Catching up...

Two weeks passe by, just catching my breath from sickness of everyone in the house (not really Kaitlyn). Then it's finally Kaitlyn's turn yesterday, with strep throat.

She hasn't eaten much since yesterday, just three pieces of sushi (at her special requests), one yogurt, and some water and apple juice. With ongoing high fever, headache and burning throat, she has been sleeping a lot, looks horrible. So sad to see that :-( Dr. said with the antibiotics, she should be fine by Saturday.

Well, what have happened since last blog?

Kaitlyn had her final DI performance on Feb. 21. Great job! Way to go, girl! She did very well, and talked to appraiser very confidently and politely. I'm so proud of you! I heard she was telling the appraiser about how she had an antenna but lost it. Funny!

Thank you so much Ms. Jessica for preparing kids of this fun activities!

This is the "big" reward she picked for herself at the site after performance. Writing thank-you card for Ms. Jessica: Yeah, taking a picture with mommy!

Where did Zoe go? They're missing one... Talking to the appraisers... I like this one so much, every one's expression is a little different.

When we finally had sunshine three days in a roll, we're rolling to the park:

Picture with grandma:

swing, swing, I like it...

Big girl What's in your mouse, sneaky girl? I bet she found a candy in her pocket. Ohh, speaking of teeth, a big deal for Kaitlyn - she has a loose tooth!!! It's a bottom one to the right. She went to dentist yesterday, and confirmed her loose tooth about a month ago. She first noticed while eating candy from her Valentine party treats. I thought was a bad tooth from cavity at first. But she does have a couple of cavities that needs filling soon! Err...

Bet she is thinking what's tooth fairy looks like, what' will she bring when her tooth fall out? She kept asking me what to do if she lost her teeth at gym, on the bus, in the classroom, at playground... Do I need to give her a treasure box to carry with her everyday so she won't lost her first loose tooth?!

As for Meghan, she is growing fast, I can't keep up with her changes...

We went to Mother Goose Time in the library this week. Had a great time! We did story, tummy time, parachute playing, then mingle with other babies. She was very serious and curious at first, then got very excited, jumping up and down on my lap.

She is such a good observer, just like her big sissy. Whenever we leave the house, she looks so serious, her eyes kept looking around. But so far she seems more outgoing than Kaitlyn. If she sees anything she likes, her response is - "Uh!" then stretch out her arm toward that direction, then her whole body flip/leaning toward that direction, like saying "go, go, go!" We have to hold her tight around waist and back, or she'll flip out of our arm anytime. Very brave girl, but scary for me!

What are you two looking at?? - of course TV! Do they look alike? She is not going too far on rolling over. But she is very good at grabbing stuff and pull. See, she grabbed the toy and able to pull down for music now. Very smart girl, figure out how to entertain herself. Tummy time at the library - almost got it! So busy checking out everything! For Meghan, she is very strong. She'd standing very still for a little while. If she can stand, she would on sit. If she can sit, she definitely not gonna to lay down. So roll over is not her favorite thing to do. She can sit without support much better now, still not totally upright. After she recovered from cold, her appetite is not big at all. Around 3-4oz each feeding, with 3-5hrs feeding time laps. I don't know how to get her eat more - one she thinks she is done, there is no way to stuck anything into her mouth.

She is alert to surrounding, so please don't make too much noises during feeding, or she'll be distracted easily. I believe she has longer memory now - because when she sees things falling off the table, or rolling out of her sight, she will follow the direction and look for that thing.

She loves listening to other people's conversations - I mean adult conversation, face to face or over the phone, not baby talking conversation with her. She would lie in crib quietly for as long as our conversation goes on... noisy girl!

Daddy caught two cute pics early last week:

And couple of sad pictures when she was sick:

Ohh gross - tears, running nose...

Don't remember why Kaitlyn wasn't happy that day? Didn't want to take a walk?

Kaitlyn opened up her first restaurant to us - there is a funny video about this, I'd have to put it on later.

I got some nice pictures of my sweet baby girl one morning. She must be in a good mood, had a good night sleep. I like them all, don't know which one to take out because that's exactly the way she looks most of the time:

Happy baby: Always smiling:

Still smiling and little silly coming out:

Then little naughty showing off:

Silly girl makes me laugh:Looks like little old lady: Haha still...
Then what happened next is a set-up by mommy:

Everything looked fine at the beginning - as normal I'm ready for post... Say Cheese...Running again?

Silly face...

Hehe... Yeah, I can sit! I can reach my toes...

