Mckayla now knows to clap her hands on command. She started out with clapping them while holding her soft cloth blocks. Then, to one hand holding the block and clapping with the other bare hand. And finally to clapping with two hands. She’ll clap when we tell her – “pai pai so” (clap hands in [...]
Archive for August, 2008
27 Aug
Graduation
Today was my last day of pumping. I haven’t been making much milk for the last month or so and it really wasn’t worth the time that I put for the few ounces of milk that was coming out. I’ve been told that it takes a few days or even weeks to slow down the [...]
27 Aug
Who’s your Mommy?
Jackie came over to join us for dinner today. She arrived the same time as Ted and Nanny was still around. Mckayla was happy to see Ted but was jumping with joy when she saw Jackie. Nanny said, “She’s so happy to see Auntie. She doesn’t even get this excited when Mommy comes home.” Last [...]
25 Aug
Finally…
Mckayla finally said it… She finally said “MaMa” after all these weeks of “teaching” her. It’s more like “mmmmummmum”, but close enough for me! It’s so cute when she says it. She purses her lips and tries so hard to make the “mm” sound. Now, I just need to help her make the connection to [...]
24 Aug
Food Sharing
Mckayla easily gets distracted by MeiMei when we’re eating dinner at home. MeiMei’s always begging by our feet and tapping my legs when we’re eating. And Mckayla sees MeiMei by our seats, would stretch out her arms and try to reach and pet MeiMei. Last few days, we noticed Mckayala would reach out to MeiMei with [...]
23 Aug
Safe Landing
Mckayla can no longer sit still. For almost every moment she’s awake, she’s on the move. Crawling to MeiMei’s bowl to dip her hands in the water, followed me to the kitchen and slap her hands on the garbage can, and pulling herself up to reach the books and/or toys that I just put away. [...]
22 Aug
California State Identification Card
After forgetting to bring Mckayla’s identification for the last plane trip and with the idea from one of the TSA inspection lady, we decided to get Mckayla her own California State ID. It’s much more convenient to carry the ID card than bringing along her passport and/or birth certificfate. I can keep it in my [...]
20 Aug
My Two Bad Girls
When I got home from work yesterday, Nanny told me Mckayla was very upset yesterday. Mckayla was playing with the garbage can in the kitchen, so she picked her up and told her, “No, it’s not a toy!”. And apparently, Mckayla understood what she said and was not too happy about it. She started “hitting” [...]
18 Aug
Hi and Bye
Mckayla has learned to wave hi and bye. It’s not really a wave, but more like opening up her palms and closing them to say bye and flapping her hands up and down to say hi. It’s so cute when she does it because her hands are still so tiny. It’s the last “tricks” that [...]
15 Aug
撒嬌 Sājiāo
I can’t explain this, but this is a very particular term in Taiwan and doesn’t seem to have an equivalent term in English. The closest definition that I can come up with – to act/speak/cuddle in a soft and sweet manner. Jackie and I have been teaching Mckayla to 撒嬌 or actually in Taiwanese (it [...]
