JAMES CHAN PHOTOGRAPHY

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23 months

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December 29

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Oli is still asleep...

RyRy enjoying a massage

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Christmas day

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Oli is more interested in the candy

Christmas eve program at Yeh Yeh's church

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the boys were supposed to sing a Christmas song but were too shy on stage. good job daddy, we can hear you! (and a little bit of Owen toward the end)

an upside down basket

jingle bells

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Oli singing "Jingle bells, jingle bells, Batman smells, Robin laid an egg, the joker got away, hey!"

Christmas program at the City Kids Kindergarten/preschool

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22 months

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Oli is speaking SO much!
"are you making coffee?"
"I hold that! that's cool!"
"are you done shower? are you wet?"
Oli walking upstairs to me "Oh hi, it's me!"
"I'll help you"
"I was crying"
"I making mess"
"Owen/RyRy hit me!"
"I like it"
"can I come down?" (from high chair)
"what happened?"
"I want to go there"
"I don't want that"
"can you push me?" (sitting in stroller, or if his chair is too far from the table)
"I going backward"
"where is car going? hoooow?"

building a Lego tower

Bellevue botanical garden Christmas lights

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December 11

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gingerbread house

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Christmas get together

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we had a little Christmas party with couple of Owen and Ryan's classmates families

kids decorating cookies

boy band

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november 28

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Happy Thanksgiving!

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helping to decorate the cake

we had a yummy cajun fried turkey for our Thanksgiving dinner, with Hawaiian themed snacks and decoration :)

instructions on how to fold a paper airplane

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by owen

back home

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O modeling mommy's new shorts

november 14 Hawaii

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november 13 Hawaii / Oli 21 months

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Oli is SO ticklish!

boys comparing tan lines

mommy perfected the art of making solid hard sand balls

do not read into this, there is no meaning to this sculpture

Uncle Wayne is cooooold!

november 12 Hawaii

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we rented a car for the day and went to the Dole plantation

Pineapple Express

pineapple ice cream, YUM!

november 11 Hawaii

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jellyfish alert!

few swimmers got stung by the jellyfish, the boys were a little worried at first but was not going to miss a day at the beach so into the water we go!

sheepish smile... I think he just peed in the water

a boy caught a jellyfish and we got a closer look at it in a bucket and touched the top of it

watching cartoon

riding the trolley

november 10 Hawaii

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november 9 Hawaii

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RyRy's cheek and hermit crab

we met up with our friends Keone, Ja-Hye, Keilana, and Jedediah at the aquarium, they were in Hawaii visiting family the same time we were there

our kids everywhere...

Oli and Dai-Bok across from the International Market

Dai-Bok, Uncle Wayne and the boys

Hawaii

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Hawaii!!

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November 6

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Dental visit

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November 2

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November 1

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Bellevue Botanical Garden

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Lego Indiana Jones

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we got a giant pumpkin!

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boys trying on the halloween costumes from last year

Owen's first sewing project

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this is Owen's first time sewing and he did such a great job sewing the 2 pieces together! I didn't get to keep his heart though, he gave it to his friend Kayla :)

RyRy's class field trip to the farm

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checking out worms' eggs

Happy Birthday Ah-Ma!

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James baked the giant cupcake and the boys helped put all the candles on it

too hungry to finish praying

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choo choo train

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Oli is "riding the horse"

another use for the train, a seat for watching tv

little rock star

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20 months

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October 13

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James made me cupcakes for my birthday and left a sweet note before he left for work. thank you hubby!

Owen wanted to draw me a picture for my birthday, he asked me what do I like to do... I said... um, go shopping? O asked what store? I told him how about Nordstrom? so here's a picture of me at "NOSQWM" with a shopping cart (so I can put lots of stuff in there)

October 9

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static...

Owen & Matteo both want to be Indiana Jones for Halloween. here they are, trying to look really mean :)

motorcycle

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taking turns sitting on Uncle Jeff's motorcycle

Jedi

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Ry wants to be Jedi for Halloween, trying on the robe I made him

pumpkins

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September 26

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September 25

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Oli and Dai-bok

"My Church"

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O & Ry working on a painting for the art festival to celebrate our church's 40th anniversary

my boys

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Puyallup Fair

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visiting "African village"

watching Llamas go through obstacle course

happy meal

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19 months

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first day of 3's preschool

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first day of kindergarten

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visiting baby Ian

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cutie baby Ian (Uncle Walt and Auntie Esther's new baby)

O & Ry were watching some video on Uncle Walt's phone and laughing hysterically, Oli joined them laughing even though he has no idea what's going on

O & Ry needed to bring a family picture for school so we asked Uncle Walt to take one for us...let's try for another slightly more serious one

September 6

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Ryan can ride without training wheels!

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Ryan has been practicing and now he can ride without training wheels and he's only 3 1/2! he's so proud of himself he tells everyone "I can ride about training wheels!" ("about"=without" in Ryanese)

silly faces

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Oli singing

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Grasslawn park playground

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interesting questions

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we always told O that Jesus is in his heart...
on the way to school this day, O had some interesting questions...
"who does Jesus have in His heart?!"
"and what does Jesus say when He prays, does He say 'Dear God' or 'Dear Jesus'?"

