Audrey's Blog

HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY UNCLE SCOTT!

 

 

        Thanks to our loving Aunt for turning me into a fashionista. She gives us clothes by the suitcase and it seems no matter how frequently I change my clothes throughout the day I still have not wore them all. This is my little brother Oliver and I hanging out with our aunt at di Emma's wedding. Isn't she sweet?

        This is our family portait when Oliver is 4 months taken last month. I will be posting our 5 month pictures up in a short while. My brother has grown so much since the first day I was introduced to him. Today he can roll over, coos, and laughs when I play with him. I just adore him and my parents too of course.

This evening mom took my brother and I over to Ms. Marsha's house for a visit and to see Sara the cat. We used to visit several times a week after dinner, but since "O-la-vr" was born we haven't been over. During our visit, Mr. Steve brought out a set of what the adults call Russian nesting dolls similar to those pictured above. Together Mr. Steve and I pulled the dolls apart and put them back together. When mom asked me to describe and tell a story about who each of the five dolls are I started with the biggest one and said, "Dada, Mamma, Audi, Baby O-la-vr," and when mom pointed to the smallest one I said "more baby O-la-vr", everyone just started laughing. I didn't understand why they were laughing, but I just gave them my usual Audi smile. I was really proud of myself when I was able to put those dolls back within each other with a little help from Mr. Steve.

Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to Di Thu, Happy Birthday to you! I love you and I hope you have a superlicious day!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR PAPA, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. I really enjoyed spending the day with you at the San Diego zoo on your birthday. You're the best! I look forward to playing with the 'bugs' again.

      It’s been a month since Oliver has been home and introduced to the world. He is growing rapidly and has a head of hair like no other. On the back is a perfect circle that twirls toward what looks like a bull’s eye target. His eyes are beautiful and he is getting quite good at doing the low brow if you can believe that. I guess it’s genetic since Dad and I seem to be born knowing how to do it. Though Oliver spends most of his day sleeping, when he is awake he has the sweetest expression. Mom always refers to him as “handsome and cutie”, and I guess she is right for I also think I have quite a handsome looking brother. He is rather alert when he is awake, but Mom says he has a little gas issue. Oliver is unable to digest very well and is a little harder on Mom than I was, though we both took the bottle at this stage quite well. I hope my brother continues taking the bottle so Mom will have more time to play and be with me. When a baby turns one month, according to Vietnamese

    Yes finally, almost a month after he is born we finally have a name for him. The story as to how he got his name will take a mini novel which someday I will write about. But for now, I am just happy to say he has a name and we can move on to sharing it with all our friends and family. That was a tough process, poor Mom and Dad. Though thank you to Di Thu for coming down this weekend to visit and pushing for my brother’s name. I love my brother regardless of what his name is, but I like Oliver and am learning to pronounce the word. Parents call him “Olie” for short which works as well, though I like saying his full name. Oliver came from the word olive which means “peace”. Dad wants to remember Ong Ngoai and choose an English name in honor of him, thus Oliver it is. His Vietnamese middle name “Nguyen-Khai” was also picked by Mom to honor ong ngoai too. She says she told Ong Ngoai about that name when he was ill in the hospital so that was picked out a while before he was born.

Dear all, I am thrilled to introduce to you my little brother, Oliver Nguyên-Khải Mesic. Little Oliver Khải was born on January 10th at 9:42 AM and weighed in at 8lbs 4oz and 21”. Although I didn't get to visit mom and little Oliver Khai in the hospital due to changes in visitation rules, I fell in love with my brother the first day I saw him. I am loving my new role as a big sister. I hope you’ll have a chance to meet my new baby brother sometime soon!

        My brother came home from the hospital without an official first name. Well you can say that he didn’t have a real name for the first few weeks of his life. Mom and Dad referred to him as “Khai”, “sweetie”, “baby”, and Grandpa’s favorite is little “Jimmy”. Though Mom and Dad are trying to figure out and finalize what he should be legally named, I refer to him as my brother. While everyone is patiently waiting for a name so we can announce my brother’s arrival, Dad has not been able to finalize one yet. He wants to find the perfect name and figures since he has to submit paperwork to get my brother’s name changed in his birth certificate anyways, he minus well take his time. Since we don’t have a name, not too many folks know about my brother being here. I will just have to be patient and wait a little longer.

        Mom managed to land herself in the ER this weekend after spending the past few days with me and my brother all on her own. I guess all those times I asked to be picked up and held is finally taking a toll on Mom. She is feeling miserable and may have to be in bed for a while. Poor Mommy, we are going to get some help so that Mom can stay off her feet and get some rest. In the meantime Dad is taking extra care of my brother and I. He is so small and tender, I try to be gentle and just touch him softly. I have a baby doll that I have been carrying around and it helps with how I should hold and be gentle with my brother. This is his first week home, isn’t he sweet?

Although I look forward to meeting my little brother and being a big sister. I will miss having my parents to myself. Mom talks about my little brother and sometimes I just get mixed feelings about the whole thing. Dad did a good job capturing those moments during our family photo shoot to document our family of "three" right before my brother's arrival.

It's 2010! My New Year started with a day at the park with Daddy. My little brother is coming in about a week so we want to go and document some pictures of our family of three before it becomes a family of four. I will have those pictures in a different blog entry. Thanks to aunt Thu we were able to have a few family shots. Once again Dad did a fantastic job capturing all the Kodak moments. I hope to blog more frequently this year.