niveJ = Jevin

So we took out the wheel-less walker so Jevin could have a snack. Well, he decided he only wanted to go in it on his terms... And his terms meant that he got in by HIMSELF! As you can see, he had some issues with it.

Ahhhh, can I say "Daddy's boy"?

Taichung Science Museum

On Saturday we went to the Taichung Science Museum. It has been a long time since the last time. I had forgotten how freaked out Josie got the last time we saw the dinosaurs. They really did a great job on them. The picture above is of the robotic-dinosaur. It was VERY realistic. You'll notice how far away we are from it. She absolutely refused to get any closer to it. I suppose I shouldn't have said he looked hungry.

This dinosaur didn't look so real so Josie was comfortable posing for a photo with it.

After walking through the museum (and stopping Josie from jumping over a barrier - how mortifying!) we had to stop for lunch. I figured since it was our day out, we could go to McD's. It was conveniently located in the museum. They invited Josie to watch the show.

There were three performers: a man and two women. They had to recruit their audience. The man kept looking at Josie but was too scared to invite her, but one of the women was outgoing. She invited Josie to join - in English. The show began and the questions were thrown out and of course Josie answered everything in Chinese. It was just too funny to see the man's eyes bug out when he realized he could have spoken Chinese to her.

Naturally we needed a picture with the gigantic mosquito.

And with the waterfall.

And also with Josie's new best friend.

And then there was an opportunity to do an art project. DIY as they call it. The lady guided Josie to make a birthday cake using clear glue and colored rocks.

Jev's Party

On Saturday we had a combo birthday party with Olivia. It was a fun time for all. Jevin had his first experience with CAKE. It was... messy.

Ahhhh, One year old. My how time flies. Above, Liwen and Jevin are playing on the trampoline.





And the winner for the coolest gift wrap job was the Brian Crowd - Brian, Peggy and Susan. A gift bag wrapped over like a dress shirt complete with a tie. It was so cool... And of course so was the gift!
Special thanks to Brian & co., Stanley & co., Eric & co., Rebecca & co., the Lindenbergs, the MacLeods, and Ron & Terry for the wonderful gifts.

Dinner Time!!!

So Josie has become a very good helper. And a very cute one too. As you can see above she is feeding Jevin. And below you can see she is teaching him to open his mouth, "Ahhhhhhhh." It was really just too cute.

And here he did the big "Ahhhhhhhhhh" for her.

First Hair Cut!

Poor Jev. This was in response to the "girl" pictures. Haha... (Feb. 20th)

Birthday Cards!!!

Thank you so much for your birthday wishes.

Can we call it a race? Hee hee...

And in first place we have Auntie Lois and Uncle Schubie. Forever remembered as "Jevin's first Birthday card." giggle

In second, a great big thanks to Ron and Terry.
And in a very close third, many thanks to Great Mama and Great Papa.

We are greatly anticipating Saturday when we can celebrate our little walker's first birthday and his PAAAAART-AAAAAAAY!

Josie Speaks Out

So little Josie has so many questions for us:

"When i am 5 years old, can I be on American Idol?"
Of course we answer, "Sure, but how will you get there?"
"We'll take the blue car."
"But how will we get the car across the ocean?"
"It can drive on a boat. We did that in Canada before." (BC Ferries)

"When I am 17 can I get married?"
"Well, I hope you would wait for a little longer than that."
"When I get married can I have these flowers?" pointing at the carnations at Costco.
"Sure can!"

"Mommy, what are you doing? Are you 'computering'?"

But the cutest things aren't words at all. She will blow kisses and when we blow the kisses back, she will reach out, catch it and put it on her lips!

Jevin Walks!!!

So it is official... Jevin is walking. He started walking on Saturday (Feb. 28) and he has be motoring ever since. Above is a 4 second clip that Jason took just as it all began. He had taken some steps before but only randomly so we didn't count them. Saturday was the first time he took many steps at once.

It's funny to compare children.

• Josie walked at 10 1/2 months.
• Jevin walked at 11 1/2 months.

• Josie stood freely at 10 months (without walking).
• Jevin is only figuring that out after the fact.

• Josie was all over the sofas at this age.
• Well, yeah, some things are the same.

• Josie figured out how to pull herself up, swing her legs over and drop out of the crib shortly after one year.
• We are crossing out fingers that Jevin never figures this out.

And some other observations:

• Josie would finish 240 cc's in seconds.
• Jevin takes his sweet time, and still chokes occasionally, which freaks me out. (For those of you who know about our summer experience, you'll understand.)

• Josie slept through the night the first time when she was 3 months and through the night regularly after 6-ish months.
• Jevin has slept through the night a total of 4 times since birth... and by through the night I mean 8 hours.

Well, enjoy your week. When it warms up a bit, I'll get some park pictures now that Jev is walking. Little helper JoJo is sure to show him the ropes (or perhaps the swings :P).