My niece C’s birthday was this past weekend.  She’s officially achieved “big girl” status as she’s now 3 years old.  I had a video call with her on her birthday. 

During the call, the maid who lives in our office here, Ut (not to be confused with the maid Ut that lives at Tim’s house – this is a different Ut (also pronounced “Ope”) was in the office I was in cleaning.  I called Ut over and had her wave at C and then Ut and I talked a little bit in Vietnamese.  It apparently freaked C out because she got very shy and quiet and wouldn’t say very much more.

But she was very cute – as you can see for yourself from the above photo of her getting the el sombrero treatment.

New baby Hugh Henry (I have to throw Henry in there even though they’re just calling him Hugh) is doing good – he’s apparently going to live up to the hoss status he displayed at birth, as he is already up to 11 pounds!  He’s had a cold so was having some trouble sleeping at night, but he’s getting over it and everyone says he is the sweetest baby ever.  I am so excited to meet him – and to see O and C again – in about two months.

Here he is looking like a sleeping dalmation:

And I can’t leave O out of the mix: