Best part of Hayden's day

After we pick up Hayden... We treat him to an Icee and corndog.

Waiting to be hosed off after splashday at school

Testing

Just figured how to post pictures from my iphone. Cool. That was a bit confusing.

Wow it worked. Boy you guys are in for a bunch of my crap now.....

Sweet Disposition

One of my favorites now..... got it from the coke commercial.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vN7HQrgakZU

Sorry you got to copy and paste..not sure if you can actually add a youtube video?

The Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition Lyrics

sweet disposition
never too soon
oh reckless abandon
like no one's
watching you

a moment, a love
a dream, a laugh
a kiss, a cry
our rights, our wrongs
a moment, a love
a dream, a laugh
a moment, a love
a dream, a laugh

chorus
just stay there
cause i'll be comin over
and while our bloods still young
it's so young
it runs
and we won't stop til it's over
won't stop to surrender

songs of desperation
I played them for you
a moment, a love
a dream, a laugh
a kiss, a cry
our rights, our wrongs
a moment, a love
a dream, a laugh
a moment, a love
a dream, a laugh

chorus:
just stay there
cause i'll be comin over
and while our bloods still young
it's so young
it runs
and we won't stop til it's over
won't stop to surrender

a moment, a love
a dream, a laugh
a kiss, a cry
our rights, our wrongs (won't stop til it's over)
a moment, a love
a dream, a laugh
a kiss, a cry
our rights, our wrongs(won't stop til it's over)
a moment, a love
a dream, a laugh
a kiss, a cry
our rights, our wrongs (won't stop til it's over)
a moment, a love
a dream, a laugh
a moment, a love
a moment, a love (won't stop to surrender)

New favorite song...

Heard this song from my cousin, Viet, and had to download it.

Love it!

"How it ends" by Devotchka.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlnkQOexUSo

Enjoy.

The Downside and Upside of Friday

Steve and I went to go visit Grandma at her home Friday. Unfortunately she had to be taken to the emergency room because she wasn't eating. We went to the ER to help get her admitted since Cau Khai had to be somewhere else. We met Cau Hung there and stayed with them to speak to the doctor while she was getting admitted. She is being treated for pneumonia and septis which are serious conditions... especially at her age. She was severely weak but responsive as Steve spoke to her and prayed with her.

Visit her if you have a chance.... We knew her health was deteriorating but not until we saw her did we know the extent of it.

Well since Steve had some errands to run afterward, I went to go pick up Hayden from school. We played outside waiting for Daddy to come home.

Hayden especially

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it when DAD comes home.

We both do.

"It takes a village to raise a child" well sort of....

Steve and I decided to go BIG for Hayden's 3rd Birthday. One because he missed out on his 2nd birthday with the passing of Chase and 2ndly because his parents are crazy.

Birthday boy enjoying the water slide.

party favors

"decorate your cupcake station"

'lettuce wraps'

'panko fried shrimp'

'build your own sundae station'

'bacon wrapped quail'

'popcorn chicken'

'twice baked potatoes'

I must admit at times I felt pressured to get this all together, but pleasantly surprised how hands-on Steve was with everything.... 2 AM ribbon cutting and glueing, folding of decorative papers, planning of pool games, and soooo much more.

Sorry for all of the barking, honey. Couldn't have done any of this without you :)

But I have to also thank all of my other magical elves.

Tina and Cindy for helping me with the grocery shopping and prepping all of the foods in weee hours of the night

nieces and nephews (Vivienne, Haley, & Jordan) for cutting/pasting cupcake labels & putting together Hayden's thank you bags

Mylinh (a good friend) for making Hayden's delicious cupcakes and to-die-for frosting

Tulan for helping with more arts and crafts

Tony (Tulan's husband) for de-veining and butterflying the endless of shrimp (this from a man who doesn't even boil water)

Barry and his new girlfriend Thuy for battering all of the shrimp, making my centerpiece, transporting all of the stuff to the pool, photography skills and more arts and crafts. Poor girl didn't know what she was walking into...

Chi Thu for making the paper flowers, enduring the never-ending frying of shrimp, picking up of more food & supplies, and making Hayden's WONDERFUL & ORIGINAL party hat

and all of our loving friends and family who helped set things up, clean up after the party, and MOST OF ALL....... BE A PART OF HAYDEN'S 3RD BIRTHDAY.

more pics here:

http://picasaweb.google.com/ThuyMTran/HaydenS3rdBday#

http://chrisdinh.smugmug.com/Family/Haydens-3rd-Birthday/13154311_8NzEW#954204826_V7Nhu

Happy Birthday to my love.... you make life sooooo worth it!

KNOCK ON WOOD

Just a few days before this incident, we were telling Steve's parents that our poisonous lion fish is completely safe. When we clean the tank we put our hand inside all of the time...no problem.

Until today....

Steve had decided to buy a few smaller fish, cardinals, to put into the tank. One of the precautions about introducing new fish to a tank with a large lion fish is not to buy anything too small that can fit into its mouth. As soon as he releases them into the tank, our curious lion fish swarms up looking for dinner. As Steve tried to hit the front glass to scare the lion fish away it really didn't do anything. He inadvertently splashes the water on the top of the tank and swipes two of his fingers onto the poisonous spikes.

BIG OPPS....

He held his hand in so much pain as I googled a remedy, called a couple of aquarium specialists, even called the 1.800 number for Marine Poison Control in Florida.
While soaking his hand in hot water (one of the remedies) , I told him it was going to be the WORST PAIN he was going to experience for 2-3 hours according to the experts.... he screamed..."go upstairs and get the money... you gotta take me to the emergency room" (funny note... when he said to get the money it was like get everything we have....our life savings....EVERYTHING! I DON'T CARE HOW MUCH IT IS GONNA COST....ha haaa)

So I took him to the local Urgent Care Center in Bellaire because we were not going to mess with the Hospital Emergency Rooms and wait for hours. By that time and pain had gotten a bit more tolerable but we went ahead and got a morphine shot. The entire time I'm thinking...you don't know anything about pain.... I gave birth to Hayden completely drug-free, fool...haa haaa.

Finger was swollen for a few days and all is ok now. We still have a chuckle about it especially about how mean and grouchy he was! We now know how ridiculous he would be if he was in labor! Ice chips honey???

Hayden starting school

Our baby started school a couple of weeks ago.

Its been heart-wrenching prying him off of us as we leave him. Steve and I took him together the first day... and I have not been able to do it alone yet. Steve has been so good with me because he knows it will be terribly hard. You should see how hard it is for the both of them (*tear *tear)

He would stop by every hour to peak in.... or park across the street and try to get a glimpse of him with the other kids. It sooo sad. I know its supposed to get better.... and it is. We actually saw Hayden playing with the other kids when we picked him up yesterday.

This is a picture of his nap time when we peaked in one time. He's the one sleeping next to the teacher in the torquis shirt.

We are such lunatics. We can't wait to get of the office and pick him up! We just melt seeing him looking out the window waiting for us... or his lunch left uneaten :(

I know he enjoy school one day... but WHEN????