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Hello everyone, I know you have been checking my site and you see the same old picture of me in the bear outfit, so mommy and I decided to take over. I don’t remember some stuff so my mom is going to help me, even though she still gets brain farts. She says its because her brain shrunk while she was pregnant and she doesn’t think it grew back…hmm I blame age but I’m not going to tell her….Love you mommy!
Ok this is from one of my photo shoots, mommy bought my an angels hat from Babies R Us and the outfit is from old navy. Daddy got some good shoots considering I was being a Mr. Cranky pants at the time. Tell me what you think?
“Auntie Alice bought me this jacket last month. I like it but not as much as my parents. It is really soft and the extra set of ears really help out. I get a lot of extra hugs and kisses with it on and many times, I rather do without all the extra love. My dad tells me that he is jealous of me all day long. My mom takes extra good care of me. She’s the best! Now I need nap time.” CalvinGrey
Calvin Calvin Calvin… this guy does not want to sleep. He keeps us up most of the night and all through the morning. He now loves gnawing on his fingers and fist more than the bottle. He loves to smile and he loves to flirt with the ladies. Oh what?! Flirt with the ladies… oh yes. He is a professional seducer… I kid you not. Just look into his eyes and see the warmth swarming inside your body… lol
It has been a very warm start of the new year. During the past two days, it has been in the 80′s during the day. It’s kind of scary to think how hot it’s going to be in the summer. In order make use of the great weather we had, we decided to visit the local college around here, Cal Poly Pomona. Then it dawned on us, we want to take Calvin around all the major universities to get him interested really early. Not saying that this would work but it sure doesn’t hurt!
So we found a nice quaint little spot by the CLA building, we think it was an old horse stable. Found some gorgeous palm trees and took a family photo. The last image is of him by the school name. We didn’t walk all over the school to look for a large sign (there really didn’t look like there was one). We hopes to be taking him to all the big schools and hopefully to the east coast as well. New York and Boston… we shall see you soon
btw, Methuse and I are ADDICTED to this boy… seriously, his faces makes us laugh our asses off…
Today I was shooting Billy for a military photoshoot that I was hired by a client to do and in the middle of the shoot, Methuse brought Calvin down. What a perfect opportunity for a shoot! Now that I think about it, this was his first time in front of the strobes. He actually did pretty well considering the circumstances.
This is my favorite shot with Billy holding Calvin. He makes this exact face a handful of times throughout the day. I was lucky to have gotten this shot. Nothing like complete randomness for a shoot!
So we have been keeping the pacifier from Calvin because we heard that it isn’t good for their gumline. One day, at the doctor’s office, we saw a 2 year old sucking and sucking on the pacifier. After 15 mins, it ended up falling out and then…. we saw! I am sorry to put this kid out but damn, he had the meanest overbite we have seen. Straight scared the life out of us… lol but during the early morning feedings, Calvin gets really upset if he doesnt have formula going down his throat. We would keep feeding him but we know he is tapped out cause of the spit up. So we finally gave him the pacifier but he is not a huge fan. He will use it for a few mins at a time and then pops it out but sometimes, 10 mins of silence, well that is an eternity at 3am.
Thanks to Methuse’s long time friend Sandy, I was able to learn a lot about keeping a baby from crying by following the five S’s. Sandy is an avid follower of Oprah and whatever Oprah recommends, well Sandy gets it. Last week, when in Santa Clarita, she lent me a cd and dvd by a Dr. Harvey Karp titled “The Happiest Baby on the Block”. Dr Karp was able to come up with the five S’s to help a baby in what he calls the “fourth trimester”, which is the baby’s first 3 months outside the womb. This is the transition state from mom to the real world. Off the top of my head, the 5 S’s are in no particular order, Swaddle, Shush, Suck, Swing, and Side. You do not have to apply all of the S’s at one time. The S’s basically try to mimic the elements that a baby has come to know inside the womb. It is an incredible piece of information for any new parent and even some advanced ones.
The swaddle is one of the main S’s that you should do properly. That is keep their arms to the side and wrap them so that their arms can’t get out but Calvin has this thing where he won’t sleep until he is resting his hand on his chin/cheek. It is so freaking cute and everything I go to grab the camera, he moves. However with persistence, I was able to get him just as he was falling sleep.
I couldn’t freaking sleep last night! I laid there thinking and thinking about names upon names. I mean, what is in a name? A name is everything. It is what people remember you by and a name always finds a way to become who you are. It is strange but that is the way God made it, so I guess in other words, a name is a gift.
Even up to the week before, Methuse, Duy, Denny and Sandy just threw names at each other. We got inspiration from everywhere. Road signs, backward words, numbers, name mixing, movies, actors, etc. I wanted a unique name but I was very careful not to choose a “MMA name”. What is a MMA name? You know mixed martial arts right? Well when Duy and I started thinking about names that got out of control, we coined the phrase, “MMA name” meaning that a child must know how to defend themselves by the time they start school otherwise they would be bullied to no end. Of course examples of this would be Methuselah and Andrew mixed together… Anselah, Methdrew, Manselah, Andreselah, etc… with names like that, I guess only a sign that said “kick my ass” would be more appropriate for an ass beating. LOL
This morning, I woke up and decided that I wanted a name that is some what traditional but not common. After about 30 minutes, I spotted Calvin (which I have gone through a few times as well) and thought, “That could work”. I mean who doesn’t remember Calvin and Hobbes? Freaking love Calvin and Hobbes! but I thought about them after I realized it was perfect for my son. Once I got the green light from the wife, Alice, and Duy (who were also very picky) I knew it was the one. Grey is a name that Duy and I thought of on our way home from Santa Clarita. It would have been Calvin’s first name but we couldn’t get a middle name to match nicely with my very ORIENTAL last name. LOL
CALVIN GREY CHOI
For me, it works and I am happy with the end result. We feel that Calvin being a Libra, he will be very balanced, unbiased and neutral from his standpoint, which is why we felt Grey (which is the international spelling of the neutral color) was so fitting for him. We all know that I can be a loud ass MOFO, so let’s hope that he gets his characteristics from his mom with my drive to lead.
When it was all over, a fun and loving woman came in to get his paperwork filed, just a few minutes after we got his name. With the big monkey off my back, we sat down for our first candid family portrait.
Less than 18 hours later, I got a big problem. I can’t do anything but stare at my boy all day. I am still tripping over how God works his magic. Looking at your first born is probably one of the biggest trip that anyone can experience. To see parts of you, parts of her all in one package… truly is a work of art. This photo is how I remember the first few days of my son’s life. He totally looks Korean when he sleeps and the few times I was able to get a glimpse of his eyes, well he definitely looks like a mix blood.
So if you guys haven’t seen him yet, his eyes, eyebrows and forehead is totally me and his nose, mouth and hairline is Methuse’s. He has Methuse’s wrinkly soles but my long toes. He can make so many different faces and you know who he gets that from. I thought I would get a name to pop in my head once I saw my son’s face but yet I am still debating. Yesterday, I was thinking since he was a Libra, we could go with Leo but then Leo is a Leo… I know, it is confusing. So today all I did was stare at him and think of names… on top of the 2000 other names, words, numbers, word combination… I am still not any closer to his name. I will have to get a name before we are discharged tomorrow. This is not easy, this is not fun.
