Back at the Y!

We got here in Provo on Thursday night around 8pm. It was about a 12 hour drive....boo! I have decided that I never want to do that drive again...but we will see about that. The babies did really well. Rylan was such a good baby, and I was rather impressed with him. Nenji was probably the bigger baby of the two. :) Anyway, we're living at Wymount Terrace again, but at a different apartment complex. We now have a two bedroom apartment, woo-who! It's good to be back!

*Sorry, no pictures for this one. :(

Gotta Love them :)

We will be heading out to Utah Thursday morning. I'm excited but I know that I'm going to miss my family a lot. I'm going to miss having my sisters around, and I'm going to miss Maddy Paddy as well. I will especially miss my parents though. They are the greatest. They are wonderful parents and fantastic grandparents. Thanks mom & dad for your all that you've done and for your support. I love you guys and am I deeply grateful for both of you. :)

my boys!

Sometimes they drive me crazy....but I can't imagine life without them. :)

Family Day trip to San Francisco

This past weekend, the whole family went to San Francisco. We stopped by the California Academy of Science. It was a fun experience, but there were so many people. The kiddos had a lot of fun. We also went to the Japanese Garden located close to the academy too. It was beautiful! Fi Dan and I have decided that someday when we buy a house, we want our backyard to look like a Japanese garden. :) Here are some photos.

Here we are in front of the Academy.

Rylan! He was so good the whole time. :)

Daddy and Nenji, this is his new smile.

Me and Nenji. He's so silly!

The had an awesome roof on top of the academy.

Precious Maddy and Nenji at the Japanese Garden.

My parents. It was quite a climb to get to the top of that bridge.

Summer post

Things are winding down here in California. We have about 1 month before we head back out to Utah. We've already got a place in Provo. It's the same apartment complexes that we were living in before, just in a different location. I'm excited about having a place of our own again, but I am SUPER nervous about taking on two kids. I've tried handling both of them at the same time, and it is chaos! If Nenji could just be a little more independent, I don't think it would be so hard, but it seems that lately he needs me just as much as Rylan needs me...and around just the same time too.

Nenji is now 17 months. He is one of the funniest kids that I know. I absolutely love his sense of humor and sneakiness. I can tell that he's always up to something, because he has this sneaky little smile and gleam in his eyes that give him away. I introduced him to time-out a few weeks ago, he totally gets the concept, but that doesn't keep him from doing things that he shouldn't. Sometimes when I ask if he wants to go to time out, he looks at me, puts his little finger up, and waves it around while say, "no, no". Sometimes that's enough for me to not put him into time out. :) His new favorite movie is BOLT, he loves the action at the beginning of that movie.

Rylan is now 3 months and 1 week. He is a good 15lbs!!! He is turning out to be a not so good napper during the day, but an excellent sleeper during the night. :) He is such a happy and bubbly baby. If anyone talks to him, he'll smile and laugh and talk back. I enjoy watching him interact with people, because he really does have the sweetest little face. He can now sit the Bumbo chair with out any help! That's great for me and him, so that I don't have to hold him all the time during this hot weather where sweating is inevitable.

Fi Dan is almost finished with his internship at Hmong Women Heritage Association. He's been able to finish a big part of his project, which was having over 100 Hmong women fill out surveys. He might be able to finish in December, but we're not too sure yet, if not then definitely in April 2011.

As for me, I passed the RICA (the California state Exam to get your teaching license) just this past month! Woo-who! I also took the PRAXIS II test to see if maybe I can get my teaching license in Utah too. I don't know the results for that test yet, but hopefully it'll be good. Crossing my fingers!

Anyhow, here are some random pictures that we've taken during the summer. Enjoy!

The Lo Family

Here's Fi Dan's side of the family

I just love this picture!

Nenji and his Txiv-txiv (grandpa)

Me and my little Ryce-ball :)

Don't you just want to squeeze him?

Rylan, Nenji and grandmas at Ry's baby blessing.

Update!

I do apologize for not bloggin lately, but as you can imagine, it's been CRAZY with two little ones. :) Rylan Meejmom Lo was born April 18, 2010 at 3:15pm. I was in labor for only 6 hours this time, and it felt like a walk in the park compared to when I had Nenji! He was 7 lbs and 9oz, and 20 inches long. :)

Rylan is a sweet heart. He is now 1 month and 3 weeks today! He loves to smile and cuddle with anyone that is willing to hold him. He is a lot more demanding and impatient than Nenji ever was, Fi Dan thinks that Rylan is going to take after me. :)

Anyhow, Nenji is doing great! He is now 16 months now. He is sooooo grown up and curious. He loves to bother his cousin, Maddy, and he absolutely LOVES his dada. Nenji loves to watch music videos on youtube. He also likes to sing and dance. Whenever he hears music he just can't contain himself, his little body just has to "move it, move it." (One of his favorite songs to dance to is Move it, move it from Madagascar).

Fi Dan and I are doing well. It's a BIG help having family help out. Kalu and Maddy often come over to hang out with us, and Kashia is always willing to help out with the babies. :)

We'll be here in Californa until late August, and then it's back to Utah!

Back in California!

Nenji and I have been in California for over a month now. I know the original plan was to wait until March 9th, but on February 10th, Nenji and I came to California! It's been very different having to learn how to not have Fi Dan around all the time. It sure does make me appreciate and love him more than ever. He just came to visit me and Nenji last week, and boy was it great to have daddy around! Fi Dan will be coming back again to California when I have the baby...so I've been hoping to pop tummy-baby out soon! And then he will be home for good on April 23rd. Can't wait to have him here with me and the babies!





My family has been a great help. My parents have slept with Nenji a few times to give me a break. Kashia has been a tremendous help with Nenji, she's practically his second mommy. Kalu and Maddy have also been big helpers. Kalu and Maddy come over almost everyday to just hang out with me and Nenji, which I'm very grateful for because it makes the day go faster.





Maddy and Nenji are so cute together. I call her Mother Maddy because she loves to baby Nenji even though he's bigger than she is. She gets his bottles for him, brings his dirty bottles to the kitchen, she brings him food and water, and she finds his blanket for him when he's sleepy. She is going to be a GREAT older sister....and mother some day. I am very grateful for my family and I feel very blessed to have them helping me out! :)

Here's my handsome little man.

Happy St. Patty's Day! Mommy made green french toast!

Poor Maddy Paddy, Chuckeecheese came out and scared her. :(

Here's my brave little man! I have to admit, Chuckee is pretty scary in person!


Here's daddy and Nenji. I love these two soooooo much!

This was Nenji's favorite thing to ride while we were there.