tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-120723902024-02-07T18:57:24.042-08:00Baby VivandresBeing a blog about baby VivandresJemifushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08338596642757047030noreply@blogger.comBlogger77125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12072390.post-31761051817888134182014-02-12T10:43:00.001-08:002014-02-12T10:45:46.372-08:00Better late than never...Plus this photo is too good not to share. The "scared straight" expression you see on VIP's face pretty much stayed the whole night; I'm pretty sure he's going to have a lifetime of recurring nightmares of his dad in a blonde wig.<br />
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Superheroes was the theme among MVP's gang this year - shocking! Amazingly none of the kids had duplicate costumes.<br />
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<br />V Trainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03549848196210032800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12072390.post-49034718575735882972014-01-23T00:19:00.000-08:002014-01-23T00:21:33.135-08:002014: The year blogging makes a comeback!Has it really been nearly a year since our last blog post? I'd like to say it was a strategic decision to withhold all the amazing, interesting goings on in our lives - in an effort to lure all of you to come visit us in person. But 1) if it was true, then it was a really foolish strategy because the only visitors we've had are the local high school baseball team selling us an overpriced Christmas tree that they forgot to deliver and 2) Andres & I haven't had a single non-kid related conversation in a year so there would have been no time for us to do any plotting. <br />
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And here you go - some random photos and thoughts...enjoy!<br />
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The brainwashing has worked; MVP is a Trojan for life. Those USC gloves become a second skin. The only reason he hasn't worn them recently is because the weather gods have deemed it summer time in Los Angeles.<br />
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I've been feeling pretty guilty about the lack of attention baby #2 gets. I, mean, the most common question in our house is "Where's VIP"? So this past weekend, we actually did an activity just for VIP. The kid drums everything, which frequently involves a drumstick to my head, so I figure might as well take him to the motherload...he thoroughly enjoyed his 1st drum circle. I really hope it's not his last. We have every intention of taking him again. But well, we also had every intention of keeping this blog updated in 2013...<br />
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And like the rest of America, MVP wants to know, What does fox say?<br />
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Until next time...V Trainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03549848196210032800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12072390.post-12169673587788673402013-04-13T09:00:00.000-07:002013-04-13T09:00:37.787-07:00It's a hard life for an underprivileged three year old.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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And then there were four.<br />
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Though we are a little more experienced in the ways of birthing babies, this time started out similar to last time with a doctor telling us we had to deliver early for the safety of the baby. We decided to push it to the last possible minute (Friday night), so we had a day to do the really important things, like putting together a hospital bag, and taking a family trip to Travel Town.<br />
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Then it was off to the hospital to make another one. Labor and delivery went smoothly and quickly. Baby was anxious to join the world, and we could actually feel him kicking during the delivery itself. At 5:28 AM on Sat, 9/29, our family unit increased in number by one third.<br />
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Many many people have been hounding us to give the baby a name with initials as auspicious as MVP (which to be clear, were a fortuitous accident), and baby, we delivered. Meet Voldemort Imhotep P*******, who shall be known on this blog as VIP.<br />
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As is tradition in our family, VIP presented with some grunting, leading to a series of events that culminated in him being admitted to the NICU. He is now being treated for pneumonia and a possible infection, but is doing very well. He will be spending at least 8 days in the NICU, receiving top notch care and the world's most expensive baby sitting. Though this is still officially a "surprise" (both times the odds of such an outcome were presented to us as less than 5%), we've learned to prepare to be in the 1% in all matters non-financial and we took it in stride.<br />
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He is currently on a course of antibiotics to treat what appears to be a lung infection he developed in-utero, and a touch of pneumonia. He is also on a feeding tube because his difficulty breathing makes feeding a challenge. He is having none of the digestion issues his brother had, so once the breathing clears up he should be able to breastfeed normally.<br />
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Unfortunately, that means MVP has not had a chance to meet his baby brother, though he has been excited to look at pictures. And he was especially excited to receive a gift from his new baby brother:<br />
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Of course, you're really here for the pics, so here are a couple from earlier today.<br />
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Jemifushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08338596642757047030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12072390.post-560999767866583182011-10-31T23:55:00.000-07:002011-10-31T23:55:21.250-07:00Halloween IILast year, <a href="http://baby.vivandres.com/2010/11/very-spooky-mvp-update.html">we dressed MVP up and took pictures of him</a> with pumpkins but let's be honest -- that was all for the benefit of the adults in his life. Not so this year, as the run-up to halloween was full of activities that the MVP enjoyed thoroughly.<br />
