Don’t Be A Lucas

I don’t know everything about your cousin Lucas, but most of what I know isn’t promising, but I’m not blaming him. 🤗 I just hope you’ll do better, but I also understand that a lot of that depends on your mom and me and the people around us.

You definitely got the cute thing going. Hope you keep it going longer than him. I know what we won’t see eye to eye on many things, but never forget that we both share the same goal. We both want you to be the best version of you. Sorry for using someone else as an example, but sometimes you need a goal. Be a Evelyn or Ally for now. And possibly an Evan for later.

So Lost

You don’t make it easy son. At least more people know that we’re not really bad parents. You just cry a lot. Unfortunately, there hasn’t been a tried and true method of making you comfortable, but we’ll keep trying.

It’s too bad there isn’t an easy way for you to communicate it to us. Here’s a brief moment of you being “cool” today. If only all the moments could be like this…

And Then There Were 6

Anna Pasadena left today. So it’s back to the same ol’ 6. It’s possible it might eventually be down to 5 or 4 and eventually just 3. So we’re gonna need you to step it up.

I know you didn’t like learning Vietnamese today, but it’s good to be culturally diverse. You got the cuteness down, so keep that up and work on the calmness. We’re okay with you pooping on us if you didn’t fuss so much. Sorry mom just startled you with a text…

Goodbye Uncle Han

Today your Uncle Han headed home to Canada. It was a very bittersweet moment. He hopes you will remember him. We hope you will too.

It was a blessing to have him hang out with us and you over the last few weeks. We’re not sure what the future holds, but we want the best for him. Hopefully he’s still part of your life when you read this, but if not, we hope he’s happy cause he deserves it. 

Where’s Vinh?

Hard to tell where you are when you’re not fussing. It’s just kinda sad that the only time you’re “ngoan” is when you’re sleeping. Your grandma said you’re ngoan, but I didn’t clarify…

Maybe we’ll make this a game for the family. We’ll hide you and see if they can find you. Can you spot the bug in the picture? Very rare there are bugs in the house. Prayers that doesn’t change.

💤 Sleep

It’s too bad we’ll never really know about your experience right now. I wonder if you’re sleeping well and if you’re doing well. I think your weight is good even though your eating has been sporadic lately. 

Also I hope we’re not spoiling you to your detriment by holding or sleeping you with us. Anyhow, here’s to hoping we will look back at this time and know we did good in action, not just in intention.

Long Day

It started at 1230AM. You woke up on my chest and you were not happy…

I made you a bottle of 90ml and attempted to feed you. You ate, but wouldn’t burp and was fussy. And when you finally burped, you still weren’t happy. Mom decided to change and was you butt cause you pooped a little. Then we finally got you to sleep in my arms, but you didn’t want to sleep in your bed. So I let you sleep with mom and me. You slept, but it wasn’t peaceful. Fast forward 3 hours (let Uncle Han sleep), I finally got some rest and now I’m sooooo tired and hungry at work. Please remember that no matter how much you may butt heads with your mother and me in the future, that we made a lot of sacrifices for you. It took me until college to realize that myself. I hope you realize it sooner than me…