FEBRUARY "FIRSTS"

MY FAMOUS J.J. FACES

One of the February "Firsts" would be eating my first real meal. I know it's just rice cereal, but it's a real meal to me. Here I am in my "high chair", just anticipating a great meal. And you can tell by the look on my face and the pictures that I LOVE RICE CEREAL!

Another February "First" would be my first time on an "airplane" and on a bus. Mom, dad and I took a flight to Phoenix, Arizona. Dad was officiating the wedding ceremony for Auntie Brianna and Uncle Tim. Mom and dad said I did pretty good on the plane, they were worried about my ears popping because of the altitude, but it didn't seem to bother me. I think you can see in the picture of dad and me on the bus I look amazed at what I see outside, dad just looks dazed and confused, probably because he was tired from the 6am flight.

ON THE AIRPLANCE & ON THE BUS

These next couple of pictures are from my photo shoot at the wedding, which was in Scottsdale, AZ. As you can see I'm getting the hang of this "modeling" thing. If you can't tell my suit was designed by Kenneth Cole "Reaction", thanks to Auntie Mercedes. Unfortunately, the third picture shows that I'm getting a little tired of hearing them say "strike a pose".

Tim and Brianna's wedding was the first wedding that I was able to attend. It was pretty cool, I just don't get it...if weddings are supposed to be one of the most happiest events in life, then why do people cry?

TEMPE, ARIZONA

While we were in Arizona, we stayed with our relatives, Ong Thang, Ba Dao & Uncle Ben. It was real cool, because they made me laugh a whole lot, especially Uncle Ben. Our relatives live in Tempe, Arizona, which is pretty close to Arizona State University. On our last night, we were able to take a walk along one of the rivers, it was a real nice sunset, almost as nice as California sunsets.

MY FAVORITE COUPLE IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD!

MY 2nd FAVORITE COUPLE

My First Anniversary Celebration. On February 16th, we celebrated my Nanay and Tatay's 40th Wedding Anniversary at this Japanese restaurant called "Tokyo Wako". From what my mom and dad, it's a great thing that Nanay and Tatay have been married for 40 years. I'm barely going to be a year old in September, and Nanay and Tatay have been married 40 times one year...that's a really long time. There were some "cool" people at the celebration, Auntie Michelle, Riley, Uncle Mark, Uncle Randy, Auntie Christina, Kloie, Kristiana, Kaylee, Uncle Victor, Auntie Precy, Uncle Boy and Uncle Raymond.

I just don't understand...Why is it that just because you're a baby, they try to force you to do things you don't want to do. As I said before I'm not ready for P.D.A (public display of affection)

The final February "First" was celebrating "Vietnamese New Year" with mom's relatives. Grandma Nancy bought me, Bella and Maddy Traditional outfits. For some reason, I just wasn't "feeling it", probably the beanie.

I'm getting "bigger"!

Just in case you were wondering why there's so many pictures of me...it's my mom and dad. They seem to think I like all the attention, so I just amuse them and smile and giggle every now and then, when they start to break out the camera. Oh guess what, I went to the doctor at the beginning of February and the doctor told mom and dad that I'm 25 1/2 inches tall and I'm weighing in at 15 pounds 14 ounces. I just can't wait until I can run around. To help with this, mom and dad put together my exer-saucer walker. Man, this thing is soooo great! It has all these things that I can pull, push, move...my favorite is this green dragon puppet, I'm not too sure why, because I end just biting on it everytime. I guess, it's just my way of finding comfort in the simple things of life.

Here's a picture of the Reyna's Uncle Eddie, Auntie Kendra and Juliana. She was born the first week of January, while I was at the Calvary Chapel Missions Conference with mom and dad. We were able to hear some good messages by some Pastors and Missionaries. When we got back to the South Bay, Mom and I went to go visit them and see how they were doing. I could totally relate with Juliana, you know being outside of our mommy's tummy. I was just there about 3 months ago. Right below is a picture of Riley, with her Krispy Kreme hat. I can't wait to eat Krispy Kreme.

Days before Christmas

Happy Birthday, Riley. Thanks for inviting us to your birthday party. It was a lot of fun. Pretty soon I'll be able to hang out with you and Maddy on the monkey bars and swings...Hey, so what's so interesting that you guys are looking at...it can't be possibly more interesting as me. Hold me up, I can't see...get me outta this car seat!
Back up, girl. You're getting too close for comfort, Isabella, Haven't you heard about personal space? It's what we need as people, you see when people get too close, we become uncomfortable, and feel invaded by others. Haven't you seen in the elevator, adults get so paranoid when someone stands next to them in an elevator. Besides I heard through the grapevine, auntie michelle, there were going to be a lot of cute little girls at this party. So just keep that in mind, 'Bella.

It's Christmas time at Disneyland. Mom and dad decided to take me a second time to the Happiest Place on Earth, since the first time I wasn't able to ride "It's a small world". I had such a great time. I was so "tripping out" on all the colors and lights. I guess it was really a small world, because we ran into Kloie, Kristi's and Kaylee...oh yeah, also Uncle Randy and Auntie Christina came along, not to mention all of the Aparicio's. Here's a cool picture of Uncle Randy and Kloie trying to catch a snowflake.

Days after Christmas

Do you notice anything different about me? That's right, you guessed it, mom and dad shaved my head. Well, actually they cut my hair, they didn't have clippers, so dad just used a pair of scissors to "buzz" my head. What do you think? Mom said the "combover, just wasn't working. Do I look "gansta" or what?

So the official date of my first "haircut" is December 26, 2007. That same night was also another first, you see dad's Christmas present to mom, was a date night to go see the musical, "Wicked" and also the first time they were going to leave me with someone other than them. The "someone" or actually "someone's" was my grandma Mascardo, Auntie Chris, my cousin Jessica, (in the picture below) and my cousin Anthony.

The following day was Thursday, and mom and I headed out to church that night. We were able to meet up with a lot of people, like Kloie, Kristi and Kaylee's mom and dad, Uncle Randy and Auntie Christina. We also got to see, Max and Belli's mom and day, Uncle Luis and Auntie Z, along with my crazy Uncle Johnny and Auntie Allison.

Yes, that's me with a tie, mom and dad said it was a special occasion. So I dressed to impress. On Saturday, December 29. Mom and dad took the whole family from both sides to dinner at Il Fornaio in Manhattan Beach. Uncle Mike and the family couldn't make it, he was sick. But as for the rest of us, we ate our fair share of Italian food. Afterwards we went back to our house for desert and mom and dad gave everyone "encouragement" presents for the new year. Mom and dad are always doing stuff like this. I guess it's their way to show how much they love their family.

Here I am with my Aunts, Vy, Betty and Annie, they always seem to be ready to pose for the camera. We spent that day hanging out at Auntie Nina's furniture store called "Essence" it's located in Redondo Beach, just in case you're looking for cool furniture for your home.

My first experience of ice skating on Friday night, dad took all of us, mom, me, Auntie Christine, and my cousins Jessica and Anthony ice skating at the Santa Monica Promenade. We all had a lot of fun as you can tell from the pictures. My cousin Anthony is really good, he raced my Auntie Christine, cousin Jessica and even with dad and beat every single one of them. I was kind of bummed I was too young to ice skate but maybe next year. Since my cousin Anthony is pretty good, I'll ask him to teach me.