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Written by beeber on January 16, 2009 – 10:16 am -#1
When riding in the car, anZel would ask me to look at what he was doing. I often told him that I would love to if I had eyes at the back of my head. Yesterday, anZel said “mum, why don’t we have eyes in the back of our heads?”
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We drive by a pasture on our way to school every day. Yesterday, the cows were long ways from the freeway.
mum: anZel, Look…you can see the cows today.
anZel: Why are they so far away from the freeway?
mum: Ummm (trying to come up with an intelligent answer and being mighty proud of a quick answer), because they are afraid of getting hit by the cars.
anZel: (without missing a beat) But there is the fence right there.
mum: Ummm…(feeling like an idiot) you are right.
lOOk who is walking…
Written by beeber on January 13, 2009 – 11:49 pm -With the newly developed stimulus plan (raisin), Arden entertained us with her new found skill over the weekend.
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Written by beeber on November 21, 2008 – 11:33 pm -In less than a month, Arden will turn one. For the past few months, I have been asking myself “are we there yet?” Now, we are almost there. And I can hardly believe it. Has it really been almost one year? I feel like pinching myself until I am blue and black.
It’s such a cliché to say that Arden is unique. We all are, aren’t we? Because anZel was the only baby I took care of, I secretly wish she would be just like anZel (except the eating). As time goes on, I learn to adapt and find it rather refreshing to have a child who actually enjoys eating. I have learned to appreciate the different perspective Arden brings to our lives. First off, there is no bargaining with Arden. With anZel, we were able to negotiate early on. We could actually trick him to drink milk or say a word before rewarding with a toy. There is no such thing as negotiation. There is no bribing could get her to sign “more’ or say a word. She would do it when she feels like it.
My return to work gift from anZel’ was sleeping through the night (one week before returning to work to be exact). Arden was rolling over. She has recently learned that getting 10 hours of beauty sleep is a good thing. I have also realized the beauty of sleeping six hours straight!
Arden has gone through a serious bowel of separation anxiety when I first returned to work. At one point, it would benefit both of us if we could reattach her to my body. She has definitely come around. She would enthusiastically acknowledge my return from work after a long day, but could just as quickly return to her toys. We tried for the longest time to interest her in the stairs. One day, she discovered the stairs and has been keen on climbing them. She has yet to master climbing down. As soon as she is at the top of the stairs, she would go straight to the bathroom because she loves her bath with her brother! If we tell her that it’s bath time, she will start climbing the stairs. It’s an incredible to see them together in the bath. Last night, anZel helped to wipe his sister’s face and scrub her back.
Arden said her first word when she was about 9.5 months. It was flower in Cantonese. From there, she has branched out to speak other similar words. Her vocabulary has expanded to rice, milk, car, books, stinky, bye, and fly. She can recognize more of the photos in her picture book. Although she loves pushing a children’s chair as a walker, she still prefers crawling. She is able to stand on her own for several seconds at a time. We are hopeful that she will join all us in walking in 28 days.
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Written by beeber on November 21, 2008 – 10:10 am -anZel: Do you need me to mow the lawn?
mum: yes please
anZel: how about trimming?
mum: that’s great. Thank you.
anZel: blow the leaves…
mum: sounds great. You are our gardener.
anZel: No! I am anZel.
70s
Written by beeber on November 15, 2008 – 10:56 pm -Sharing and playing nicely on Saturday morning…
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We are having an incredibly warm Fall/Winter. It felt strange to be wearing short-sleeve in November. The children and I took advantage of the nice warm weather today for our late afternoon picnic.
Arden has grown so much, I can hardly believe that she is going to be one in a month. She is now able to say a few words. So far, she is able to say flower, rice, and give and dae di (dAd) clearly. She can say MaMa very well when she is upset or in the middle of the night. For the past three days, she was sleeping through the night without waking up to feed. The first night, I was woken up by the alarm clock anZel kindly set for me..at 4:30 am no less. Then the fourth night, she thought it was enough of the this sleep straight for 10 hours nonsense and started screaming “MaMaaa…..MaMaMa….”on top of her lungs at midnight. It took a good half hour to get her back to sleep.
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ObAmA
Written by beeber on November 4, 2008 – 10:32 pm -Arden and I arrived at the polling station at around 6:50 am. We were #10 and #11 in line. She was the first 10.5 month old there.
