Lucas's new book - Around the World with the Little Einsteins

It is a magnetic play set with a travel scrapbook of the team, 8 play scenes and magnetic stickers. Acutally it is suitable for children above 3, but Linus just love it, and he will not put anything that with no good taste inside his mounth, including these magnetic stickers.

The adventures are taken place in Grand Canyon in USA, Versailles in France, Tahiti in Pacific Ocean, Great Barrier Reef in Australia, Egypt, South Africa and Antarctica.

A great educational set, even for adults!!

超級難纏的小傢伙

我在說朗朗。

他要求的不是甚麼，只是要你24小時也陪著他。

陪，不是說他在玩時你可以在旁看書，他會幫你合上書並扔到一旁。

當你上網時他會爬上你的大腿，嚷著要看巴士火車飛機或Little Einsteins。你只好乖乖上google搜尋圖片。

我與謝菲被他弄得筋疲力盡，私人時間只有在他睡著的時候。

還未提及立立弟弟......

Linus's first outing

Apart from those body checks, today is Linus's first leisure outing, the very first time he left home and took a little 'adventure'.

We chose Sai Kung as the first visit spot. The weather was a bit hot by still nice. We could see the sea breeze.

It was really funny that no matter when we went, people looked at us in dismay... I am not sure if it is because we brought two really little babies with very close age, they wondered if we had not idea about birth control... Or the way I carried Linus was a bit odd in somebody's eyes... sometimes I carried Linus straight and let his head leaned on my chest... Or both...

I heard a old lady who passed by said, 'See! Now people carry baby in such way!'

In the afternoon we visited my parents. They were more than happy. My mom and dad did not want to take Linus off them... and at the same time, what I should do was to stay with Lucas and not let him feel neglected.

The babies are very tired and hoped they sleep tight tonight.

Beach boy Lucas

I should have written this blog earlier this week.

We had visited Little Aunt in Repulse Bay and spent an hour in the beach with Lucas in the last day of Easter holiday. He is really a born-to-be beach boy. What in his mind at that moment was just sand... He did not even look at those bikini chicks.

Jeff kept taking photos by his new lens, we were his models.

After we went back Aunt's home, I bathed him and let him eat chips and chocolates. In dinner time, he insisted to drink our red wine. I thought he would not love the taste once he tried. Instead, when he was having a sipping of wine, he knew how to rinse it in his mouth and felt the aroma, then he urged for another gulp.

Of course I stopped him at once.

After dinner, he asked for chocolates again...

He slept very sweet that night. What a great day.

寶寶們愛吃的食物

朗朗愛吃：

• 麻糬波波
• 蟹子壽司
• 紫菜
• 魚
• 火腿通粉
• 奶茶
• 紅酒

立立愛吃：

• 媽咪奶奶

川字掌及黑眼圈

現在差不多是零晨，剛餵過立立。

他是一個非常固執的寶寶，不只硬頸，背脊也很硬，如果他不肯讓你掃風，他會挺得背部像木板般，誓要躺下來。

看看他的手紋，是川字掌。媽媽說川字掌的人很堅持己見。

我的右手也是川字掌，我媽和婆婆也是。

三小時後立立會再肚餓，我要爬起床再餵他。餵夜奶最折騰人，我也熬出黑眼圈來。但是看著他越見脹鼓鼓的兩腮，怎麼辛苦也覺值得。

中大歷奇之旅

今早我們到中大崇基用早餐。坐在室外雅座，看著校巴經過，朗朗興奮得很。(還有，他目不轉晴看著行過的女孩，笑得很燦爛。真是虎父無犬子。)

餐廳大柱上貼有Ms./Mr. CCBA的poster。我覺得很有趣，很有Miss California或Miss Phoenix之類選美的感覺，亦顯現這所大學的兼容及多元性。

之後我們到了崇基公園散步，那兒像一個完整的小型生態系統，有青蛙，珍禽，毛毛蟲，荷花等等。

走到運動場旁的一段，我看見一名金髮洋妞兒在跑道上跑過，當我告之謝菲，他以為我說謊以戲弄他，他說那兒沒可能有如此美好之事。我再告訴他那女的是穿上bra top及短褲，他說我越描越誇張，沒有人會信的。直到洋妞兒再跑到我們跟前，他才閉嘴。

春天的中大很舒服，在產假結束前要多點去啊。

Breast-feeding

Frankly, I am very exhausted about breast feeding. As it needs much energy to generate the milk, every time when I express the milk, I am falling asleep. Sometimes I even wet all my clothes and the pump is misplaced.

