Weekend filled with family and friends...

Hi everybody ! It sure was a busy weekend. I went to Northern VA with Mommy, Daddy and Teddy this past weekend. Mommy had to go to Brett and Emily's baby showers this weekend. Since, we were in Northern VA I got to see my grandparents, my Aunt Debbie, and lots of family & friends. I was a really good boy in the car. I slept most of the time. I am sleeping okay each night. Some nights, I sleep from 11:00 pm - 6:30 am and sometimes I still wake up twice each night. I am really starting to grasp my toys by myself and I can lift my head up high by myself while on my tummy. I showed Aunt Debbie this weekend how I can roll from my belly to my back all by myself. I'm really excited because the HOKIES play their first game this weekend !
Here I am happy as can be - Aunt Debbie is playing with me. We loved hanging out together this weekend.

My Ong Ngoai and Ba Ngoai and Grandma & Grandpa sure do love me lots !

Cousin Drew was the last boy born in the Derrick family until me !
Uncle James, Cousins Brittney & Drew came by to visit and meet me
Here are my great grandparents with all of their great grandkids
Here I am with my great grandparents - don't they look happy to see me !
Here I am with my great grandma ( Mommy's ba noi )
Here I am with my grandpa.
Here I am with Aunt Debbie and Cousins Sydney & Alex ( We're in our pjs )
I got to see Aunt Anne again
I got to meet Aunt Marge this weekend and I got to see Cousin Sydney
I got to see Co Quyen, Minh and Mommy's Ba Noi
Co Quan and Me
Aunt Lori and me.
Here I am with my friend Piper and her mommy ( Aunt Hill )
I got to meet Amy and Manal.
Aunt Meg and me !
Aunt Emily is having a baby in October too ! Another friend for me - yippee !
Brett, Mommy and Me at Aunt Brett & Jordan's shower. I'll have a new Monteith friend in October.

12 whole weeks...

Happy 12 week Birthday ! Today I am 12 weeks old and I actually slept through the night last night. Mommy and Daddy were so proud of me. I ate at 7:05 pm and then I played for couple of hours. I fell asleep around 9:30 pm and slept until 6:00 am. Wow - wee that was a long time for me. Everyone got lots of rest. I am starting to grab and hold onto my toys and I love to look at myself in the mirror. Besides eating milk, I enjoy sucking my daddy's finger and my own right index finger. Here I am with my favorite Teddy bear and sucking my right index finger. Life is good !
My mommy asked me to try on the pumpkin hat she made for one of my friends to make sure it fit. I'm getting excited for Halloween. My Aunt Debbie is making my costume.
Playgroup was at my house this week. Here are my buddies and mommy's friends. Anna's mom ( Jennifer ) is holding me and I get to sit next to Anna.
Here I am looking into the turtle's mirror. I just love looking at myself !

Big weekend for me...

It was a fun weekend for me. Friday night was my first NY JETS preseason game. My mommy had put me in bed but Daddy brought me back downstairs to cheer the JETS to their first win during preseason. On Saturday, we went to Cary for Bria's birthday party. I had lots of fun. On Sunday at 9:05 am, I rolled from my tummy to my back for the first time all by myself.
Happy 2nd Birthday Bria - Thanks for inviting me to your party !
I even got to get on the see-saw at the birthday party.
Here's Bria in the moon bounce at her birthday party.
Here's my friend Bria in front of her Rosita cake ( my Daddy made the cake for her ).
I fell asleep before the game was over.
Sitting in the swing that the Bopps/Wursts let me borrow. I'm watching the JETS !
Check me out in my NY JETS pajamas

My heart belongs to Daddy

Aunt Lori and Me...

Highlights & Friends from 11 weeks of my life & when I was in my Mommy's belly

A very, very special day for me, Mommy and Daddy ! We'll never forget this day.
Mommy and Daddy's first glimpse of me - I had been in my mommy's belly for 7 weeks. They were so overjoyed to see me.

Here I am at 21 weeks old in Mommy's belly. My parents didn't know if I was a boy or a girl. This was really exciting.
Mommy and I at 26 weeks.
Here's mommy and my Ba Ngaoi - I'm getting ready to come out ( any day )
Here I am with Dr. Taavon. Dr T saw me and mommy every 2 weeks while I was in Mommy's belly. We were so happy he helped bring me into this world.
The first time I meet Uncle Aaron and my best friend Jovie.
The McGregors come see me on my birthday.


This is me coming home from the hospital.
Uncle Nathan and Aunt Tam come to see me ( I'm only 4 days old )
Here I am with Uncle Aaron, Jovie and Daddy for Father's Day.
Here I am with my cousins Sydney and Alex.
Squeaky clean after a bath.
Here I am at my Mommy's work. Here I am with my friend Tyler and Tyler's mommy - Sarah.
The Kutners meet me.... Meg is one of my Monteith Aunts.
Here I am with my Aunt Quyen ( she is holding me ). Mommy is holding my cousin Minh. Minh and I were born one day apart.
Here I am with one of my Monteith Aunts - Brett. (She's having a baby too - I'll have a new friend in October )
Here I am at my first month checkup - I weighed 9 lbs 15 oz.

Aunt Pat comes to visit ( she's my Daddy's godmom)
Here are the Wursts... Can you see how much Bria loves me ? I love her too.
Here I am with Taj. He's gonna teach me his dance moves when I'm older.
Here I am with the Ronderos - Piper is my first Monteith friend.
My baptism day - I wore the same outfit that my Daddy wore the day he was baptized.

The Gills came to meet me ( They are having a baby girl in October )
Cousin Sam is holding me

Here I am with Mrs Friedman
Mommy and I go to yoga class.
This is my "Cute as a Button" nursery. My daddy and Aunt Debbie made it just perfect for me.
My parents took me to Wrightsville Beach. This is me with my toes in the water for the first time.
Here is Daddy and Mommy's godson Jovie with me. Jovie is gonna teach me a lot as I get older.
Here I am with my friends in my playgroup - Jonah, Mitchell and Anna.
My first baseball game - I went to see the Greensboro Grasshoppers.
My first nap in my crib - My crib is the same one my Daddy slept in when he was little. My daddy sanded it down, fixed it up and painted it just for me.
Here's my daddy and Uncle Aaron and my newest friend Erich. Erich and I will be friends forever.