this saturday helio joined us in the yard to garden.
grasshopper friend.
end of summer flowers blooming.
Monday, September 8, 2008
weekend with helio
tomorrow helio will be 4 weeks old. he'll never be this small again.
this saturday helio joined us in the yard to garden.
grasshopper friend.
end of summer flowers blooming.
this saturday helio joined us in the yard to garden.
grasshopper friend.
end of summer flowers blooming.
Saturday, September 6, 2008
Monday, September 1, 2008
who looks like who?
Here's Kava, Wing and Helio as babies. We're comparing who looks like who and who may have what features. Feel free to comment...
Friday, August 29, 2008
Trip to the park
helio went on a car ride to the park recently. our destination: Carkeek Park.
we walked a nice path through the wetland area...
helio enjoyed the trip so much he slept through most of it!
all in all, it was a good outing. it gave kava and i a chance to get outside and get some fresh air, and it allowed grandma and grandpa a chance to see a new area of seattle.
we walked a nice path through the wetland area...
helio enjoyed the trip so much he slept through most of it!
all in all, it was a good outing. it gave kava and i a chance to get outside and get some fresh air, and it allowed grandma and grandpa a chance to see a new area of seattle.
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Helio Semper Fong lands on earth
On August 12, 2008 at 11:43 pm Helio Semper Fong was born to two tired, excited, and dazed parents.
kava says: helio began his adventure to earth from the watery sea of his home in my placenta monday night at 9pm. i was getting ready for bed when i felt a few gushes and trickles of liquid and i knew this not to be pee. we decided to get some rest and call the hospital in the morning. by 3am i was having mild contractions every 5 or so minutes that kept me awake. by 7am we called the hospital and asked if we should come in. i was examined and the aminotic fluid was confirmed using litmus paper. we were shown to LDR 8 and put on the baby monitor for a while. things weren't in any hurry to get going so we went to the cafeteria and ate dispassionate potatoes and toast.
the afternoon stretched on, us moving steadily weary from lack of momentum. the midwife came in and suggested we start pitocin to speed along the contractions. we were anxious about this option because it is known to increase the pain level experienced and often leads to other interventions like epidural and c-section. we decided to take a walk down to the montlake cut to think it through. we weighed the pros and cons and talked about being tired from waiting all day and how eventually the hospital would have us induce labor since the risk for infection goes up after 24 hours of the water breaking. at this point, there were only 7 hours left until the dawn of august 13th, and i felt an affinity for the 12th... so we went ahead and got the i.v.
from there time became less of an issue. it seemed to speed up, slow down and stand still all at once. with the love and support of wing and the nurse and midwife cheering me on, helio was born 6.5 hours later without any major medical interventions. he was all purple at first because the cord was wrapped around his neck, but he turned pink pretty quick.
Wing says: Helio is now 12 days old and has been lots of things. He's been lots of fun, amazing to watch change so quickly, confusing, tiring, cute, funny, loud, messy, and did I say cute? Every day brings a new experience. Between feeding, sleeping, and his funny facial expressions we are always on our toes, even if we're trying to get a long 2 hour stretch of sleep.
A few days ago we took our first venture outside. Destination, the park. He slept most of the way but when we stopped walking he started crying, so we had to continue on our way. The second trip for the day was to the doctor and the third trip was to target for baby wipes.
Helio is growing steadily. He's up and past his birth weight proving he's eating enough. I'd sure hope so, cause it seems like he's always eating. Everyday we learn new things about him. More to come....
kava says: helio began his adventure to earth from the watery sea of his home in my placenta monday night at 9pm. i was getting ready for bed when i felt a few gushes and trickles of liquid and i knew this not to be pee. we decided to get some rest and call the hospital in the morning. by 3am i was having mild contractions every 5 or so minutes that kept me awake. by 7am we called the hospital and asked if we should come in. i was examined and the aminotic fluid was confirmed using litmus paper. we were shown to LDR 8 and put on the baby monitor for a while. things weren't in any hurry to get going so we went to the cafeteria and ate dispassionate potatoes and toast.
the afternoon stretched on, us moving steadily weary from lack of momentum. the midwife came in and suggested we start pitocin to speed along the contractions. we were anxious about this option because it is known to increase the pain level experienced and often leads to other interventions like epidural and c-section. we decided to take a walk down to the montlake cut to think it through. we weighed the pros and cons and talked about being tired from waiting all day and how eventually the hospital would have us induce labor since the risk for infection goes up after 24 hours of the water breaking. at this point, there were only 7 hours left until the dawn of august 13th, and i felt an affinity for the 12th... so we went ahead and got the i.v.
from there time became less of an issue. it seemed to speed up, slow down and stand still all at once. with the love and support of wing and the nurse and midwife cheering me on, helio was born 6.5 hours later without any major medical interventions. he was all purple at first because the cord was wrapped around his neck, but he turned pink pretty quick.