However, for the sake of my kids' health, I shall not give up at least these first few months. Hopefully I can continue to breast-feed when I get back to work.

A huge challenge is ahead, hopefully I have enough strength.

Full term baby

Linus, why do you raise your hand? You can pee on your diaper and no need to ask for a bathroom visit

Finally, Linus reached his full term last week.

He weights 9 lbs now, looks exactly the same as a new born baby in full term, if not a bit bigger.

There is really no short-cut.

He is very chubby and a really huge double chin, sometimes I feel he looks like a Buddha.

Do you think he is handsome? He is very macho, I guess he will be a sunshine sporty boy.

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朗朗的生活品味

朗朗的口味非常地道,喜歡到茶餐廳吃火腿通粉,喝奶茶.另一方面佢亦懂得享受生活,佢喜在咖啡室吃包,慢慢品嚐,邊晚邊看四周人和物.

U turn is better than no turn

Being a parent, I concern a lot about the recent flu outbreak, infants and children are the most vulnerable group of the flu infection in this spring.

We have executed several hygienic practice - wash hands frequently and thoroughly, stop bringing Lucas to playgroup/clubhouse and measure Lucas's temperature in every morning.

The government made good decision to close all primary schools, nurseries and kindergartens for at least two weeks, even though it was an U-turn they made, as yesterday the Health Chief Dr. Chow said the closure of schools was unnecessary.

Hope the diseases can be controlled soon, and all kids have happy Easter Holiday.

June and Annie

Now I understand why Lucas always hides behind me or buries his head into my chest when he is meeting girls, it is because he is interested in girls!!!

This morning I asked him which are his favourite characters in the Little Einsteins. When I pointed to Leo and Quincy, he said 'No', but when I showed him June and Annie, he smiled sheepishly, and he likes June (the girl in purple dress) the most!!

http://www.amc-music.com/Little-Einsteins/characters.htm

Blessing

When I am looking at my two little boys, I feel my life is full of blessing. I have two adorable babies, both are my little angels.

And Jeff, he is always my guardian angel.

How lucky I am!

Playtime

Prickly heat

Linus was having prickly heat (heat rash) on his face, chest and behind the neck in last few days. It is a common baby skin problem which caused by the blockage of sweat gland.

We then cleaned the affected areas by Avene spring water and applied a thin layer of aloe vera on face, and Johnson baby powder on his body where tiny red bumps appeared. The problem was solved within hours.

To prevent its reappearance, we then tried to keep his skin dry and cool. Now is 5:36am, he slept sweetly next to me after the feeding, with no irritation caused by the prickly heat. =)

119 lbs and 8 lbs

119 lbs is my current weight, I am having a very good progress.

6 weeks had passed since Linus was born. I have a final postpartum check up today. My body recovered steadily, and I can start having aerobic exercise. I am planning to jog in every early morning.

Linus reaches 8 lbs, is a sturdy baby. His face is chubby and looks like a marshmallow.

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Lucas is very emotional these few days, all his big teeth are coming out at the same time, he cannot sleep well and is lack of appetite, on top of these, the arrival of his little brother made him jealous. He is very rebellious in last few days. I have no choice but lectured and punished him several times. Punishment is the last resort and I always try to avoid using it, thanks god it works and he behaves very good today, and I can revive the praise tactic - highlight and appreciate his good conduct in an exaggerating way. Cheerful smile is shown across his face again!!

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Handsome Linus

Linus has a pair of big eyes, honey tone skin, chestnut colour hair, and neat eyebrows.