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First, there was the pumpkin patch.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Tormenting the boy.</b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>All aboard the cow train!</b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>MVP rides with mom in front.</b></td></tr>
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Then we went to Auntie An's pumpkin carving party.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What little boy doesn't love pumpkin guts?</td></tr>
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Then there was the imagination day parade at school. The kids chose their own costumes:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Boy, howdy!</b></td></tr>
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Then we started working on MVP's costume for Halloween night.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Step 1: Cut a hole in a box.</b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>MVP finds the best angle for paint coverage.</b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Taking it for a test drive.</b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Yeah, this requires a bath.</b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Right side view, hose retracted.</b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Right side view, hose extended with water.</b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Left side view.</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Ready to roll!</b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Let's go find some flaming pumpkins!</b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>The boys are excited to hit the streets!</b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>For the record, that's a rocket ship and an astronaut on the pumpkin.</b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Mom, Ba and Ong chaperone.</b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>MVP's first ever "Trick or Treat"</b></td></tr>
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I think it's safe to say the MVP enjoyed his second Halloween even more than the first, a trend likely to continue into the future.<br />
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So we took MVP on vacation to Cape Cod. We got some rain, but no hurricanes. Not sure how MVP knew we were on vacation but he did.</div>
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<b>Vacation hat c/o Jaya</b></div>
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<b>Ah... Cape Cod beaches are not like the others.</b></div>
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That's all for now.Jemifushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08338596642757047030noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12072390.post-67401990755653006792011-05-22T20:15:00.000-07:002011-05-22T20:15:23.906-07:00When you're with a sweep, you're in glad company<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzMEVDdbnSo0lksVE63CVkANIyzH393X6C_Tu3jxU4V7GgOkiaQ5_S_fCqDAxkAdHkXnFQfRQVst5M' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #ffffbf; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; direction: ltr; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; height: auto; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; width: auto; z-index: 99995;"></div>Jemifushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08338596642757047030noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12072390.post-78661002352372943432011-05-20T16:46:00.000-07:002011-05-20T16:46:49.139-07:00Taking it offI suspect the MVP was a little overdue for his first haircut, and we finally scheduled one for last weekend. V-Train was pretty broken up about the idea, as the MVP is already more boy than baby and we suspected that a "clean cut" look would add to the effect. We wanted to document his shagginess for posterity, and generally agree we've been lax on the pictures lately, so we headed out to The Huntington Gardens to let the MVP play while we snapped a few shots. And, if I may say so, we got a ton of great ones. Here are a handful of my favorites:<br />
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The next day, we headed out to Los Feliz for the mulletectomy.<br />
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Yes, he was really kissing the bunny. He loves bunnies, and he kept roaming the store and returning to the bunny so he could kiss it again. "Nunny!" he exclaimed over and over. Finally it was his turn and his stylist, Nona, had him sit in his mom's lap in the haircut chair. The MVP is not known far and wide for his patience or his ability to sit still. He is known for straining against the straps of his booster seat <i>every single night</i> when he feels he's done eating, even though they have not once given way, so I wouldn't say we were brimming with optimism about how he'd handle the haircut. <br />
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He made fools of us all -- fools, I say! He handled it like a champ. Or an MVP, if you will. We celebrated by eating at a nearby restaurant. This was literally the very first time we've eaten a meal with the MVP at a restaurant outside of Pasadena. Another milestone.<br />
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Anyhow so this year, I am more than happy to spend Mother's Day with my little munchkin. Yes, MVP's sleep has dramatically improved. But it's beyond that, this kid is CUTE! And I'm being totally objective, of course. <br />
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Recently, MVP has really come into his personality which is quite sunny (when he's not angry - I'll let Dad address the temper in a separate post). <br />
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He's developed a toothy grin. He especially likes to stare at you when you're not looking at him so that you are pleasantly surprised when you look his way and see the grin. He'll also flash it when you ask him to show you his "dientes" aka "teeth." <br />
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He loves any form of peekaboo and has expanded that to include hide 'n' seek. His favorite hiding spot is in the master closet. He has absolutely no patience, except when he's standing in our closet holding his Dad's pant leg over his face. He can stand in silence for minutes at a time!<br />
