Philip's 2nd Birthday with Friends

We had a second party for Philip's 2nd birthday! This time around we celebrated his birthday with his friends. Spiderman was now the theme and toddlers everywhere was the name of the game. We had a total of seven toddlers, all two and under, under one roof! Needless to say, Philip had a blast and loved playing with all his little friends. Thanks again for celebrating Philip's 2nd birthday with us and, again, for all the generous gifts too! It was definitely a jam-packed birthday weekend, but it was all worth it because our little guy enjoyed every minute of it! :)








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Philip's 2nd Birthday with Family

It was Philip's 2nd birthday on Friday, April 18th, so boy were we in for a busy weekend! Paul and I decided that our house could not accommodate both our family and friends, so we crazily decided to have not one, but TWO separate celebrations for our special guy. We started off the festivities by celebrating his birthday with both sides of the family on Saturday. Philip had fun playing with cousins Winston and Brandon while the adults enjoyed a late lunch/early dinner chowing down on ham, ribs, and an assortment of other tasty appetizers. A Curious George ice cream cake (mmmm, Dairy Queen!) topped off the meal with what was an overall great time catching up with family. It's always nice to get both sides of our families together at the same time as well (A Chi-rish get-together, as Joanna would call it... haha). Happy 2nd birthday, Philip, with love from all your family. Philip, his mommy and his daddy thank everyone for all the really generous gifts too! :)







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Aaron's First Birthday Party

After Zach's visit, we headed to Woodbridge to celebrate Aaron's first birthday! His mommy Van rented an indoor playground called Jiggles 'n Giggles for three hours, and Philip had a blast for the entire time! With toys everywhere and a huge bouncing jungle, our little guy had tons of fun and didn't even want to leave after the time was up (can you blame him?? hehe). He even got to play air hockey for the first time, and it looks like we might have a little athlete on our hands! haha. It was great catching up with Van & Binh, Eban & Biba, and Andrea & Metin too, along with their adorable little cutie pies! Thanks for hosting such a great party, and we wish Aaron a very happy first birthday!!! See you all again in a week for Philip's 2nd birthday party!








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A Surprise Visit from Zach!

On Sunday afternoon we got a surprise call from Rafi saying that Zach was in town from New York, but leaving that day, so he wanted to drop by to say hi. Of course we obliged so we spent about an hour (that's all we had unfortunately since we had a birthday party to go to later on in the afternoon!) catching up. It was great to see him again and I can definitely say that he's still the same old Zach. Thanks for the short visit, Zach, and we hope that next time (maybe next week?) the visit will be much longer, although, in typical fashion, it will be a surprise again either way! :)

An Evening With the Duong Boys

Since Paul had a bachelor party to go to on Saturday night (my friend Anjan is getting hitched this May!) I decided to take Philip to my parents' place to hang out with the Duong boys. Brandon and Winston loved running around with Philip all night long and they even sat down quietly for a bit and watched Baby Einstein and Dora the Explorer. It was really fun babysitting them this time around because it's usually complete chaos (I don't know how moms of three kids so close in age normally do it!), and I hope the next time around will be just as easy, although I won't hold my breath. Little boys are always quite energetic and aggressive, but I guess I'll just have to get used to that fact with only boys on my side of the family... hehe.

Summie's in Town!

Summie came to visit from Hong Kong and we got a chance to catch up with her on Thursday night. We had dinner at Piri-Piri, a Portuguese restaurant, and although the food wasn't that great, the company more than made up for it. The biggest surprises were that new mommy Yen Vi was able to make it out without her little angel, Natalie, and I was able to make it out with Philip and Paul on a school night! I figured it's the least we could do after Summie travelled all that way from HK! Thanks for the great visit, Summie, and we hope the jet lag doesn't last too long when you get back to Asian nation! :)