Weight-losing progress

I have burnt out around 15 pounds of fat within this month. My current weight is 121lbs. A very good progress.

Breast-feeding surely helps me a lot, and my little secret - Cindy Crawford A New Dimension DVD guided me back into shape progressively. It is my good workout 'friend'. I have owned it for many years. I did this workout everynight before my wedding (even it is a post-natal workout, I didn't know why I chose it at that moment), and also helped me to get back into fitness after the first child birth.

Hope I can be slender again soon.

Can you see any difference?

The upper one is Lucas in his first month, the bottom one is Linus. I took this picture this morning. I think even I cannot distinguish which picture is from who when I get older.

Little Einstein's temptation

I am now sitting in front of the desktop, two browsers are showing, one is this blogger, another one is Little Einstein's website.

Lucas is sitting on my laps, he loves to attach me every minute. He always says 'Little Einstein', either pointing to the TV or walking to the computers.

I don't let him watch too much TV, but I have no choice when I am using computer, to let him stick with me, and find something to entertain him. Frankly, I am totally bored to the website because this morning is the thousandth time browsing there, but Lucas is still very enthusiastic to it.

Lucas loves Miffy when he was very young, then Noddy, now he is so sophisticated and chooses to be Little Einstein's fan. It is interesting that he is humming those famous classical music when he is happy.

Er... Q3 boy again sometimes

Well.... Linus sometimes cries for milk at the third hour after the last feeding. Don't worry, it doesn't mean he drinks lesser, instead, the amount of milk reaches 4 oz. (110ml) per feeding. We are a bit shocked. His appetite is actually more than a full term baby now.

This baby always surprises people.

Lucas enjoys an English play group

Lucas attended his first English play group this afternoon, which organized in the club house of our estate.

The teacher is a Caucasian young girl, there are three other kids in the class.

Lucas did not feel comfortable in the first song singing session, but he loves the book reading session a lot. The teacher taught all about colours, Lucas could speak all colour names in the little book and everyone praised him, he was the best in the class and the teacher gave him that book as a gift (but it was collected after the class).

After that, Lucas becomes more confident and open to others. He even waved bye-bye to two complete strangers who just passed by, when we walked back home.

Encouragement is a key driver of learning for children.

Q4 Boy

Linus was a Q3 boy in hospital - His feeding time is in every 3 hours. Most other full term babies are instead Q4 babies, their feeding time is in every 4 hours because they are bigger and with better sucking ability.

Today, Linus becomes a Q4 boy, because he can drink 90ml (more than 3 oz.) in every feeding. Great!!! That means he is growing very well, and at the same time, he is glowing. You can see his video as below!!

Linus is doing well

Linus came back home more than one week. He is in good shape, with good appetite, and now reached 2.6kg.

This morning I discovered he had a little double chin!!

Well done Linus!

Lucas loves singing

Lucas loves to sing when he is happy. He used to sing ABC song, but recently, I find that he sings 'I swear'...

His voice is so tender when singing this song. Even though 'I swear' are the only two words of the whole song he knows how to pronounce, I am very impressed, this is one of my favourite golden oldies.

It reminded me that his cousin Isaac loved to sing 'That's why you go away' when he was 4 years old. He could sing the first two sentences - "Baby won't you tell me why, that's a sadness in your eyes..."

Kids are cute!!

I have two babies

Suddenly I have a weird feeling, I just can't believe I have two babies now. Life is a miracle, but for me, they are more than miracles. Even though we experienced all those hindrances in pregnancy and child birth, I know that God love me a lot, he sent me two precious little things.

Linus is gaining weight. He is 2.6kg now, and performs well in milk-drinking, since we have switched the teats from Pigeon to NUK. My milk production is excellent, everyday is a good harvest day. You see? The whole system operates in perfect harmony.

See these two young men in the pictures, I am wondering how they look like when they are 20. I will be no longer young, but hope that I still look fab effortlessly with good composure and great fashion sense, and they will be proud of their mother. ;)

Linus's 12th day - Getting heavier

The doc told us Linus can come back home tomorrow. Hurray!!!