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And he continues to surprise us on a daily basis. This week, he reminded us that he does pay attention when we are talking to him, albeit selectively. I often do a countdown in Vietnamese to give MVP warning when something's going to happen. The other night I was getting ready to pick him up, so I counted "mot," "hai"....and before I knew it, MVP said "ba!" We couldn't believe that MVP finished the countdown, so Dad tries it out.."Uno", "dos"...and sure enough, MVP exclaims "tres!' <br />
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He's also taking to water like... well, a duck to water.<br />
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So this Mother's Day, I look forward to spending time with MVP and eagerly await my next surprise.V Trainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03549848196210032800noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12072390.post-61682752962973152832011-05-08T00:15:00.000-07:002011-05-08T00:19:48.716-07:00Mother's Day WishesThe MVP would like to wish a "Happy Mother's Day" to all the moms out there!<div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZXqg9vZoqjw3PWsIpiOgM8Movzqzn8BWNpDZCVfeAN4z4JuEotcqdgINqjyiy5zd5hnh9phEeP78TqvjdVdEckdFzYZ-enRhf_WS_uHfXbE9ZKHfMhYI2pZ2R0BeyFeaYu616/s1600/mothersday1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZXqg9vZoqjw3PWsIpiOgM8Movzqzn8BWNpDZCVfeAN4z4JuEotcqdgINqjyiy5zd5hnh9phEeP78TqvjdVdEckdFzYZ-enRhf_WS_uHfXbE9ZKHfMhYI2pZ2R0BeyFeaYu616/s400/mothersday1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604241159827624402" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b>Yes, I'm talkin' to you!</b></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>The MVPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14140703511342417379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12072390.post-65622222971341093492011-03-25T00:21:00.000-07:002011-03-25T00:29:27.211-07:00The allergy thing...We haven't talked too much on here about the MVPs food allergies, but they are a big part of our life and determine to a great extent what we do day to day. The MVP has been confirmed allergic to 12 items from the common (peanut, egg, milk) to the absurd (garlic, mustard). The main impact on us has been that it adds an hour of work every day as we prepare each of his meals and snacks for school (they provide food at his school, but we mainly can't let them give it to him). It's pretty frustrating, and we've been holding out some hope that it's a baby thing and he'll outgrow most of them (neither V nor I have any food allergies). <br />
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There are basically two courses that doctors prescribe for treating allergies: completely avoid exposure to allergens and hope the body forgets (what our doc has prescribed), or intentionally expose to allergens and hope the body acclimates. That the two main treatment methods are exactly opposite, and that neither has strong evidence behind it, is beyond frustrating. Your treatment course is determined by which doctor you happened to pick. That so little is known about food allergies when they affect so many people is surprising, and leaves us in the positioning of questioning our choices. Are we needlessly churning our wheels to avoid allergens (try going a week without consuming garlic... be sure to read all ingredient labels and scratch off anything with the ultra-ambiguous "spices"), or are we not being careful enough and thus condemning the MVP to a life-long food restriction that we could have resolved?<br />
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Today, the MVP's school called to tell us he was having a "severe" allergic reaction. That's a subjective term, but what they meant was<br />
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<ol><li>his lips and face swelled quickly while eating and he simultaneously developed a rash on his face and body, which are a potential sign of anaphylaxis (swelling around the mouth is especially concerning)</li>
<li>they administered a high dose of Benadryl </li>
<li>someone sat next to him and monitored his breathing to make sure it didn't become labored or obstructed</li>
<li>they did NOT administer an epinephrine injection but would have if the symptoms had become any worse</li>
<li>the closest parent needed to drop everything and come in, and take the MVP to a doctor </li>
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Here is what he looked like when V arrived at school (though you can't really see the rash in the photo)<br />
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When we got to the doctor's office, they rushed us right in without paperwork and the doctor saw him within 5 minutes. He looked him over (by then the benadryl had kicked in and he was looking better) and listened to his breathing and declared that there was no danger. He prescribed a strong oral steroid for the next five days.<br />
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He's had many reactions in the last year, but this one was the worst so far. The kicker of it all is that we have NO EARTHLY IDEA what caused the reaction. All of the food he had was from home and was stuff he had eaten before that had been confirmed non-allergenic. The most likely culprit was some ground up sesame seed, for which the MVP has been tested and confirmed negative (and has eaten before in small quantities)!<br />
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This, by the way, is what an allergy test looks like:<br />
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</tbody></table>For extra parenting style points, the above photo was taken on the MVP's first birthday - on the actual day. Yay! He's had three of these skin prick tests, which is the good kind of allergy test. The bad kind was the one where three people had to hold him down while a nurse pulled half an ounce of blood out his arm. Good times.<br />
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Anyway, all this serves as a reminder that the allergies are not just an inconvenience but a real medical issue, and we have to be vigilant and prepared.<br />
