Remember last year's Thanksgiving? I didn't know back then that that was only half the show. Because last year Thanksgiving, Mommy was still unable to move around much after giving birth to his handsome son. Therefore, we spent the entire Thanksgiving at home. Little did I know, that was the only Thanksgiving that Mommy and Daddy spent at home without going out.
This year, it's a totally different story.
We spent Thanksgiving Day and the day after traveling to my Grandparents’ home. For Thanksgiving Day, we actually went Grand-Aunt Jean’s home for Thanksgiving lunch. As you can see from the pictures below, there were a lot of people there! Uncle Joseph, my cousin Annabelle, Aunt Vivian… you name it, and they were there! Oh, and did I mention that there were plenty of food? Speaking of food, the situation is getting better when it comes to allowing me to taste what the grown-ups are eating. Mommy and Daddy are slowly allowing me to try small pieces of food that they are having. But I have to say there’s still plenty of room for improvement. Anyway, check out these pictures that Mommy and Daddy took on Thanksgiving Day.
Moving on to part 2 of my second Thanksgiving celebration. It's time to do a road trip to visit Great-Grandma, Grandma, and Grandpa in Riverside. There were a lot less people in Riverside, when compare to yesterday's Thanksgiving lunch event. In addition, Uncle Chris and Aunt Phoebe are also missing because they are now in HKG (saving the economy in Asia, I was told.) But as mentioned in a few posts earlier, Great-Grandma is in-town, and I spent plenty of time hanging out with Great-Grandma. Here are some more pictures…
Let's start with chocolate. Because I'm sure it is the word chocolate that caught everyone's attention. The chocolate that I was biting into, as seen in this video below, is a classic kids’ favorite back in Hong Kong, according to Mommy and Daddy.
So what do I think after trying out this Cadbury Chocolate Fingers? “Excellent!” You might not believe me by looking at my expression. But this ‘Finger’ certainly tastes a whole lot better than mine!
So, the reason why Mommy was bribing me with chocolate, is because earlier today, I showed Mommy that I could walk a few steps… on my own. It’s really no big deal to me, but it was certainly a big deal for Mommy. So once Daddy got home from work this evening, Mommy has been trying to get me to walk a few steps for Daddy to witness… this history making event!
Remember her? That’s my Great Grandma! That was me that she’s holding in this picture. I was merely 2 days old in this picture and that was the last time I saw my Great Grandma!
A few days ago, Mommy and Daddy took me to the airport to pick-up Great Grandma, Grandma, and Grandpa. They are all flying back from Hong Kong… to see me, of course!
Today, Mommy and Daddy took me Grandma’s house in Riverside to spend the day with them. Here are some pictures that we took today…
Yes, can you believe it? I’m at the Doctor’s office for my 1-year old check-up today!
A couple of things have changed since my previous doctor visit. Things like my height, and my weight, which you can see from the graphs plotted on the sidebar of this blog. (Please tell me that you knew those 2 graphs are there all along!) But more importantly, I have changed doctor! No, it wasn’t because my former doctor had seen enough of me. In fact, he got promoted to a leadership role within his medical group, and therefore he no longer sees good looking patients like me. Hey, what can I say? It’s his lost, not mine!
So here I am, at my new doctor’s office… the office of Dr. Annette Liu. She had no idea she was about to meet the most handsome one year old in her years of pediatric practice. But before I was introduced to Dr. Liu, I had to go through the routine procedures of weighting and measuring…
And after my weight-in, I was made to wait in the exam room for a while, and during this time, I had to find some ways to entertain Mommy, Daddy, and myself...
So what did Dr. Liu said? Not much other than confirming the fact that I’m perfect! Dr. Liu said my weight was just a tick under the norm, while my height is a tick above the norm. Well, it seems to me that she’s trying to tell Mommy and Daddy that I’m tall and fit! Just like one of those guys here?
Unfortunately, Dr. Liu must be jealous of my good looks and charm, she ordered a couple of shots (no, not liquor, but more like injections) for me. Chicken Pox, Flu, and 1 other that I don’t even remember what they are called. And yes, they hurt!
