababa', it's already a good step to stand out with. Now I wonder whether he'll say MaMa or PaPa 1st.

六齒人變七齒人

Lunch @ Sweet Tomatoes

Attentive Kody

Whenever Terence talks, Kody would turn his head & look at Terence even Kody was very tired. That's Kody. He's been like that since he was very little.

California Pizza

Army campground's open house

It's 100th year anniversary of some sort of US army? Anyway, the campground had an open house. It would be a good chance to take a look of the campground which is close to my home. Wonder what it's like inside for army training. It was a sunny day but v.windy.
The best part was to see the helicopter performance. We also discovered a scene that would happen twice a year. That's having many sheep eating grass in close distance. All these sheep were rented by government twice a year. Sheep would come to eat grass on mountain/vacant land belonged to government. They usually stay for a week.

9 month checkup

Karissa's weight: 17 lb 5.5 oz (20.38%). Height: 2' 2.75" (19.26%). HC: 17.01" (24.3%).
Kody's weight: 16 lb 8oz (1.94%). Height: 2' 2.75" (5.6%). HC: 17.01" (4.19%).

Kody learns to cough

We tried to teach Karissa & Kody to talk. However, Kody learns to cough 1st. Nanny Chan got itchy throat from allergy, so she coughs a lot lately. Somehow, Kody learns it la. Ahhh...

Chili Pepper 辣妹

Have you seen a jumpy chili pepper? Here's one.

A day in Walnut Creek

WE have not been back to Walnut Creek since twins were born. WE finally go back there today for a walk. The outdoor shopping mall in Walnut Creek is still filled with babies & well dressed locals. Too bad that Karissa was sleeping at the time, or else we would take a picture of her in front of the fountain too. Next time la.

Walk training

Nanny's new project is to train Kody to walk everywhere with device. Not just walk around sofa.

New toy--4 in 1 ride on

Evidence

Today I was forced to buy a box of crackers. Kody was having tantrum, so nanny just grabbed whatever nearby to calm him down. Of course, Kody would chew on whatever he gets. I was waiting in line & buying juice. When I got back, I found out Kody was holding on a cracker box which corner was missing. I could not find any paper piece. I bet that corner got into Kody's tummy somewhere. And that's how I ended up buying that box of cracker against my will. Luckily, that crackers taste not that bad.

Karissa crawls..but backward

Karissa has been able to crawl for a while. Now, she can crawl a lot better, but still backward. Tonight, she got herself stuck undernearth the playpen. NO WAY OUT.

Another happy day at park