NEW HOUSE, NEW NEIGHBORHOOD

Hooooraaaayyy for Hollywood! That is HOLLYWOOD of PORTLAND. That's the area of our new house. We are surrounded by so many greens and different color of trees. We love it. We have at least 5 different trees in our front yard. One of them is a Palmtree, and the other trees I have no idea what they are called. We'll find out soon. It's funny to Mommy and Daddy because we used to live in Hollywood in CA. HOLLYWOOD here is like PASADENA in CA. It's beautiful. We love it. We don't have to move for a very long time after this. No more renting! YAY!!! We're going to have fun fixing up this house to our liking. It's going to be a great creative space for us. Now we're just going to eat cup of noodles or ramen for the rest of the year! LOL!

Mommy and BeeBao sitting in infront of our new house....


Daddy moving stuff in the house.......


This is the view that we get when we look up from our porch.....


Our neighborhood is all filled with tunnel of trees. Pretty cool to drive through......

HEEERE FISHY FISHY...

What's one of the things we can do when it's raining a lot outside? We go to the fish store...Daddy met the owner of this fish store. He has traveled to different places all over the world to find really cool fish. So many colors and pretty looking fishys. We want to get some...maybe...if Mommy is up for cleaning the fish tank (fish creep daddy out). So many things to clean. Maybe...we will see...This fish store is only a few blocks from our new house so we can visit and ponder if we want to bring some home.

WE FINALLY DID IT!!!

Here is Mommy and Daddy signing away, the biggest purchase of our life!!! And Mommy looks like a 15 year old in this picture. We finally bought our first home and we love everything about it. Well it could use a little bit of our touch, but we will make it a creative haven for our little family. So exciting. Now we have to pack and move in 2 weeks. YIKES!!! Thanks to Mirta (our awesome agent) for making the process so fun and smooth. Our experience buying our first home wasn't such the headache many people have told us about. We were lucky on this one.

BeeBao is trying out different beds. We bought a king size bed for the three of us. BeeBao, you have your own little bed but we like to all snuggle in our new big bed.

BeeBao checking out the real estate market.

IS IT CHRISTMAS ALREADY?

This past weekend, BeeBao received a huge package in the mail from Auntie Shannon!!! WOW!!! SO many cool stuff, what a Halloween treat!!! Thank you Auntie Shannon for thinking of BeeBao. You are always so thoughtful!!! And we also got a present from RJ as well. We'll forever cherish our little abstract Reindeer. RJ is an awesome little artist and he is a happy boy just like BeeBao! We know that when you will finally see RJ again, it will be so fun to see you both play with each other. We miss them lots and hope to see them soon.

THE COLOR OF FALL

We love the color of FALL around here. It is so beautiful. When BeeBao and Mommy go for our walk the streets are filled with saturated color of leaves everywhere, pretty shades of bright yellow, orange, red, and green. And the flowers are so unique too. I cannot wait to plant pretty flowers and plants in our new yard.

WHO IS THE LITTLE RUNT IN THAT PICTURE, BEEBAO?

Like Papa, Like Bee.......
im going to have to have a long talk with you about what to avoid in life, to keep your good looks, little Bee (no one helped Daddy with that one)......lets
get you through teething first, we have plenty of time...........Bpop

HAPPY 7 Months BeeBao!

We cannot believe how much you have grown and continue every month. This month our challenge is that you are teething. It breaks our heart to see you in pain. But you are tough and are taking it so well. You have been talking and laughing so much during the day. You are also a great listener. When we talk to you, you look at us so attentively. You're talking so much words now. But it doesn't really make sense. It's fun watching you talk though. It has been so much fun for us to watch you grow. You're going to be crawling soon...UhOOh! We'll be ready.

BorisPop: dang, Bee, you are growing so quick! every day is a new chapter and unlocking of your abilities to express yourself.
just the other day, for the first time, you starting opening your mouth wide open when you wanted the next mouthful of your pears/mangos, while we were feeding you. by the time you can read this, you are going to think this is not a big deal.....but it is, as its your way of saying "im ready and waiting for my next bite". not only is this a large leap in your learning how to tell us what you want (without being able to say it yet)......but i happens to be in the top ten of the thousands of adorable traits you exibit everyday. your daddy here got quite a bit choked up when i saw this new step, and started screaming to your momma that you were doing it......turns out, you had been doing it for a couple days, and she had already experienced this new revalation. the softy in your father can some times get the best of him, and put a lot on a little experience...........god only knows how i will flip out when you say your first real words (other than "hey!")........walk for the first time.........ride a bike......write your first song on a guitar.........skate your first empty swimming pool.........paint your first oil painting.....etc......etc.....
happy 7 months, my sweet little baby boy!

TWINS!!! :)

BorisPop: thee two most amazing things in my life that i would have never thought i deserved.....all zipped up in grey hoodies!

-note to Bee: your head was not as big in this pic as it seems....you are leaning forward, in front of mommy. i dont
think you are cursed with the rather large skull size of your father........knock on bone.

2 YEARS IN PORTLAND, OREGON

BorisPop: Fresh Air and Green, New Friends and Reconnecting with Old Ones, Creative Freedom/the birth of TWEEQiM , the Creation/Arrival/Blessing that is Boris Bao, and our First Home we can call "Our Own"........not bad at all.

a view that i love of our new neighborhood, this time last year.......when we were saying to ourselves......."we hope we can live here some day"........