Wing says: Helio is now 12 days old and has been lots of things. He's been lots of fun, amazing to watch change so quickly, confusing, tiring, cute, funny, loud, messy, and did I say cute? Every day brings a new experience. Between feeding, sleeping, and his funny facial expressions we are always on our toes, even if we're trying to get a long 2 hour stretch of sleep.
A few days ago we took our first venture outside. Destination, the park. He slept most of the way but when we stopped walking he started crying, so we had to continue on our way. The second trip for the day was to the doctor and the third trip was to target for baby wipes.
Helio is growing steadily. He's up and past his birth weight proving he's eating enough. I'd sure hope so, cause it seems like he's always eating. Everyday we learn new things about him. More to come....
Thursday, August 7, 2008
august yard pics and bombus fest
this dragonfly caught my eye... the rest of these garden pictures followed.
this little bombus is flapping very fast!
lots of lavendar and an unidentified flying moth
bombus-fest 2008
blue flowers in the ecoturf...
more acidic hydrangea
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Newly Completed Project
i just finished up a project for the Wing Luke Asian Museum in seattle. the project was design of exterior signage for a new building they just recently moved into. there were many different elements of the signage plan, but because of budget only the most important were installed.
this picture it shows the 3 major elements, a corner sign, main entrance sign, and an orange graphic that wraps the building to tie all the window fronts under one unifying graphic representative of the museum.
this is a view of the corner sign which also lights up. i'll post some night shots later.
this is the main entrance sign. the design had to change, putting the sign inside since there were some permitting issues, and mounting issues if it was exterior. one drawback is the window reflections.
and lastly, here's a bonus picture of mitten eating kava's leftover dinner.
this picture it shows the 3 major elements, a corner sign, main entrance sign, and an orange graphic that wraps the building to tie all the window fronts under one unifying graphic representative of the museum.
this is a view of the corner sign which also lights up. i'll post some night shots later.
this is the main entrance sign. the design had to change, putting the sign inside since there were some permitting issues, and mounting issues if it was exterior. one drawback is the window reflections.
and lastly, here's a bonus picture of mitten eating kava's leftover dinner.
Monday, July 7, 2008
July 4th and 2 year anniversary trip
kava and i took a trip to the north cascades national park over the fourth of july. it was a vacation and two year anniversary celebration trip. this is diablo dam a source for seattle power.
kava loves her trail mix.
we took a short walk along the happy creek trail and found this secret door that led to a secret trail.
we saw this lilly
and another view of diablo lake
the next day we visited sakuma bros. farm to pick strawberries, which we are still eating as strawberry shortcake every night.
next we went to padilla bay national estuarine research preserve.
this is the cow we were watching when kava's mom called.
kava's naturalist 6th sense allowed us to identify this noble fir.
kava loves her trail mix.
we took a short walk along the happy creek trail and found this secret door that led to a secret trail.
we saw this lilly
and another view of diablo lake
the next day we visited sakuma bros. farm to pick strawberries, which we are still eating as strawberry shortcake every night.
next we went to padilla bay national estuarine research preserve.
this is the cow we were watching when kava's mom called.
kava's naturalist 6th sense allowed us to identify this noble fir.
Friday, July 4, 2008
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
lawn update
Staying on top of this blog thing is hard. Even though the site rarely changes our yard is changing constantly.
The new "envirolawn" is growing in well. It hasn't been mowed yet and is currently about 4 inches tall. The flowers are taking better than the grass seems to be. There's also some bare patches, but we're assuming that it'll grow in over the years.
So far we've only got white flowers.
The new "envirolawn" is growing in well. It hasn't been mowed yet and is currently about 4 inches tall. The flowers are taking better than the grass seems to be. There's also some bare patches, but we're assuming that it'll grow in over the years.
So far we've only got white flowers.
Monday, June 2, 2008
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