Yes, I’m in a modeling mode in the past few days, and it didn’t stop today either.
However, some of you have emailed me to ask why do I always put 1 or more fingers into my mouth. Hello? Don’t you know this is the latest trend? Just take a look at this cover of Vogue (my Bible) magazine cover. Yes, I know it’s in Russian, but Uncle Gorbachev was Daddy’s buddy, so he has all kinds of Russian magazines in the house. (Yes, and all of them have good looking models on the cover too!)
Isn’t this beautiful? This is the Christmas Tree at my Grandma and Grandpa’s house. And look at all those presents underneath the tree! Unfortunately, I was told that most of those presents are for Addison. Although I was given reassurance that once I am old enough to unwrap my presents, I will get equally as many, if not more. Hopefully so!
Since this is really my first Christmas, I really don’t have a clue how the family used to celebrate Christmas in the past. Although I can reference Addison’s web-site to find out, but it will only raise my blood pressure if I find out that he got more presents on his first Christmas than I do. So let’s not focus on my brother!
I was told that this Christmas, we’ll be spending a week at Grandma’s and Grandpa’s house. Not only because Grandma wants us to be there, it’s also because Aunt Phoebe and Uncle Chris will be flying in from Hong Kong to celebrate Christmas with us. And yes, although I’ve seen Aunt Phoebe and Uncle Chris a few times over webcam, this will be my first time meeting them in person. Not only am I excited, I’m also looking forward to all the presents that they will shower me with!
So how many presents did I get? I’ll let you find out for yourself!
If you didn’t see any picture of me opening presents, you didn’t missed it! Yup! Those were all the pictures taken from the entire week of my first Christmas, all the way up to New Year’s Day! What happened? Because, once again, all the attentions were focused on my brother. What I can show you is this short video of Aunt Phoebe holding me in her arms. I could feel that she knew exactly how I was feeling… when one didn’t get to open any Christmas present.
In fact, it wasn’t until after the new year, I had the opportunity to be on camera to (let Grandma and Addison) unwrap a few of my presents.
Here’s one more example:
Here’s another example:
Another one:
And this one, my brother just simply took it, and played with it.
As you can see, it wasn’t really much fun when one couldn’t talk, tear, unwrap, and punch. I am just so looking forward to my next Christmas. Until then, I hope you all had a Merry Christmas too!
Folks, what you see here is the picture chosen for this year’s Christmas Card. However, I want to stress that I am not the person who is responsible for the mailing list. So if you do not receive a copy of our family’s Christmas Card, please check with Daddy and/or Mommy.
So what happened today is that Daddy’s work place is holding its annual Christmas party. So Mommy and Daddy thought that it would be fun to bring the family to this place to take some pictures. Not knowing where I was going, I really didn’t know what to expect. But once I got there, I was presently surprised. This place is beautiful! There were lights and Christmas Trees every where. Not only that, there was a Princess there! Unfortunately, the Princess decided not to keep my Brother for the night, and kindly returned him to Daddy after taking a few pictures with him.
Here are a few more pictures taken from the evening.
Today is my brother’s 2-year old birthday. It is a big deal because he thinks it’s a big deal. Which is all that matters, right? No, I didn’t get to open any present today as all presents were for him. That’s fine! Instead, I spent the observing his little birthday party celebration, and tried to plan out my next birthday party so that I know for sure that my party will be bigger and better than his party today!
Let’s start with a video of Grandma trying to cheer me up, hoping that I wouldn’t realize that all the gifts that we brought over were for Addison.
Fast forward to the evening, here’s a video of Grandma trying to cheer me up, once again, after I found out that I was not going to be taking part in the cake tasting ceremony!
Moments later, Grandma decided to pull me away from all the actions because the scene of Addison having so much fun blowing off his 2 candles was just too much for me to take.
Yup, that’s my day! Rather non-eventful, right? It’s okay! It’s not my birthday. Wait till you see how Addison reacts to my Birthday party next year! Until then, you can find out more about his birthday party from his website here.
The first one I have here is a video of Daddy trying to strike a conversation with me. As you can, I wasn’t in a particularly good mood when this video was taken.
The second video here is, unfortunately, another video of Addison kissing me. Although I have to say that it has been a while since Mommy and/or Daddy asked Addison to give me kisses. I still think Addison’s kissing is a bit too much! My boyfriends are not going to like it when they see this later!
Was it a Banquet that lasted 100 days? No, it’s not a banquet that lasted a hundred days long. Instead, it’s a banquet to celebrate my 100th days since birth! And yes, I’ve been counting! And yes, I know it’s not exactly 100 days, but hey, I need to accommodate folks who do have a job, and therefore, I moved this event to the nearest weekend.
Did Addison get a 百日宴? No, Addison didn’t get one! Instead, he had his 滿月 (Full-Month) Banquet instead. I’m more mature, and I rather not throw a party until I’m 100-days old. I mean, what if I meet a good looking boy, and he thinks I’m too young?
