Thanks Giving Weekend!!!!!

Thanks Giving weekend was pretty good as always.  I'm always thankful of my family who always been there for me.  On that day of Thanks Giving, we were invited to attend 2 of my uncle's Thanks Giving feast. That's how it is every year, going to uncles house to eat. when we arrived at their house, the house was full of uncles, aunts, and cousins too.  Just looking at all the food that they had prepared.  Egg-rolls! Turkey! Fish! A noddle soup! And many more of Hmong food!  it was a pretty big feast that was going on that day.  they also had desserts! Pies, cake, and ice cream.  after all that food, we had to go my in-laws too.  They had about the same food their.  so it was still good to eat anyways. That was a lot of food we had to eat in one day.  It felt like I gain fifty pounds.  I had to loosen up the belt buckle. Ooh.. I can't forget about the drinking too. At my uncle's house, he just kept on passing out shot of Hmong liqueur.  And that stuff is pretty strong.  I had about 4 shots and felt like i was junk already.  All day we went about eating and drinking.  We had a good time.  I think next year Thanks Giving, i should really cut down on my eat and drinking.  But in the end;the food was the best part.

Happy Brithday!!!

 

Wow!!!!! It seem like he was a little baby, now hes grow up so fast.  Its his birthday today Nov. 16th. Wow!!! He's FOUR now!!It was six in the morning when my wife and I told Vincent that it was his birthday.  He just look at us in daze and all he wanted is to go back to sleep.  As that morning went on.  I got him up, gave him a bath, and got him dress.  The wife had plan to go down stairs to get his little cake ready for him.  As the time came closer to go down stairs, the wife had lighten the candle and video cam in her hands ready to video him.  Vincent took the last step down, his face glowed with a big happy face.  IT'S MY BIRTHDAY!! IT'S MY BIRTHDAY!!! MOMMY. That was the word that came out of his mouth, the sound of joy.  After we sung HAPPY BIRTHDAY and he blew out the candle, all he wanted to do is dive right into the cake "face first".  "The birthday gift" as my wife said.  I pointed to the closet, and said "It's in there".  As we gave him his presents, he just opened up the toys and started to play with them all.  He also wanted to took them to grandpa house too.  As that was a perfect morning for Vincent, it was all about seeing him excited. Over all, the master plan of this goes to my wife. I thought it would be too early to do his birthday.  I guess I was wrong.  

HAPPY BIRTHDAY VINCENT!!!!!

Article. Give Away!

As I was at work, working the late shift! Nothing to do like always. Just standing there waiting for customer to come in.  As time went on, I got bored and went to get the local paper to read.  The only time I'll read the paper if there is something weird  or some thing that might be interesting.  I came across an article of a couple who won the lottery "about 11.2 million dollars" in Canada. "Wow!!! Thats lucky! I wish it was me!" The head lines reads. Allen and Violet Large gave all the winning to a charity.  I thought to myself  "why?" You could of use that money for a lot, a lot of things.  As i kept reading it got pretty interesting. From this statement I thought i good pretty good  “What you’ve never had, you never miss,” Violet said.  It came to my mind as how thoughtful one person to be. Most of all, I like when  he stated “That money that we won was nothing. We have each other.”  Now this person doesn't care about how money he has in his pockets, in the end its you and her.  As I read on, it showed the couple picture.  Wow!!! I thought them to be a younger people like in their 60 or so.  But in the end it was a great thing what the couple did.  I guess! I don't there will be people out there would do that.  Most people  would take a break (long vacation) from work just to travel.  Or, might just go on a shopping spree, just to see how much money can you blow off on.  What would you do with all that money?

Upcoming Weekend!

This coming up weekend is going to be busy.  Have to plan out the ceremony party for my two son.  The ceremony is called Hu Plig,  it is used when one spirit is not in good health, loss, happy, and many more.  I hope everything goes well as we planned.  We still have to do a lot of food shopping for the event. Also, I need to get my parents house ready too.  We have invited all the cousins, uncles, and aunts to come and celebrate the moment with us.  This is going to a average size feast.  I don't think I would want this to be any bigger then it is!  Hu Plig tends to be on the pricey side.  You'll be looking to sent at least 1000 dollars.  for our ceremony, the budget we plan for the event might cost us about 800 to 900 dollars. I hoping for us to spent only  800 dollars. So my weekend is plan out.  I know that it is going to be a hard weekend. You might not know this, but he prepare a lot of things just to get this ceremony.  We have to call of pigs, chickens, and shaman.  Plus you have to call your entire cousins, uncles, and aunts to come.total for the event.  Just this ceremony it takes time.  It might sound easy, but I think its hard.  So, I just hope this weekend will go as plan.  Hope that nothing goes wrong with it. 

HALLOWEEN!!!

