The Zhao Family

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.

Family and Friends,

For all those that have kept coming to this page I apologize for not updating the blog the for last 15 days. It had been very interesting last couple weeks. As Abbey's parents prepare to leave the US, we want to make sure they had the opportunity to see everything and try everything before they. So we would take them out a lot and most of the time we would end up coming back home late; hence blog not updated.

Here is the funny thing, I thought that by Abbey's parents leaving town, things would be easier. I was very prideful. Today, Monday 10/30/06 is actually the first official day we have our two kids by ourselves. Let me tell you, its quite interesting. First thing I came home from work was, Abbey handed Clayton over to me and asked Brennan to play with baba. So, I come home, dropped everything and start playing with Brennan while holding Clayton.

We will see how long this would last until she is sick of doing this routine and just tell me to come home and babysit while she goes out to get away. I don't anticipate to take long since when Abbey's parents were here, she did absolutely nothing and even had daily naps; now she has to cook, clean, feed, wash, and teach the kids. We will see how long it will take. BUT you also have to know that I try to help out as much as I can, don't think that I don't do anything.

Regardless, no matter how I defend myself, it will never be good enough for all the readers. Abbey does do way too much stuff and yes I am a lazy bum(but I am really good at it and taking pictures too)

Here is a cool picture. It's all the four cousins together. (Da and his sister's children) From bottom left to right- Christopher (3 wks), Emilee(31mos), Brennan(28mos), and Clayton(10wks).
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A new memorial was built in Washington DC for the US Air Force as you can see the three spires in the background. And Brennan with grandpa had lots of fun
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The Blue Angels showing off their skills
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Mr. Clayton is also paying tribute to our troops with his moment of remembrance
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Cool looking dude with his camouflage bike
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We went to the air force show in DC and there are just a few good shots of Brennan
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The last couple days has been really cold and since the grandparents don't like the heat, we have to bundle up Brennan.
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This is how Clayton feels about this whole thing
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It's almost Halloween and Mama is trying some outfits for Brennan, as you can see Mama miscalculated Brennan's size
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Precision, strength, and agility. Future soccer/football player.
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Papa was never fond of having pets at home since no one will take care of them, but with majority vote, the grandparents decided to buy Brennan goldfisheees ..you can see how happy he is.
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Compared with http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/212/5456/640/DSCN0291.jpg , do you think Brennan has grown?
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