MiB - 68 days old (2m7d)

31 August 2009 (Monday)



last night - first night with only Qr and pp - pp woke up at 02:xx, 05:xx and 06:50 this morning after the final feeding at 23:xx last night. expected as qr didn't use bottle feeding or formula.



first time of nail cutting - Qr helped pp cut his finger nails. she did it in the morning (unlike the usual night cutting) and when pp was wide awake (unlike the usual sleeping time cutting). so far, no first blood dropped yet.. :P

today was the last day of Qr's leave.

in the afternoon, Qr and pp started our journey to grandma's. Qr stayed there for an hour to play with pp before she left. pp had been whining and crying quite a bit today, and getting out of control on the final part of the trip to grandama's, just like last night at the airport -> airport express -> taxi. maybe he knew pppp left last night, and Qr would part with him for the coming days? :(

MiB - 67 days old (2m6d)

30 August 2009 (Sunday)

today pppp left.. we had a peaceful day staying at home, packing and cleaning. we went out for breakfast, and afterwards for tea and window shopping for watches.

after 19:00, we left home the 3rd time today - this time for the airport and the first time pp went there. unfortunately he got all crazy when we had dinner @ 黃枝記... pp's grandma joined us. pppp fed pp a little and changed diapers for him twice and pp calmed down a little. then we said goodbye before the restricted area and Qr and pp went for airport express... pp still behaved until Qr settled down in the compartment. he got all out of control and cried all the way from airport express to taxi and didn't stop even when we arrived home.

pppp sms-ed me and called me when he had to get abroad.. Qr was on the taxi instructing the taxi driver, getting the pass to show to the guard, and holding a crying pp -- we could only talk briefly and hanged up shortly... hope he is having a safe trip now...

MiB - 66 days old (2m5d)

28 August 2009 (Saturday)



pppp went out early morning. Qr and pp stayed at home. pp got crazy before noon and took some time to calm down.

in the afternoon, Qr and pp went out to happy valley to meet up with pppp, auntie annie & scarlett, and auntie pauline & eldon @ auntie pauline's home. it was so crazy.. all the kids screaming together and running around.. pp laughed out loud when auntie pauline's mom talked to him... and eldon was such a climber -- he climbed so fast with his really 肥美的大髀 -- which were thicker than my arms... we stayed till after dinner.. it was so nice of auntie annie and uncle troy to drive Qr and pp home.

MiB - 65 days old (2m4d)

28 August 2009 (Friday)

we had sushi for brunch, and then went shopping for pp stuff for his stay at grandma's place starting september.

the dentist called that Qr could go over in the afternoon, so Qr accompanied pppp and pp to the bus-stop to go to grandma's place after shopping before she headed towards the dentist's.

the dental operation went well, and Qr went to grandma's place to meet up with pppp (who went out for awhile), pp and grandma to have dinner afterwards.

arrived home after 22:00 and pppp went out for business discussion with uncle ivan and succesfully transferred his lenovo netbook.. :)

MiB - 64 days old (2m3d)

27 August 2009 (Thursday)

today we went to sony service centre after brunch to get pppp's mp3, a present from buying vaio. Qr wanted to buy the wide angle lens for tg5, but since we hadn't registered as a member, we were not entitled to the 10% off, so we saved $$$ from not buying.. :P

afterwards, we passed by hsbc, thus Qr exchanged the won back to hkd to sponsor the dental expense this week.

uncle paul called, so we had tea @ langham match too before we headed back home.

before we reached home, we bought a teapot and some tea cups for uncle libor, too...

MiB - 63 days (2m2d)

26 August 2009 (Wednesday)

This morning we used the kaloo playmat for the first time. pp quite liked lying on the mat... :)

Visited Auntie Annie & Scarlett today. Scarlett is one year and one day older than pp.. :)

At night, we had dinner with GG, PP, KF, YM and Uncle Anthony in Jordan. pp behaved most of the night.. amazing.. :P

before we reached home, we passed by a tea shop and bought 鐵觀音 for pppp's gweilo colleagues...

MiB - 62 days (2m1d)

25 August 2009 (Tuesday)

this morning went to immigration to collect pp's HKid and passport. Then we went to Charles Studio to collect the photo album. unfortunately pp was too yaiyai to continue with our journey, so pppp took pp back, while Qr went to the dentist by Qr-self.

