Greetings!

"This Little Light of Mine, I'm going to let it shine..." So much has happened since my last blog entry. Probably the latest and greatest news is that the doctor told me that I'm going to be a big brother to a little "brother". How cool, I'll have someone to hangout and play ball with. Mom and dad said I may have to wait a couple of years before he can actually play with me.

Here I am with Stephen-Fua, as you can tell our parents dressed us for the Missions open house.

Just in case you wanted to get a better look at my Vietnamese Outfit here it is. Just realize, in Vietnam, they usually don't wear "vans" with this outfit

Here I am with mom and dad at the Missions Open House at church. I asked my dad what he was wearing and he said the native attire for the Philippines, a "barong tagalog." I didn't have the heart to tell my dad, but don't you think his shirt is a little "shiny", not to mention it's almost see through, I'm glad my dad wore an undershirt, aren't you?

Here I am with Mo, Jenny, Candace, Crystal and mom. Hey, how come you guys didn't dress up in an international outfit?

I told you "I didn't do it."

How old are you again? You look kinda big for your age.

Alright, dude. Pose for the picture, this is going on the blog.

HAPPY 2009!

Hello Everybody! I hope you had an awesome Christmas and an amazing New Year, because we definitely did. Mom and dad say it's always good to be thankful for what you have, because it's God who gives it to us and I'm learning that.
My apologies for not keeping up, we've been pretty busy over the past couple of months, you know how it is...It was especially challenging since mom, dad and I have been battling with the "flu...cold...cough..." Anyone else out there catch that...wait...do you hear that, it's Dad's and he's still coughing. Anyway, thanks for being patient with me, so here's a brief overview of what's up with jj...me...




Oh yeah, Just in case you didn't hear, by this July, this family picture will have one more person in it. That's right, I'm going to be a "big brother". I'm so excited, although I'm not too sure what's involved in being a big brother, I hear it's a pretty important job. Maybe if you have some experience in being a big brother, you can give me some pointers, since I only have about 6 months to prepare. So let me know as soon as possible.

I don't know why everytime I come this dude always makes me drive, it would be nice just once when I go to Chuck E. Cheese to ride in the passenger seat.

Hey dad, I know you're like supposed to watch out for me and all, but how come you didn't tell me that there was a hole in the ground?

So what you're saying mom is that you don't think it would be a good idea to climb over this rail and jump into the water, just because everyone is doing it?

Here are some pictures of our Traditional Trip to Disneyland for Christmas...well, it's kinda of a tradition, since this is our 2nd year going, but one day it will be a tradition for the Mascardo's.

So this is what they mean when they sing that song, "Let it snow, Let it snow, Let it snow..."

Oh, I get it now, that's why that guy sings "I'm dreaming of a white Christmas."

Ummm...Well...Ummm...I don't where it is? I just got here...Maybe you can ask Tyler, he might know

So...all you have to do is look real sad at your parents and say you'll never ask for anything again...

Thanks guys, it worked!

It's all about the chicken and the monkey!

That's right you guessed it for Halloween, I found myself "sporting" a chicken costume, provided by my Grandma Nancy. On October 31st, our church held an outreach event to the South Bay called "Harvestfest", which is an alternative to Halloween. It's very cool, they transform our parking lot to a festival, with food, music, game booths and of course, lots and lots of candy.

Here I am with dad, can you guess what his costume is?

Me and the "Ochoa" girls...excuse me Kloie, Kristi and Kaylee, can I get some space?

Pastor Stef, Aunt Peggy and my cousin, Shonna the chicken!

Here are some pics of my Friday night crew, the Nerida and Villasenor "kids", Caleb, Sky, Belli and Max...oh yeah, there's also Auntie Viv, Auntie Z and Uncle Luis.

Who do think they're trying to be? You're right, Sandy and Danny Zuko from Grease

Here I am with Auntie Olivia, Uncle Marvin, Uncle Art and Auntie Brittany (below)

Just in case you couldn't tell...The ladybug in the picture is Juliana Reyna.

As you can tell I could only take so much of the chicken costume, so i had to change into something more comfortable. Now this is more like it.

Now you're probably wondering, why am I wearing another costume, well a couple weeks earlier, Downey Regional Hospital had a reunion for all those that were in the infant ward. I know you can't tell but a couple of days after I was born, I was diagnosed with jaundice and dehydration, so mom and dad had to take me back to the hospital, where I stayed for a couple of days. Anyway, back to the story, the Hospital has a reunion around Halloween to bring back all those that were successfully released from the care unit, just to catch up and see how much we have each grown.

This is a monumental moment in my history...my first lollipop...boy was it good!

Here I am...practicing one of my favorite pastimes. Next time we're near a piano, you need to let me play you an original song.

Here I am with a couple of the nurses who took care of me when I was in the infant critical care unit.

Here are a couple of girls who were also in the unit, look we're all big and healthy now...thanks to all the doctors and nurses at Downey Regional Hospital.

Here's a cool story about this monkey costume. My dad bought this monkey costume for me at WalMart in Gardena while mom was at the Pastor's wives conference in Murieta. The cool thing is that mom was about to buy the very same monkey costume for me at the WalMart in Murieta. Is that crazy or what, both my parents in two separate places, were going to buy the very same monkey costume. Wow, talk about being made for each other...I'm glad their my mom and dad.

Man, I really like playing!

Here I am at Jesus, Mommy and Me class. This class is so much fun, not only do I get to see all my friends and play with all the cool toys in the nursery, but we get to sing worship songs and learn about Jesus. Too bad we can't have this everyday.

Let's play a game of follow the leader. Watch out! Are you sure you're going to fit, I mean what will happen if your head gets stuck.

Hey Victoria, I dare you to try to get in that blue tube without getting stuck.


I'm getting my game on at Chuck E Cheese for Jeremiah's 1st Birthday Party.

Here I am with my cousins, Trust and Honesty in Las Vegas. Their dad is Uncle Paul, who I haven't gotten a chance to meet yet. Here we are at "uncle" Bayani's house, he's not really my uncle, he's actually my great uncle, since he is my "nanay's" younger brother. Here we are and they're trying to teach me how to play the piano.

Do you guys know anything by Mozart? How about Beetoven? Can you guys play "mary had a little lamb"? Cool, can you teach me that song?

I'm a big boy now, as you can see from the band-aids that I went in for my one year check up, and the doctor gave me some shots not to mention they took some of my blood. That was a really cool experience, you see they take this really long needle and stick it into one of my veins and out comes the blood, it was so neat to see my blood fill the vial so quickly.

Hey guys, check out the cool neon green lizard!

Here I am with Riley posing for the camera.

Here I am with the boys, Stephen-Fua and Michael.