Jaden's first Halloween

Jaden was a dinosaur for Halloween. He was soooo cute. I believe he went to two Halloween parties (play group parties) and even kept his hat on for the pictures!!!!! Jaden even got to go trick or treating at the mall. Hmmmm ... I wonder who ate his candy. Edwin even got into the act and went trick or treating at Sea World's Spooktacular event when we went to Orlando. He brought Jaden home a trick or treat bag.


Do you remember the corn and peas costumes I bought Jaden before he was born? Well they found a new home through Craigslist (I took pictures of Jaden in them before I gave them away) to some lady with twins.




Jaden also had several Halloween outfits. Here are a few other pictures.

Grandparents go on vacation!!!!

We took a quick trip to Orlando about a week after the baby party. As usual we had a great time. We went to Disney World (EPCOT, Hollywood Studios, Magic Kingdom, and Animal Kingdom). We also went to Sea World which is always fun.

For the first time we went to Cape Kennedy. Edwin was in heaven there. It was amazing how HUGE everything was. We spent the day there but really needed another day to see everything ... oh well, next time.



While we were there we heard that Senators Obama and Clinton were going to be speaking at the Convention Center in Orlando. We went to see what was happening. We were there about five hours before they were going to get there and there were A MILLION PEOPLE there. Oh my. We decided not to stay but bought a t-shirt for Jen and a couple of buttons -- one for Hui-Hui that said "Kids for Obama". There was a lot of excitement in the air along with the millions of people.

The week went by very fast and soon we were back on the plane headed for home .. with the addition of goodies for the baby - hahaha. Yeah, I know, OOC.

We can't wait to go back again ... the next time WITH Jaden. Now that will be lots of fun.

JADEN'S RED EGG & GINGER PARTY

On Saturday, October 11th we had Jaden's Red Egg and Ginger party at Silver Dragon in Oakland Chinatown. We had approximately 200 friends and family attending. Jaden wore his little hawaiian shirt and was the hit of the party - even though he slept through most of it.


The party went on without a hitch - except I was a little spazzy when the man only delivered one pig and there were supposed to be TWO. Eeekkk. Luckily he had to go back and cut the other one and then bring it a little bit later. Whew.

We had fun making a collage of pictures of Jaden to put on display. We even took a picture of it so we could reconstruct it at the restaurant. Of course when we get there it doesn't fit on the table right, so we ended up breaking it in half and putting it on the doorways where you enter into the party. It was cute. Big thanks to Aunt Cindy for helping with that.


Michaela and Connor helped pass out the favors (thanks!!!!!) and Hui-Hui put them in order on the table.



Bridgette Ridley (Michelle's maid of honor) flew in from Cincinnati to attend the party. It was a surprise ... when Michelle saw her they ran and hugged (SQUISHING Jaden between them). It was great.

It was a fun party and over very, very fast. I hope everyone enjoyed themselves. I know I did.