Our room had been transformed in a perfect nursery room. The crib and all baby stuff are ready. Jeff had set a heater and a humidifier to control the room temperature and humidity. We had also selected the outfits for him. Everything will be fine tomorrow. Jeff joked that he will bring along his camera and all lighting equipments also, he will take loads of photos when baby is discharged.

Linus finished 80 ml milk in one feeding this morning, when I fed him in hospital. He surprised nurses because he can only have 60 ml/ feeding in last few days. A nurse said he is a good baby when I am present.

I am proud of you Linus.

Linus's 11th day - Getting heavier

I feel quite exhausted but insist to go hospital twice. Linus can come back home soon, so I should try to feed him more, under the guidance from nurses.

He is a good kid, could finish the whole bottle both times.

Linus's 10th day - I can feed him again

What a good progress Linus achieved. Today I could bottle-feed him by myself, he could finish 60ml.

This evening, when we were going to hospital with Lucas, the damn traffic jam trapped us on the road for an hour. Luckily nurses allowed us to see Linus even we missed the 'visit time'. This was the first time the two brothers met. Lucas stared at Linus from the window, and kept saying 'Dei Dei'. Seems he likes his little brother.

Linus's 9th day - Left the incubator

Well done Linus, he could stay with other baby in the nursery room in the 9th night. Yes he is still tiny, but you can see he is getting well-built.

Baby-mo

I hate reading those Hong Kong pregnancy or parenting magazines. They just drive me crazy, the content is usually about abnormality during pregnancy or diseases threatening children, or how to cultivate a little genius in order to enter elite schools. Come on, give me a break.

What a surprise that there is an exception in the market - Baby-mo. It is a Japanese parenting magazine but the translated and tailor-made version is available in Hong Kong. All topics are interesting in Feb vol., such as DIY hairdo for babies, 10 mins recipe, etiquette for family visits during Chinese New Year, etc. Not to mention that all baby models are adorable!!

Highly recommend to all mothers.

http://www.baby-mo.hk/

Lucas and his most favourite cartoon - Little Einsteins

Lucas is an artistic baby. He loves drawing, reading, music and Little Einsteins.

It is a series from Disney and the Baby Einstein Company launched for preschoolers. 4 little kids - Leo, Qincy, June and Annie travels over the world (and the universe) with a little rocket. All journeys filled with classical music from Beethoven, Bach, Mozart, etc, is a fantastic educational tool.

I was surprised when Lucas said the word 'allegro', after Qincy said so, and he is excited when seeing all those music notes.

http://atv.disney.go.com/playhouse/littleeinsteins/index.html

Linus's 8th day - No need additional oxygen supply

Linus performs great, he doesn't need extra oxygen supply in the afternoon, his breathing is steady.
Still in a incubator, should be observed for several more days.

Linus's 7th day - baby in incubator

Linus's still in a incubator, with oxygen supply. Everything is on a right track.

Linus's 6th day - baby in incubator

No weight loss today, is also stable. Linus, work hard.

Linus's 5th day - baby in incubator

He is getting stable, all tests are fine, no infection so far. He can drink 50ml per feeding, weight 2.15kg.

Photo Hunt

Time of photo hunt!
Linus	Lucas

They look alike

Lucas and Linus look like each others. Both have parents' distinctive features (=P).

The picture at the left hand side is Lucas in his day 1, his skin tone is fairer. Linus is at the right hand side, he is a bit darker, but nurses told me probably it is because he is premature and blood vessels underneath the skin are very obvious.

I am so proud because I have two handsome sons!

Linu's 4th day - baby in incubator

Linus's experienced some ups and downs starting from 3rd day midnight, he had been sent back to a incubator for extra caring. Thanks god he is stable again inside the box.

I have delivered him some breast milk in the morning and also night time. The nurses suggested me to touch him and talked to him while standing outside the incubator.

Surely we worried but have strong confidence on him. He is a tough baby, I am sure!

