peekie wu!

Recent wedding pic from Shannon's bridal suite on her wedding day: 4/26 Oops, my weekly updates seem to have fallen by the wayside.  I think we got busy on the weekends, and then things just snowballed away, as they do.  Here goes a more general update though: - New House Stuff The new house to do list has gone way down, almost to the point that there are really only maybe 2 more things that we need to address.  We also still need to tackle putting things in their right place and deconstructing the boxes that are being stored in our "dining/play room."  Alas, the devil's in the details, right? - Ethan Updates Ethan is about to move onto his next classroom: The Elephants!  This will be his very first transition to a new class besides the obvious one due to our move.  This will likely be very difficult for him since he seems to get attached to teachers.  Perhaps it's because he has started developing attachments to everything lately inclu...

Lucas' push gift, when baby E was born, is a reminder of the amazing things love can create I'd have to say, after I became a mom, one of the biggest changes for me is - what I used to call, becoming a big sucker/weakling/weak sauce for stories about babies or kids at peril.  I hate hearing or reading about babies who can't survive due to any circumstance.  I hate it so much because I almost get a physiological response to the story as if a dagger just got thrusted into my gut.  One of the first instances of this was on my drive to pick up baby E from daycare back in Cali.  I was listening to NPR on the radio like usual, and they ran a story about babies in NICU because of drug addict moms.  Hearing the little cries of strong withdrawal pains from a newborn still hurts me to the core right now - and I'm just recalling this story from memory.  It almost spurs me to action, to want to vote for whatever bill it was they wanted to pass to convict d...

These past two weeks have been nice with Lucas' mom in town to help us with baby E.  It served as another reminder of how nice it would be to live close to grandparents, and family in general.  She's now off to Taiwan to spend time with her mom and siblings.  Family is the best.   Current movie: We were able to take advantage of having family in town by going out to the movies for the first time since we've made the move.  We saw Insurgent because I'm a massive fan of the whole Divergent trilogy.  I liked the movie, and the movie experience.  I could understand the compromises they had to make in order to make the movie quicker and more exciting. Current Ethanism: He's learned to start throwing things onto the floor.  I'm guessing he picked this up from Dad because he used to hand him the rocks in our backyard, and Lucas would toss it back onto the ground.  He likes to take any random two objects into his hands, clap them together, a...

Current podcast: NPR Invisibilia - Fearless  Current tune: Jamie Cullum - Interlude - Interlude Current book I'm reading: The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg Current snack: a frozen (formerly fresh) jackfruit piece Current fav Ethan toy: his first radio flyer wagon Current fav house accomplishment: installing Ethan's new crown light in his bedroom Current hours of sleep at night: ~6, getting better! Current pic on iPhone roll: 

Say what?  It is the Fear Of Missing Out.  I never knew this was a thing, but after watching Ingrid's video on it, I felt so validated.  Not in the sense that I was all better from the feelings I had before, but there's something about being able to identify what it is that bothers you that gives you a sense of clarity. Ingrid's video: https://youtu.be/GvTYGsHbDy8 A brief TED talk on the same topic: https://youtu.be/1mZAQC9djPE If you don't have the chance to watch her video, it's the feeling that you don't want to miss out on creating memories with others, but at the same time either weren't invited to participate or didn't want to participate in the event. In particular, the year of 2014 was a big FOMO experience for me.  I'm sure, in part was because I had just become a new mom.  I had good reason to feel a bit detached from my previous life since it literally became a completely new life.  My close friends were getting married, and...

Current mood: grateful for a great escape from my everyday by experiencing meaningful and engaging relationships with new and old friendships Current dislike: United airlines for constantly delaying my flights, switching airplanes, and being overall, a big poopy experience Current yearning: squeezing my little love, and massaging his little fat rolls Current sleep avg: 3/4 hours, it's really not a wonder why I'm still sick ;-(

Those nikes I had mentioned in my last post: My little boy's feet be gettin bigger!  Also, I always enjoy recounting to myself how Nike means victory in Greek ;-)