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Kaitlyn’s New Milestones

*This is actually an old entry that I haven’t put up.*

So much has happened since we haven’t really updated. Here are some things that she has learned to do in the last 2-3 months (some things might have been repeated from a previous entry – i can’t remember):

- She no longer drinks from a bottle (nipple) and only uses a sippy cup or drinks from a straw. She learned it pretty quickly. At first she would just bite on the straw, but then when I showed her how to suck up the liquid, she did it! We were very proud.

- She can feed herself w/ a spoon. Of course she still makes a big mess, but she’s still learning.

- She can also brush her teeth w/ her new toothbrush.

- She could pretty much identify and point to all the major parts of her body, except her eyes.

- She smiles when we ask her to (like in the 7th pic).

- She dances whenever she hears music or just about anything w/ a beat.

- She screams at the top of her lungs just to get what she wants (and to drive us both crazy).

- She spins around and around.

- She climbs up on the couch, futon, and stairs.

- She understands sit and stand.

- She folds her arms to pray and says “ah-mama” (AMEN)

- She says “Ah-mo” for Elmo.

- She says “hi” to everyone she sees and calls almost every kid “be-be” (baby), even if they’re older and bigger than her. She also says “be-be” whenever she sees us using a camera or cell phone. She wants to see pictures of herself. (vain baby?)

- She says “Boosh”, meaning bird.

- She says “ba-ba” (meaning dad) everytime she hears the door open. (usually because it’s Ether that’s coming home from work, but it isn’t always him at the door.)

On the phone (with it backwards)Kaitlyn\'s 1st Time Drinking from StrawLook at the big mess I made!Mommy\'s going to have such a good time cleaning up!Food all over her face and trayHi! (I didn\'t do it!)Don\'t I look funny?Food on her feet too..Brushing her teeth

Some random old pictures

We have tons of old pictures that I’ve wanted to post but never got the chance to. April and May were really busy months that Ether needed to use the Mac for his homework. So here they are..

Cute summer outfit..Dirty mouthSleeping like an angel..FountainheadShe loves those shoes!!Sly grin..

Dim-Sum Day w/ the Posse (5-1-08):

Helen & KaitlynPeace out!

Group Pic 1Group Pic 2

She loves to look at books, but we have to be careful when we give them to her because she still bites on them and chews off parts of it. So we usually give her a pacifier and watch her as well when we give her books to look at.

A bookworm already?Lost in the book

Random Pictures of the Day (3-14-08)

Our delicious Valentine’s Day dinner:

Fettuccine Alfredo & Chicken Sanremo heroFried Calamari!!!

Katherine’s Birthday dinner at an Indian Restaurant on 2-15-08 (It was my first time eating Indian food — too bad no pix of the food):

The girls at Katherine’s Birthday Dinner

Kaitlyn taking BIG bites of food:

Open wide!!Hurry up, I’m hungry!!

A Nice Day To Be Home Alone… NOT!

Today is Presidents Day, so no school or work for me. Although it rained last night & it’s supposed to rain again later today, it’s sunny outside & it’s 62 degrees! Unfortunately, there’re too many projects that I have to work on, so I have to stay home pretty much all day. Mel wanted to go shopping, so she & Kaitlyn went to her parents’ house last night & she’s going to go out with them today.

I really don’t mind staying home alone working on projects, since I usually get more things done without the distractions. It’s hard to resist playing with Kaitlyn. Trust me. Besides, I love how our apartment has big tall windows & a high ceiling. They just make the place brighter & look bigger, so it’s very pleasant to be inside. The location & rent are the other obvious things that we love about this place. You can’t beat this anywhere else.

Sadly though, because the building itself is really old (probably over 60 years old?) & the last time that this place got a total facelift was probably 30 years ago, there’re all these gaps/cracks/holes in the house. I try to patch up as many as I can & we keep this place pretty clean, so we have no problem with ants & roaches. In fact, I haven’t seen one since I moved in here almost 3 years ago.

BUT, for some reasons, mice get in somehow. I am seriously a musophobe. I can tolerate any bugs: cockroaches, spiders, caterpillars, whatever. You can put them on my face, if you want. I won’t flinch. But when it comes to rodents, regardless of size, I can’t bare even looking at a photo of it. For real!

Since they are doing major renovation/construction just two houses down the block, we’ve caught almost 10 mice in the past month alone! We live in attached houses, so the construction makes the rodents move to other houses. Although we put all the food that mice would eat in containers, they have been biting on bags & plastic containers in the kitchen, trying to get to the food. Our two electric mouse traps have been doing a great job catching them most of the time.

