S with another Special Guest: Cousin K

Going through old photos and videos is fun and sad. It's fun to relive those special moments, but it's sad to see how much S has grown and changed~~ This video was taken in July when L and D drove up from LA to Napa to visit the family. It was also the first time the two babies got together. It was funny to see how they seemed to be a little "shy" around each other. :)
Our niece K looks like a budding ballet dancer!!

Special Guest: Goo-lu Goo-lu Mei-Mei

My cousin T recently found out that her adoptive daughter (9-month-old) is 1/4 Taiwanese Aborigine. Taiwanese Aborigines are "usually" better singers, dancers and also "better" looking than Han Chinese (big eyes and more western looking facial features.:)~ Many famous Taiwanese singers, actors and actresses are either full-blood or part Aborigines. T and I are very excited about this news and have been day dreaming about the day when our mei-mei will be as famous as A-Mei.~~ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-mei

Can you already see mei-mei's talent in this video? T and I definitely see lots of potential!! :)

Sleeping Angel

(The first picture was how S slept when he had his pacifier in early Nov..ignore the pink tummy wrap..)

(The second picture was taken today... Shaun has overcome his addiction!!)

At first daddy and mommy were going to let S have his pacifier until he is ready to give it up. However, upon viewing the video taken in late Oct, mommy decided that it was time for his lazy parents to bite the bullet & take the pacifier away. For the first few nights, S would be crying, sobbing and screaming for his pacifier for 30- 40 minutes at bed time. The crying got shorter and shorter in 2 weeks. After almost 3 weeks of being firm and persistent (felt like a lifetime), we are proud to announce that S can now fall asleep at night without his pacifier (most of the time:)!!Yeah!! S still naps with his pacifier at school, but we are going to let that one slide for now (for the benefit of his classmates.:)

Addicted to Pacifier Oct 25 2007

弟弟中毒太深了...要奶嘴配飯. :)
S is soo addicted to his binky. It's time that mommy and daddy help him quit "cold turkey"...

December Update

(S is playing Mah Jong with mommy)

Well... time has really flown by!! S. is 18 months old and has grown into a very active toddler. He actually has a clue about what is going on around him and that his life has a purpose- for example- he needs to get out of bed in order to eat and play!

We finally had tubes put into his ears on Nov 27, because he has had multiple ear infections. Our friend recommended that we have it done ASAP so that it doesn't impact his hearing and speech.. That kind of make sense. Thanks to our wonderful PPO, I was able to schedule a surgery within 3 weeks without having to wait for a referral forever! His ENT also agreed to clip his tongue. S. is border-line tongue tied. Hopefully his girlfriend/wife will thank his mommy for pushing for this "clipping", because I am sure he will be a better kisser (but I won't let him get married until he is 50 years old...lol....:)
S and I are flying back to Taiwan on Dec 13th. It's going to be much harder to fly with him this time than the previous two trips, because he like walking and running around now. Luckily we got a call from EVA today that we got upgraded to business class, but it is still not going to be easy!:(

S thinks I should wear an adult diaper (尿布) for the flight so that I don't have to keep getting up and waking up our little devil... hmmm... I thought S is brilliant, but now I think he is a GENIUS!

Nov 25 2007 - I WANT....

Shaun was so upset when mommy put her make up bag (化妝包) away... He finally was happy with the post-it notes instead.. phew.:)