Happy Birthday Kaitlyn!

Happy 8th Birthday to my sweet girl Kaitlyn! We had such a fun birthday party yesterday. Will update pictures later. I have a lot to say to you, but at this moment I just want to say I love!

And this is to remind mommy of the kind of life of my children...

Something going terriblely wrong in the house this week!

Urr, this week has been a mess!

Meghan is still dragging with diarrhea and vomiting. It has been 3-4days already but at least she is feeling better each day. Took her to the dr. office Tuesday afternoon after she scared daddy with several accidents in a roll. As I expected, we were sent back home without any solution, just to watch her diet and offer her Pedialyte as needed, as we already know! Yeah, revisit if things don't get better for another 5-10days!

I'm been really frustrated with hospital/clinic visits recently. Same things happened with Kaitlyn ER visit last month! No clear diagnosis/resolution after several visits, she's still suffering mysterious stomach pain once a while.

Then this strange stomach bug attached Kaitlyn yesterday, she threw up and had bad stomach pain during her camp. Thank goodness, my mom went there (UH main campus) with her. That saved my life and hers! She cared for her and calmed her until I got there! Thank you so much mom! Kaitlyn got home totally crashed with vomiting and fever.

What made things worse was I felt horrible yesterday morning also woking up with nausea, heart burn, stomach and pain all over my body! So I was pretty much out with all the medicines I took. Luckily, my husband stayed home with Meghan cleaning up her mess, while my mom stayed with Kaitlyn. I just vaguely remembered for a short time (while lying on the bed), Kailtyn throwing up in the bathroom and Meghan screamed in the kitchen wanting a taco that daddy wouldn't let her ate. Not because he did that purposely, but he was trying to easy her diet on meat and diary during the time. Not a pretty picture in the house at all!

Today, we all feel much better. Kaitlyn went back to the camp, came back with a big smile and loud voice again:-) Meghan slowly gets her appetite back with less frequent vomiting and diarrhea. But daddy was down! He threw up twice with stomach. What a week! Please let this week pass as quickly as possible. This has never happened, and I hope for no return at all!

Sleep tight and wish for a better day tomorrow!

Happy 4th of July!

Had friends came over for burgers last night, the kids had so much fun running around the house chasing each other. My healthier version of the burgers didn't taste that good for me, but everyone finished at least ones still:-)

Because I forgot to remind Kaitlyn to clean up her room for any toys she doesn't want to share. Screaming/crying episode went on for 15mins as the younger kids "barged" into Kaitlyn's and destroyed lot of her things, as Kaitlyn claimed. Err, this is not the first time happening between them! Got to fix this down the road...

Well, Meghan had a restless night, waking us up at 4am throwing up little bitty three times. Then once again this morning and had diarrhea several times. Apparently some stomach bugs bothering her, but not us. She reacts fine with no fever. Hope she feel better soon.

Here is Kaitlyn's homemade July 4th breakfast (with sleepy eyes) so cute!

We don't have strawberries at home, so some raspberry jam instead, not that pretty.

July 4th long weekend

Per repeated requests from Kaitlyn, I'm back on blogging mission! (I know, I know...) I'll try to keep it short and frequent each time. Also, I did try to put one condition on Kaitlyn that I'll write only if she writes her own blog. Will see how that work, at least she gets more computer time:-)

First thing on the request list is updating their profile pictures and Lilipie charts. That's when I realized it's hard to find a good solo picture of Kaitlyn, since she always acts too silly and crazy in front of camera. Before you click it, she is out of your sight already. Then, I noticed there were tons of pictures of Meghan, she is the "clown" of the house!

While I blogging, the girls are having fun!

What a day!

The day started with cleaning up Feizai's throw-ups twice. When Meghan woke me up at 7:30am, I heard Chung watching World Cup in the living room. How fun is that! After I changed Meghan's poop diaper, I noted some gross stuff on the floor under the stairs, which were kind of sell-cleaned. (Sorry don't meant to gross out anyone. As a mommy, seems like natural to handle many unexpected gross situation:-) Thirty minutes later, Feizai threw up again, a lot... Ur... poor doggy, he's getting old!