Where did we go? Mommy and Daddy decided to pick a restaurant that is more ‘local,’ to avoid traveling time. Therefore, instead of a Chinese Restaurant that Addison picked for his ‘Full-Month’, Mommy and Daddy picked a Japanese Restaurant called O-nami.
How was the food? How would I know? But based on what I’ve heard, the food was really good!
Who showed up? Lot’s of friends, family members, and relatives. Most of them were meeting me for the first time. And yes, they all commented that I’m a pretty girl!
What time did the event end? Did you buy me a watch when I was born? Then how would I know?
Why didn’t you receive an invitation? Don’t ask me! Ask my parents! They were the ones who sent out the invitations. Maybe they ran out of stamps?
Are there pictures to see? What do you think?
By the way, it’s still not too late to send me a necklace, or a pair earrings to celebrate my 100th day!
Today is 中秋節 (Mid-Autumn Festival). Grandma and Grandpa came to our place to have dinner with us tonight. But before they got to our place, Mommy took the opportunity to capture this video of me, laying in Addison’s bed.
Grandma and Grandpa arrived later in the afternoon, and we all had dinner together at home. Here are a few photos taken throughout the day.
Later in the evening, Mommy and Daddy took us out for a walk. If you’re still wondering what is this Mid-Autumn Festival is all about… well, tonight’s moon is supposed to be the roundest out of the entire year, based on some Chinese calendar. As you can see from this video below, it’s really pretty round!
However, I really think that moon is even more round when I’m around. Why? Because if you look at how my brother celebrated his first 中秋節, without me, of course, the moon from his videos were that… round. What do you think?
It’ Sunday and it means that Daddy didn’t have to go to work today. Not only it means that I got to spend more time with Daddy, it also means that I had to spend less time with Addison. Because when Daddy is around, he would take Addison away from the ‘girls,’ so that we can have some peaceful time like this…
However, peaceful time like this could also mean more ‘Tummy Time’ for me. I’m not a big fan of Tummy Time because it makes feel very tired. Well, Mommy didn’t seem to care about my fatigue that much!
Once in a while, Daddy and Addison would come by to check on us. And when I’m not sleeping, Daddy would usually pick me up and stand in front of the mirror to talk to me. Why? Because he thinks that I like talking to him, through a mirror. And if I make some noise, he likes it even more. But you know what, I may be comfortable standing in front of a mirror (as with most girls), I may not be as comfortable when there’s a camcorder pointing at me. Check out this video below if you don’t know what I meant.
But if the camera is not within sight, then it would be a totally different story!
Daddy took the day off today to take me to the lab to get my blood drawn. It was a mistake on my part, to expect that there is such a place/lab that is children-friendly. Hey, if my Doctor’s specialty is children, shouldn’t a children specific lab exists too?
The moment Daddy and I step inside this lab, I knew I was in trouble. I did not see a single kid around. Not only I’m the youngest in the crowd, I might even be the youngest EVER patient stepping inside this lab. Come to think of it, Daddy could even be the second youngest person there! Within seconds, Daddy covered my stroller with a blanket and we hid out in a corner that is furthest away from the crowd.
Although it was still an hour away from the posted ‘lunch hour,’ we soon learned that we were the last patient for the morning. And after waiting for more than an hour, my name was called. (By then, Daddy and I were the only ones sitting in the waiting area.)
Nurse: “Hi, how are you?”
Daddy: “Very well. Thanks.”
Nurse: “That’s a lot of blood work for a 2-month old. Please take off her clothes”
Daddy: “Okay.”
Nurse: “Uh. Jaundice?”
Daddy: “Yes. Are you going to draw the blood from under her foot, like how they did it while she was still in the hospital?”
Nurse: “Oh no! There are too many blood works ordered here… it won’t be possible to do it from her foot. It has to come from the vein in her arm.”
Since Mommy did not come along, video taping wasn’t possible. So considered yourself fortunate for not having to watch what happened next. First, it took the nurse more than 10 minutes to locate my vein. She tried my left arm, my right arm, then back to my left arm. She just couldn’t ‘feel’ it. It was until Daddy suggested…
“They usually put something warm over her… (to increase the blood flow, so that the vein can be spotted.)”
Nurse: “Ah, let’s try that.”
Nurse: “Please be patience with me. I want to make sure that I only have to stick the needle in her once! Therefore, I want to make sure that I have the vein accurately.”
It worked! She did catch the vein in one try! Just to give you an idea on how much blood was drawn from my little 11-pound body, please take a look at this video below.
First of all, I don’t know that person in the video. But do you see that tube that was used to collect the blood sample? FIVE tubes of blood were drawn from me!
Of course I did cry! What are you thinking?
Here are a few pictures of my ‘injury’ that I sustained from the blood draw. Can you tell I was not in a good mood when these pictures were taken?
