Sending Little Tiger away with her belongings

The attached photos were taken the night before we send her to the babysitter's house. There she was, sitting happily in a box of diapers. The box contained her baby formula, a change of cloth, baby wipe and some diapers. She was happily sitting in the box, flashing her trademark smile...and not knowing she will be going to a stranger's house the next day.　

It has been extremely hard for me this week. I am going back to my teaching job next week and there's also two days of teacher's training this week. So I started leaving Meredith at the babysitter's house on Monday. It was very painful. I literally burst into tears when I left the babysitter's house and drove to work. I can't really explain this sadness. It is sort of like seperating your legs from your body...., no I should say that it is like a needle poking your heart constantly hurting.

Little Tiger lost some of her usual sparkle this few days. When I took her back today, she went to sleep right after I showered her. She is normally very energetic when I shower her, flapping her arms and trying to reach out to touch the water, but not today. She was exhausted when I washed her hair for her, closing her eyes and resting her limbs quietly on my body. She didn't really smile as much as she used to. Everyone that knows her say she smiles alot. She normally breaks into a big smile whenever we smile to her．We had to work really hard to get her to smile this last few days.　

She may be tired as she didn't sleep much at the babysitter's house. After the shower, I dressed her and rocked her for a while. She slept for almost two hours...while normally at this time of the day she would be wide awake and very playful. I took her to the swimming pool in the community and then right after feeding her at 8p.m, she went back to sleep. I got less and less time playing with her and I was sad when she is not as happy and energetic as before..

Boon Hong

Meredith's feet

Those feet are so small and tiny.
In a few months, Meredith will be standing on her own, on these tiny and tender little feet....

My favorite food

My favorite food is egg. Any dish that is made from egg or just an honest, down to earth egg.
Boon Hong favorite food is pork. She likes pork ribs, or just pork in general.

Eggs + Pork = Cell Phone

Our daughter's favorite food is cell phone. She likes to eat cell phone, whether it is in closed position or flipped open position.

Will she......

It was a pretty busy Tuesday.

07:05 Woke up and fed Meredith
08:00 Cleaned Meredith's bottles with boiling water while she drifted back to sleep.
08:30 Cleaned restroom, vacum the living room, and then shower.
09:00 Feed Meredith and bathed her. She really enjoyed bathing,
she likes the sensation of water running down her body.
10:30 Headed to library for Meredith weekly's gymboree activity.
12:00 Went out lunch with Ning Yik. Meredith had her milk while I was driving to Sandee. We bumped into quite a few aunties from church having lunch at Sandee.
16:00 Cooked dinner while Xiao Xiao Pang was taking a nap.
18:30 Eric got home from work. Went out for 45 mins jog while Eric babysit Meredith

This is my housewife's life since May 27. Soon, I will be back to school, teaching all those less than courteous kids and leave my baby Meredith with a stranger. I am sad. It is pretty painful to leave her for half of a day. Will the babysiter feed her when she is hungry? Will the baby sister hold her when she is cranky and cries? Will the babysiter change her diapers immediately when she poop? Will baby Meredith cry because she misses her mother's smell? The babysitter also has her own grand baby to watch.

I still have two more weeks .........

Boon Hong

Sitting up...

Little Tiger is getting stronger and stronger. Little Tiger likes to growls and squeals while lying flat on the her stomach, with her mum pursuing her and grabbing her legs. After growling for a while, she tried to pick herself up. She cannot really sit straight up yet but she is propping herself up with her hands.

Ribs...

I don't really like eating pork. Growing up, I shunned Char Siao and othe popular pork dishes. I just never really eat pork in Kuching. However, in the past few years, I discovered that no all pork at created equal. I have grown to like bbq pork ribs or smoke pork ribs a lot. I have tried many different type of bbq ribs in various restaurants. Now is the time to try to replicate it at home. I found a recipe book and followed the instructions religiously. The ribs were marinaded with about ten different spices, soaked overnight, and then slowly grilled over medium heat for one and a half hour. Needless to say, the result was satisfying to the stomach and to the soul. Too bad, Little Tiger cannot eat grown up food yet. A few friends came by and got to sampled it....

Like father Like daughter

My hair don't always stay straight. Most of the time it is semi curly and messy, especially after a 40 miles bicycle ride. I came back from the bicycle ride Saturday, took off my helmert and my hair looked just as messy as Little Tiger's hair. Most people commented that her hair is wild and unwieldy just like mine. I guess that what it means by the old saying, like father like daughter.

Gymboree

Boon Hong took Little Tiger (a.k.a Xiao Xiao Pang) to Gymboree this past Thursday. This is a free program available at the Sugar Land library. During this program, infants and toddlers get a chance to kick around, exercise and twist and turn to the tune of popular children music. This is a good program because we get to learn about various lullabies. We did not know any lullabies to sing to Little Tiger. Boon Hong came back from the Thursday session with one or two new lullabies to sing to her. Actually, Gymboree is a also a franchise business. I heard that there are other locations in town that offer Gymboree sessions for a fee.

National Geographic Cover Lookalike

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Originally uploaded by Meredith Sugar Land.

This is from Meredith's first week. I thought the photo looked like one of the National Geographic front page with the Afghan child. Anyway, her hand during that time was still wrinkled from months in the mothers womb.

New Hair Cut

I brought Xiao Xiao Pang for a hair cut on Monday at Little Cut. She did great and was coorperative enough with the barber. She just like to twist and turn her head every now and then to look at me. She must be wondering why there was a scissor rummaging through her hair. The hair cut cost $10 and is more expensive than the $2.99 hair cut Eric goes to.

I am blessed that Meredith is easy to care for and I treasure every minutes that I spent with her. She loves to laugh and giggle when you hold her up. She starts to demand how she wants to be held now that she is five months old. She make noises when she wants attention. She is such a cute baby when she wakes up in the morning. She will smile at you and opens her arms up waiting for you to hold her up. The feeling of holding her up in my arms makes me wants to hold her more. Many parents have told me not to pamper babies by holding them too much. For me, I just ignored that advise. I have to admit I love holding Meredith. The feeling is simply priceless.

Boon Hong