Linus, I will come again tomorrow. I am learning baby massage, I am sure you will love it.

Linus's 3rd day - Mammy will wait for you at home

I couldn't hold back my tears when I discharged from the hospital, leaving Linus there for a few more days, hopefully.

The nurse was very very nice and allowed me to take photos of him before I left.

Linus, mammy is waiting for you, I will prepare the best breast milk for you.

Linus's 2nd day after birth

Linus was very well in the 2nd day, he could leave the incubator for quite a long period.

LINUS

May I announce 天立's English name: LINUS!!!!

他的名字叫天立

我同Manki已想好了弟弟的名字. 叫"天立",有沒有特別意思?當然有啦.
子日""吾十有五而志於學，三十而立，四十而不惑，五十而知天命，六十而耳順，七十而從心所欲，不踰矩"
Manki 生天立正是三十(sorry! 說了你的年齡:p) ,至於呢句點解,自己google下啦.
還有"頂天立地",堅強正直之意.

小B搶閘出咗世--母子平安

小B起32周搶閘出世(5:10pm),唔做老鼠仔,要做豬仔. 重2.26kg.
母子平安! 唔駛1個鐘生咗出來.

Somersault

Guess what, the little baby in my tummy is very active. My doc told me he turned himself upside down early in the 28th week, but now he had just done another somersault and returned to his original position in the 31st week.

We can only confirm whether he can settle in upside down position 2 weeks later.

*****

My doc noticed that I gained 2.4kg within 3 weeks. The growth rate reached the margin, she asked me not to eat too much sweet and carbohydrate.

I am very determinate and decide to control my weight immediately. Tonight, I didn't eat any snack as usual after dinner, and I had 30 minutes prenatal yoga. This is my mission in the remaining 8 weeks.

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Muscle sore and night leg cramps

My tummy size is increasing. My body is heavier and my legs can't support very well, every night I have muscle sore and leg cramps. I couldn't sleep well in the past few days. I was almost awake in Friday night.

We will have a check-up again tomorrow afternoon, should discuss with my doc about the C-section arrangement. I should confirm with my bosses when and how long of my maternity leave will be within this week.

Cross my fingers!!

Amazing memories

Thanks Jeff, Mui Mui and cousin for giving me such a happy afternoon last Sunday. Without your help, I cannot have such a nice 'pregnancy album'!!

Little baby, thanks for keeping me in such as nice shape even in my third trimester. I am a lucky expecting mom.

Week 30

I am in the 30th week of pregnancy. Little baby seems turned himself upside down already, because I can feel his legs in my upper tummy, kicks me sometimes right under my rib cage.

I remember when Lucas was inside me, he loved to kick my rib cage in the 8-9 months, sometimes even caused me pain. My doc said it was normal.

The feeling is funny when you have a little creature crawling inside your body!!

Sound Sleep

Thanks god, we all had good sleep last night!!!

Don't underestimate baby's adaptability.

Super nanny is back

Finally our super nanny, Ah Sa is back. I did worry she wouldn't come back.

We preempted Lucas about Ah Sa's return in these two days. When he met her, he was a bit shy but could not hide his pleasure. Ah Sa carried him immediately and Lucas did not struggle. He remembered and missed her a lot.

Tonight, we resume out late night life - checking emails and web surfing with light switch on!!

Hope everybody has a sound sleep tonight!!!!

Exhaustive work - full time mom

20 minutes to 2008, I am now on bed, typing this entry with my handy notebook.

We cannot join any count down party, how can you sneak to Time Square and leaving your 1 1/2 old baby alone in his crib? However, I enjoy this cozy moment with my little family much more than with a bunch of gorgeous people in any party.

Jeff and I are being full time parents more than one week, we cannot describe how psychically exhausted we are. I really appreciate all those moms and dads who devote their time totally to babies. This is really a 24x7 work, you cannot take a 3 minutes nap or coffee break simply because you are tired. It is because, kids are most demanding bosses in the world.

However, a little smile on Lucas's face can melt our heart immediately and we will never refuse his need of our attention.

