Hello Simone

First of all, we want to thank everyone for their kind support and great well wishes.  It really helps so keep them coming.  So much has happened, since our last post but we will try to sum it up right here.  We’ve had great visits from both grandma’s, we celebrated the Vietnamese one month party (today — thank you all for coming by ),we’ve given Simone her Hebrew name (Simcha - which means joyous event - special thank you to Gramdma Lucille for the name), and we’ve had really amazing moments around the house and neighborhood (see pics of our spring rools and bagels which will give a flavor of today’s festivities.  The bottom line is 

that we have reached the one month mark in this great journey and we feel its going pretty darn well.  Hey, no one ever said we would not be tired but overall things are great.  Simone is really opening her eyes and checking out the world.  Given that Spring is around the corner, we are so looking forward to hitting the streets, parks and other fun joints that NYC has to offer.  We’ll keep you all posted for sure.  Until then, stay posted to this blog and we’ll keep giving you updates.  Thanks again and thanks Grandma Lucille for the visit the week.

So, we’ve reached some kind of milestone (I think) but ultimately days are running into nights so we are not sure but I think Daylight Savings might work in our favor.  Anyway, this past week provided a few new highlights to tell you all.  First, the weather (despite earlier in the week - see snow storm below) reached near 70 degrees this weekend.  So, Tuyen and I took out Simone in the stroller, walked near the Hudson River and then had tacos in Meatpacking District. That was so nice! And, for a moment there, we felt pretty ‘normal’. Also, as you can see, Simone went with Tuyen to do a little grocery shopping in her sling and I had a chance to give her a bottle (pure milk if you know what I mean).  While we can say that we are still not sleeping, we did manage a few moments of normalcy this weekend.  Enjoy the pics, send us your comments and best wishes to you all.  

Stay tuned for this week (week 4) for the special Vietnamese special function at 1 month birthday and we may even do a naming party for Simone.  Until next post.

So, everything on the hope front is going well.  So far this week, NYC had a big snow storm as you can see from our front window looking out onto the street.  Also, Tuyen, Simone and I posed (thanks to the self timer) for our first family (self) portrait.  Still getting very little sleep over here but Simone is growing, eating, growing and the natural functions that happen in between.  We’ll catch up on more stuff soon but thought you’d all like to see these pictures. Enjoy!