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anZel went with dAd.
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there yet?
(9 minutes after the presidential announcement)
Translation:
Obama! Obama! Obama!
Obama! Obama! Obama!
Obama won!
Halloween 08
Written by beeber on November 2, 2008 – 11:39 pm - |
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anZel was a nerdy scientist this year. Grandma Helen spent countless hours sewing his lab coat. Needless to say, he looks mighty sharp despite his over-sized glasses. Arden was a bee (proudly sponsored by Auntie Celine).
After all the hard work Grandma put in this lab coat, the scientist himself refused to wear it. anZel kept saying he would wait till Halloween. It took a lot of convincing that it was indeed THE DAY. We actually had to bride him in order for him to put the outfit on and took this picture. With two yummy strawberry fish oil…here is the man himself.
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Arden was very cooperative. She hardly made a peep even being lugged around. Here she is enjoying a little swing action at her brother’s school.
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Weekend picnic
Written by beeber on October 19, 2008 – 10:26 pm -We started off from the house in a stroll (yes, one stroller) with both kids. anZel likes to ride in the front though he has complained that Arden was picked on his hands. Eventually, Arden tolerates her brother riding with her. Once we arrived at the park, we either get one the swing. It’s quiet a work out keeping both kids happy but I am happy to oblige. Then we throw our blanket down for a little afternoon snack. After an hour or so, we take our time to walk home (I mean I take my time to push the two of them home after my work out). The children finish it off with a nice warm bath.
Taking off
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Arrive at the park in two piece 
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Higher please…
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Want a piece of mine?
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TASTY!
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ALL DONE!
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I think I can eat this.
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I can stand too!
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Whatever…
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Run anZel Run!
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anZel and Daisy
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Getting the water ready…
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HELLO, I am ready too!
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Bath is fun!
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Did you say HAIR?
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Quarterly report >> Y3 3q
Written by beeber on October 19, 2008 – 10:11 pm -For the past two weekends, I have been brave enough to take the children out to the park by myself for a couple of hours. I am happy to say that we all have a grant time. It’s hard to believe that I have come this far. It’s truly the first time I am able to enjoy the children fully and appreciate each of them, together and individually. There was no worry of someone falling off a chair and/or poking one’s eye with a silver wear. We enjoyed the warm fall weather and all that’s around us.
Our time together makes me realize how special the children are meant to me. Before having anZel, I never realized how much one can truly love a child and what it would be like to have someone truly depend on you with his/her life. And I certainly had never imagined being able to have the capacity to love another child just the same. When I hold Arden in my arms, my heart swells with love I have never experienced. She is the poster baby that I have never experienced…her porcelain skin, padded back and chubby fingers.
It has been 30 months since I started this journey. There isn’t a day that I am not grateful for the children I am blessed with. They have taught me a great deal about life. Life is certainly more challenging with the children, however, it’s sweeter and richer because of them. There aren’t words to describe the joy I feel when I see anZel bathing in the afternoon sun with a bowl of his favorite red grapes on his chest on the picnic blanket. There seems to be magic at the end of Arden’s index finger when she points. Most of all, I feel like I could give each children an infinite amount of kisses as well as hugs and still will feel like I can give 10 million more.
This Quarterly report has gone into a half-year report. Many milestones have gone undocumented. Part of me feels guilty of letting it all slips away. It’s so true that time goes fast when you have children. They do grow like weed. I look at some of the photos of anZel and I see dAd. I have to keep reminding myself to enjoy each moment with the children as that all things come in due time. There is no hurrying life, is there?
With 30 months behind me, I feel I have reached an important milestone myself. I wouldn’t have made it this far without a loving family, strong mums, amazing women and wonderful friends.
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Written by beeber on October 13, 2008 – 8:44 am -mum: I am sorry that I made a mistake. We can’t go to the museum today.
anZel: Why?
mum: It’s because they are closed on Mondays.
anZel: So we can’t go in?
mum: That’s right. The door is closed.
anZel: Why don’t we use the key to open the door?
mum: We don’t have the key for the door.
anZel: Yes, we do. (running to the mailbox key) There it is.
mum: That’s for our mailbox not the museum.
anZel: I will bring the key down and open the museum door, ok?