Dr. Liu called called Daddy later this afternoon and told Daddy that she spoke to a specialist about my Jaundice situation, and the specialist recommended further blood tests and an urine test, just to make sure everything is okay, especially my Liver. Dr. Liu asked Daddy to stop by her office to pick up a kit to collect urine, and to pick up a form for the blood test at the lab. Here’s the list of blood work that was being ordered!
Today is my 2-month check-up. My previous visit to the doctor should had been my 1-month check-up, yet, I’ve been making a lot of un-scheduled visits, due to my Jaundice condition.
As of last visit, Dr. Liu said my color looked a lot better and she said I could stop the blood test. That was about 2 weeks ago. So today, when we arrived at Dr. Liu’s office, one of the questions that Daddy asked was:
“Does her color look ‘okay’ to you?”
Dr. Liu’s answer was ‘No, not really.’ But she also commented that there isn’t much that anyone could do. Dr. Liu said there is no need to check-in to a hospital. There is no medication for it. And I’m already too old to be sitting under those lights for newborn. The only thing that Mommy and Daddy could do is to stop breast-feeding.
Unfortunately, that didn’t save me from injections. Part of the routine 2-month check-up is to take the immunization shots. And ‘ouch!’ They were painful. Below are 2 videos. The first one shows me getting weight-in, and the second one shows the nurse sticking that long needle in me.
That’s exactly what I was thinking when Addison first told me that we were going to Disneyland.
“Can I just stay home?”
“Oh, Daddy will be there? I guess that’s okay. I’ll go.”
Just when I thought the beach was hot and boring, this Disney place totally beats the beach. I was restrained to the stroller at all time while I was at Disneyland. There were too many people, too hot, too much noise, and too much sunshine. Not to mention that there were not enough ‘holding’ time, not enough ‘picture’ time, not enough ‘feeding’ time, ‘diaper’ time, etc. So why does everyone else seemed to have so much fun? I don’t have a clue. Oh, did I mention that Addison was no where to be found most of the time while at Disneyland? Not that I have a problem with it. I’ve heard that he posted some videos and pictures over at his site. Sorry, I’m just not interested.
Here are some pictures taken from my first trip to Disneyland. These pictures are as boring as the visit. Half of the pictures were taken in the hotel room anyway. I could have strike the same pose at home, in Daddy’s bed, if that’s what he wanted. Please don’t take me back!
I know Dr. Liu prescribed some natural sunlight time to clear my Jaundice. But do Mommy and Daddy had to be so extreme? Taking me to the beach for sunshine? Addison hasn’t even been to a beach until he was… today! Why couldn’t I wait 22 months before taking me to the beach? Not that I have a problem with the beach, I just have a problem with the fact that I couldn’t be running on the sand, just like what Addison did!
Wait a minute! That’s a very nice outfit that Mommy picked out for me! Okay, I’ll just settle for a boring day at the beach then. Here are some pictures taken from today.
First of all, that’s Addison and not me! Now, this is me…
Now, I don’t know why Daddy likes to do this stupid eye test. But now I do know how hard did Addison try not to laugh at Daddy when Daddy does stupid things like this.
Although Addison is now generally less jealous of me these days, I still don’t spend that much time alone with Daddy especially during the day. So this afternoon, when Mommy sent Daddy to take me upstairs to change my diaper, I took the advantage and cracked a smile at Daddy. Well, he got so excited that he immediately grab his HD Camcorder and started talking to me hoping that I will give him another smile. Did it happen? Find out yourself!
Why? Because I couldn’t get to sleep. Why? Because I wanted someone to hold me. I fall asleep much faster when someone is holding me in his/her arms. I also wake up a lot faster if that same person tries to put me back down onto my bassinet. So this morning, Daddy was the lucky one who got to hold me to sleep.
We started off the day with me going to Dr. Liu’s office for another blood test. I’m sad to say that but drawing blood seems to become a routine for me. But I still cried out loud when the nurse poke a hole on my foot. No, we didn’t bring the camera either because it was just another blood test.
Right after my blood test, I went back home for a quick nap. By around 3pm, it was time for Mommy to go see her doctor. Since Grandma (Tong) has been staying with us for the past few days, she was able to look after Addison at home, while Mommy, Daddy, and Myself headed out to the Doctor.
Based on what I’ve heard from Mommy’s doctor, Dr. Chen, everything is good with Mommy too! Which is a very good news!
Later that evening, Daddy took this video while he was chatting with me.
Now that Mommy has to stop breastfeeding me for 2 days, it’s about time for Daddy and I to spend some time doing Father and Daughter bonding! Look at these pictures! Can’t you tell that I enjoy being held inside Daddy’s arms?
…means that I have to go through another painful episode of drawing blood. Mommy didn’t have the camera this time because both Grandmas are not available, and Daddy had to stay in the car with Addison to wait for us. Daddy didn’t want to bring Addison to the Doctor’s office fearing that that naughty Addison might pick up some virus when his hands will be touching just about everything. We shall get the result later this afternoon.
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