Kylie's Top Ten Things Learned Today

Kylie had to stay home from school cause she has a cold in her eye (NO not pink eye) and will be back at school tomorrow. So as any good parents does you have to work around your conference calls and everything to stay home with your beautiful child. Well Kylie created a top ten list of things she learned today...



10. Banging on the sliding glass door and saying DA DA DA DA does not make Daddy come home sooner.

9. Just because Mac (The dog) eats your food (when you drop it on the floor) doesn't make it right for you to try his food. Especially when Mommy is on a conference call.

8. Hosting a Virtual Trade Show can be fun but my little help isn't always welcomed. Typing assadddffff is not something that makes Mommy happy while she is trying to work and type about Oasis of the Seas.

7. Chugging the juice in your sippy cup sometimes helps if the day gets stressful. So does eating Goldfish (why do only some of them get to smile?). Later to be replaced by coffee or Starbucks or chocolate.

6. Answering e-mails while your eating your lunch sometimes can get messy for the keyboard. Or it can make you very sleepy.

5. When Mommy is on a call, don't try to rip the phone off her ear and then say HI to whomever is on the other line. I highly don't suggest pressing the number keys either.

4. The Tupperware cabinet is a playground all in itself. Putting bowls on top of your head and the dogs head makes Mommy laugh (although she didn't get a picture)

3. Playing Peek a Boo with Mommy while she is working makes her smile :)

2. The dinging noise coming from Mommy's computer is not music and not something to clap along to. This means more emails are coming in. Mommy's computer may look like my play computer but it doesn't sing nursery rhymes.

1. Being with my Mommy for a entire day is the best medicine.

Kylie's First Haircut

Kylie got her first haircut (gin toe fat in Chinese) on Saturday. Although, she didn't have too much hair to cut she needed a little trim around the edges. She was amazing and sat still in Daddy's lap while she got her haircut. Super cute and happy. She was watching another lady get highlights which we told her she was too young to get!

Bonus Shot: Kylie reading her book in her Kylie Chair

1 Year Checkup

Today has already been a fun filled day and it is only 10:30am. Kylie had her one year old checkup today, some bloodwork and 4 shots. She did amazing for the bloodwork and checkup but voiced her opinion on the time we had to sit and wait between each item.

The Doctor said she is doing excellent and she has laser like focus with her eyes. I guess this means a job as a SPY would be good?? She weighed in at 18lbs 8.5 ounces so no forward facing car seat for Kylie right now. She is currently 29 1/2 inches long. She got a A plus and we took her to a new breakfast spot which she was thrilled by the food and the service not to mention the outdoor eating.

This appointment is a nail bitter

I have had ENOUGH Waiting!!

The Belly Laugh

After a long day at work, this little laugh makes everything better..

All in a Wednesday

Just a day in school hanging out!! Thought you would enjoy seeing what Kylie does at school. She likes to sit on the little sofa.. Hang out with her friends.. Her friend Sophia tried to join her but ended up kicking Kylie out.



Also, here is the teachers using a weird contraption to try to encourage Kylie to walk. Four of her little friends (younger than her) are walking. She likes that they walk and then steals their toys as she is still closer to the ground. But, her school is trying to encourage her to walk. It looks like she is wearing a fish net shirt but actually her shirt got bunched up.
Yes the pictures were taking from my blackberry so not too clear!!

Happy 34th Birthday Daddy!

Happy Birthday Daddy! We hope your having a great day at work. Funny how last year, I couldn't hold my head up to create your birthday banner. Click HERE to see the post from last year. This year I got a little bit more creative with the birthday wishes. I got Mac involved. I tried to color his nose (he didn't like the blue on him), I tried to pour water over your poster but Mom reacted quickly. Then I found that playing Peek or Boo was the best entertainment!

Trying to find the right crayon

Just colored the Dogs Nose and now more on the poster

Peek
(Yes No Pants as she poured the dogs water bowl on her lap
- All trying to be creative)A Boo...

A little Volleyball

1st Birthday Weekend!!!

It seems like only yesterday we were in labor and waiting for our little girl to arrive, with a perception of what life was soon to be like. Perception out the door and in arrived Kylie. We remember in the hospital thinking... Why won't she stop crying, why is she waking up so much, what do we do now? Will we ever sleep again? What have we gotten ourselves into?

Kylie has been a true blessing over the last 365 days and we can't wait to spend the next million plus more with her. What was once a sleeping, eating and well .... machine has turned into an amazing little girl. She is a joy to be around and truly melts our hearts every day. She's talking (in her own language), eating real people food, walking assisted by boxes or hands and drinking MILK.

Let's take a moment of silence for our wallets that no longer have to buy a can and a half of formula a week! That is $37 dollars savings. Gallon of Milk $2.50 We love it!

Kylie has no desire to be a baby anymore, out pureed food and in anything she can dish into her mouth herself. No more holding let me go and crawl / walk around. She holds her own sippie cup, reads her own books (and if she doesn't like the ending well she just rips out that page). She is Miss Independent with a smile.

Our priorities have changed, our house is truly now a home and Brian, Kylie, Mac (the dog) and I are one very happy family. Our lives are a million times better with Kylie in them.

To all of you, family and friends thanks for being along for the last 365 day adventure and we hope you ride along for many more adventures to come.

(Okay enough of the sappy stuff... Here is what you came to see.. Kylie's first birthday !!)

On Friday, Kylie's birthday we took her to Maggiano's for a family style 3 hour dinner. Now you might be thinking we are crazy to take a one year old for a 3 hour dinner but as you can see she kept herself busy and very happy.

The Family at Maggiano's

Loving the Bread
A few good laughs...
Cake Decorating by Shawn

Aunt Betty and Ralph work on the baby panda

On Saturday, surrounded by family from out of town, Gung Gung, Po Po, Grandma, Grandpa, Aunt Gloria, Uncle Bill, Godmother Dani, Shawn, Aunt Betty and Ralph and a 40 of her closest friends we threw a bash for Kylie. It was great to have both of her Godparents, Hugo and Dani here to help celebrate this milestone. The birthday was complete with customized cakes, cookies and decorations from Aunt Betty and Shawn. Simply amazing work ladies, we will forever talk about them. A bounce house that Brian and I bought for Kylie and some amazing food not to forget the 200 plus potstickers that Po Po made for everyone, the day was a big success and one happy birthday girl!

Kylie sitting in the cooler...I know just where to put these Coronas

Shawn decorating the Panda Cookies

Aunt Betty and Ralph working on the cookies as well

The Panda Cookies - Simply Pandatastic

The Finished Panda Cakes (Mama Panda and Baby Panda and a little Bamboo)
Po Po Making Potstickers - 10 at a time (She made aprox 200!)

Newborn - 1 Year Monthly PicturesKylie and Daddy on the Bounce House Slide
The Icing is so good!

She gives the cake and design a A plusThe Kylie Chair
Checking her Text Messages on Godmother Dani's phone during present time

The Family in the bounce houseKylie Lau Lum - 1 Year Old!!

Happy Birthday Kylie Lau!