Marcus had a rough night on Monday. He’s severely jet lagged. Mckayla slept til five then refused to go back to sleep til seven. We spent the morning at home then I took Mckayla out to grab lunch and pick up a few things at the store. On our way home, I backed unto another [...]
Archive for the ‘January 2012’ Category
1 Feb
Appointments
Ted left for his first day of work on Monday morning. When he left, I was sleeping with Marcus in his room while Mckayla was sleeping on our bed by herself. I got up around eight thirty to get myself ready. In the mean time, Marcus woke up and was happy to see his nanny. [...]
1 Feb
TPE-SFO
Mckayla started feeling sick on Saturday after Marcus got home. We decides to start the inhalers begote things got worse. She was very clingy to Auntie Jackie and great-aunt Pony during the day. Marcus was feeling better and hungry. He ate a bunch of food. Mckayla was flanked by Jackie and Jenni at the dinner [...]
28 Jan
Sick
Marcus was still spiking fever up to 104 on Friday morning. He looked horrible and was very cranky. I took him back to the pedi office since I was told to do so if fever persists. Poor guy wasn’t eating at all and I was barely able to get any fluids down. He lost four [...]
25 Jan
Negative
Poor Marcus is really sick with fever as high as 104 overnight. He’s got severe runny nose and cough. We had lunch plan with Ted’s uncle but Marcus and I couldn’t go. I took him to see pediatrician instead. Because of the CNY holiday, most clinics were closed. Luckily, we were able to get an [...]
24 Jan
Favorite part of the trip
While giving her a bath tonight, I asked Mckayla what was her favorite part of our trip do far. Her answer was when Uncle Ajay comes over to visit. Then, the second part is when she sleeps with Jackie. After her bath, she went to uncle Ajay if he was spending the night. He told [...]
24 Jan
#17
Marcus is sick with cough, runny nose, and fever the past two days. To make things worse, he’s also been teething. He hasn’t eaten much the last two days. Finally, when I was flossing his teeth tonight, I was able to check his teething status. Half of the bottom left second is out. And the [...]
23 Jan
Getting comfortable
Both kids are making themselves comfortable in Taiwan. They go between my parents’ and grandma’s apartments on their own with a little help. They are right next door to each other and the doors are not locked during the day. When she wants to eat apple, she goes to the maids and asks them to [...]
23 Jan
“Love”, sick, red envelopes
We were walking on the street the other day. Ted pointed at the sign that read “love”. He asked Mckayla to say the letters. After she spelled out the word, Ted asked her to say the word. At first, she said she doesn’t know. Then, Ted asked her to make the sounds of each letter. [...]
23 Jan
Praying
We have an ancestor shrine upstairs at my parents’ house in Taiwan. We started the CNY celebration with praying and offerings to ancestors yesterday. We told Mckayla about her great-grandpa and she should tell him that she’s back to visit her. Today, she took Marcus upstairs to pray. Here was her conversation with great-grandpa. “I’m [...]
