Busy, busy, busy

We have been pretty busy for the past week and it was quite difficult to find time to blog. We have finally started on the reno (redoing part of our roof), grandma caught a cold and so she wasn't able to help us with babysitting and daddy was just overwhelmed with work! When it rains, it pours. That is always the case, isn't it? Today is a good day though, because daddy is working from home and I can hop to the dentist and visit my coworkers at work; grandma is getting better and can help us again; renos are almost over. Yay!!! =)

During the renovation period, there were a lot of loud noises and bangs. Because of that, Ali was not able to sleep very well on her own, but she slept like a baby (wait, she is one!) when you allowed her to sleep on your chest. Basically, I was her bed for the past few days. My arms are so sore!

On the weekend, we did a quick photoshot for Ali and her peeps. She seemed to have a lot of fun posing (at least the parents had fun)!

Ali with her favourite Moo (Betsy is busy taking pictures at the time). Look how happy she is!


"Look, I told you I don't want to hold another baby. Take him away!"


Ali and her peeps:

Computer Problem

Baby Ali's great uncle Ming (he's really old) had a computer problem - his MSN messenger didn't work all of a sudden. Ali had a look at it between her naps

She figured out that great uncle Ming's computer date was wrong and was set 6 months back.

Click...click... all fixed

So easy a baby can do it!

Good job Ali.

My little chubb chubb

Baby has gained another half a pound...that makes her a 13lb 6.5oz. Boy, oh boy! I am really glad that she is gaining weight, but on the other hand, it is getting more and more difficult carrying her. Especially when she wants to be held, it really hurts! I thought it would be neat to see how fast she has grown (she is only 8 weeks old!) so I asked my hubby to do a side-by-side comparison of a few pictures.


Notice that those tiny frog legs has slowly evolved into gigantic thunder thighs. Nice, eh? Her arms have gotten much bigger too. Ali did not take up much room on the change pad, but now, she filled up most of the space. And look at the diaper that she was wearing back then. The newborn size fitted quite loosely and now size 1-2 looked a little snug on her sweet butt!

There is not much difference between these two pictures - well, except those cheeks, and that round tummy of hers!

These two pictures really showed how much Alison has grown. When she was born, her torso was about two-thirds the length of Anders' arm. Look at her now! And notice how light she was before. Anders was able to carry her without much effort, but now, he really has to have a firm grip on her.

To show how difficult it was for Anders to carry Ali using one hand, you gotta check out this picture. He was literally in pain. While I was taking the shot, he kept on asking me to hurry up. Unfortunately, the first few pictures were blurry, so he had to hold her for a little longer than he wanted. Poor poor daddy!


P.S. A big thank you to daddy for making these jpeg files. It would take me forever to make one, but it only takes him less than a minute to do! Thank you, you are the best!

我是表姑婆

One of my relatives just had a baby girl. Her name is Nicole. And funny enough, she is only two weeks older than Ali, but Ali will be one generation "higher" than Nicole in the Chinese culture! What on earth! Mind you, my relative is four months younger than me and I am her 表姑姊. Now, I have become a 表姑婆 (which translates to great aunt, second degree of separation). Man, I am getting pretty old! Chinese customs are so bizarre!

Joanna chilling with Nicole and Ali:


The two girls:

Playdate (Sammy)

Baby Ali has had many visitors since birth. Recently, she has a great time hanging out with baby Samantha. Sammy is just ADORABLE! She is 5 months old and is able to hold her head (unlike Ali, who is a bobblehead). She always smiles a lot!! What a cutie!!



Ali wants to be just like Sammy, except for the age part. She is glad she is not as old as Sammy!! (Please excuse my rudeness. Wendy, Sammy's mom, has always refer Anders as the "old guy" even though he is only 4 months older than her. Now Wendy, imagine how I feel. I am two months older than Anders. What does that make me? A cougar??? Rawrrrrr...)



Please come and visit us soon!! =)

Spit ups

The very first time she slept through the night, she made some strange noise. I woke up to check on her and guess what I have found. She dreamt that she was feeding!!! She was sucking - air! Because of that, she had major spit ups. Poor dad was unaware of what he signed up for when he offered to burp our baby girl.

Needless to say, daddy was a little peeved...look at his reaction!!! Awww.....poor daddy!

Grandpa came and visited us a few days ago. Wanted to see how he would react, Ali decided to start crying while grandpa was holding her.



After her surprise attack, grandpa regained his composure in a matter of seconds. Notice that he did keep distance between the cry baby and himself after the attack.

Call me Betsy

During the labour day long weekend, we decided to train Ali to sleep through the night. Well, not exactly training her, just not waking her up in the middle of the night to feed her. In other words, let her wake me up to feed instead. The first three days were just wonderful. Ali slept from 11 pm to 4:30/5:30 am. Absolutely great. For the first night, I got up at 4 am feeling wide awake and rested up (I guess I have not slept for 5 hours straight for 6 weeks.) Unfortunately, this kind of happiness did not last long. In the past three days, Ali has been waking up at 2:30/4:30/7:30 to feed. I hope this is because of her grow spurt, but right now I feel like I am a milk machine.

A picture of Betsy, Ali and the Mooer:

We also had a few friends visiting us from time to time. One of the most common questions seem to be, "How many diapers did you guys go through?" Because my brain seemed less functional than before, I want to put the numbers in my blog just so that I can relive the moment years later. In the few seven weeks, we went through:
~234 newborn diapers + 300 size 1 diapers. That translates to ~11 diapers/day. Damn those diaper companies!!! They are stealing our money!!!

Look at those dirty diapers!!!