Finally, some Cody photos

It's been a little over two months since Cody was born, thanks to this 4 day holiday weekend, I finally have a chance to put some photos of Cody (and Cadi of course) up.

Some updates.
Cadi is starting to speak better now. She very occasionally is able to imitate the words we say and she seems to "sing" sometimes now.
Cadi loves:
* To go up to our house's second floor.
* To wear only a single adult's slipper and walk around the house.
* Her grandma and grandpa and brother.
* To eat (still).

She does not love:
* To wash her hair.
* To change diaper.
* To be alone.


Cody is quite different from Cadi in terms of feeding, sleep and awake schedule. Cadi was very regular since the start, not so with Cody. As a result, Joy and I have been sleep deprived for quite a while now. One new thing about taking care of Cody is that one has to be careful changing his diapers or shower him as there is a chance that you'll be attacked with shooting pee.
Cody loves:
* Staying awake and not let his parents rest.
* Falling asleep several times before finishing drinking his milk.
* Move his arms and legs.

Cody does not love:
* Can't think of any right now.


Cadi has always liked her little brother since he came home from the hospital. This is the first day that Cadi saw Cody.


Cadi finishing her shower waiting to get clothed.


Joy's mom came her for a week and brought Cadi two pairs of the walking shoes. This is first time Cadi trying it on.


I LOVE Cadi's look in this photo.




Joy and Cody is inside the room with the closed door. Cadi really wanted to go see Cody (I think) and had to resort to checking what's going on inside by peeking through the gap under the door.


You can see how much Cadi loves her brother here.


A rare look from Cody that was a signature of Cadi.

Sep 19, 2010

Since I took some belly photos of Joy when she was carrying Cadi, I've been wanting to take more belly photos of Joy this time as well.

On Sunday, Oct. 19, just a couple of days before Cody's due date, I finally picked up the camera and took some photos. Joy wanted to have photos of Cadi with her belly this time but due to Cadi's age, it was impossible to instruct her to sit still. So no photos of Cadi playing with the belly. :(

Only two photos made it to the albums, Cadi's presence has something to do with this too. :)

Larger (top) this time. Compared to the first one (bottom).



The next morning, after waking up and preparing to go to work, Joy said she thinks her water broke. So rather than going to work, I took her to the hospital. Eleven hours later, Cody was born. Talk about great timing, huh?

Cadi and Cody

Cody, Cadi's little brother came out recently. It's a good thing that Cadi seems to like her little brother...so far.
People say that the first child gets lots of photos and any subsequent one gets less and less. It might be true for us too but only because with two babies, there won't be as much free time as before to take photos.

To celebrate the birth of Cody, I'm posting a photo here to compare the look of Cadi and Cody when they were just born.

From top to bottom. Cadi, when she was born. Cody, when he was born. Cadi shows her affection toward her favorite new "toy".

Rockefeller State Park & PepsiCo Headquarter

So in May, 2010, my sister found this state park for us to go, the Rockefeller State Park, at upstate NY. After arriving and getting ready to walk, we realized something is not right. Apparently, this park is more of a hiking place than a leisure walk one. And since my sister's research failed to say that, we were totally unprepared. Can you imagine us going there with sandals and stroller??? Fortunately, there's a lake in the park and a trail going around it. We at least finished that. Got to get our $6 parking fee's worth, right?

Because the scenary around the lake was mostly the same, Cadi got impatient in the stroller very quickly and so we also tried to finish the walk quickly. This is my favorite from the park.



Our second destination on that day was to go to the Pepsi Company headquarter to see the art sculptures on the company's campus. On the way there, we stopped by the town of Sleepy Hollow to check out this "Headless Horseman Bridge" that my sister found on her GPS. But guess what, another HUGE disappointment, all there was is this carved headless horseman metal piece nearby the short bridge, the bridge is otherwise just like any other regular road. Nothing to see here. That is, unless you are willing to pay a hefty sum to see famous mensions. The departure station to see the mansions is next to the bridge and so we parked the car and checked out the gift shop there. Near the gift shop are these two old houses that also require a fee to go into. Not having the budget, I just shots from the parking lot. Beautiful houses though.




After we left the oh so scarily named "Headless Horseman Bridge", my sister, not satisfied with her trip result on that day, took out her GPS again and found another place for us to visit. I don't remember the details on this one, but it was supposed to be a fighting ground from a long time ago but it's now just a very, very small regular park located somewhere in a residential neighborhood.

For the Pepsi headquarter, we weren't expecting much after three disappointments on the same day. Surpringly, Pepsi headquarter turned out to be quite a nice gem in our opinion. The sculptures there reminded me of the Storm King state park that I've visited (recommended). While I don't like every sculptures there, some looked pretty cool. Best of all, admission is free.






No, this is not one of my favorite but it's just funny. I have no idea what this is supposed to be.






It's rare that I can take a photo from a car when on the road but since my sister was driving, I did.

Cadi - 10/11 months old

Added some Cadi photos from a while back. Here are my favorite.

2003 London Trip

While going over the old files on my hosting server, found this photo album that I created back in 2004.

I went to London in 2003 with two other friends, Ken and Karin. At that time, I did not have my own camera, not even a simple digital point and shoot. Since Karin had an extra, I just used hers. This album consists of photos from all of us. I believe it was created using one of the Photoshop templates and I then edited the files to add descriptions.

Link to 2003 London Trip Album

2010 Cherry Blossom @ Branch Brook Park

Finally, an album upload after being quiet for a while. There are actually quite a few albums queued up due to the site revamp but now that I'm satisfied with the update, I can start to focus on processing the photos again.

My friend, Han, was in NY around April and we decided to go check out the Cherry Blossom at the Branch Brook park one weekend. My sister, my mom, Han, Joy, Cadi and I squeezed into one car and off we went. We went on the first day of the Cherry Blossom festival and so we were expecting awesome blossoming at the park. When we get there, that was not the case at all. Most of the cherry flowers were already gone, it was so bad that even the cherry trees that we saw while driving had more flowers than at the park.

For this album, it took me a long time to pick out the photos, had to go over the photos at least 5 times. It was not that there are a lot of photos, it was just that I took so many shots of the same variety that it became difficult to choose one from the same bunch.


Love this taxi limo but when we saw it, it was having trouble starting and by the time we left, people were still there trying to fix it. The renting company is located in NJ. Anyone we know that wants to rent it for a party or something please let me know. I'll go with you. =P


Ya, there were "SOME" flowers left. Cadi wearing one of them.


Since Han stayed with us during his visit, Cadi had no problem with Han holding her. That was not the case when we visited Taiwan this year.


Same face expressions. Wonder what were they thinking at the time.



After finishing NJ, Han and I got off at Time Square. Joy has a problem with me putting the Time Square photos together with the park ones. While I agree they don't fit together but I'm too lazy to put them into separate albums. :)