Then, my mom came downstairs with great news - Kaitlyn went to sleep with grandma because she had bedwetting. Great, more laundry to do! I believe she was too tired from yesterday's trip back from Austin, and playtime with her friend in the afternoon, then a wildlife field trip early evening. Don't get me started on her bedwetting story, I hope she'll totally get over with it someday :-)

Then laundry, swimming practice, grocery and b-day present shopping, etc. Thank goodness I can leave Meghan home with my mom, otherwise it would be a painful hot and exhausted day for her as well.

The bright spot of our day was I got sit down ate Chick-fil-A with Kaitlyn, with a long line of waiting. We both love Chick-fil-A! Then, I ran into one of my former coworker from GSF. Sweet! So happy to see good old friend!

Before we head out to a Birthday party, when I was telling Kaityn to get birthday card ready, Meghan had her first accident - fell off a storage box! Had no idea how did it happen! She was crawling behind me on the floor while I was talking to Kaitlyn. I can't imaging she could climb up the box that quick. In less than a minute, the next thing we heard was a big bang next to me! We both freaked out! Meghan was scared too! I saw her head hit the carpet, then cried out loud. Scared and guilty, I was glad to see she was able to cry out. She acts normal with a little fuzzy. I was afraid she would have head injury, especially when daddy said she looked sleepy a hour later while we were at the party.

So far she seems normal and happy! I remember Kaitlyn felt off bed when she over one-year-old (not head first though), and felt out of shopping cart once! That was scary!! Now, this little had her first at 8month, which I know it's gonna happen someday. She is so mobile, so adventure, so not scared of anything. If she sees a target, she'll go straight for it! Extra home safety in urgent need...

At least the day finished peacefully. Kaitlyn had so much fun at the party. My neighbor rented out the whole water park for her three sons' birthdays - age 2, 5 and 7 all with summer birthdays. Such a convenient good idea! Kaitlyn went on the slides at least 30times. She wasn't going at first, until her good friend went with her.

Kaitlyn won't try anything that looks "dangerous" unless she's very assured she can handle it! How serious is that - she won't even jump into water by herself last year. She already swims well and dives into water for competition this year. But when it come something new (like long slides), she won't do it unless she sees someone she trust is doing it. Then she'll have fun, lots of fun!

Here are some pictures from the party:

Coming down the slide Another one with good friend Zoe-

See who we met at the party - An alligator! Doesn't look very happy to me...

Kids in line for cake...

Got her reading trophy from the library! Yeah!

Crawling video, etc.

Just learned crawling this week, still working on what to do next after holding on things too far away. High five for her courage crawling fast even after slippery!

Special edition of Kaitlyn!

Since daddy took so many good pictures on team picture day, I put together this special collection post here! I love all of these pictures, they're so pretty, and catch many different sides of Kaitlyn! Every one is the best! I hate to leave out any one. Great job Daddy!!

Waiting in line... long wait... and super hot...

Computer Crashes!

Computer crashed - looking at my computer except can't do much work for the past two weeks! I still miss quite some software to install. Luckily I have backed up all files.

Just updated pictures for Kaitlyn's post. This one is all about Meghan. As far as Meghan, she doesn't have much appetite recently. She keeps spitting up everyday, and threw up big time last Saturday morning. Scary as my mom and Chung described, I wasn't there. Almost every time I left for some time, something weird happened to her.

I guess her teething (two on the top came out the same time) really bothers her, plus uncomfortable stomach from eating too much past few weeks? At least she doesn't look like having infection or anything serious so far. She doesn't like pureed food I prepared for her, not much milk either. She likes chewing things to practice her chewing skills. She likes bread, noodle, rice texture. Even watermelon, she doesn't like drink the juice I smash for her, she prefers to bite the melon herself, being messy! I'm waiting for her to eat table food with us one day, so I don't need to prepare separate food anymore.

Wow, a blink in my mind, I barely remember how she looked like and what's she doing when she was 3months old! I'm getting close to have Parkinson's disease! LOL That's why I need to keep up with my blog. Anyway...