I am at 29th week of pregnancy. I do not know where is the fear of premature delivery come from, I always worry little baby will come out anytime. Last night I felt some pain and my womb seems to contract quite heavily. I was scared but I was really too tired to`feel scared. I decided not to wake up and everything would be fine. Thanks god nothing strange happens today.

Almost 7 minutes to 2008, I wish you all happy new year!!!!

Yuen's family had a very Merry Christmas!!!

We just had many celebrations in the past few days:

Dec 23 - X'mas party in Tin's home. Lucas was very shy, but Jeff said it's normal, he was also a bit scared by a houseful of girls that night. He wondered why we have so many girls in our company. We all have this same question actually.

Dec 24 - Opened souvenirs from USA, bought by grandparents. BBQ with friends at home place. Lucas was also shy, as usual.

Dec 25 - Beach time at Gold Coast, not Australia, but Tuen Mun. Then had a Christmas Dinner in Element shopping mall.

Dec 26 - A nice afternoon at Lion Nature Education Centre, Sai Kung, followed up with a delicious seafood dinner.

Dec 27 - Picnic at Tai Po Park, we brought Isaac and Ching with us. The theme of this picnic is Healthy Food. We had juice, chocolate milk, raisins, crackers and bread. Issac had no interest in all these.

What a busy holiday, we still have more than a week of holiday ahead!!!!

Mamei

Lucas is calling me 'Mamei' a lot these few days.

He called me 'Ma' or 'Mama' before but not always, because in Cantonese, Grandma also sounds 'Mama' but in lower tone, which confused him. When he called me 'Mama', Grandma would misunderstand it and said 'Long Long, you call me a lot, you are a nice baby.'

Therefore, he chose not to say 'Mama' to me much, and replaced my title by 'Ah', 'Yee' etc.

Now Lucas knows how to pronounce 'Mamei' and understands it is exclusive to me. He speaks it confidently and loudly.

My heart melts down everytime when he says 'Mamei' in his sweet voice.

Before I become a mom, I couldn't imagine someone will call me Mom one day. I always felt it is so remoted to me, and this word associates with the image of typical moms who are not so cool. However, 'Mom' emerges as the most important word in my vocabulary now.

Life changes totally once you become a parent.

A little reader of The Economist

When Lucas is having a bathroom visit, he loves reading The Economist to kill time.

Wish me good luck

My unborn baby is growing in a steady speed. Luckily I still look neat in my 6.5 months pregnancy.

This restless baby kicks me always, especially in the mid night, and the strength is not small, sometimes surprises me a little.

The pregnancy this time is not as easy as the previous one... difficult 1st trimester, then the shock of CPC and kidney dilation (thanks god it is getter better), then the serious vomit, and finally the broken vessels in left eye... and actually I felt down three time in the past half year, once at the staircases at home, then in MTR station, and on last Saturday, in a shopping mall.

I think I am lucky that all these 'incidents' won't cause any big hurt to me and my baby actually.

Wish me good luck.

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Lack of Maternity Beds at Crisis Point (from SCMP)

A news from SCMP today shakes all local expecting mothers' legs. A mother in the 2nd trimester was informed she lost the booking of maternity bed in Adventist Hospital, despite the reservation had already made.

Many private doctors and pregnant women complaint that the influx of mainland mothers occupy local private hospital service and reached the level of compromising local residents' benefit.

I've made the reservation but now I have a little worry about the situation in March next year. Honestly, resources are really scared. Even I am guaranteed to have a shelter after birth, but can the facilities support the flood of demand?

Pregnancy alone brings lot of worries, please do not add one more in our list. Please!!!

Do you want your kid be a boss or working bee?

Had read an article in current Time Asia. Nowadays parents have extremely high expectation on their kid and greatly concern about the pre-school education. There are lots of super-intensive language and maths training for children even starting from 3 years old.

Many parents and educational experts believe the early trainings ensure their academic success in the future.

However, some researchers discovered that these can-food study courses will bring negative impact, especially for those younger than 3 years old. Their creativity would be spoiled.

