QuocNam saying fews words, doing few tricks

QuocNam says a few words now: ba, Ba?o (yes, calling dad's name time after time), ai ddo', ma'y bay ha?, thank you. Most recently, he was able to say: daddy, i you (for i love you). that is so cool. He listens and follows directions well...such as: put shoes in the corner (even pickup and throw them right on until he gets it), turn TV on/off when requested...Dad can hold his hand and take him around. Cu Nam is getting more fun now. He knows a few tricks: thuong ba de tren dau (acctually put his hand on the head), mi gio', la`m xau (chu mo~), khoanh tay a. when seeing older people

QuocNam got a full haircut!

We visitted Thuy's house in Dorchester for a cookout a couple weeks ago. Bac Mo^.c saw QN with the long hair in the hot summer and suggest he got a full haircut. QN was very well behaved during the cut session (he ngoi im re)...Only cried some when dad gave him a bath afterward. He used Arron's clothes for changing. So finally QN got a ho*'t cua for the first time.

QuocNam enjoys some playtime with dad

Here are some clips of QN enjoy the game chichichanhchanh with dad. He laughed his guts out :)

QuocNam first trip to the beach in Hingham

On Sunday 7/19, Mom & Dad took QuocNam to the beach for the first time. The weather was good at 80F. QuocNam walked on the sand with reservation, he was afraid to get dirty. Ba then took QN to the water. He was a little scare at first, but after a couple waves hit him, he started to like it. QN laughed and jump with the waves. He really enjoyed it. It was late in the afternoon, and QN started to shriver and we decided to take it up and clean him. QN then played in the kid's playground, and then took a couple rounds of the carousel. Overall, QN had a good time. I took many pics and will post soon...

Visiting QN's grandparents in Pittsburgh July 2009

QN and family took the july 4th week of to visit grandparents. We first stopped in NJ to visit aunt Tram and stayed over the weekend. Left NJ for Pitts on Monday 6/30. The weather was so so for the week. QN had a chance to see bac Hai and had a great time. QN knows how to please everyone, the boy gave hands to grandpa for a kiss every morning. We visit a few places for kids: D&B, National Aviary. Trang & Vi stayed over for the summer in Pitts while learning the nail skills. QN was always funny, climbing up and down stairs and then open the screen door to go outside and watched grandpa exercise. He even tried to do it too...QN loves to play with the schoolbus and USPS cars...During the stay I saw more bonding between dad & son...

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QuocNam got haircut

On Sunday, QN got his haircut. Cau Duy cut it for him. He was calm at first, then when hair got to his face, he started to cry and fought back. Nhin rat toi nghiep, mui da~i tum lum...the more cuNam cried, the more hairs got stuck to his nose, and eyes, mouth...he tried to wipe it and rub his face onto dad. We had to stop a few times to clean his face.

Finally, when it's done, dad took QN to the bath and clean him up, then when laying cu Nam down to put the diaper on cu Nam was so tired that he went to sleep before putting his clothes on.

Ong ngoai noi cuNam looks nice with the haircut :)

QuocNam broke daddy's laptop

Today, was a disaster. In the morning, QN climbed onto the chair, and somehow got a cup of water next to dad's work laptop and spilled water onto it. Me felt that something was wrong when it became quiet when QN was out in the guess room. Mom went and saw cu Nam was on the floor and played with water. Water already got on the keyboard and around the laptop but mom didn't know it was damage. She clean the water off and called ba, but ba was sleeping and didn't know. Until ba went out a checked and saw the laptop shutdown. Ba tried to take battery, and other openning out and blow dry the parts for the whole morning. Tried doing it for a few time and it was unsuccessful. It was the worst things cu Nam did to dad so far :(

Dad wasn't happy and rejected cu Nam a few times when he came around.

When mom took cu Nam to the babysister, he looked sad in the van and even when meeting co Chau, usually he cried and doi me on Monday, but today he said nothing and looked sad...