2010JUL29 - Uncle Rudy and Aunt Evelyn

We got a special visit from Uncle Rudy and Aunt Evelyn on Thursday. They are very well traveled, but had the opportunity to visit the bay area for their high school reunion. This was the first time they met Jordan, and he really liked them. Just look at the video Uncle Rudy took!

2010JUL29 - Going Berzerk!!!

Sometimes, you just can't explain what Jordan is thinking. Thanks to Uncle Rudy and Aunt Evelyn for recording this.

2010JUL28 - Bengals?

Today the Cincinnati Bengals signed Terrell Owens. So now they have two loud mouth wide receivers in Owens and Chad Ochocinco. Not sure how they'll handle that. On a side note, Jordan randomly has a Bengals onsie, so to mark the day the Bengals gained not one but two crybabies, I added a 3rd one to their line up.

We'll still be rooting for the Raiders and Niners though this season.

2010JUL24 - Lake Tahoe

It took a while, we finally got the family together for a weekend trip to Lake Tahoe. It was fun to be away from home with everyone. We hadn't done that since we went on an Alaskan cruise in 2007. Jordan was very perceptive when we brought him out to the lake. I put my feet in the water while holding him, and he started whimpering. As you can see, that escalated into some vocal discomfort on his part. But all in all, he enjoyed the beach just fine.

On the drive back, we hit up In-N-Out, Jordan's first time there. He really wanted to hold my drink.

Also, one thing to note is all these photos were taken with the Canon G11, not my dSLR. Not bad for a point-n-shoot. It even has a hot shoe for my flash!

2010JUL21-Staking his claim

From the desk of Elaine Lee, Jordan's mom:

Yesterday, I went to visit Jordan at lunch time at his daycare. He's quite the popular baby. He even has a "girlfriend" named Katie. While I was sitting in the room, Katie came over to me and put her hand on my knee. She has the most beautiful blue eyes. Very mesmerizing, which is probably one reason why Jordan is so drawn to her. Anyways, Jordan took notice, and immediately crawled over to me, got on his knees and put his arms up to be held. It was like he was staking his claim on me - "This is MY mommy!" He's never really been the jealous type, but I guess this was just another step in Jordan's showing his emotions.

Later on, after feeding him his lunch, Jordan went to go play with Katie at the toy house. I was about to leave, and when I looked back, he was propping himself up on the playhouse wall. Suddenly, he let go, wobbled a little bit and latched back onto the wall. What a brave boy!

2010JUL19 - Less Mondays Left

It's hard to believe that in a couple months, Jordan will be turning 1 year old. What's also hard for me to believe is my time with Jordan on Mondays will be coming to an end. Which leads to a 3rd "hard to believe" moment that Jordan is now standing own his own, albeit with the help of the crib hand rail or nearby sofa. Normally, Jordan vehemently disagrees with me placing him in the crib. He'll scream and yell for fear of falling asleep. But this time he was in a very good mood. It was almost like he was saying to me, "Look what I can do, Dad!" It's too bad he didn't stay this way when we put him down to sleep later on this night. But you'd never know it by the look on his face below.

2010JUL17 - Funny Faces of Jordan

Jordan is such an expressive baby. He cracks us up with all his facial contortions and screams.

2010JUL11 - Sacramento Visit

The last time we brought Jordan to Sacramento we were excited to get Jordan into my parent's pool. Unfortunately, Jordan wasn't excited at all. It was late May, and the hot Sacramento weather hadn't really kicked in yet. Thus, the pool was colder than expected, and Jordan really took notice. We put him on a little floatie chair but the cold water that was on it literally freaked him out. Lucky for us, this 2nd trip to the pool went a lot smoother.

We bought Jordan a floatie with a sun shade and he loved it. Much to our relief, he splashed around and couldn't contain his joy. It's funny what 99 degree weather can do to a pool, and what a warmer pool can do for a 10 month old.



My parents had all the relatives over for dinner, which meant Jordan had to deal with the dreaded "male cousin" syndrome again. Again, we're not sure why Jordan is prejudice against my male cousins (see July 05 Blog). This time, it was Alvin. Ah, the memories.


But over all, Jordan had a great time. Plus seeing the grand aunties and uncles were good for him. And of course, seeing great-grandpa was especially...er...special. I'm glad he doesn't have prejudices against him. :)

2010JUL05 - Aunties visit and "the Syndrome"

My Aunt Sue-Sue made her annual trip to the west coast and was able to visit us in Sunnyvale, as well with my Aunt Jane and my cousin Joseph. This was Jordan's first time meeting his grand aunt Sue-Sue, but the story here is more about Jordan's aversion to my male cousins. The whole time they were at hour home, Jordan would keep a watchful eye on Joe. We all thought it was funny and didn't think anything of it until we drove up to visit my other cousin Daniel and his wife Linda.

I thought Jordan might be a little scared of Meatball, their 2 year old chihuahua. But Jordan didn't really care too much. He just let him sniff around and that was that.



The real surprise was when Dan held Jordan. He sort of cried out like, "What the heck is this creature holding me?!?!?" It was then I realized that Jordan doesn't like my male cousins very much. He allowed others to hold him, just not Dan. With Joe, Jordan just watched him cautiously, and back in May, Jordan didn't like it when my cousin Alvin held him. Well, we plan on going up to Sacramento next week, so maybe I'll see if Jordan will let Alvin hold him again. That'll be the true test, because as far as I can remember, he's really good with babies. At least he was with my other cousins when they were under 2 years old.



By the end of the evening, Jordan tolerated Dan's presence, but we still had to quickly take this photo before Jordan turned to his right to see who was behind him.

2010JUL03 - Regina's Birthday

We had a chance to go over to our friend's the Yee's house to celebrate Regina's birthday. This is just a snapshot of the festivities.

A couple days later (July 5), Jordan's cousin, Justin was born in Hong Kong. Hopefully we'll see you soon!

2010JUL03 - 10 Months!!!

It's crazy how fast time goes by, especially with Jordan. He's already 10 months old, and started crawling a week ago. He's definitely more vocal and louder than ever. A few other notable favorites: spitting when displeased, spitting when excited, spitting when...well, you get the picture; a little sly smile when discovering something new; surprisingly enjoying asparagus; sleeping on his side and tummy; holding his own sippy cup; and seemingly having conversations with mommy and daddy with his "DADADADADADA's." Either way, we have been really blessed with Jordan and we thank God for him every minute.