Guess what, she is crawling now! She's been crawling really fast on her tummy for two months already, and has been rocking back and forth holding her arms and legs straight. So funny! All of sudden this week, she starts crawling and balances really well. The same time, she can pull herself up from crawling to sit position, and push herself up to standing holding things! This girl is getting ready for walking! Her development changes are counted by days, she does not waste any time learning something new! This could be another reason she's not eating/sleeping recently. She is too busy working on her new big milestones!

What else does she like nowadays? -Umm, she loves to push books off to the floor and tearing pages out.

She loves banging toys/cups.

She loves playing pee-ka-boo, she is good at pulling off blanket off her face, not very good at pulling over yet.

She LOVES her sister, absolutely, no matter if she teases her, or scares her, or pulling her.

She knows her names (we call her English, Chinese, and Chinese nicknames at home, she seems take it all!)

She still puts everything into her mouth. I anticipate this stage will go on for a while.

She understands "NO", but it doesn't mean she will follow your order! A lot of times, she smiles back to you - she knows her way to get out of trouble!

She is not afraid to crawl everywhere. I mean everywhere - off the bed, up to sofa, across the table. But she does take judgement. She will check the height and distance, and whether anybody is around. It's very nerve-racking for us, not her. Someone has to keep an eye on her constantly. This is very different from Kaitlyn - Kaitlyn was very cautious, she won't take actions unless she knows for sure.

She babbles a lot - baa, Dada, um, aah, mama. She is full of feeling and expressions. She looks at people and initiation conversion by saying "Ahh!" She wants you to take her somewhere by saying "Ahh!" and lean her body in the direction. She enjoys her food by saying"Umm.." She is frustrated by saying "maamaa!" She wants your attention by saying "urr!" She mumbles to herself with long "sentences"...

She still not sleep through the nights most of the time. She woke up once or twice before 2am needs patting sometimes. She drinks milk either around 2-3am or 5-6am. She likes sleeping side ways to her right, or butt in the air. (I thought that's funny when I first saw Wendy's kids do that, now I got one too:-) At least she likes sleeping in crib not on my bed.

She likes music. She loves "Twinkle little star" and "Row Row Row your boat". She sings along and shakes her body with the music sometimes. I need to get some videos.

She finger-feeds herself, and coordinates pretty well.

She has separation anxiety at nighttime. But seems better these two weeks. She has her pick which stranger to smile and which to cry.

She looks for tiny foreign objects on the floor, and put into mouth. How fun is that!

She is very nosy - any sound in the house, any movement in her view, she has to check it out! Got to take some funny pictures when she turns her head 180degrees touching face on the table to see what's happening.

I have to say Kaitlyn is a wonderful big sister. She keeps an eye on her, she entertains her, she shares food with her(try it out first, lol). I thought only younger kids will do this, but Kaitlyn too - She climbs into Meghan's crib playing with her. She builds blocks for Meghan to destroy. She lets Meghan touch her toys, to certain extent. She rolls ball, perform silly shows, plays hid-and-seek games, with Meghan.

Seems unfair I can name so many milestones for Meghan. It's just easier to keep track of Meghan's physical development than emotional/mental development of Kaitlyn with so much activities going on.

Well, I haven't installed software for video editing yet. Just some recent pictures:

Oops, ball rolled over...
Let me go get it...
Tied down by swing? No problem, I can swing out to reach for... Meghan's best buddy and Kaitlyn's best friend on the block...

We went for duck feeding two weeks ago - so much fun watching baby ducks fight for food with big ones...

Happy girl!

Will she be a lefty?

She sure use left hand a lot...

My little gypsy musician - pantie as a hat, big scarf in summertime, backpack for Meghan, ballet shoes, and of course a bag for ID and money... Love Meghan's expression - I'm stuck here with the music. Not bad, what's she doing? Here is my little girl trying to get off the futon - test the water first

Easy as pie, I'm here!

Umm, where should I go first? Haha, I discover the bridge

Keep going...

Aha, I found toys hiding behind shelf... One thinks "Let me help you to get out of my room!" Another one thinks "I'll find a way to come back soon for sure!"
A random picture of how Kaitlyn put "make-up" on Meghan...