And after such a terrifying ordeal, I was left with no option but to leave this horrible (and painful) place.
Did I hear the nurse said I have to return in a month?
Just like how Recaro designed it in the beginning, this awesome car seat is supposed to seated facing forward! I don't know who made this stupid rule that grown-up babies that are less than a year old, and less than 21 pounds, have to face backward when riding in a car seat. Well, those were the days. I have to put those days behind me, and start a new life. A new beginning!
This is Uncle Steven. He is Daddy's Cousin from London, England. He is visiting Los Angeles for a few days, celebrating his honeymoon with his wife Aunt Sara, who is also from London, England. Prior to this meeting, we have already met with them once, for dinner, and Uncle Steven presented a gift to me. This gift... is what I'm wearing in this picture above. Daddy thought that since we are meeting Uncle Steven again (last night), it's the right thing to do to wear this shirt. But as Daddy was putting this shirt onto me, I could swear that I saw a tear came off the corner of his eye. Why? If you look closer to this picture, see if you can read what is written on that round badge. Yes, this is the Away Kit for the Chelsea Football Club. The Football Club that is still trying to win their first ever Champions League Trophy, while Liverpool has already won it 5 times. So why did Uncle Steven buy me this shirt? As mentioned, he's from London, and Chelsea is a Football Club located in London. Therefore, Uncle Steven it is logically a fan of Chelsea Football Club. More importantly, he knew that by buying me a Chelsea shirt, he will really get on Daddy's nerve. But you know what, Daddy told me that Liverpool just ended Chelsea's 86 games unbeaten record, by beating them 1-0 at Stamford Bridge... which is Chelsea's Stadium. Wow... they played 86 games there and they were unbeaten? And Liverpool beat them? That must hurt.
Anyway, as much as this shirt looks good on me, Daddy said this will probably be the last time I will be wearing this shirt. Although Daddy said he might reconsider if we are watching a game between Arsenal and Chelsea, or something like that. Here are a few pictures that we took that evening, at Cheesecake Factory in Pasadena.
No, I'm not getting married! Although there are many girls out there who want to be my wife, Daddy kept saying... "Don't be stupid..."
Anyway, it was Uncle Sandy's wedding that I attended. Who's Uncle Sandy? He's Mommy's Cousin. He's Mommy's Mommy's Sister's Son... if you're still following.
So what does this mean? It means that I had a long day yesterday! We started my day by attending a church ceremony. After the church, we were fortunate that Grandma and Grandpa's house was nearby and we headed there for my afternoon snack. Almost immediately after, we went straight to the reception. And there were sooooo many people at the reception! So crowded and noisy that I could barely hear the voice of Mommy and Daddy.
Here's a video of me at the church...
And here are some pictures that taken from the entire day...
Here's another video that Daddy took, just a few days before my Birthday. The music(score) that Daddy used for this video, is taken from a very famous movie. A movie that was released, obviously, way before I was born. Can you guess which one? Leave me a comment to submit your guess.
It's been a rather busy few days with Halloween, the production of my music video, and birthday Disneyland celebration, all lined up over a span of just a few days. Things are finally slowly getting back to normal. With that said, I want to catch up on a few pictures and a video that I have missed in the past few days.
Below is a few shots taken when Daddy was trying out his new camera. Don't you agree that I clearly made the camera and its photos appear better?
Here is a video of doing the usual... jumping in my bed!
You people need to stop calling me to say 'Happy Birthday', so that I can enjoy my day at Disneyland!
Yes! Disneyland! Mommy and Daddy took me to Disneyland to celebrate my 1 year old birthday. What other place to better celebrate such an important day than celebrating it at the Happiest Place on Earth? (Although Daddy kept saying that it's not the Happiest Place on Earth to him, which I have no idea why.) Officially, this is my first visit to Disneyland, even though I have already been to the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World. Yeah, looking back at those OLD videos and photos , I noticed that I didn't have much hair back then!
So, let's cut through the chase because I am very excited to tell you all about what had happened today!