Still, there’re more coming!

Every time I’m alone in the living room at night, even with all the lights & the TV on, a mouse has to run into the room!

And a stupid mouse ran in on me again last night! What’s there to eat in the living room?! I mopped twice yesterday! Or do I smell like food to them or something??!

WHYYYYYYYYYY???!!

I swear the first thing I’ll do, when I get a full time job after graduating this May, is to find a rodent-proof place to live in!

Anyway, enough bad news. Here’s a video Melanie took of Kaitlyn falling asleep after eating. It’s about two minutes but it’s pretty funny. It was the morning my mom & sister arrived, so you can see my mom napping in the background, too.

Random Pictures of the Day (02-17-08)

Kaitlyn enjoying her birthday cake:
Kaitlyn eating her birthday cake.Kaitlyn enjoying her birthday cake
- taken on 02.02.2008

Our Big Girl (Now with pictures!!)

Happy 1st Birthday Kaitlyn!!!!!

My how fast 1 year has gone by already.. My baby is now a big girl… well sorta..

On Saturday, we had a mini birthday party with family and her 2 playgroup friends. Our apartment is WAY too small to accommodate everyone that we wanted to invite. So we apologize to those of you who weren’t invited, but we still love you!

Kaitlyn’s Mini Birthday Party on Saturday, Feb 2nd:

The princess makes her entrance..I’m here!German holding Keona & KaitlynKitna holding Keona & KaitlynThe yummy food!!!Ether & German enjoying the delicious crabs that Uncle Fai made..The daddies and their babies..Kaitlyn and KeonaThe beautiful & delicious cake that Auntie Jenny (Ling) madeThe babies, mommies and aunties posing in front of the cakeSinging Happy BirthdayEther trying to bite the cake as we’re cutting it..Mel & the birthday girlKaitlyn enjoying her cake!Kaitlyn and Nancy Pau-PauDarion getting his first bite of cake.Whipped cream all over Darion’s mouthWhipped cream on Kristie’s nose too!The only fairly decent picture of just the kids (they were all cranky)Kaitlyn at the end of the night

We Think She Likes Oranges

Guess what? Kaitlyn had her first bit of an orange a couple of weeks ago & we have it on video! After you see the look on her face at the beginning of the video, you will probably be convinced that she didn’t like oranges, until you see her pulling my hand for more. Again & again!

Happy Birthday, Darion!

Kaitlyn’s playdate buddy Darion turns 1 today! His parents threw him a very nice party last Saturday & we were invited. A lot of people were there & the food was excellent! They put in a lot of work & the party was a success! But if we are to have one for Kaitlyn next year, it’ll definitely be a small & simple one!

Helen holding Kaitlyn & DarionThe Yaus posing for picturesThe Bee Cake“Mama! I wanna bite!”“I’m gonna turn 1, too!”Mrs. Hong was holding Darion while his dad cut the cakeKeona & her daddygroup picture (with a few people missing)

W.Y.O.B.

We hope all of you had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend. Ours was simple but wonderful.

On Thanksgiving Day, we hung out at Melanie’s Grandma/aunts’ place & had lunch (sushi) & dinner there. Afterward, we dropped by Diane’s (from church) house to say hi to a few people & had some more food.

Last night, Mel went to a wedding reception while Kaitlyn, Snow, & I went back to Diane’s house to see a few more friends, & had crab & lobsters (Diane’s husband makes GOOD food)!

Then tonight, we went to the Thanksgiving dinner at church. So, for 3 nights in a row, we simply did nothing but eat.

It was wonderful. :-)

Anyway, I noticed that my Mom’s been calling me & asking me how we are doing more & more, which is a sign that we hadn’t been updating our blog. So here’s a photo from may be 2 weeks ago. I call it, “Wipe Your Own Butt.”

“Wipe Your Own Butt”

It’d be SO AWESOME if she can actually do that.

But then again, I guess it’s a good thing that babies can’t really wipe on their own. Because when it comes to having babies, the thought of having to change diapers stops a lot of people from having babies, & that’s why the world still has room for parks, beaches, & giant Wal-Mart parking lots. :-p

Playdate #3

Last Saturday, Kaitlyn had her 3rd playdate at the Yau’s home. We all had a good time and we celebrated Ether’s birthday as well. He finally got better that day, so he was able to eat with us!

