星期一同Tracy食飯﹐小BuB好乖﹐先係坐定定食咗陣嘢﹐跟住落地後同隔籬檯嘅小朋友玩咗好耐﹐每次小朋友想攞佢個公仔佢都肯俾﹐好乖呢﹗

今日同小BuB睇過幼兒園﹐原來小BuB話咁快就差不多兩歲﹐要睇學校喇﹗不過我估都差不多時候﹐有時俾佢喺屋企玩﹐佢都好似有d無聊﹐我真係唔識點樣home schooling。

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Yesterday we had two friends over for dinner. Our girlfriend is just around a month pregnant. During dinner, while sitting on my lap, Tulia suddenly started saying "Baby, Baby", and I was like .. there's no one out in our backyard, nor was there sound of baby crying. She then got off my lap and went over to touch our girlfriend's tummy, and kept on saying "baby, baby". We are really amazed because we then point to our male friend's tummy and said baby, and she shoke and head saying "mo ah". It is as if she saw the baby and went to say hi. Also, we mentioned nothing about a baby being in the tummy. I think babies know a lot, they are just not able to communicate to us yet. Wish we could pick up their brain waves and see what goes on in their little minds.

Tulia, though relatively slow in her talking, as compared to some kids of our friends', has been saying simple words here and there. Ms Jing Jing grows so fast I feel I am so behind in documenting her progress. She is now confidently climbing up the stairs at home. With hands held, she's willing to walk down the stairs as well. One day she decided she can open the front door and walk out the one step to the porch. They are just so fast in learning!

What other funny things have she been doing? Yesterday she took Gay's keys, and I asked her to put them away. And then she took the keys and pretend to find a pocket in her pants to put in, just like what Gay does.


Something we notice recently (well, it's been on-going, but more evident these days), is that Tulia pushes Gay away whenever I am around. I know it hurts Gay's feelings every time that happens but I am not sure how to help. When Tulia is with Gay alone, things are fine. Just that when I'm around, she does not want Gay near her. We are not sure if it's a preference thing, that she just wants mom, or she doesn't want Gay to be around so I can give her undivided attention. Hopefully this is a temporary phenomenon, just as everything else in her life so far, which will go away.

Every night when I go visit Tulia in her crib before I head to bed, I am thankful for having her. I never imagined loving kids but she's always in my heart now.

Incidences of Siu BuB

BuBu has been staying at school late this week to finish off his term paper. I have therefore been spending a lot of "alone" time with Siu BuB on Easter Monday and in the evenings. On Monday I took Siu BuB out to do quite a bit of shopping. It was such a good experience to take her out now that she can walk. A year ago, she was still a baby learning to crawl! She's such a sweet girl (at least to Gay & myself, probably because she's our daughter :p) She is also very fast too. I was just putting some stuff in the trunk and didn't put her back to her car seat because we were going to continue our grocery shopping, and within 5 seconds, she was already gone from my site and roaming in between cars in the parking lot! What a dangerous scene. Last night we went to a family story time at Oak Ridges Library. Tonight I plan to relax a bit with her (no more shopping - it is tiring to keep taking her on and off her car seat).

Siu BuB is growing leaps and bounds. I'm so glad that I have this chance to experience the conception, birth and growth of a human being. Every night I go in to her room to see her sweetly asleep, I am so happy from deep within my heart. Same goes for BuBu. He has never shown so much affection for anyone and Siu BuB must be the first and only. When Siu BuB calls him BaBa he melts. This morning, BuBu told Siu BuB that they were going to Starbucks for a coffee. She was really excited and when they went out, mom called and said she's ready to pick up Siu BuB. So instead of going to Starbucks, BuBu dropped her off at my mom's, only to find that Siu BuB refused to go w/ por por. They ended up going to Starbucks anyways, but BuBu just ordered a coffee to go (instead of the usual morning drink at Starbucks, where Siu BuB gets to walk around and socialize with other visitors and staff). She was then reluctantly following grandma home. Siu BuB really knows and we gotta do what we say we would.

Last Thursday, mom went out of the front door to get newspaper, only to come back with the front door locked. Siu BuB has apparently decided that since grandma is out, it's time for her to lock up! Mom asked her to unlock but she kept turning the knob on the other door leaf. Mom paniced and went to Uncle Nick's house to call dad. When she came back, the door is unlocked. I guess Siu BuB just decided that it's time to let por por back in :p She just learns so fast it's really beyond my imagination what she's been picking up, seeing what BuBu & I have been doing.

One night last week, she kept kissing me and said "jei jei" (thanks) every time she kisses me. I was so happy for the rest of the night and the next day. Mothers' emotions are so tightly tied to how baby is. OMG. I guess I'm really a mother b/c such a little thing delights me.

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二零一零年二月八日﹐星期一﹐晴

真係好難先先會乖乖哋打下Blog﹐小BuB唔經唔覺就已經快歲半喇﹗BuBu同我都好感恩﹐因為小BuB真係為我哋帶來好多好多嘅歡樂。唔同嘅人都話有小朋友嘅快樂並唔可以用筆墨形容﹐而家身處其中就真係感覺到。小BuB只要出力咁叫聲爸爸或者媽媽﹐我哋都會打從心底笑出來。每晚臨訓前我都會過去睇下小BuB﹐ 每晚我都感謝主賜俾我哋一個心肝寶貝﹐令我哋嘅人生更精彩。

小BuB又剛病癒﹐唔知點解次次佢病完就特別想寫下佢﹐或者因為見佢病心痛卦﹖小BuB每日都喺度學緊新嘢﹐有時都唔知自己係咪教得佢太少嘢。我哋都無乜系統﹐或者真係唔可以咁懶要睇下書﹐睇下有咩建議先得。好彩BuBu同我都覺得﹐學術上嘅嘢﹐例如ABC其實唔係咁趕﹐反而人際關係﹐待人接物﹐禮貌﹐同情心等更為緊要。我哋未必能將小BuB培養成人中之龍﹐不過我哋希望培養佢有好嘅人格。說易行難﹐希望我哋做得到喇﹗

做咗媽媽一段日子﹐開始習慣自己有呢個身份﹐講唔上話明白自己媽媽多咗﹐卻體驗到媽咪嘅無私﹐因為對住小BuB﹐從來唔會稔付出同收穫﹐this just does not occur to the minds。我好好彩媽咪可以喺日間湊住小BuB﹐等我可以無後顧之憂返工。呢份工並唔係我心目中嘅理想工作﹐但係可以俾我準時放工﹐係小BuB仲咁細個嘅呢幾年確係好重要。當初要喺S&A同City中二擇其一其實真係好痛苦﹐一份係有前途又有挑戰嘅工作﹐但係亦要付出好多寶貴時間嘅工作﹐另一份則只要安守本份﹐超穩定但係而家做落真係覺得有d浪費時間﹐因為實在係有d無聊。我估做政府工﹐最好揾多d其他嘢做﹐唔係真係虛度光陰。以家開始做 Arbonne﹐同繼續讀書﹐我真係唔係一個可以懶懶閒咁過日子嘅人。點都好喇﹐而家做咗差不多半年﹐如果再要我揀﹐我都會做呢份工﹐因為對於我﹐可以同小BuB一齊成長﹐陪佢玩等等就係最緊要。天主總會為我選擇最設合我需要嘅嘢﹐唔知我哋屋企嘅將來﹐隨住BuBu畢業又會有咩改變呢﹖