DC interview weekend

Last weekend we flew out to DC together for Sam's interview at Maryland Medical School. We stayed with Chase and Caitlin for the weekend. I got to see the white house for the first time and some other monuments.

We got to DC late at night last Friday, when we finally went to bed it was almost midnight DC time. Saturday we went to see the Mall. It was a really tiring walk but I'm glad that I got to see a lot of stuff. It's funny to see Chinese tourists everywhere.

This is one of the pictures we took in the Mall:



Sam took this one, I think it's really sweet:

Enoch sit with uncle Chase and cousin Traci on the grass
Hannah, Neal and Cali, Josh came over for dinner Sat night. We ate pizza and played a game together. Can you believe that it was my first time meeting Neal? I totally thought we've already met because of reading Hannah's blog. Cali and Josh asked me to translate a Chinese story which turned out to be really sad. Sometimes I don't understand why they make baby stories so sad... (I totally don't know why this paragraph got lost... Sorry guys!)

Sunday we went to church together and of course we had to go see the temple. It's so beautiful!!!

Washington DC Temple

Then we had dinner with Caitlin's family. That was when I had baked squash the first time! Delicious! I would definitely buy squash next time when I go grocery shopping now that I know it actually tastes great.
Caitlin put Traci's head band on Enoch and they played with bubbles:

It was a short but fun weekend at DC. Thanks to Chase and Cait for letting us stay. I think we would be happy living there if Sam gets accepted.

Flying back on Monday wasn't fun at all. Poor Enoch couldn't find a comfortable position to sleep. It would be much easier if there was a seat for him. I'm glad that the trip didn't mess up Enoch's schedule, he went back to normal schedule right away!! I'm so grateful for this! Also, this Wed we officially weaned Enoch from the breasts.... I'm pumping in the morning when I have the most milk supply and feed him formula in the afternoon. He's doing great!

Sam flew out again yesterday morning for Wisconsin's interview. This will be the end of the interview period for a while until he gets more interviews (CA schools are so slow!!!).

The best toys are free!

The family who used to live in our house left two toys in the yard, I kept them when the owner wanted to throw them away. They were supper dirty, but I thought I could give it a try to clean them.

I'm so proud of myself for cleaning them because now they look great! Check them out:

I can see that pretty soon these two toys will become Enoch's favorites. Cant stop giving myself credits for this! Yay!

We decided that today will be the "naked Friday" for Enoch. Well, at least that's what Sam wanted.


I also found a good place to hide Enoch...

Guitar Case crib bassinet

Sam (Ooops... I meant to say Enoch) is 7 months old now! Two weeks ago, we went to get him the first flu shot. He weighed 19lb 5oz, 27 inches long.

Caught on Tape--Enoch Flirting

Sharon caught this on tape the other day. I took the liberty of expressing Enoch's thoughts as subtitles.

I think he learned a valuable lesson.

More and More Enoch

I'm going to an interview in Creighton tomorrow and Sharon's going up with Mom and Alison for Leslie's baby shower. Hope he manages the drive OK! Other than that, life has been pretty laid back and consumed by school, work, etc. But, we've had our moments. As you can guess, they mostly surround the baby.

Enoch learning how to chill out in the laundry bin:

Baby chilling in the laundry bin

We took him swimming recently. I thought he was enjoying it until I saw the pictures:

He's been sitting up a lot better recently:

The poor baby seemed pretty happy about shackling himself.

Sharon took him shopping today. I can tell he loves it just as much as I do:

Babies hate shopping at the mall

Oh no, my son already looks cooler than I do and he's only 6 months old:

OK ladies now's the chance to go wild; here's Enoch without a shirt on:

OK, enough about Enoch, here's one of Sharon. On labor day we went up to Mt Lemmon with mom and dad and had a really nice hike.

Secret Waterfall at Mt. Lemmon