Then the article raised a question 'Do you want your kid be a boss or working bee?'

What a good question!

Good signs

Hi Little one in my tummy,

Dad and me went for check up last Friday, your brother also came along. In the ultrasound scanning, we cannot see the cyst inside your brain anymore, and the doc told us your kidneys are getting smaller. We are so happy for you, you must be a very smart baby.

When Lucas looked at your ultrasound scanning in the monitor, he sat on Daddy's laps, speechlessly, he was stunned by the images, but I am sure he knew it was you .

I think you will love him a lot, he is also a good kid, you two will be good friends!!!!!

Happy 1.5 year Birthday Lucas and happy 6-month pregnancy

Hi Lucas, do you love the two mini bus toys I bought you last night? I am so impressed that you shared one with me when playing them at night. You are a very good and considerate kid.

And Little one in my tummy, do you know I have already carried you for 6-months? How do you feel? Should be very comfortable. Mommy heard that many babies cry a lot in their first 3 months after born because they miss the security feeling inside mommy's tummy so much.

I will have a roomful for boys soon - two little angels and one big kidult. Wow...

朗朗今日歲半啦!

祝朗朗身體健康,快高長大!

Cutie Pie Lucas

Lucas is almost 1.5 year old, he is always a cutie pie and I miss him always, even I am just 10 footsteps apart from him.

He picks up many vocabularies in these few months. We are searching for play group for him, we believe he would love singing songs and dancing with other kids.

Sometimes, he shakes his hip when there is music, even those ad songs from TV.

Little brother will come out in less than 4 months. Hope they will stay along well. =)

One day Jeff asked me how to distribute my love to all three handsome boys (the two baby and himself). I told him I will try to issue more. (similar to money supply and money demand theory)!!

Creativity

Look at this. Lucas is holding the silver bracelet of Auntie. He opens it up and saying 'Don-do' (Donald) loudly - He associates this funny shape to 'M', and for him, 'M' equals to 'McDonald', and 'Don-do' is 'McDonald' in his current language.

When he closes the bracelet, he tells us it is 'sum' - a heart shape.

Baby Traveller

Cece, Grace's baby is very lucky, her parents had already travelled with him in several European countries in his first few months (they live in Italy).

We are much more conservative and Jeff always believes we can have oversea trip with Lucas only when he reaches 2. Now, another baby boy is coming, our planning should be further postponed.

Okay, save more money in these few years first...

Lovely weather!!

We are stepping into the Fall and Winter, the weather is nice here.

We just had a wonderful weekends - Tai Po Park & Halloween Party on Saturday, the Peak & my mom's home on Sunday. I got enough exercise, and it should be good for my baby in tummy also.

Lucas was very cheerful especially when he was on a high chair and having meal with us. He shaked his legs all the time.

BTW, Lucas looked so handsome in the Wizard (actually it was Witch) costume.

We get a good news finally

Since our doc found a chyroid plexus cyst (CPC) and kidney dilation of our unborn baby, we were anxious and worrying. Luckily we got the result of amniocentesis this evening, Chromosome T13, 18 and 21 of baby are normal. That means most likely these two soft markers will be resolved in the coming 4-8 weeks.

This is really a challenge for me!! To wait for a critical result in 5 days. I still remember the feeling of doing amniocentesis. It was not painful at all, but was just scary, came along with the soberness after receiving such a shocking news.

Jeff always told me baby is very strong and is a smart kid, I will take more care of myself.

Waiting...

What we're waiting for, is just one phone call. It will come anytime in these few days. Ahhhhhhhh....

Hope I can get the result soon. Waiting is not a good feeling, sometimes.

Little baby, work hard, mama will give you strength, and nutrients, please get as much as you want.

He's a boy!

And... we are waiting for a news, then we will know what should do.

Give us strengths!!

等待

昨晚睡得很差，今天老早便醒來，心有點兒緊張。

今天要作詳細的超聲波檢查，很大機會知道肚中BB是龍或是鳳。

BB也像在緊張，整晚也在動。