El Hombre Mas Guapo Dice Dylan!

Dylan wants to send Happy Birthday wishes to his YeYe in Alhambra. Dylan says that he is the most handsome man alive!

Salud!

Dylan's Corner II - Boys Night

Hello Friends!

Dylan here checking in on the latest news. I went to the Doctor this week and took my second shot like a man! Mother and Father were very proud of me.

But last night was the best night yet. Mother went with Aunt Kerrie and Aunt Sloane to see Les Miserables. So, it was just the boys last night and all of my homies, Gino, Leo, Cassidy...

Father was cool enough to throw us a little party. It was what some might call "off the hook" some drinking, some dancing (my favorite right now is the latest instrumental remix of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star - it has a nice techno beat to it). Father explained that it was in celebration of my Uncle Hamoon who moved into his dorms at UC Santa Cruz...apparently he will probably be attending a few parties these next few years. And I need to start training because in 18 years I will go to college too!

Well we were having a great time at our little party, until Gino (remember he is always the instigator) decided it was time to take it to the next level. (Cue Mariachi Band) Who always shows up at the end of the night to cause problems? Not Tequila silly people! Gino brought out the Whole Milk! Shooter's all around!!!

Well, the pictures you see here are the result of our first Boys Night. I am so embarrassed ;)

Love,
Dylan

Dylan +1 Month

Our boy is GROWING!!!

We visited Dr. Roe on Monday September 15th for Dylan's one month check up. He is so BIG! Well bigger than he was one month ago. Dylan is 8 lbs 14.9 oz, 21 inches tall, still with a full head of hair and a smile that grows every day.

Dylan's Corner

Hello World! 

In my three short weeks in this world, I have quickly learned that I will need to update this Blog so that I can tell my version of the story and the truth as I see it.

So, I have started to learn about the intricacies of the World Wide Web, English, Spanish, how to type, and, of course, I had to hack the site so that my parents can not distort any of my posts.  It has been a lot of work but worth the effort to write the truth.

On August 14th, I decided that I had enough of the womb, and the world needed to see how cute I really am. To do this, I helped mother (there's a rumor that she would prefer that I call her mother and not something more endearing like mommy, momma, Alison, etc.) support her beliefs.  Mother "just knew" that she was going to have the worse of pushing and then need a C-section.  Though it was a tough task to turn myself around, I did it so I was "sunny side up"...I really hope mother told all the disbelievers, "I told you so".

The first few days were okay.  My parents were learning how to change a diaper, how much to feed me, and what my sounds mean.  I don't blame them...I couldn't smile yet, I liked to scream, and I had no idea what cooing was.  I was very ready to leave the hospital on Day 3, and I am so happy that mother and father wanted to take me home.

Home has been AWESOME!  I have my own room with lots of fun friends.  There's Gino the Giraffe, Leo the Lion, Cassidy the Cow, Maggie Moo, PB the Bear, and we all have play time most of the night.  After my nightly bath and bottle, mother and father put me down for my late night nap and I let them think that I'm sleeping, but not a chance.  Typically, Gino is the instigator and gathers all our other friends.  Right now, our favorite games are "Fake Crying" (mother or father come in to check on me and I cry for no reason whatsoever), "The Amazing Dylan" (I'm still working on my stage name and am accepting suggestions, but I like to undo the tight swaddle my parents wrap me in), and, of course, my favorite game "I Miss My Mommy" (sometimes I just want to hang out with mother and so I cry for a long time until she decides to feed me, then I fall asleep several time during the feeding so that it takes more than an hour for me to feed).

I've had a lot of visitors too!  I appreciate all of them and look forward to meeting the rest of our family and all of mother and father's friends.

From my family I have learned...my ABC's from Grandpa Snodgrass, Abuelita Chiock is teaching me that Pollitos dicen "pio, pio, pio cuando tienen hambre y cuando tienen frio", Ye Ye Chiock took me on walks and showed me around our neighborhood, and Grams Snodgrass tells me all the latest gossip in our world.

So, that is the latest from here.  I hope everyone is having a great September.  Go Deacs (the Pride of ACC Football)!

Love,

Dylan

Abuelita and Ye Ye Visit

September 6 was a sad day...after nine days, Dylan's Abuelita (grandmother in Spanish) and Ye Ye (paternal grandfather in Chinese) returned to Alhambra, CA.  It was a great week full of smiles, tears, laughs, spit up, dirty diapers and all the GREAT stuff that Dylan brings to our family.  Dylan can't wait for their next visit!  Here are a couple of picture highlights from their visit.

Ciao!

Dylan is so COOL

Aunt Janie remembered that Mommy Alison LOVED her sunglasses when she was a little one.  So, she gave Dylan his first pair...we think he likes it!

The Chiok Family Visits

With Abuelita and Ye Ye visiting from Alhambra, Dylan had more visitors!  Some of our family from Peru who now live in Gwinnett County came by to visit and meet our beautiful little Dylan.  Nikolas was very eager to meet the newest family member! 

P.S. The name is spelled correctly, another side of our family spells it Chiok and not Chiock...crazy we know!

Happy Labor Day!

Dylan's first Labor Day was a well deserved day off for him.  Mom and Dad have been very persistent that Dylan eat around every three hours, then sleep for a couple of hours, play for around an hour, then do it all over again.  It is very stressful and can take a lot out of Dylan, so Labor was a day of leisure and family!  Our visitors included Abuelita and Ye Ye from Alhambra and Great Aunt Janie from Indianapolis.