MiB - 61 days old (2m)

24 June 2009 (Monday)

pp was 2 months old today... but it was also Qr's dentist visit day, so not a good day for Qr, and a day pppp needed to take the netbook to mongkok repair centre for fixing...

MiB - 60 days old (1m30d)

23 August 2009 (Sun)

picked up pp from grandma's place, and then took him to visit 'come por' in the afternoon with grandma and 'biu yi'.

afterwards, we had dinner at a restaurant, and he ate with us at the same time... good that he still remember how to ate.. :)

missed pp a lot, he really looked different and bigger after not seeing him for 4 days. sooo good to hold him in my arms again.. ^o^

MiB - 56 - 59 days old (1m26d - 1m29d)

19 - 22 August 2009 (Wed - Sat)

went to seoul for 4 days... but was still able to see pp every day via skype...

wed - in the morning at the gate @ hk airport before took off
thu - in the morning before leaving hotel for breakfast
fri - before midnight after he finished the night feeding
sat - in the morning before leaving hotel for brunch & checkout

pp looked older and bigger via skype... can't wait to see him and hug him in person on sun... bought him 6 littles ducklings for playing in bath in korea... :)

MiB - 55 days old (1m25d)

18 August 2009 (Tuesday)



pp loves it when Qr sings 'head, and shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes'... there are two versions of the songs, and he loves them both. he will smile when he listens to Qr singing, and if he is starting to cry, he will stop crying when Qr plays and sings the songs to him.

today we took pp to grandma's place and pp would stay there for 5 nights... missed him a lot already when we left grandma's place...

MiB - 54 days old (1m24d)

17 August 2009 (Mon)

Exactly 2 weeks after and Qr has to be back to work, really NOT looking forward to that.

Worked on some job research (replied a email and register with Hay)

pp was 扭眼目訓 again, and Qr felt helpless as well. Nothing worked -- held him, fed him, rocked him, sitting, standing, walking around, patted him, kissed him... cried for 1.5 hours and he finally fell asleep, but then he still cried a bit during his sleep... was he having a nightmare? what was he dreaming about? if he was dreaming, what could make him cry in his dream?

MiB - 53 days old (1m23d)

16 August 2009 (Sun)

Family day finally... pppp, pp and Qr went for breakfast, then shopping for pp, back home for a nap, and went out for dinner and dessert before going back home to call it a day.

pp didn't cry at all during bathing -- first time ever. pppp said it happened before, but that time he was sleeping, so couldn't really count. This time, he enjoyed the hair-washing part as well. he raised his right hand, like he wanted to wash his own hair.. :)

unfortunately, pp started to 扭眼目訓 tonight, and cried non-stop even when we held him.

again, Qr would say, babies are poor (可憐 / 慘), living in a world he can't communicate, no one understands them, and they don't understand anyone. they have to breathe, sweat, feel hot / cold / itchy / pain / wet / dry / full / hungry / ache, eat, throw, move, sleep, pee, poo, look, listen, smell, cry, sneeze, drool, wear clothes, put on diapers,... so busy, so much to learn and to do, and sometimes unnatural to him compared to when they are in their mother's tummy. when Qr thinks of these, Qr feels so sorry for pp... :(

MiB - 52 days old (1m22d)

15 August 2009 (Saturday)

today we are going to visit Qi's palace, so princess Castor and prince Pollux will meet with pp the second time. :)

just reminded by Qi that it was in fact the first time pp visited Qi palace as a person. He did visit Qi palaces before he was still in Qr's tummy though.



since pppp had appointments to attend, Qr took GMmo's offer to get a free ride to her home first, and then had lunch with GMmo's mother, bean & Auntie Woo, and finally went to Qi's palace.



GMmo's mother was sooo thrilled about seeing pp, and Qr believed she really had fun playing with pp, although he didn't behave all the time. pp enjoyed looking at and listening to GMmo's mother a lot, too.



@ Qi's, pp had his 2nd footprint in his life (the first one being done by Union when he's in hospital), for both left & right feet. GMs, aunties & uncle had been very kind and treated pp with love & care.

