I Love My Family

I love spending time with my family. Even if my infant nieces craves constant holding, even if my 5 & 3-year-old nieces fight over toys, even if I trip over art projects and train sets in the living room, I love my family!

Robby and I visited family in the Bay Area this weekend. We woke up with the family, ate breakfast with the family, watched the girls as my parents got some rest, and even got the chance to hang out with a few of Robby's college friends. Unfortunately, we had some bad Vietnamese food on Castro Street of Mountain View (stay away from Minh's Restaurant on Castro next to TheRapy). We saw a hilarious film called Role Model starring Paul Rudd & Stifler from American Pie.

Robby invented a game with Maya in which he would pull her by the ankles over a large Pilates ball, bounce her a few times, and toss her on the sofa. She loved it. She likes to rough house and the only chance she gets her dose is when Robby comes. My baby niece Audra is good at smiling and interacting with people now. Sher recognizes faces and can roll onto her belly (though she can't roll back onto her back). The middle niece, Mei Mei, has entered the phase of copying everything her big sister says. Suffering from middle-child syndrome, she still needs to find her own self beyond looking to her big sister for guidance.

I felt a tinge of sadness to leave my beautiful nieces. When we see them after Christmas, they will all be a little taller and a little more articulate.