Thứ Tư, tháng 3 30, 2005

Chip 's been to "Ngoai" for 2 weeks

It has been another 2 weeks that I think the most busiest time since our Chip was born. He and Mai have been back to "Ngoai", a kind of traditional custom of almost every Vietnamese wife. I shuttle back and forth from home to "Ngoai" every night, which sometimes made me tired. At 6 week old, our Chip is really a "teenage". He seems to know when he wants to have "heavy output" and even what time to go to bed as well. At 10.30pm to 11.00pm, he always start to "ask" everybody to carry him around and around 11.30pm to 12.00 am, he fall asleep soundly as his parents. For working days, he used to get up at around 7.00 and for weekends, he wake up late with his parents as well, at 9.00 am of Sunday morning. WoW! Grandmother oftens highly appreciate Chip and says that my teenage Chip.
He knows everything around him, really.
I post some more photos of "day thang" when Chip received presents from everybody and even "Uncle" Sarah and Paul from UK who I know extremely busy at work but still spent time shopping a lot of babywear for our Chip. Sarah and Paul are so kind, I worked with Sarah on a project named CMS together in UK. It has been 4 years since I met Sarah and she is still so kind and sweet. I hope one day, I could take Chip and my wife to come and visit her in her cosy semi-detached house where I once had dinner with her and her Paul.
Well, now some more photo.

Grandfather, "grand uncle",Suzuki Ayano and Chip's father in Chip's party
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Chip and his father both felt sleep before bedtime (My wife took this sudden photo)
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Chip at 6 week old, talking to people. "Ngoai" said she becomes more talkative than ever since everyday she has to talk to Chip.
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And after bath, a full satisfactory:
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Thứ Hai, tháng 3 14, 2005

1 full month party of Chip

Yesterday and today were memorable days for all of us. We organize 2 small lunch parties for Chip to celebrate his 1 full -month party. Scientifically, he did not know all tha buzzle things but everyone was happy to come and gave our "Chip" all the best, all the helps and all the joyfullness. To avoid the old time of his father, I decided to start and build Chip 's "social capital" from now on since that seems the only thing currently we could affort to do for him. The "real" capital needs taking a longer time and he should conquer that on his own.
We love Chip so much and could sacrifice anything for him.
Please friends, enjoy some of the photos. All the "Ngoai" (10 members, only Mai Ly was absent) and the "Noi" (Uncle Thuan was also absent) were cheering for Chip.
In the second days (Sunday), Chip become quite international when having "co" Suzuki Ayano (a Japanese colleague of Chip's dad) attending the party and giving Chip a wonderful gift.

The party and Chips' grand father (ong noi) giving speeches, great grand father sitting in the corner.
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It's Cheering time between "ong noi" and neighborhood friends
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Chip lying on his own in the basket presented by grand mother in law and grand Long.
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Bathtime for Chip. (grand Nhan and grand father is helping him to "swim")
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