MiB - 51 days old (1m21d)

14 August 2009 (Friday)

Auntie Noel came over to drive Qr and pp to a-kee for lunch with T&L ladies. afterwards we went up to the office and stayed there till 17:xx to catch up with our ex-colleagues. they all praised pp having big eyes, being handsome, and being a good boy -- when he didn't cry..

today was the first day pp in stroller.. so far, Qr preferred holding pp more.. :P

and today's experience: pp would not fall into sleep in the stroller -- if he's crying, strolling him could not make him stop... not a good sign

it's the first day to use mama bag, too... Qr liked the many compartments inside, she would even be happier if there were more.. -- just as the pencil case compartments which she liked when she was small...

MiB - 50 days old (1m20d)

13 August 2009 (Thursday)

this morning was even worse -- pp woke up at 04:30 and refused to sleep since then. he cried like crazy whenever we put him down to bed, even if he had fallen asleep in our arms beforehand.

today was delivery day... now Qr has a proper mama bag, pp has his first car, and there are 12 more packs of wipes at home...

MiB - 50 days old (1m20d)

13 August 2009 (Thursday)

this morning was even worse -- pp woke up at 04:30 and refused to sleep since then. he cried like crazy whenever we put him down to bed, even if he had fallen asleep in our arms beforehand.

MiB - 49 days old (1m19d)

12 August 2009 (Wednesday)

pppp set up the IP cam successfully today. now we need to find the best place to put the cam.

we bought another 4 packs of newborn diapers... i was wondering how many pp had used already -- should have tallied from day 1... :P

pp went crazy at night and cried for an hour... nothing could calm him down... :(

MiB - 48 days old (1m48d)

11 August 2009 (Tuesday)

originally an interview day for Qr, but the agent was sick today, so it's postponed.

this morning went to creche to register for the temporary infant care service.. could only register for 2 days in september... soooo popular...

pppp went out to buy IP cam this afternoon to set it up at home for monitoring pp. a new toy... :)

MiB - 47 days old (1m17d)

10 August 2009 (Monday)

pppp set up the floor mat for pp to play and nap on, a new experience for him.

Qr went alone for milk powder exchange this afternoon, and bought a world map finally for pp... :)

MiB - 46 days old (1m16d)

9 August 2009 (Sunday)

Today we bought the car for pp - the japanese one. Guess this is a practical choice. If Qr goes impractical, might as well bought the dream car... :P

Went to pp's grandma's & grandpa's place as pppp needed to set up a shelf there to put pp's stuff. then pppp & Qr went for dinner and movie G.I. Joe... nice 2-people-world, probably the second since pp was back home from Union (the first was the night we went to the master for the choices of names)

Mib - 45 days old (1m15d)

8 August 2009 (Sat)

pp went test drive this morning. after a few calls, finally located the latest european car for test drive. pp had 2 options: a european one or a japanese one. Qr of course preferred a european car, and this one is made in Italy. the japanese one is unfortunately made in asia (china or se asia, i suppose.)

Qr had a very important requirement: single hand operation. she had shortlisted the candidates to 2 cars:
1) http://www.pegperego.it/si/ENsite.html
2) http://www.bebedream.com.hk/souce/product-show.asp?refno=990

pp test-drove both and didn't complain on either. Qr test-drove both, too, and both were smooth. the compartment of the european car is wider and longer, but the japanese car is much lighter. Moreover, talking about the ease to open and close the strollers, japanese car out-performs the europrean one. Price-wise, surprisingly, japanese car is more expensive than the european one, while the latter can use till pp is 4 years old (the former can use till 2 years old only)

so... Qr has made a decision...

In the afternoon, pppp, pp and Qr met with Godmother Heidi. she almost wanted to kidnap pp home.

Mib - 44 days old (1m14d)

7 August 2009 (Fri)

today was a busy day.... pp woke us up at 04:xx and 08:xx. After feeding him, Qr took pp to the big bed and we all slept till 11:xx. As we had a doctor appointment at 12:45, we had to rush for it without any breakfast (except for pp, of course, who had his feeding before taking off). pp had his nth vaccination, but the first one witnessed by pppp & Qr. pp cried a bit only when the needle was plucked into his left thigh, brave boy!!! he also had to swallow one vaccination, which was a bit sweet, so he 'dap-ped' quite contentedly...

latest measures:
head circumstances - 40.5 cm, 97th percentile
body length - 58 cm, 75th percentile
weight - 4.62 kg, 25th percentile

afterwards, gotta went to MCHC for the blood test report. everything was fine, and his yellowish had finally gone down to 6x. So no need to go back to MCHC for this anymore.

pppp & Qr had a late lunch / tea, went back home, and then Qr went out by herself the 2nd time since maternity leave. this time Qr went to BB fair to buy diapers, napkins, milk bottles, etc. soooo tired...

pp was a bit dull this evening, and screamed a bit in his sleep,guess it's the impact of the vaccination, poor boy!!! checked his temperature and he's at the border line, will need to check again before he sleeps...

