July 24 - 30

We continued into the the following week without daddy.

We all played at home in the morning on Sunday while the maid cleaned. How nice is that? :) Then we did our usual "check out the sale" @ Babies R Us/Toys R Us. Ended up getting coloring pages, Level 4 nipples for Em's bottles, backpack's for the kids with a FREE lunch bag.

Monday we had to ask Aunty Cindi and Uncle Shaun for help with swimming lessons. Because they are back to pack and because mommy has to go into the water with Emily, it is not an easy task to do alone. Tyler kept them busy while mommy attended Em's lesson with her. Not sure they will want to help us next time, lol.

Tuesday daddy finally came home. Yay for help! It's been quite the challenge for mommy to drop off and pick up both of the kids. We were always running late and it took about an hour each.

Friday dinner was at one of our usual places Sonoma Chicken Coop with Uncle Shaun, Camden, Uncle Bryce, and Dante. The Yee's are in Hawaii. I believe Aunty Cindi and Aunty Sharon were camping.

Saturday we had Shiki's at our house with Uncle Shaun, Camden and Uncle Bryce. Hoku went crazy on our visitors as she always does. Poor doggie doesn't get as much attention as she used to.

We made a silly mistake and had Tyler try to wear just underpants at night instead of a Pull Up. We ended up having to change his sheets twice in the middle of the night and then had him put a pull up back on, lol.

July 17- 23

This Sunday we had a special surprise. Aunty Tammy is in town ... well sort of. She was up in Scaramento for work. Daddy had to work, but mommy and the kids made the trek and visited her in Fairfield. We hit up the Jelly Belly Factory and outlet mall. We didn't buy much, but it was nice to see Aunty.

Emily turned 9 months on Monday. For her well baby visit on Tuesday she was 19 lbs 8 oz. She is still around the 50th percentile for both height and weight with her head leading at like 80 percent. :)

Daddy left for Seattle for a business trip. Mommy was on her own over the weekend.

Tyler requested fried rice, so on Friday we went to Fu Kee for some Chinese food.

On Saturday, we hit up Toys R Us and the Library. Then headed over to Ed's house for a play date. Tyler always has fun there. He played nicely with both Evan and Owen (mostly Evan) and Em surprisingly didn't cry in the new surrounding.

July 11 - 16

This week we started summer swimming session for the kids. Yes, you read that right. "Kids" We enrolled Em Em. Our classes are back to back Monday and Wednesday evenings. Tyler is still working on holding his breath consistently for 10 seconds and doing rollovers from back float to front. Em got her first taste of pool water and LOVED it!

Mommy's and daddy has been working late this week. Friday night we had Shiki's at Rex's. The kids had fun. Daddy missed most of it because he worked late.

Saturday - Mommy watched the final Harry Potter movie in the morning while daddy had some QT with the kids. In the afternoon we visited Vu them in Fremont and stayed until the evening.

Em has started army crawling and almost going to the sitting position on her own. Yay Em!

July 5 - July 10

This week wasn't very fun. Em has been coughing and was rather congested. After a quick trip to the doctor on Friday (July 8), poor baby has bronchitis. More humidifier time with some antibiotics.

Because of this, Em spent the entire weekend shopping and cleaning the house with mommy. Daddy and Tyler went on a planned trip to Tahoe with the Murakami's and the Yee's.

June 28 - July 4

All good things have to come to an end. Grandma flew back to Hawaii this past Monday. We enjoyed her visit very much and hope to be able to visit her in Hawaii soon!

Back to the grind. Work and more work.

Fri - Em had a doctor's appointment and mommy brought her eBay for a visit. She did slightly better this time, not crying at the sight of new people.

Tried out the "new" Evergreen Mexico Lindo. Not nearly as good as the one on Foxworthy. Will probably not be going back anytime soon.

Sat - We did a Costco run. Always buying way to many things and spending way too much money.

Sun - We had BBQ at Denise and Jeff's house. Tyler had a blast. They have a HUGE yard with a wooden play structure. We almost couldn't get him to leave.

Mon - Check out the sale Toys R US and had yum yum Sushi night.

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