Monthly Archive for September, 2007

“10 Days of Fun” recap: Spoiled

It’s amazing how time flies! My parents were here for 10 days & they’re already on a flight back to Salt Lake as I’m typing this! Needless to say, Kaitlyn is spoiled rotten. Melanie is going to have “fun” with her for the next few days, as Kaitlyn adjusts back to a less exciting/entertaining life.

Here’s a recap of the kind of fun we had for the past 10 days.

Spoiled Princess:
What are grandparents good for if they don’t spoil their grandchildren? That’s why I still love my grandparents to this day!

Here are some pics of my parents bonding & spoiling Kaitlyn.

Yeh-Yeh & Kaitlyn Yeh-Yeh & Kaitlyn 02 Yeh-Yeh & Kaitlyn 03 Yeh-Yeh & Kaitlyn 04 Yeh-Yeh & Kaitlyn 05 Yeh-Yeh & Kaitlyn 06 Kaitlyn will play with whatever, as long as she’s being hold. Yeh-Yeh & Maah-Maah feeding Kaitlyn rice cereal Yeh-Yeh & Maah-Maah feeding Kaitlyn something Maah-Maah holding Kaitlyn Kaitlyn sits comfortably on Maah-Maah’s lap …it’s so comfy that there really isn’t much to cry or fuss about.

Tomorrow’s post: food!

Obsession

I guess many babies love to play with zippers, keychains, & straps.

zipper zipper keychain keychain biting on stroller’s strap chewing on the strap

But I got to say, her “true love” is tags.

chewing on a tag

Too Anxious

It doesn’t matter how hungry Kaitlyn is, as soon as she thinks you’re preparing food for her or even sees you holding her bottle, she gets so anxious that she would start acting like a starving puppy — huffing, puffing, whining & sometimes even crying.

And once she starts crying, you’re WAY too slow.

Even if you stick the bottle into her mouth, she would still keep crying, as if you have just ruined her future.

So as soon as we realize that it’s time for her to eat, we try to prepare everything quickly (milk, bib, high-chair, etc.), so that we can surprise her by shoving the bottle into her mouth before she can utter a sound.

Two weeks ago, however, Melanie was just a little too smooth, a little too quick, as she gave Kaitlyn the bottle, milk got squirted all over Kaitlyn’s face instead of her mouth.

too anxious

As you can tell from the picture, it got Kaitlyn totally off guard. She was so “speechless” that I was able to run over for the camera & back, and she was still in that state of shock, even though Melanie & I were laughing our heads off!

Baby Gap

Kaitlyn didn’t mind the gap between the pillow & the mattress. When she wants to stay asleep, she’ll stay asleep.
Baby Gap

First Kiss

They learn early…

Darion kissing Kaitlyn #1Darion kissing Kaitlyn #2

First was “mamamama,” now…

…”hahahaha”!

It was about 10:15 pm. We were all in the living room. Kaitlyn was on the “bouncy” smiling & bouncing, when all of a sudden she sneezed. She turned & looked up at me, so I laughed and then imitated her sneeze. She must have found it funny & just laughed/giggled OUT LOUD! I “sneezed” again & she laughed again! I tried one more time & she laughed again! So I got up & came back with the camera, & this is what I caught on video:

But then, right after I stopped recording, she stopped her giggling, as if she knew!

Kaitlyn’s Fan Club, aka KFC

Top Fans of the club:

Auntie Karen

  • #1 Fan: “Auntie Karen”

      She comes like every week. Kaitlyn loves her. But for some reason, we only have this 1 picture of her from of all those visits. Sorry!

Kaitlyn’s #2 Fan

  • #2 Fan: “Mrs. Anonymous”

      Unfortunately, we don’t know the name of our 2nd most active member. She’s a Mandarin-speaking caretaker for an 87-year-old lady from church. She’s not a Christian herself, but she’s happy to come every Sunday just to see Kaitlyn. Although she always forgets how old Kaitlyn is or that Mel doesn’t understand Mandarin, she’s still very obsessed with our baby.
      (One reason is because her only-child (a 30-plus-year-old woman), who has been married for 5 years, doesn’t want to have children.)
      Sadly for her, she won’t be “attending” our “club meetings” anymore because she has been re-assigned to take care of a different patient/client.