The moms (except Mel) with the cute babiesKaitlyn and Darion are up to no good!
Kaitlyn biting on a Snickers bar.. mmmmDarion watching Kaitlyn bite on his Snickers bar from trick-or-treating.Cutie pie Keona showing some teeth! Look at the 2 little trouble-makers in the back!The puppy with the Mini M&M’s in her mouth & Darion standing by the couchPuppy Kaitlyn giving Darion a pat on the back. He’s enjoying it!Pretty Keona w/ her dad. She’s always ready for a picture.The 3 Musketeers patting on the couchKaitlyn taking Keona for a ride“What did you say, Darion? I couldn’t hear you!”. Kaitlyn is wearing Darion’s bumblebee headband.Our family posing with Ether’s yummy Carvel birthday cakeGerman & Ether trying really hard to cut the solid as rock cake.

New Stage of Parenthood

Here’s a sign that we are moving onto yet another stage of parenthood. We’re calling it:
Clean-Up-The-Mess-That-I-Am-Going-To-Make-Everywhere Stage.

“Mmmm… good stuff…”“What you looking at?”“What mess? No mess! You’re funny…”Look at this mess!

Kaitlyn is finally starting to grow 1 tooth on the bottom and so she has been really cranky. We bought her some teething biscuits to bite on and she made such a mess. It was all over her face & head, hands, her clothes, the booster seat and the chair that it’s on. It started to dry up, so it was kind of hard to clean up. Needless to say she loved it!

Kaitlyn’s Halloween costume was…

…a hot dog!

She’s born in the year of the Dog, and was hot & sweaty in the costume, so she’s a hot dog! hehehehe

Ether’s holding his favorite hot dog, with spicy mustard, of course!Ooops. He dropped the hot dog on the floor!Good thing Grandpa was there to pick it back up!This skunk doesn’t eat hot dog with mustard. :-p

The skunk is the son of one of Mel’s co-workers.

Sick on My Birthday

Sadly, I got the stomach flu & have been sick since Tuesday night. It was probably the Chinese takeout (beef & broccoli) that I had for lunch that afternoon at school. So I wasn’t able to take Mel & Kaitlyn trick-o-treating (SORRY!).

Today is day number 3. My head feels a lot better & no more fever, but everything that I eat still comes out much quicker than I would like it to. So, I’m still only eating plain congee & drinking Gatorade.

No crab, no lobsters, no shrimp, no buffet, no cake, no ice-cream, no pho, no roti, no pizza, no veggie, no mango pudding, no seaweed, no sushi, no sashimi, no kimchi, no nothing for me; for now.

Other than that, life is still good. :-)

Congee

On Sunday, Kaitlyn had her first taste of plain congee (Chinese rice soup). My mom made it and she didn’t add any salt, therefore it had no taste. Needless to say, Kaitlyn didn’t like it.

What is this?!It tastes like…. nothing!!oh man, it’s terrible!I don’t want anymore. Maybe if I turn my face away they’ll stop.Please, no more!!Why are you guys torturing me?Yuck!!

Anita & Kyan’s Wedding

We attended Anita & Kyan’s wedding ceremony & banquet on 10/6. The ceremony was short & beautiful. The banquet was fun & the food was good. And yes, we are just posting up the pix now. =P

The ceremony:
Amy & LonnieTaylor pretending to feed KaitlynAnita walking down the aisleThe bride & groom at the altarKyan kisses the brideThe bride & groom looking into each others’ eyesNewlyweds walking down the aisle togetherAnother kiss down the aisleThe wedding cake & the dolls – notice the bridedoll’s dressJess & Betty with the NewlywedsUs w/ the NewlywedsThe lovely Anita & Kyan

The Banquet:
The bridal partyBetty & KaitlynKaitlyn watching whatever’s going onKaitlyn & IThe bridal party dancing #1The bridal party dancing #2The bridal party dancing #3The bridal party dancing #4Weird pic of usPeter & KaitlynEther covering Kaitlyn’s ears from the loud dish bangingKaitlyn thinks it’s funny that her ears are being coveredKyan is about to remove Anita’s garter w/ his teethBeautiful single ladies (including Kaitlyn) waiting to catch the bouquetThe newlyweds with Helen (Anita’s sis) & her bf KeithAmy & Harry dancing w/ KaitlynThe cute couple againKat, Ed, & HelenEther tring to put Kaitlyn to sleep during the noisy banquet (FYI she really did fall asleep)