Then, oh-oh...
I'm falling... but still smiling...

Hold on tight to my toes...
oops... falling more...
Help...

Where is mommy?

Face down - the end my story!

Finally, Meghan started her dry food diet journey today - I added a little rice cereal to her milk. she loved it! She doesn't like bottle, but she likes spoon, and eating well swallowing. We'll keep trying this week. So here I'm in the highchair:

Why is my table empty? This is fun!Yeah, a "thing" on my table... what's it taste like? Let me get it before it ran away...

This is all the story I have so far.

Disclaimer to Kaitlyn - I know there are a lot more pictures of Meghan here, not because I love her more than you, I love you both dearly deep in my heart! I'm so glad to have the time staying home with both of you. Life is a miracle thing! I wish I had digital camera and a blog back then to record all of your amazing steps as well. (Well, here I need to thank my dear friend Wendy introducing me to blogging!) Through watching every development Meghan has, I cherish every moment with you even more, and I feel so blessed to have a wonderful girl like you!

Sick, sick and sick...

Yes, that's exactly what's going on in the house the past week and still going on...

It seems started with Kaitlyn, then daddy, along with this wet and cold weather. Then Meghan got it, she was hit hard this time, with running nose, itchy throat, pink eyes, coughing, etc. Knock on wood, she has no fever! I feel so bad for her, since she can barely breathe at night, woke up almost every hour for 2-3 nights. So sad to see a baby being sick, being so helpless. All she can do is crying and rubbling her face, can't tell you how she feels, can't blow her nose, can't breathe while asleep.

Of course she is not as playful as before, not talking as much, no more cute double chin. She seems like lost a couple of Oz's(better not in lbs) already. The good thing is she is smiling sweet at us still during the daytime, like nothing happened. So I know she is fine. Such a sweet baby!

Here Meghan is ready to step outside for sunshine today! Her face cracks me up, doesn't look like sick at all!

Hello everyone! I'm ready to go! Are you ready for me?
Haha... Mommy!! (She's not screaming, I can tell you that...)What's so funny, girl? Haha... I can't stop laughing... See... now grandma is so cracking up! What's so funny?

I can't decide which photo to pick, so upload all, since I love her expression - curious, sweet, smart, and looks like talking to you! Also, she is so fascinated by our fridge, have no idea why! Might have something to do with black and white paper.

Just when she is getting a little better, I got the cold from her, and this time, it knocked me down totally for one day. I can barely get out of the bed. Before I got any better, Kaitlyn and daddy both got sick again after their trip back from Austin. Kaitlyn stayed home for an extra day after the long weekend, which is not a bad deal! Thank goodness my mom is here and she is not as sick as we are. So she pretty much took care all of us, cooking, caring Meghan and Kaitlyn while I nap, and cleaning and laundry, etc. Thank you so much, MOM!

Since I didn't go to Austin, didn't know what's going on. But I'm sure they had fun, looks like spring time in Austin!

Playing with Aunt Lynn's piano:

Family portrait - reminds me of those pictures taken when I was little back in China in the 80s, for some reason.
With Aunt Lynn and her doggy:
Wow, spring is here already? I don't feel it here yet... Here are couple of pictures of grandpa coming back from HK, with his sweet grandkids.

Interesting they both looking at the same direction, what's going on there? It's Meghan's first time meeting grandpa, she doesn't feel strange at all.
So comfortable...

She becomes more and more interested in moving objects - our dog, Feizai.
Poor Feizai, hope he'll enjoy playing with the second little "monster"

Here are some pics took on Sunday before Kaitlyn went to her DI meeting. Her final competition (well it's non-competitive for 1st graders, but still a big deal for the kids) is this coming Saturday, so they're having their rehearsal on Sunday. The kids wrote the whole script and came up with stage design and performance by themselves. The 5mins show is so cute and I'm so proud of them! Kaitlyn likes this special activity a lot, although it took her so long to bring out her personality. She plays a cute little mosquito visiting north pole! Before heading off to the meeting, two girls had some fun:

Of course here is Kaitlyn's little royal fan, can't get her eyes of the kids... She was the most exciting audience, jumping up and down!

Still staring at the kids...

No matter what...

How can we miss Kaitlyn's Valentine's party on Friday - Everything went well

until the moment I look down - kids running, crawling in the classroom. Sugar High!!

What a fun party!