MiB - 43 days old (1m13d)

6 August 2009 (Thu)

today there's only Qr & pp again, and pp was again very restless... and cried like crazy when i bathed him.. sor zor... :o

pp 唔曳既時候都幾乖
pp 唔o咸既時候都幾靜
pp 唔扭計既時候都幾可愛
pp 目訓既時候仲好得意
pp 笑既時候直情迷死人
但係... pp曳, o咸, 扭計既時候就最多... *sigh

Mib - 42 days old (1m12d)

5 August 2009 (Wed)



Qr checkup day, everything's fine and next checkup will be a year later..

finally had a haircut this afternoon... whew...

pp cried (as usual) today and had a few big tear drops -- pppp had seen them before but this was the first time Qr saw them..

MiB - 41 days old (1m11d)

4 August 2009 (Tue)

holding pp for a long time today, as he's restless and cried whenever he's put on the rocking chair or bed... Qr doesn't mind holding pp -- in fact she likes to do that a lot -- but is worried that when Qr is back to work, no one will hold pp as much, and it will be difficult for pp to adjust to the change.

pp has been having full bmilk for some time, this will be another thing pp has to adjust after Qr is back to work, as he will need to have formula -- at least partially -- again..

when Qr thinks about it, pp has been indeed going through a lot of hardship and changes and challenges... poor him... when he was in Qr's tummy, he didn't need to worry about anything, he just floated and moved around in the tiny little space... now he needs to adjust to our world: he has to suck hard to get food, he tries to communicate -- but no one understands him, he cries to get attention, but sometimes gets ignored, he tries to move but cannot control his muscles, he needs to poo and pee and waits for the adults to change the diapers to get cleaned, and he has a big head to support...

MiB - 40 days old (1m10d)

3 August 2009 (Mon)

4 more weeks and i'll need to go back to work.

less than 4 more weeks and pppp need to go back to work, too..

still need to see see how to take care of pp after we are back to work... (just-in-time contingency plan)

put pp to Qr's bed this morning after morning feeding & diaper-changing and he slept there so soundly like a piggy...

pp has been attempting to 'eat' his own hand these days, sometimes he succeeds, sometimes he fails. it's indeed a milestone if he can consistently and succesfully 'eat' his own hand(s), as this means he has control of the muscles of his hands, arms and shoulders, master eye-hand coordination, and have a feeling of what distance is. today while he's very hungry, he attempted to 'eat' his right hand -- his favourite hand, but while the attempts were not very successful, he changed to 'eat' his left hand -- and succeeded! And yes, he ate his hand in the form of fist, not just one finger -- that will be another milestone...

MiB - 39 days old (1m9d)

2 August 2009 (Sun)

pp was very restless yesterday. he whined & cried a lot for the whole day, and cried for ~ an hour refusing to sleep... x_x

this morning, after moving him to Qr's bed, he slept more peacefully...

MiB - 38 days old (1m8d)

1 August 2009 (Sat)

pppp has not fully recovered yet, therefore we went to the clinic after breakfast.

afterwards, pppp has got stuff to attend so pp & Qr spent the rest of the day by themselves. Qr bathed pp all by herself, too, but pp cried a bit in the bath, don't know why.. :

MiB - 37 days old (1m7d)

31 July 2009 (Fri)

Today Qr bathed pp the second time.

This afternoon got the meaning of pp's name from luk sifu.

pp has been able to focus on our faces, on the musical mobile above the bed, and moving objects. he could see more. also he tried to make sounds these days, although Qr does not understand what he means, he's definitely trying to communicate. he also has a stronger neck now, and can hold up his head for a little while -- but only a little while, because his head is too big for him.. :P