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I realize that the tone of this post has been a bit on the negative side. To balance it out, here's a video of the MVP climbing a slide.<br />
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</div><div>Anyway, the last time we checked in, the MVP had just taken his very first steps. Because he lacks common sense and doesn't mind falling, that has advanced fairly quickly to near running, climbing, and "fake jumping" where he tries to imitate a jumping motion but his feet never leave the ground. Here are some other things the MVP has recently done:</div><div><br />
</div><div> - sign, especially "more" and "dog"</div><div> - sing, or at least grunting to the tune and rhythm of "the wheels on the bus"</div><div> - talking, especially "dog" and "balloon"</div><div> - feed himself with a spoon, much to our benefit</div><div> - in succession: use a nursing stool to climb on a rocking chair, use the recline feature of said rocking chair to create a ramp, use the rocking motion to push the ramp to the window sill, and climb the ramp to the window sill before his mother intervened</div></div><div> - basketball polo, where he shoots a basketball into a hoop while atop a rocking horse (I am not making this up)</div><div><br />
</div><div>There is much more catching up to do, but I think the pictures and video will tell much of the story.</div><div><br />
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And here's a lengthy (3.5 min) video that brings us up to date on 2011 so far:<br />
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In other news, we finally made it down to San Diego, and took the MVP and his cousin to the zoo. I'll spare you the details but say that it takes some logistical doing to pull off a stunt like that. Well worth it - I think we'll do it again, incorporating lessons learned. By the way, the best place to put a baby to sleep at the zoo is by the waterfall near the gorillas - instant white noise!<br />
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</div><div>And cousin Lias isn't the only one MVP has been hanging out with these days - he and Oli are starting a boy band that Oli's dad (the famed author, film director and future boy band producer) has dubbed "Babiez to Boyz".</div><div><br />
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</div>Jemifushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08338596642757047030noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12072390.post-91294927718149052522011-02-04T18:38:00.000-08:002011-02-04T18:42:07.985-08:00Object permanenceFrom today's <a href="http://www.smbc-comics.com/">Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal</a><br />
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And while we are on the subject of web comics, check out Oli's dad at <a href="http://www.phdcomics.com/comics.php">PhD Comics</a>.Jemifushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08338596642757047030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12072390.post-13024205068741320922011-01-29T17:41:00.000-08:002011-01-29T17:41:17.541-08:00Next stepsAt 8:00am today we went to the farmer's market. At 9:45am we came home and had a snack. At 10:05am The MVP took three steps. By 10:20am we could, in fairness, say that our son now walks.<br />
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And it looked a little something like this:<br />
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</div><div>Around 3:00 he grabbed some socks out of the clean laundry and started touching them to his feet over and over. Very cute. It was a little cold, so I put them on him. He crawled away. A few minutes later he returned with a pair of shoes and handed them to me.</div><div><br />
</div><div>He seemed quite happy when we went out.</div>Jemifushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08338596642757047030noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12072390.post-77368176900733961592011-01-05T00:35:00.000-08:002011-01-05T00:35:00.647-08:00Happy Birthday, Lias!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And, with that, the baby trio is now a triumvirate of toddlers.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div>Happy Birthday, Lias! The MVP looks forward to toddling with you.</div>Jemifushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08338596642757047030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12072390.post-991899378591120212011-01-02T00:15:00.000-08:002011-01-02T00:15:00.326-08:00A Man, A Plan, A Chiam: OliverOli G turns 1 today (booyakasha). He's celebrating in Panama, which makes sense because his birthday (01-02-2010) is palindromic and Panama is the subject of the world's best palindrome.<br />
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</tbody></table>Happy birthday, Oli!Jemifushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08338596642757047030noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12072390.post-22164821516388740302011-01-01T12:46:00.000-08:002011-01-01T12:46:23.279-08:00It's Jan 1 in Pasadena... What should we do today?Let's stroll on up to Colorado Blvd and see if there is anything going on there.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>Yes, our family from Wisconsin would probably be wearing shorts and t-shirts, but 40 degrees is </b><i><b>COLD</b></i><b>.</b></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">We don't want to know how the MVP's very resourceful "Ba" secured the MVP a prime seat near the front. We continue to observe a strict "don't ask, don't tell"policy in these situations.</span></b></td></tr>
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Now, here's a special bonus video of the MVP with a picture of his "Ba".<br />
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Happy New Year, everyone!Jemifushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08338596642757047030noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12072390.post-33025323697333854892010-12-31T16:11:00.000-08:002010-12-31T16:11:10.576-08:00A Special New Year's Message From The MVP<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyu6Kkcx8GigLy3K7aR_BM0nCDXukc65LdmAy1LQIBWePjB_3eKnwDLppykh6GSYfh4qJdvHc3V1f4' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>For auld lang syne, my dear</b></div>Jemifushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08338596642757047030noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12072390.post-79795259968742429862010-12-09T22:34:00.000-08:002010-12-09T22:34:25.839-08:00Happy Birthday, MVPWell, we did it. We kept another human being alive for an entire year. I'm pretty sure that's some kind of record.<br />
