The Zhao Family

Don't worry I won't scare you the way I did to my sister by telling her that Brennan has a rare condition called white measles. What I do is put lotion and patch it throughout his body, put him in front of the mirror to look at himself so he apply it all over his body and then say "All gone" with a smile knowing that he did it. Then happily he know its time to get dressed. And since I help to bathe Brennan most of the time, once in a while when Abbey gives him the bath he would request for "dim dim" meaning white lotion spots after bath.

It took many tries and this came out the best and that he is not spitting at me. Brennan is very cooperative when it comes to having fun and doing fun things.

Huge eyes..I am not sure who's eye he have either.

With Christopher, only two months apart: they look nothing alike.

Sometimes I wonder who's eye he have. Clayton is becoming more and more active and responsive. This picture looks pretty good.

Well we thought this bouncer was good in the beginning, about two months ago, but now that Clayton is more active, he kicks he legs so much that he'd usually end up having one leg sticking out on the side. ( We probably should put on the seatbelt)

As you can see that at times when Brennan pays attention to one thing, especially watch TV, he has no idea of his surroundings. It was funny to see him like this as he was in this position holding both balloons and not even flinch nor move his hand positions for a good half an hour of watching a show. I think he got this from his mom.

So there were many informants that thinks Clayton doesn't smile too much, well Clayton is improving and we are better at catching his moments of happiness such as this one playing with Da. The other end of the black cord is Brennan swinging the cord.

By the way, This is "ABBEY"

Since Clayton was born, Da has taken over the blog and uploand pics for the family. I have no problem with this until..........Da starts to post "feelings"....."my feelings, abbey's feelings......."

Hahaha, after four years for marrige, I realized that we can't count "too much"......there are good days and bad days. Some days are better than others. I used to complain alot more*still complain and yell at Da once awhile....I guess I was spoiled by my parents. I didn't need to do a thing at home and now I am the one doing everything.....this change is HUGE and it took me awhile to get use to this. But afterall, it's really not that bad....

The boys usually behave and good to me.......Da is really nice to me also (esp the night time massages..so I can't be too mad about him) just when Mr. Chow (Sleeping God) calls Da. He can never resist.

So the bottom line is........I think taking care two boys (my friends said THREE, including DA) is not that bad. It's great to see them laughing together and have fun at home. I truly thank Heavenly father for giving me such a great family. At times I am exhausted after all the "FUN" cooking, cleaning, nursing, ....at night, but the next day comes and everything is great again...just need to keep this positive attitude!

Afterall, I am enjoying my time as a stay home mother (I am sure I need to work like 20yrs before I can retire =)). This is truly a privilage...=)

So life as I know it has come down to this: I go to work and come home, play with Brennan, and eat dinner. Afterwards gives Brennan his bath, read this bedtime stories, and then puts him to bed. Then, I go and take over for Abbey and rock Clayton to sleep. I go to bed and next day all over again.

But of course Abbey has a different story more like this:
Da wakes and don't even change Brennan and runs off to work. When he comes home he expects the house to be clean and dinner ready. He doesn't even know how difficult it is to keep things in order with two boys. All he does when he comes home is to watch tv with Brennan and Clayton. After dinner he wouldn't even wash the dishes. He does his things, baths Brennan and puts him to bed; not even brush his teeth. Then he goes and do more of 'his' things and until I yell at him, then he will do it.

This is how Da plays with Brennan on the swing. Brennan gets a kick out of it.

For some odd reason the weather was extremely nice the last couple days. So we took the whole family out to the park and put Brennan on the swing, his favorite thing at the park. Da showed Brennan and ingenious idea that when you push him, he will kick you and you pretend to fly off. Here is how it went.

So Abbey's parent left...and now she is home taking care of the boys all by herself..here is what she felt a week before they left and knowing what is ahead of her.
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Very nice picture of Clayton when he's happy.
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Hercules!
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puppy love
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Us going out to Trick-or-Treat..it was a great time. Brennan absolutely love going around and getting treats.
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This is what Brennan has to go through to get candy on Halloween..he's no longer in the 100 Aker woods
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Since Brennan is Eeyore, Clayton has to join in the fun too..so mama made him into a flower..hahaha..and even put stickers on his face too..haha
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Brennan and David are getting to the nitty gritty on carving the pumpkin. As you can see, Brennan is discovering the ins and outs of this huge orange squash.
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Actually Eeyore turned out to be Brennan. That was his custom for this past Halloween. He looked so adorable.
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Abbey loves Eeyore so she took him home from the 100 Aker Woods and even help him put on shoes.
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Here is a pretty cool picture. I put this together of the two of them roughly about the same weeks. Both of their features are pretty much the same, one has a angle profile and the other has a front profile but most features are similar.
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Clayton...rubbing his fists getting ready to rumble or the chinese way of saying 恭喜恭喜
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One of Clayton's most favorite things to do is being held in this position. Well, he just like being held, period. Such spoiled baby.
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This is awesome. Clayton was only 1 1/2 month and he's already acting all mature and stuff. Oh well, we can't blame him for having good genes..hahaha(you guess which side of the family)
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Another one of many things Abbey's dad can do...is forcing little babies to get haircuts...hahaha..actually I am really surprised that Brennan is pretty patient and allowing for people to cut his hair. As you can see, Brennan really has no choice.
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Here is picture of all the jousters or knights. It was very entertaining. The knight that we voted for was loosing in the beginning but somehow ended up winning the whole match. It was a two hour show.
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Back to more pictures. Finally have some time to post some pictures for everyone. Before Abbey's parents left, we want to take them somewhere that is only unique in the USA since there are soooo many more exciting things in Hong Kong than Maryland. So Da's friend introduced us to the Medieval Times. It was quite a unique experience where food is just serve on plates and you eat with your hands while entertainment is about the Dark Ages and men on horse jousting. It was very nice.
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So like I was stating in the last post...it didn't take long before Abbey got out of the house by herself and left me with the boys. I tell you its no easy job to take care of a 2 1/2 month old and a 2 1/2 years old boys. At times I envy Abbey and all mothers who stays home with their children, then there are times that I know I am blessed because I am a guy. As for tonight, it was OK though it was hard to feed Clayton fresh milk and play with Brennan at the same time. I managed and survived the night without harm to anyone.