Product runway

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our friend Jeanette works as an interior designer for an architecture company. this is the second year they've entered the "Product Runway" fashion show. Each company were assigned different materials they're allowed to use to make the outfit. This year Jeanette is the model and they're working with carpet and carpet machine parts. I got to work on the jewelry for them using all these "mystery metal" from the machines. it was challenging not knowing what kind of metal I'm working with, we had to do a lot of test pieces to see how the metal react to soldering. Jeanette and her team put together where they want the pieces to go and I get to figure out how they will attach to the coil. I spent total of 20 hours after the boys are in bed to complete the neckpiece, and the 2 arm bands. Exhausting, but loved the opportunity to be back in my studio!
Jeanette was so awesome at the fashion show. they won 4th place out of 18 contestants. Ah-Ma helped watch the boys that night so James and I can go to the fashion show. thanks Ah-Ma, it was super fun to be there!

August 26

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August 25

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August 24

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bus ride with Ah-Ma

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Ah-Ma took the boys on a little adventure. we rode the city bus across the floating bridge, it was really cool to sit up so high and be able to see the water and all the boats in there.

swimming at the Redmond pool

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O & Ry took a swimming class with their friends Timothy & Samuel for a week at a Redmond pool, the instructors were great but the times they offer in the fall are not ideal for us. Ry's wanting to take swimming now (he dropped out of the last class few months ago) we found another pool closer to our home and both boys will be going there in the fall.

Jason's 5th Birthday party at Rainforest Cafe

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August 15

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soccer camp

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Owen and Timothy

18 months

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Vancouver

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we met up with Shao-ah-yi, Uncle Edward, Christina, & Christopher in Vancouver. It was so good to see you!

neighborhood kids

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there are 9 kids in our cul de sac now and they all play really well together. every waking moment the boys would look out the window to see if anyone's out there playing so they can join them.

July 29

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it was so hot the boys have no appetite, we made a lot of smoothies

playdate with Camille and Miles. Camille's wearing Mile's "Cars" swim trunk, what a cool chick!

Miles trying on O's sandals. check out the toes, so cute!

chubs

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Owen leading circle time

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Owen learned some new songs at VBS the week before and was very eager to teach them to other Sunday school kids

Deep and wide

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Mickey Mouse

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July 21

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July 18

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straight from the pool

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to the tricycle...hey, at least he remembered to put on the helmet!

hug

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playing in our front yard

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putting on sunscreen

17 months

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Oli continues to amaze us with his vast vocabulary. here are all the words I recorded he can say (and understands the meaning of) between 16 months to 17 months-- Ah-Gong, Ah-Ma, Yeh-Yeh, Mommy, Daddy, Owen, RyRy, Oyee(Oli), snack, shuai-shuai(water), kai-kai(open), open, shu-shu(tree), tze-tze(car), car, try, outside, house, broke, milk, mo more(no more), please, dan-du(thank you), shieh-shieh(thank you), big, bike, gou-gou(dog), mow(cat), bow-bow(pick me up), ball ball, yaw(yes or want), no, shoes, hat, nose, baby, all done, hi, bye, sit, down, bawoon(balloon), heavy, duck, airplane, fai-tzi(airplane), ai-fi(high five), push, bubble, baroom(bathroom), slide, diao-diao(dropped something), help, draw, monkey, cose(close), fan-fan(rice), shion-shion(bear), jiao-jiao(feet), shi-sho(wash hand), tickle, keys, coffee, cookie, PJ, jump, i-cwean(ice cream), ants, bounce, Lego, bop bop(Sponge Bob), Doa(Dora), ga-ge-go(motorcycle), duo-duo(Chinese yogurt drink)
by 17 1/2 months Oli is now linking 2 or 3 word sentences. here are the words I recorded by 17 1/2 months-- jacket, goldfish, strawberry, Amen, belt(seatbelt), shake, shirt, truck, cry, this, that, hold it, bouncy ball, daddy work, I see(when he wants to see something), fall down, push button, back(as it "put it back"), saisaur(dinosaur), princess, Chuck E Cheese, Mickey Mouse, Ah-Mah house. He likes to sing "Deep and Wide", he says deep, wide. deep wide. and also likes to sing Hap Day (Happy Day)

July 7

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Oli's so tired, still in his PJ going to drop off Owen at the Aquatic camp

mini vacation to Vancouver BC

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Stanley Park

looking for Pooh and his honey (the boys were a little skeptical, but mommy looked very serious when she said that this is Pooh's house...)

Richmond night market

playdate with Matteo

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naked soccer players

June 29

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naked boys

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hanging out at O & Ry's classmates house.

Ry, Oli, O, Timothy, & Samuel

Ah-Gong and Oli

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Oli infant dedication

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painting

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Oli praying

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16 months

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having a bad day :(

finally happy

building picture frames at Lowe's

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I'll take #18!

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"fried pork rectum" sounds so appetizing!

this is our last day in LA. I had to go eat another chou-dou-fu before we head to the airport, it's at this hole in the wall next to this fried rectum place.

Knott's Berry Farm

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Knott's Berry Farm was super fun for the boys! the kiddie rides were age appropriate, and the lines were not too long. If the boys liked the ride they go right back on it again, and again... and again.

one of the boys favorite rides

the boys loved this ride, we went on it at least 5 times

the train ride rocked RyRy to sleep

Ry napping with his new bear

Disneyland!

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Jessica Rabbit

build-your-own light sabers

June 7

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watching Jio-Jio lead worship at church

we played "Bible sketch" and here's Owen with his drawing (and the rest of us guess which Bible story it is)

I'm so proud of Owen, it's such a detailed drawing, with Joseph and Mary (and an angel next to Mary on the left), baby Jesus in the manger, and sheep towards bottom.
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Oli follows every silly thing Noah does

Oli trying on Ah-Gong's shoes

playing in the hallway at Auntie Julie's condo

we had dinner with Stephenie

dim sum in LA

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I can't get all the kids to look at the camera!