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Here are some quick stats on how we managed to do that<br />
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Then: 6 lbs 7 oz, 19.75 inches<br />
Now: 21 lbs 12 oz, estimated 29.5 inches<br />
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As you can see, our daily stretching regimen, which incorporates an ideal ratio of passive, isometric, and proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation, allowed the MVP to increase his length by about 50% over the course of the year. Meanwhile, our modified <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chankonabe">chankonabe diet</a> which consisted of large amounts of porridge (true story) allowed the MVP to more than triple his weight over the same period! Eat your heart out, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akebono_Tar%C5%8D">Akebono</a>!<br />
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Anyway, we'll post more thoughts about how this year has gone in the near future. In the meantime... lert's unwrap some presents!<br />
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Anyway, we made it down to Grandad and Abuelita's house for Thanksgiving and a wheat-free, dairy-free, garlic-free, onion-free, egg-free feast, as well as a memorial for my mom's brother who passed away not too long ago. This gave us another one of those too-few opportunities to get MVP and his cousin together with their grandparents and snap some photos!<br />
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Here are some faves:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>"Say, Cousin. You know what would make us look proportionally larger?" "Gasp OMG I was thinking the same thing! Let's do it!"</b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>"Let's tell everyone he's a Greyhound/Great Dane mix and they'll think we're HUUUUGE!"</b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Welcome to my "Maison d'amour"... allow me to freshen your champagne.</b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Listen - nobody in this family can be trusted with knives. We'd better take care of it.</b></td></tr>
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And here's a bonus video of MVP redesigning our living room a few weeks ago.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxIbRdZeyXhLllwuyk6nHLvcp2IcNuSvbMV6vEEYfJFSkAIc2XErbjJcAXvmMGtGar90l-Ve4iahCk' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>The feng-shui was all wrong</b></div>Jemifushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08338596642757047030noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12072390.post-49544190660716864762010-11-03T16:20:00.000-07:002010-11-03T16:20:02.945-07:00A very spooky MVP updateI haven't posted this yet because I was planning to write more. But MVP has had a bad fever the last couple days and things are hectic, so I'm just going to post what I had so far and will follow up with some other cool stuff soon.<br />
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Halloween was a bit of surreal day. Babies are supposed to do new things all the time, and they do. But it comes in spurts. So MVP has been crawling over other objects a lot and he's gotten quite good at it. We have an end-table in the living room that has a cross-bar and MVP frequently climbs over it. So that morning, he went chasing a ball at speed and took a shortcut through the end table and basically hurdled the cross-bar - arms went over, left leg went way up like a dog peeing on a fire hydrant, other leg went up and over. Never slowed down, never touched the bar.<br />
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We've also come to realize that if MVP gets outdoor exercise, he sleeps well, and if he doesn't then he doesn't. They actually realized this at school, and they hate rainy days because it means MVP isn't going to nap. We've taken this to heart to excellent effect, and we basically hit two playgrounds per day on the weekends. We went to the Huntington gardens this morning, and let Mateo climb some stairs. And like I said, he's gotten very good at it so he climbed up like 6 steps, then we took him to the bottom and he did it again... that was like 12 steps! Wowsa!<br />
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Flash forward a few hours to that evening, at the Old Town Pasadena Halloween event. MVP got tired of watching the costumed passers-by, so we found some steps in the corner of one of the buildings. It goes five steps, then a landing (so a total of 6 steps), then five more steps to the left, then another landing and so on. We set MVP down at the bottom and I follow him up. And up. And up. The metal steps are making a cool sound and he's slapping them harder than he needs to as he ascends. Second story. He's laughing as he goes. Third story. The costumed people in the plaza below us are starting to look very small. As we approach the roof door, a security guard checks on us, decides we are unlikely to pose a security threat, and leaves us alone.<br />
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In all, The MVP climbed 55 steps to get to the top of that building, and laughed while doing it. Which means he is in better shape than I am.<br />
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In other news we are up to 21 lbs and four teeth. Now let's go back in time for some photos. First, a few more Halloween pics from The Huntington and Old Town Pas.<br />
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We took MVP to his first USC football game two weeks ago. As you might expect, he loved the band, and bopped up and down to the tune of Conquest. He also brought his team good luck, as they absolutely crushed the Bears.<br />
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</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">That's all for now.</div>Jemifushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08338596642757047030noreply@blogger.com1