HALLOWEEN!!HALLOWEEN!!HALLOWEEN!! Its that of time already.  i know my son will enjoy this time.  He's is in the spirit of dressing up. All day he was waiting for the time to go out and get a bunch of candy.   it was about three-thirty, it was  time to get him dress! Last year he was a ninja.  I guess he kind of going for that look too this year.  Japanese Power Ranger! Morphin time!  We hope that the weather will turn out nice.  Last year he was afraid to say "trick or treat".  He made my wife and I.  I guess he's a big boy now, he can say it this time.   The plan is to stay around the north side and might work our way to the south side where grandpa and grandma lives.  The next plan is to wait for my brother-in-laws son.  I think it would be a perfect idea for those two to go together.  But times they kind of fight, just over like thing like wanting toys or not sharing.   Over all, it's just abut the kids having fun and letting them eat all the candy they want to.

NEW!!!!!!

As nine months ago, all the waiting is over.  Later that night, my wife was experiencing stomach pains.  It was late at night, so we just went to bed.  It was four in the morning, as my wife woke me up and said “My water broke!"  I got up as fast as I can to get all the things ready for us to go to the hospital.  As we head into the car, he had to make a stop at my mother-in-laws to drop off my son there.   As we made our way to the hospital, my wife just said "sorry."  I replied back "For what?"  All she said was "I got your seat wet."  I was "What" for a second and just said "Who Cares."  As we got there, she made me hind a parking space.  I was going to park in emergency area until they get we room.  So, I just did what she told me to do.  Going throw the doors, all I thought of was the baby and the wife.  I was nerves.  It felt like when we had our first child.  All the same feeling came back.   When the nurses got us a room, the mid-wife came in and check if she was dilated.  The nurse said “Two Centimeters.” I think that is what she said.  As they felt the room, I asked my wife if she was going to have a normal birth.  I mean no drug used such as an epidural. She replies back and said yes.  Are you able to bare all the pain?  “Yes” she said.  Okay then!  In the moment of time, it came to deliver the baby.  She wanted me to stand by her side as she was holding my hands.  I thought I my hand was going to get rip out.  As she squeezing my hand, the pain was unbearable. But I know I just had to put up with the pain.  About an hour later, we had our son on the 30th of September.  He weight at seven pounds and eleven ounces.  That was the same weight as our first child.  What name should we pick?  The wife had picked out a couple of names like Jaxson, Bentley, and others.   We have chosen to go with Jaxson.  As I think about it, the time when we had our child, it almost a month already. Where did the time go! Wow! It went by fast.

Change

When I was younger, I was always skeptical of the things people told me. I always needed to have things proven to me before I would believe them.  Maybe that is because I was always very independent. 

As my life goes on, there was a moment in my life that I never thought would come as soon as it did.  On that Saturday afternoon, I got a call from my girlfriend.  As she spoke the tone of her voice changed, it sounded like there was something wrong. It came to me; she was mad at me because I went out last night and didn’t call her. I was wrong.  It appeared that she needed to talk to me in person, but I realized I had no idea what was on her mind.  I found out later that afternoon; she said in a slow timid voice “I’m pregnant”!   

Millions of thoughts went through my mind. ”I don’t believe you!”   “Are you sure?”  “Have you tested yourself yet?” “When?” “Are you really sure?”  Or you’re just playing with my mind to see what I’ll say about it. I stood alone thinking to myself: “how could this happen.”  I always thought my life would be all fun and games.  Life as I knew it was fun.  I had planned to go to school, get a good job, and maybe travel.  I never thought this could happen to me.  For the rest of the night I couldn’t think of anything else.

I called her later to ask her to take another pregnancy test so I could be sure that I going to be a father. The very next day we bought a pregnancy test to see if the result is the same.  As we wove though the store looking for the pregnancy test, I kept asking myself: “how could this happen! Why me! Why can’t this come later in life why now?” Then, there it was, in the middle of the shelf.  “The” test the one that will tell me how life going to turn out.  Now it was in the hands of “faith”. On the way home I kept picturing both a plus and a minus sign. If it turns out to be positive; I guess that’s how life is going to be then “I’ll be a father”.  As she goes in, the door closes behind her; she takes the test, and walks out.  The result will show up in minutes.  It seems like life on a thin line right now! When the waiting was over, she went in to look. I followed. The moment of truth! A blue line. 

Oh no! As I look closer and it showed a positive sign. Frustration showed on my face as I processed the results. I’m going to be a father! I’m going to be a father! I’m going to be a father!  As I look at her, all she said “I told you!” “I told you!”  I replied: I guess you were right.

The more I thought about it, the more I realized that it didn’t have to be a bad thing.  I guess it could be a good change in life, like no more parties, going out or going out of town. The party life is over now.  It’s time to show that I can change. Show that I’m ready to be a father now.  The nine months of waiting came fast and on November of 16^th of 2006 our child, a son named Vincent was born.    Marvel at a gift of Vincent. We never know what direction life will take us to. All we need to make the best in our life.  Life as you all know it can change in seconds.