My First Halloween...

today is halloween, a day that i personally don't celebrate. but now as a daddy to haley, cherie encourages me to take haley out to explore. so today before daylight disappears, we took haley out for the first time in her halloween costume given by one of her uncle, uncle ted and auntie june.

haley is sooo adorable in this bumble bee costume.

here's haley doing her "Oh-Nooooo" gesture.


haley bee is trying to take off flying..... see how concentrated and focused she is?


she's such a happy baby... and a silly one too!


love this pose... look at that bumble bee... she just might sting you! hehe


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Quick Shots of Haley

here are some quick photos of haley that was shot by me using our Canon Powershot SD750 point and shoot camera. who would've thought with a bit of editing, the photos would come out that great.

here are some photos of haley playing in the sunflower field next to some pumpkins...



isn't haley growing up sooo tall?


up close photos of haley picking the sunflower leaf..

Haley's First Pumpkin Patch

it's been a while since i last posted. i've been lazy.. and i can totally see my blog starting to collect cob webs, which i suppose is ok, since it's nearing halloween.

here are some photos of haley's first visit to a pumpkin patch. in case if ya'll don't know what a pumpkin patch is... well, it's basically a pumpkin farm. every year before halloween comes around, the farm will open up to the public for everyone to come and enjoy. it's kind of like thanksgiving, where the tradition is, after the thanksgiving lunch, the whole family will go out afterwards to pick up a christmas tree.

similar to that, you can bring kids to the pumpkin patch to pick out different types, colors and sizes of pumpkin to take home and carve into a jack-o-lantern. we had a lot of fun that day, because it was also the first time for cherie to visit the pumpkin patch as well. it was a very fun day with the family and my canon 30D. the only complaint was that we didn't bring enough cash to bring home a pumpkin and the weather was just too hot. at least we brought just enough money for parking, which was $3. thank God! otherwise, it would have been horrible trying to back out of the parking lot, when there's tons of cars waiting behind us.

2nd day after haley turns 14 month old.. her first photo with pumpkins. she's such a happy baby!


it got too hot, so cherie gave haley her hat to wear. see how haley is trying to steal that pumpkin?
doesn't haley look like a pirate!! AUGRRRR~~


ah... more pumpkins to pick and choose from. see that small pumpkin on the right side in the middle of the hay field? well, that's the pumpkin she took from another isle and now leaving it there to take others. haha..


here's the two beautiful ladies in my life... haley and her mommy, cherie.


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all was taken by me... the master photographer.. LOL...

America's Next Top Model

recently, i've been feeling very proud to be haley's daddy. especially during the weekends when we take her out for grocery shopping or going to the mall, there's always people stopping to say "she such a cute baby". it is at that very moment, i feel proud and very thankful to God and cherie for giving me this beautiful and healthy angel.

haley's been growing up really fast and i try to capture every moment possible of our little angel growing. like the show America's Next Top Model, i really think she might be the next top model.

she's such a big girl now. here are some recent photos of haley that i really love.

mommy and haley



isn't she precious...?


i'm posing for my daddy... Tyra Banks eat your heart out girl~ now THAT'S FIERCE!


haley in her deep thoughts...

A Little Place: Saratoga

there's a city not too far from where i live called saratoga. it's a place filled with rich people in their million dollar houses. but this post isn't about the rich and the famous, rather it's about a little place in the downtown area of saratoga.

it's not a very big downtown compared to san jose. in fact it's fairly small and comprised of 2 major streets and little boutique shoppes around each side of the street. but what i like about this little town is that depending on the time you go there, there's always different type of flowers being planted or blooming.

i'm not much of a flower guru, i just love taking photos of them...





this is a small water fountain that's pretty aged and is located before an entrance to another portion of the shoppes.



after passing by the fountain, you'll come across "Vienna Woods Delicatessen Restaurant". it's a german deli place that's got great reviews and affordable pricing. maybe we'll go check it out next time and do a food review on it. ;)

Carmel Trip - Part 3

after the beach, we decided to walk around the various little shops there. u can definitely feel the economy has taken it's toll on visitors, as most are pretty much just window shopping. likewise, we were doing the same.

we were hoping to pick up some baby clothes for haley, but man oh man.. those boutiques are so expensive. i can understand if it's handcrafted and made in USA, but gesh~ a baby clothes like a brief summer time dress cost anywhere from $88~$120? what's worse is it's made in china? WTF? needless to say, we don't have that kind of dough to spend for 1 dress or even pants for that matter. but i rather think of it that we're much smarter not to buy something that is overpriced when i know it probably only cost less than US$5 including shipping to make that in china.

anyhoo, we went to one of our favorite shops called "part unknown". why it's called that, i have no clue. last time i was in there and bought a shoe was 2 yrs ago. the brand is called BORN and man, it's very comfy. yes, it's also made in china, but it's handcrafted. retail price for those run from $75 to $115 at department store. but i got it for under $47.

this time, there was another shoe there on clearence, 40% off on top of the original mark down price. it's the BORN BAIN shoe, pictured below. total price paid is $48 including tax. it's super comfy and most of all very, very lightweight. i really love it.

before i forget... i have to add this photo of a drift wood that i shot at the beach. it's very interesting to me, especially with all the footprints around. feels like the drift wood has travelled to many place and now finally being able to get some rest while the world continues to walk around it.



so, as cherie window shopped around, i started to look for interesting things to shoot. trust me, pushing a stroller around with haley strapped to my chest and chloe in the bottom of the stroller is not an easy task. ;)

i don't know if it's age that's catching up to me or what, but recently i found myself wanting to take more photos of flowers and trees, etc. i have no clue what this flower's name is, but it's just too beautiful to pass up. it was located around the corner of a shoe store unnoticed.

click to see it in bigger size. the details on the petals are just beautiful!



here's one photo i took from outside of this children boutique i mentioned. i just adored the little cows. they are so cute!

can you say... moooooooo~~~~

US Citizen Day~

congrats honey... today you are an official U.S. Citizen. woohoo~
most importantly you are now "mrs. chang" hehe... ;) i love you babe~

i had taken a day off today so i can take care of haley while cherie is being sworn in at the Campbell Heritage Theatre.

it was a beautiful hot sunny day. i had to push haley around in her stroller to get away from the sunshine. so, during that time... i took haley around and started taking some photos.

hope you enjoy them as much as i did...

here's our beautiful haley enjoying the sunshine in her stroller.

here's front of the Campbell Heritage Theatre:

here's another view of the pond... i just love how the natural light bring out the colors. this is definitely one of my favorite photo of the day.

around the back of the building, i noticed this tree. although i can't tell what it is, but the intensity of the color displayed by the petals on the flowers are just beautiful. this is a selective color shoot because i wanted to capture the color of the flowers to represent life; while giving this overall photo a cold feel.

here is a closeup shoot of the flowers on the tree from above.

Photos on raining day...

for the past couple weeks, it's been raining quite a bit in norcal (northern california) and although it's good for us; i.e. no water shortage, thus lower water bill (i hope), but it sure does make my drive home a lot longer with increased traffic.

so, one night while driving home from work, i got stuck at this intersection (taylor & hwy87)waiting to hop on the hwy and then i see this melody of colors shinning before my eyes. red lights with the street light and the backlite dark clouds mixed with reflections from the wet road looks to have an almost christmas feel in feburary.



the following morning while driving on 880N and listening to depressing news of unemployment rising and more layoffs, i see a rainbow from afar. just when all may seem so dim and lost of hope, a rainbow shines as a promise from God that all will be fine in His hands.

we just need to have faith in Him.