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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