Jennifer (Jackie’s twin sister) made this awesome and very touching video on Khoa & Jackie’s Gender Reveal party. It’s too sweet not to share. Wondering what they’re having? Gotta watch to find out!

Oh Boy! Or Girl? from J.N. on Vimeo.

Bao and I have a weird, weird relationship. We are 6 years apart in age, and we’re pretty close considering how much older and wiser I am to her (If you ask her, she’ll say she’s that much younger and cooler than me, of course). Here’s a sample of a ridiculous conversation we had today. I am cracking up because we are so weird. But weird works for us.

(Talking about Riley & Brooke getting cradle cap):
Bao Ngo: wait
Bao Ngo: its not crib cap
Bao Ngo: ??
Bao Ngo: i totally thought thats what its called
Bao Ngo: chi ba’s laughing at me
Thi Ngo: cradle cap
Bao Ngo: LOLL
Thi Ngo: YOU called it crib cap
Thi Ngo: remember?!
Thi Ngo: OMG
Bao Ngo: why do i think its crib cap?
Bao Ngo: i even told myself “remember, its crib cap”
Thi Ngo: You just call it that
Bao Ngo: LOL
Thi Ngo: all the freaken time
Bao Ngo: so weird
Bao Ngo: LOl
Thi Ngo: I got tired of correcting you
Bao Ngo: LOL
Thi Ngo: LOL
Bao Ngo: why chi hai?!?
Bao Ngo: you owe me this much
Thi Ngo: Because
Bao Ngo: you are the “WORST” (Note: Making fun of the way I use ‘worse’ and ‘worst’ wrong)
Thi Ngo: I owe you NOTHING, OrangINA (Note: She told me how to pronounce this drink incorectly)
Thi Ngo: LOL
Bao Ngo: HAHAH
Bao Ngo: true

My good friend, Aysha, and her family are moving to Camarillo next week. We had our first playdate with all our kids. Hopefully not our last even though it will be more difficult to get together now. I didn’t even take a picture with her! Too busy snapping away at the kids but I did get one cute photo with baby Leilana, who is gorgeous and such a good baby.

Park fun photos:

We will miss you, Baltas!

We attended Jim & Grace’s baby shower over the weekend in super windy Norco, CA. It was fun seeing my pseudo brother in pink. LOL. We didn’t stay long since dummy me double booked us but it was a great party. Wonderful food, beautiful decor and a lot of good people who truly loved Jim & Grace…just as I do…

Us with the beautiful and glowing Grace.

I love Glee. Quote of the last episode that kills me came from Puck:

“Are you questioning my badassness? Did you see my guns?”

But this post isn’t about Glee. It’s about the word ‘ass’. My sister who will remain nameless (not Van) called me a kiss ass based off my touchy, feely posts about parenting. I’ll have you know that my parents do not read my blog so I’m not kissing ass. I’m just reflecting. Back to the case in point. I hate being called a kiss ass. And it’s not the meaning of kiss ass that bugs me as much as the word ‘ass’ is in it. So I told the nameless sister,

“Don’t call me anything with ass in it.”

Being that she is a smartASS, she asked, “How about badass?” I said, “No, it still has ass it it. What part of ‘don’t call me anything with ass in it didn’t you understand’?”

Why would I want to be a badass? By definition, two wrongs do not make a right:

Definition of Bad:
Bad – having undesirable or negative qualities

Definition of Ass (my favorite from Google query: “define ass”):
Ass – buttocks: the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on

Mike just IMed me:

michael lam:
oh, happy 14 year dating anniversary
thi ngo:
that’s right!
LOL
michael lam:
haha
this is to make up in case I forget our wedding anniversary
thi ngo:
hahaha

We are truly blessed:

14 years of being together…nearly 6 years of marriage…2 children, 1 dog…

…and counting…

I was going through my old blog…my first blog on Xanga.com. And I found this and thought two things:

1. Bao’s cute.
2. Can’t believe it’s been two years…still miss him.

Sunday, June 03, 2007

i wonder if heaven’s got a doggy ghetto…

when we brought you home, you smelled like shit. you continued smelling that way for 10 years. you peed on my leg. you waited until everyone was around you so you could lay the worst farts. you dutch ovened our tent when we went camping. you eat crickets. you massacred a full family of opposums. you have more baby pictures than i do. you pooped in anh hai mike’s car for revenge. you wouldnt do tricks unless i threatened to tell dad on you. you fake injuries. you chewed up an entire couch. you’ve always wanted to kill my bunny…

yet i miss your barbarian ass! to ten years of love, laughter and unbearable odor! props to my dog mickey.

Cute story about growth and independence.

Yesterday I went to meet the Le family at the park. We were playing at the park until about 7:20pm, my kids started to melt down so we decided to go home. I was just talking to Nathan (he’s 18 months now?) and asked him, “Do you want to help Di Thi push your cousins?” Well, he did. He helped me all the way to my car. LOL. I had to walk so slow because I didn’t want to run over his little feet. At one point, Hong saw Aidan crying and asked Nathan to let go and I just said, “Oh no, I asked for it so I have to walk slow and let him see it through until he doesn’t want to do it anymore.” And he did see it through and was so proud. What a big boy (already…).

It’s amazing. I got to see this kid grow from birth until now and I’m so amazed by him, by nature and by the nurture he gets from his parents.

It took about 5 minutes to get to the car. Good thing it’s a small park. LOL.

If you already received a call from our mother than this is old news now…LOL.

Van Ngo and Eric Oberly won the US Magazine Dream Wedding contest! Woohoo! It’s so exciting to be related to someone who wins one of these! I’ve been having a great time playing the video over and over again so I can tell my sister what a nerd she is!

Hahaha. Seriously, I’m so happy for you, Van. Now tell Mom to get off the phone and go back to work!

Congratulations, James Anthony Stefanovic!
Class of 2009!

On Saturday, Tina, Bao and I drove to San Bernadino to attend Jimmy’s graduation. We grabbed a few McCafe (only to throw them away when we got there since they did not allow beverages in the coliseum…a small price to pay for an air-conditioned arena.)

Mike and the kids eventually caught up with us at the Stefanovics for a kick@$$ party thrown by one of the cutest and coolest wives around (how did Jim get so lucky??).

Thanks, Jim & Grace for having us over. Congratulations!