We arrived in the Philippines twenty four hours after we left our house on Wednesday night. Completely missed Thanksgiving (it’s already Friday afternoon). After we gathered our luggage (Mckayla’s car seat was the last piece of luggage to come out the belt) and went through the immigration and customs, we walked out the airport. Jackie [...]
Archive for November, 2008
26 Nov
Crowded Bed
I woke up in the middle of night yesterday. Don’t know what time it was but still dark outside. I opened my eyes and saw MeiMei’s face right in front of mine. She’s asleep with her head on the pillow. She abandoned her usually spots at the end and top of the bed and wanted [...]
25 Nov
I take care of my own garbage
After we change Mckayla’s diaper, we take her dirty smelly diapers to the diaper champ in the bathroom. We’ve been doing this same routine since Mckayla was born and Mckayla has been paying attention. Now when we’re done changing her, we hand her the dirty diaper and she walks it to the bathroom and toss [...]
24 Nov
Shoe Fetish
Mckayla’s already got a nice collection of shoes, thanks to her Uncle Andre and Auntie Margaret. And she even knows hat Andre brought her the most recent batch of shoes. Whenever she sees Andre, she points to her shoes and if she’s not wearing them, she drags them out from the closet and wants us [...]
23 Nov
More Quesadilla, please?
We went out for Mexican food for lunch today. Mckayla’s molars are still coming are and she’s been very picky with her food. Usually we bring Mckayla’s food from home since I haven’t really given her any “flavored” food yet. I offered her couple pieces of chicken that I brought from home but she wasn’t very interested. And she [...]
23 Nov
Mckayla speaks Afrikaan?
We went to Cornel/Kirsten’s house for a nice dinner tonight. Mckayla was the youngest of four kids there tonight. Jordan was so excited when Mckayla showed up and brought out a bunch of her princesses to share with Mckayla. She even took Mckayla to her room to show off her “beautiful room”. She was so [...]
22 Nov
Pretty Girl!
Margaret was playing with Mckayla earlier this evening. She showed me Mckayla’s “new trick” when I got home from dinner. Mckayla handed her the hair clip and pointed to her hair. Margaret ignored her and she did it again. Then, Margaret placed the little clip on her hair. She leaned in and remained still during [...]
21 Nov
One nap per day?
Yesterday, when I came home from work, Nanny told me Mckayla refused to take her nap #2 in the afternoon. She looked a bit more tired than usual but was still active and playful the rest of the evening until after dinner. She started to rub her eyes and yawning. We put her to bed [...]
