my mom (“popo” to the kids) was here taking good care of us for five weeks. isabella waited for her to arrive before making her entrance into the world, and popo also got to stay long enough for isabella’s one month mark or 满月， which is a big milestone in Chinese culture. (side note: we...
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day 18
a few more of our littlest one, taken when she was 18 days old.
rest
where did this past week go? hard to believe it’s already sunday and a new week is about to begin… but i guess time goes quickly with 3 little ones in the house. hard to believe my littlest one turned one month old today. (!!) thankful (though also pleasantly hard to believe) that we get...
for cornelia
this may be one of my favorites so far.
isabella
i am having such a good time photographing our little one. this newborn stage passes so quickly, i feel fortunate to be able to capture some of it through pictures. here are just a few for now.
welcome
we are overjoyed to welcome our new little one, isabella, to our family. she arrived quickly and smoothly just a couple days after my last post. lovely and perfect. thank you to everyone for all your well wishes! these were taken at 5 days old. many more photos to come…
waiting
dear baby, we have been in shanghai for almost 2 weeks now, awaiting your arrival. popo (your grandma) arrived from the US a couple days ago too. every day we tell you that you can come out now, but maybe you are having too much fun inside mama’s tummy? well let me assure you there...
summer fun
well, we are still here, waiting for baby. so while we wait, it’s been a good time to catch up on organizing my photos. i finally finished up sorting through some pictures taken seven months ago (!!!) during our time in the US. so thought i’d mind as well share at least one of them...
a new year
happy chinese new year everyone! it is now the year of the rabbit (i.e. 兔 pronounced “tu”). we are staying in Shanghai right now, awaiting the arrival of baby #3 (we will be delivering in Shanghai). until she comes, it’s also a nice little family vacation for us, as it conveniently coincides with the CNY...
my snow baby
last week, we got snow for the second time this winter. (see my excitement about the first one here) this time it snowed for more than 2 days straight, with at least 4 inches accumulation. hannah’s school shut down twice (but ironically, not on the day that had the most snow and probably most dangerous)....