Look - An Orange!

I peeled my first orange (well, actually a clementine) by myself today! Mommy helped me start it, but then I took all the peel off and took apart all the slices.

An Update - 20.5 Months

Wow, I can't believe it's already been 2 months since my last update! Things have been really hectic around here, as we flew to Seattle again over Memorial Day weekend for Auntie Karen & Uncle Sam's wedding. Yay! Seeing Gong Gong, Po Po, Er Ai Yi, Uncle Same, and Xiao Ai Yi is always lots of fun. I got to run around a lot and sleep in the same room with Mommy and Daddy which I love. :)

Unfortunately, over the last 2.5 months (since April 8th), I developed two boo boos on my neck. These turned out to be swollen lymph nodes and the last couple months have been filled with doctor appointments to figure out what's going on and what to do about it. Thankfully, all the doctors seem to agree on the diagnose and are now planning to do surgery on them to remove them sometime this summer/fall. I don't totally understand what's going on, but I know the doctors are helping me and I'm still happy to see them. Thankfully, these boo boos don't cause me much pain, but one of them is leaking, so I wear a band-aid most of the time. Mommy and Daddy always say that I'm still a happy boy despite everything!

Here's a picture of me riding a tricycle at my friend's birthday party this past Saturday. :) (Thanks Auntie Julia for taking the picture!) I also learned how to say "hap-py birth-day" that day.

One Year Old!!!

Today, I am 1 year old!!! Mommy and Daddy keep saying "Happy Birthday" to me, but I don't really understand what it's all about. :) Mommy also made a big deal on Tuesday, because she said I took my first step. Plus, she thinks I just dropped my morning nap, since I haven't taken it since Sunday!

Here's a picture of me and my cake. The candle looks so pretty!

Mommy and Daddy let me eat some of it! I've never tasted something so good!

Month 5 & 6 (February/March)

Hello! Mommy keeps promising that she'll help me post these updates, but she just noticed it's already been 6+ months! Daddy and Mommy can't believe how big I'm getting, they keeps saying it's going by too fast... Here's a recap of month 5 & 6.

On the first of February, En Na left to go back home to Dallas. I missed her very much! Mommy had negotiated part time work, and tried to work at home for a couple days, but soon realized that it was too hard to split time between working and taking care of me. Mommy asked Po Po to come from California to watch me while she looked for day cares for me and went back into work. Mommy took me to a few day cares and they all seemed fine, but I preferred to stay home and play with Po Po and Mommy. Mommy actually dropped me off at day care twice, but I cried most of the time that I was there, and Mommy decided that she wanted to stay home with me full time instead. Yay!

Some highlights from Month 5:

• I love to play in my exersaucer!
• Starting cutting back on night time feedings
• Learned how to grab everything and put it into my mouth
• Daddy taught me how to ride on his shoulders (I especially like eating Daddy's hair!)
• I love to touch new things and feel them
• Enjoyed my first Super Bowl and played the piano
• Rolled from front to back on my right on February 5th
• Celebrated Chinese New Year with lots of friends
• Had my first bite of solid food, rice cereal, on Feburary 10th
• Went to my first ICF Retreat in New Hampshire

In March, Mommy worked out a deal with her work that she could stay home with me full time and work 10.5 hours at home. I was so happy to have her finally be at home with me! (She tells me that she was really happy too! She was starting to feel sad that she was missing so much of my babyhood.) Daddy and Mommy also decided it was time for me to learn how to soothe myself to sleep, so they started "ferberizing" me. The first night, I cried for 45 minutes, but the second night, I only cried for 20 minutes, and on the third night, I only cried for 5 minutes! Unfortunately, this month, I also developed ezcema on my face. I'm still not sure what causes it, but when it gets really dry and I get really hot, it gets much worse and sometimes it bleeds. :( Mommy and Daddy have been trying to wash all my clothes with extra sensitive detergent and double rinse everything. They also have been trying to keep me cool and trim my nails to try to stop me from scratching! At the end of the month, I took my first plane ride to California to visit Gong Gong and Po Po. It was fun to play with them! Gong Gong fed me food and gave me lots of baths and Po Po took me outside to play everyday and played lots of mirror games with me. The weather was so nice and I saw lots of green and flowers for the first time! It was so sunny, I was amazed since I never get to see sun in Boston. Daddy left early to go back to work in Boston, so it was also the first time I was away from Daddy overnight. :( More on California in next month's update! Oh yes, and at my 6 Month pediatrician visit, I found out my new stats: 20lbs 2 oz (90th percentile), 27 inches, and a head circumference of 44 1/2 cm.

Some highlights from Month 6:

• Got my first haircut from Mommy (Too many people thought I was a girl!)
• another cold!
  
• ate oatmeal for the first time.. except I think I may be allergic!
• I eat everything I can get my hands on
  
• learned how to play with my new jumperoo
• learned how to sit up by myself on March 2nd!
• Auntie Teresa, Uncle Mark, and Uncle Jeff came to visit me
  
• went to my first birthday party for Jaden and John
  
• touched my mobile on 3/20
• ate sweet potato on 3/25 (yum!)
  
• pulled down mobile on 3/26!!!! (see video below for evidence!)
  
• first plane ride to California on 3/27
• had a bbq with lots of new friends on 3/28
• my first cut on my finger with band-aid

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Month 5 & 6

California

Happy 6 Month to Me!

Hello :) it's been a long time! I went to California last week for my 6 month birthday and experienced my first plane flight! Mommy said I was a good boy, because I slept for half of each flight which made life alot easier for Mommy and Daddy. Also, I didn't cry at all on the plane! (Only before getting on the plane in Boston, I got scared of the hand dryer in the bathroom and couldn't stop crying...) All the other passengers said I was such a good boy. On my 6 month birthday, I decided to give Mommy and Daddy a gift! I finally learned how to roll over from my back to front, and now I can't stop. Mommy has been trying to get me on video, but I don't like to perform on cue. :p Here's one that Uncle Michael took of me after I already rolled over once. Unfortunately, I was too tired to roll over a second time...




Oh - and I also learned how to stick out my tongue! Here's me with Auntie Jenn. (That's eczema on my face, btw.)

Daddy is so funny!

Tonight, while daddy was changing me, my onesie tickled me a little bit and I started laughing for the first time! Laughing is a lot of fun and it looked like Daddy was getting a big kick out of it too! I'll have to try it again sometime, maybe when Mommy is around. Oh, and totally unrelated, but Mommy took the picture above of me earlier during one of my happier moments.