We first arrived at the Parking Structure at the Disneyland Resort. From the video below, you can see that I took the opportunity and grabbed a quick nap on my way to the Disneyland. I was barely awake when Daddy pulled me off the car. For a moment, I almost knew where I was, but I soon got distracted by all those cars (more like empty spaces) around me.
So, how do you like matching outfit with Daddy's?
After a short walk and an escalator ride, I'm down by the tram stop waiting to board the tram to Disneyland. There were quite some kids there running around which made me think that if going to school means I will have time to hang out at Disneyland during the day, I don't mind starting school tomorrow!
Once we got off the tram, we walked pass Downtown Disney, passed the Security Check-point, onto the Main Entrance of Disneyland. Although there was another entrance to this place called Disney's California Adventure, but Daddy insisted on the Original Disneyland and told me that the other place is crap!
Here I am! The Happiest Place on Earth! We immediately took a few pictures by the Entrance where Mickey's face got implanted onto a slope of flowers. (More pictures available below.) After a few pictures, we underneath the Main Street Train Station, and there it was... Goofy!
I never knew Goofy was this tall! He looked small when I saw him in Mickey's Club House on YouTube. So after a few pictures and Goofy, we turned around and saw Minnie!
Is it me, or does Minnie seemed a bit taller? She's supposed to be 5 foot 2 inches, but from I saw on scene, she seems to be taller than five-two. I guess Minnie does grow taller like I do.
After we were done with Minnie, Daddy took us to the City Hall at Disneyland to pick up a Birthday Button. I bet most of you don't know that you get to receive a Birthday Button if you visit Disneyland on your birthday. Well, now you know!
By now, I'm tired and hungry! So we sat down at this bakery on Main Street and we (I) had something to eat. As usual, even though it was time for lunch, I didn't feel like eating. There were just too many kids walking around and I just wished that I could run around like they do, instead of sitting in this high chair swallowing liquid food. By the way, those ice-creams behind the counter looks very good!
After my lunch, we headed towards the Castle where we met Mary Poppins. Although I have to admit that I was hoping to see one of those cute looking Disney Princess instead.)
Moving beyond the Castle is the huge round thing with loads of horses on it. I was told that it's a Carousel. Who knows what that is; I just knew that I want to try it. But instead, Daddy took me to this ride with tons of flying elephants. And those flying elephants even have a rather dumb name called... 'Dumble.'
You would think that since Daddy is a grown-up, he would have tried all the rides at Disneyland. But no, he told me that he has never tried this terrifying-ly 'Dumble' ride. I have to bring him with me next time!
After the Dumble ride, I'm back at this Carousel thing. This time, instead of Mommy taking me onto this ride, it was Daddy's turn. This Carousel ride was pretty fun! The horse that I was riding moves up and down, up and down, and it only knows how to turn left!
By now, it's almost time for me to take my afternoon nap. We found an outdoor place at this restaurant and I just fell asleep right there inside my Stroller almost immediately!
When I woke up about an hour later, it was already getting dark! I guess I must have over-slept. I should have skipped my nap and go for a few more rides. Although I doubt that Mommy would let me skip my nap.
So I woke up from my nap at Fantasyland, and within a few footsteps, I arrived at Toontown! I was told that this is where Mickey lives, and if so, Mickey must be out of town because I didn't see him anywhere! Instead of seeing Mickey, Daddy showed me around to check out a few cool things around Toontown...
We left Toontown after some pictures and we headed back to the Main Street for Dinner. Daddy ordered this gigantic Turkey leg for dinner along with some soup in a bread-bowl. And me, of course I'm left with the same option of baby formula for dinner.
By the time we finished dinner, it was getting close to my bed time. Which means that I had to leave this Happiest Place on Earth. It has been a fun and I hope that I will get to visit this place again, soon!
And here are some pictures that we took from today.
If you have a high speed internet connection, along with a powerful computer, may I suggest you to click here instead of watching the same-but-lower-resolution video below.
Otherwise, this format below will be a good alternate solution if you still have a high speed internet, but a not-so-powerful computer.