4month check up and wiggly tooth

Meghan turned 4month today. Her checkup went well. She is 75% on both height and weight. Her head is 90-95%. Funny that both girls have big head even though I don't think they're that big! Does that mean they're growing out-of-proportion? Haha... She did pretty well - be very quite in the waiting room, then ate and took a nap, and didn't even cried when given two shots and she likes sucking the rotavirus drops. Brave girl!

Here are couple of highlights of the week. Seems like I should have a lot to write about since I'm staying home, but I have to look at the pictures to remember what happened. Bad memory!!

Kaitlyn is getting so much better at piano! Thank goodness we switched to this teacher that brings out her interest. She is so looking forward to practicing piano everyday. She finds songs books on the shelf and figures out how to play those songs. Even her teacher said she is really good at using both hands while reading songs that don't tell left/right hand positions.

Here of course little Meghan has to get into Kaitlyn's business! Meghan's favorite part of the day is watching Kaitlyn doing things, running around, talking, etc. She jumps up and down and cheers loud. So funny!
Here Meghan is so interested in Kaitlyn's piggy tail. I caught you grabbing big sissy's shirt!

Good sign - Meghan starts showing interest in bottle. So I can train her drink from bottle and eventually transition to cereal and baby food.

Well, in this picture, poor little girl was bundled up all day since she had cold over the weekend. She has running nose and sore throat. I can tell she has trouble breathing at night. This weather changes too quick, hot and cold often changes within an hour. With daddy came back from HK, every one's schedule is out of routine.

Ohh, another thing - Meghan showed interest in table food the other day. Grandma put a slice of apple on her lip, she loved it and started licking! She gets mad and started screaming when the apple was taken away. The next day, she licked my bread again. Since then she checks out what's on the table at dinner time! P.S. I love how her toes stretched out like a fan. So cute!

Today, after coming back from Dr. office, Meghan had a good long nap. (Can't believe how long the wait time was even with appt. It drives me nuts in that waiting area.) Here Meghan sit up by herself! I'm so amazed. Unfortunately, bad mommy didn't catch her one time and she felt to the floor. Cried more of scare than hurt.

I can't believe I'm making fun of my own daughter here, but can't help it - she have very few hair in the front, looks like her hairline curves backward a lot. Looks like she has a heart-shaped or "mickey-mouse ear" shaped hairline... LOL

Here is daddy with her two sweethearts watching Superbowl! To my surprise, Meghan remembers daddy after Chung went back HK for 10days. She gave him a big smile as soon as she saw him the first morning Chung came back. That just made daddy's heart melt!

Of course Kaitlyn is so excited about daddy's coming back as well! Daddy is so spoiled on her little princesses! Kaitlyn kept asking when is daddy coming back while he was gone, especially when I told her do things she doesn't want to! Umm...

Here is after Kaitlyn came back from school today. She wants to put Meghan on her tummy for massage. I don't know how, but they both enjoyed it.

Meghan also remember more things than I expected. We took her upstairs to Kaitlyn and grandma's room twice this week. Now she gets so excited when she sees the stairs and looks upstairs, with sparkles in her eyes! Funny...

Last, Kaitlyn has a wiggly tooth now! I'm not sure if she is having her first loose tooth or just a bad tooth. Hopefully the first one. She was decorating her Valentine shoebox and preparing valentine cards for her classmates over the weekend. She can't help chewing an Airheads gum. The next thing she noted was the candy was too hard and too sticky, one of her tooth at the bottom hurts. She told me it hurts when she eats. So when I checked it this morning, that tooth sure is wiggly! She is so happy. Guess she's been waiting for her tooth to fall out! We'll see...

Another big things I have to write about is ever since I "forced" Kaitlyn stop watching DisneyChannel about a month ago, she starts behaving much better. Disney might not be the only reason, but I have to it has many negative impact on her. I have big issues with those preteen/or teen TV shows on Disney, I can complain about it for days! Long story short, I let her watched some during summer, she felt in love instantly, such as Hannah Montana, ICarly, The Suite Life, Sonny Chance, Waverly Place, etc. I can stand her being more drama, more crazy about dancing and singing, being silly, and likes makeup and cloth-changing, etc. I can't stand her picking up the attitudes from those show, which makes me feel like dealing with a teenager already.

I can't stop her growing fast, but I don't want her loose being simple innocent girl this early! She can watch the shows to know what's going on out there, but there should be a limit! I have to say Disney has some good preschool programs, but lacking good programs for Kaitlyn's in-between age. Glad Kaitlyn loves reading and has many other interests, so we're able to direct her to participate other activities. Parenting is a life-long learning subject for me...