once upon a time in a calm, drought-free, wildfire-free, snow-free, and tax-friendly republic far, far away, there lived an well-intentioned but neglectful mama:

her baby was born on may 21, 2006. baby was small and was not allowed to go home until 8/1/2007. mama had started a new business during about this time (may 15, 2006) and so had other tasks to tend to.

since baby was growing rapidly as a healthy, inquisitive (and sometimes mischievous) little girl, mama completely forgot about the updating baby's annual vaccines. she knew of the importance of baby's health but grew sidetracked and overwhelmed by the new challenges of running a business on her own.

one day, in november 2007, mama had to take a short 1 day trip out of town to visit baby's grandma and her friend's baby shower in austin. mama tried to enroll baby in some 'daycare' places since traveling with baby would be too much of a hassle.

unfortunately, baby was REJECTED at every place that mama wanted to enroll her at, not because she wasn't well-behaved (surprisingly!), but because her shots were incomplete. apparently, the folks at daycare didn't feel this way at all:

fortunately, mama had some great friends in town - the hoangs (or the nguyens, whichever you prefer):

the lovey-dovey couple, who just recently celebrated their 3rd wedding anniversary, came through and volunteered out of the kindness of their hearts to babysit baby not once, but 2 times during the month of november (november 11, and november 17-25 to be more exact). actually, it was mrs. hoang who decided to graciously volunteer her husband for the duty. this kind couple had no children of their own (although they had a gaggle of nieces, nephews and cousins they treated as their own) and was in the process of starting a family. this explained their frequent vacations to get the traveling bug out of their system before settling down.

somewhere out there in europe

tahoe

needless to say, baby was very well fed and cared for during the time mama was away during the second leg of her trip out of town. baby was even allowed to sleep on the same bed with the adopted parents. she was living in hog heaven until she inadvertently trampled on adopted mama q. baby was then placed in her own sleeping area with a luxuriously soft pillow near their bedroom. during the day time, baby was mostly in the care of her newly adopted foster dad, tony (aka lyba, barney, etc):

yao ming's good (and much friendlier) twin brother

since adopted dad was a skilled chef in the kitchen, baby had the fortune to sample his turkey also while she lived in luxury over their place since this happened to coincide with the traditional hoang thanksgiving reunion.

all's well that ends well. baby came home to mama slightly plumper, happier, and with a new toy from foster dad.

and mama...well, she also came home from her garland trip plumper, happier, no new toy but a boy toy, having met the other half's family.

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