Duke has been very fortunate to have such a loving grandma watching his every move. Since they spend most of the day together, the bond between them is transparent. No one can feed him more bottles than grandma. No one understands Duke better than grandma. He knows when it is time for a stroll. If the weather permits, they stroll around the block. If the weather doesn’t, they stroll around the house. Just watching them strolling around the tiny space inside the house warms my heart. Now that Cu Dao can crawl, he follows her wherever she goes.
When being asked how grandma feels about taking care of Cu Dao, her response was that she gets to know a child better even though she has three kids of her own. At that time, she was busy making ends meet; therefore, she didn’t get to see how her children grew. Now it’s a joy for her to witness every progress he makes.
Last month, grandparents went on a cruise vacation for ten days. Grandpa said that grandma missed Cu Dao so she opened up her cell phone and browse through the photos she had taken of him. In a few months, grandma will no longer take care of Cu Dao. She has to babysit someone else. I am sure they’ll miss each other, but I will remind him the time he spent with his grandma so he won’t forget.
I love this photo of them together.
Duke is so lucky and so are you and Dana to have Grandparents being available like that to help out. I am envious!
Yes, we’re very lucky to have grandma helping out, but going to the daycare has many advantages as well and we’re looking forward to send Duke off like PP. By the way, PP is such cutie. Love his latest photos.
You guys are so luckly. My parents live 5 minutes from us but my mom doesn’t like to babysit. She only comes over on the weekend to play with CC for a bit and that’s it.
Hey – that’s my aunt in the photo!! :-)
BTW, your website has been such a resource for me today while searching for vietnamese jazz musicians. Ha Tran, jazzy dl, …this is great stuff. I LOVE jazz and finding vietnamese material in this genre (or close to it) is such a find! I can’t tell you how “jazzed” I am about this. My only wish is that I could actually understand the vietnamese. :-(
I’m really diggin Ha Tran’s older material, especially her collab with Thanh Lam.
What are they saying???? AAHHHHHH!! Ok, I’ll go ask my parents now.
Great website. And cute kid. :-)
ap, which cousin are you? :)
I’m the one who went to Vassar and does web stuff. We emailed a few times in the past.
Say,…do you have any more suggestions for Vietnamese jazzy types (music)? I’m getting Ha Tran based on your review and am looking for Jazzy Da Lam. Any other recommendations??
I went to a Vietnamese CD/DVD store and asked for Ha Tran. The owner laughed and said that with a name like that she must be horrible. Of course, he didn’t have her CD in stock. Tons of Paris By Night crap…but nothing from her.
Good news is I got some iTunes gift cards and will be spending them all on Vietnamese music. I need suggestions! :-)
I’m off to read more of your reviews. Thanks for doing those reviews and bridging the gap for those of us who are “uprooted”.
Ah IC, how have you been, cousin?
For Vietnamese, I highly recommend Peter Zak’s “Purple Refrain” (Vietnamese ballads played by American band).
Tung Duong’s “Chay Tron.” I think you’ll love this guy.
Shadow in the Dark. This is a more recent one. It’s not so bad.
Duc Tuan & Ho ngoc Ha “Ao Anh.” This one is more like pop-jazz, but still pretty good.
You can also listen to my little jazzy collection at Multiply.