We're back!

It has been crazy busy for the last two weeks. Tomio graduated, I finished teaching in Sacramento, we packed and cleaned out of our Sacramento house, put our house on sale, and now we have moved back to the bay area!

We are still living out of our boxes. Even though we spent lots of time unpacking, there is still much to be done. Tomio started his residency this week. Topher and I have been cleaning and unpacking. We get distracted very easily by toys, food, naps, and people to hangout with. At the rate that we are unpacking, I think we'll be doing this for many more weeks... I can't believe how much we've accumulated in the last four years. I just hope that we finish unpacking before I start work at Nvidia in August.

Now that we are back in the bay area, Topher gets to play with Jocelyn almost everyday. He calls her "Ja-Ja". Topher gets very excited when he sees Jocelyn (or when he knows he will see Jocelyn). He started to hug her from her back. But I think it scares Jocelyn, especially Topher hugs so tightly :( Since we've moved, Topher's vocabulary increased at an amazing rate. I wonder if it is because he gets to interact with more family members. He calls grandma "um-ma", uncle sam "du", tree "shou", and flower "hua". Most of these words are in chinese with the exception of uncle sam. He tries to call uncle sam in taiwanese, but it comes out as "du" for some reason.

We are enjoying our time with family and friends. Since I don't start work until August, I'm free to hangout! If anyone wants to catch up, let us know! :)

Whale Watching in Sacramento!

The two whales that visited Sacramento were in the deep water channel that is about 2 miles away from our house for a week. On Saturday morning, we decided to go whale watching. We saw both whales surfacing the river several times. I hope the whales make it back to the sea!

Back to the Bay Area!

We will be on the move again. Tomio matched at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center! We will be moving back to the bay area around June :)

Topher turns one today!

Happy Birthday to Topher!

photos to come...

Update

What we did in the last couple of months:
* Visited my parents in Taiwan in December. And we got to play with Jocelyn!

















* Tomio interviewed in the bay area, Davis, Seattle, and LA. Topher and I tagged along with him to Seattle and made it a family vacation.














* Topher learned to crawl and stand up with support.














What we are doing now:
* We are all trying to get over a cold :( It's been a miserable week.
* Tomio is back in Sacramento after being away for 2 weeks. He started school again this week.
* Topher just got his first hair cut this week. (It's a sign that Topher needs a hair cut when people ask me if he was a boy or a girl when he's wearing blue). How does he look?














* Topher is going through separation anxiety. It's so hard to leave him at daycare in the morning.
* Topher loves to play with Oski! He calls Oski "da!"














* Enjoying our time with Topher.














Looking forward to:
* Our parents coming to visit in February.
* Topher's 1st birthday.
* Finding out where we will be for the next couple of years based on Tomio's residency match.
* Tomio's graduation in June.