An alarm clock that you can count on!

Features include:
1. More precise than a rooster
2. Loud enough for the entire family
3. SUPER CUTE

Have a bad habit of snoozing your alarm clock when it's really time for you to get up? This is the alarm clock for you! No way in the world will you be able to snooze this one!!!

These are going on Eli's wedding picture montage...

You know how everyone has some embarrassing pictures from their childhood. Here are some early ones for Eli. These pictures are reserved for the picture montage that we'll play at Eli's wedding reception:

Eli's very first full bath! Taken when he turned one-month old.

Noticed the girly bib? This is what you get for spitting up so much, Eli! We ran out of bibs during the baby blessing trip and Eli's great-grandma had to make him some bibs last minute. LOL, she only had girly fabrics.

Eli's got a big bald spot from all the time he spent lying down. To my future daughter-in-law: Don't worry, we don't have the bald gene in the family! This is what you really should be worrying about though... (see below)

We're true chubbs!!!

Eli's Baby Blessing

A couple of months ago, we traveled to California for Eli's baby blessing. We decided to do the blessing in California because it was too much for Peter's grandma, who is 93-years-old, to travel.

Initially, Peter was planning on blessing Eli in Chinese. After all, it only makes sense to do so in a Chinese branch, right? Especially considering that grandma doesn't speak English. However, after losing sleep over it for a week and my unsuccessful attempts in translating the blessing into Chinese for Peter, Peter decided to do it in English instead.

Both Peter and I were super nervous about the blessing because that would be Eli's first time going to Church and we had no clue whether he would behave or not. He's such an active kid and can't sit for very long. Peter was convinced that Eli would start screaming in the middle of the blessing. Thankfully, he didn't! However, he started getting restless after his blessing and I ended up staying

in the hallway with him for the rest of the sacrament meeting. I was somewhat bummed because Peter's grandma, Peter's dad, and Peter were invited by the branch presidency to bear their testimonies impromptu and I missed parts of it! (Lol, it turned out that the scheduled speakers didn't show up so the branch presidency got creative and asked our family to fill the program.) Peter's grandma and dad are so cute. Grandma spoke for a long time so dad passed her a note up the podium to ask her to wrap up.

Anyway, here's a summary of Peter's blessing for Eli:
1. living a service-oriented life
2. be an example to his future sibling
3. be a leader
4. live his life in such a way so that other people will be able to see Christ through him
5. love the gospel
6. honor his priesthood
7. be able to find a worthy eternal companion

Four generations of the Shens!

I happened to have training for work in San Jose that following week so Eli and I stayed while Peter returned the following Monday. When I was at work, my dear mother-in-law, who's a master in multitasking, watched Eli for me. I've been trying to convince my in-laws that they should buy a place next to ours ;)

This picture was taken at the linger-longer activity after Eli's blessing. Of course by this time, Eli was already exhausted and deep asleep!

My favorite picture of all that week!

Holy smokes, it's already May!

Eli is almost 4 months old. That's insane!! Anyway, just wanted to share a simple example to any woman out there who wants to instantly crush the seemingly indomitable male spirit.

Me: Can I buy a broken Macbook Pro?
Me: I might be able to fix it.
Jenny: NO!
Me: Are you kidding me??
Jenny: YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO FIX THINGS!!
Jenny: PLEASE! DON'T!
Jenny: I'd rather take a second job to buy you a new one.

Ego --> instantaneously crushed. See ya.